tyrell haberkorn
@turtelista.bsky.social
Plaenert-Bascom Prof of SEAsian Studies at UW-Madison | Coordinates @jsealab.bsky.social | translation, dissent, political prisoners and carcerality in Thailand | recent book: Dictatorship on Trial: Coups and the Future of Justice in Thailand (Stanford UP)
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Only skimmed "dictatorship on trial" by @turtelista.bsky.social so far but the acknowledgements crediting Thai Lawyers for Human rights & others in its writing gives me confidence its going to be solid.
A sentence that jumped out:
"Joy exists alongside, and is necessary for the stuggle..."
A sentence that jumped out:
"Joy exists alongside, and is necessary for the stuggle..."
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Only skimmed "dictatorship on trial" by @turtelista.bsky.social so far but the acknowledgements crediting Thai Lawyers for Human rights & others in its writing gives me confidence its going to be solid.
A sentence that jumped out:
"Joy exists alongside, and is necessary for the stuggle..."
A sentence that jumped out:
"Joy exists alongside, and is necessary for the stuggle..."
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This City Belongs to You.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social is seeking poems and translations for our ongoing series “Fight with Words, Write to Power” (in short, “Write to Power”). We welcome Asia-focused works. chajournal.blog/2025/11/03/w...
November 3, 2025 at 10:16 AM
These days, in many places, many things can’t be said directly. Can we say them in poetry? @asiancha.bsky.social is seeking poems and translations for our ongoing series “Fight with Words, Write to Power” (in short, “Write to Power”). We welcome Asia-focused works. chajournal.blog/2025/11/03/w...
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Fantastic opportunity for PhDs working in Southeast Asian Asian Studies to teach a 1 credit mini-course for @getsea.bsky.social! The opportunities are endless!
CFA: GETSEA is accepting apps for our next round of Mini Courses! If you are a PhD interested in teaching a unique 1-unit course of your choice, check out the details at the link below!
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Fantastic opportunity for PhDs working in Southeast Asian Asian Studies to teach a 1 credit mini-course for @getsea.bsky.social! The opportunities are endless!
I translated three letters written by "Get" Sophon Surattithamrong, currently imprisoned for lese majeste in Thailand for @indexoncensorship.org. Get writes with an expansive solidarity and links past and present struggles in Thailand to the history of #Gwangju and the #MilkTeaAlliance.
Activist Sophon “Get” Surattithamrong is serving an 8.5 sentence in #Thailand for taking part in the 2020 protests. While imprisoned, he's been writing steadily about democracy in Thailand, South Korea & Myanmar. We’ve publish 3 of his letters: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I translated three letters written by "Get" Sophon Surattithamrong, currently imprisoned for lese majeste in Thailand for @indexoncensorship.org. Get writes with an expansive solidarity and links past and present struggles in Thailand to the history of #Gwangju and the #MilkTeaAlliance.
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Great to see @indexoncensorship.org publish these prison letters by a Thai activist (w/valuable contextualizing comments by @turtelista.bsky.social ); the letters contain elements of interest to those particularly interested in other places, like Korea, as well journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Jailed for criticising the royal family - Tyrell Haberkorn, Sophon “Get” Suratitthamrong, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Great to see @indexoncensorship.org publish these prison letters by a Thai activist (w/valuable contextualizing comments by @turtelista.bsky.social ); the letters contain elements of interest to those particularly interested in other places, like Korea, as well journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Call for graduate student mentors from our friends @getsea.bsky.social to support the next generation of applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details and how to apply below —
We are seeking current graduate students in Southeast Asian
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Call for graduate student mentors from our friends @getsea.bsky.social to support the next generation of applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details and how to apply below —
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One of my favorite @turtelista.bsky.social (Tyrell Haberkorn) books, probably the one I think with most often.
The argument, now deeply relevant in the US, is that autocrats intentionally flaunt abuses of power precisely to normalize those abuses.
uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/I/In-P...
The argument, now deeply relevant in the US, is that autocrats intentionally flaunt abuses of power precisely to normalize those abuses.
uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/I/In-P...
In Plain Sight
uwpress.wisc.edu
October 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
One of my favorite @turtelista.bsky.social (Tyrell Haberkorn) books, probably the one I think with most often.
The argument, now deeply relevant in the US, is that autocrats intentionally flaunt abuses of power precisely to normalize those abuses.
uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/I/In-P...
The argument, now deeply relevant in the US, is that autocrats intentionally flaunt abuses of power precisely to normalize those abuses.
uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/I/In-P...
Upcoming conference on #academicfreedom in #SoutheastAsia and the United States, organized by
@nysean.bsky.social.
Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
@nysean.bsky.social.
Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
The schedule for NYSEAN's Conference on Intellectual Freedom in Southeast Asia and the United States
More info: bit.ly/4pQ589Z
In-person RSVP: bit.ly/49bZtFk
Webinar RSVP: bit.ly/3IlwhRv
More info: bit.ly/4pQ589Z
In-person RSVP: bit.ly/49bZtFk
Webinar RSVP: bit.ly/3IlwhRv
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Upcoming conference on #academicfreedom in #SoutheastAsia and the United States, organized by
@nysean.bsky.social.
Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
@nysean.bsky.social.
Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
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The State of Critical Race Disability Studies A White Paper Report from the Disabled Scholars of Color Collective
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/15/g...
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/15/g...
October 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
The State of Critical Race Disability Studies A White Paper Report from the Disabled Scholars of Color Collective
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/15/g...
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/2025/10/15/g...
Call from @getsea.bsky.social for graduate student mentors to advise prospective applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details below —
We are seeking current graduate students in Southeast Asian
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
October 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Call from @getsea.bsky.social for graduate student mentors to advise prospective applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details below —
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The courts are being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. Our new report sets out the urgent changes needed to protect them, including universal anti-SLAPP legislation to ensure no voice goes unheard. Read the report ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
October 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The courts are being weaponised to silence survivors of sexual and gender-based violence. Our new report sets out the urgent changes needed to protect them, including universal anti-SLAPP legislation to ensure no voice goes unheard. Read the report ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/the-...
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#China: We join a coalition of more than 90 human rights NGOs calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. #FreeGuiMinhai: rsf.org/en/china-90-...
October 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
#China: We join a coalition of more than 90 human rights NGOs calling for the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai on the 10th anniversary of his kidnapping by Chinese agents in Thailand. #FreeGuiMinhai: rsf.org/en/china-90-...
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New event!
📆17th Oct
🕓4pm Thailand Time
To close out the Exhibition "Constellation of Complicity" at BACC in Bangkok, Live performance "Kage" by Teerawat Mulvilai
Details:
www.instagram.com/p/DPkr-A0kkgJ
📆17th Oct
🕓4pm Thailand Time
To close out the Exhibition "Constellation of Complicity" at BACC in Bangkok, Live performance "Kage" by Teerawat Mulvilai
Details:
www.instagram.com/p/DPkr-A0kkgJ
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New event!
📆17th Oct
🕓4pm Thailand Time
To close out the Exhibition "Constellation of Complicity" at BACC in Bangkok, Live performance "Kage" by Teerawat Mulvilai
Details:
www.instagram.com/p/DPkr-A0kkgJ
📆17th Oct
🕓4pm Thailand Time
To close out the Exhibition "Constellation of Complicity" at BACC in Bangkok, Live performance "Kage" by Teerawat Mulvilai
Details:
www.instagram.com/p/DPkr-A0kkgJ
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Powerful words from author Saleem Haddad, reminding us of the power of stories to resist attempts to control the truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK?
Let us know in the thread ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
Let us know in the thread ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
October 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Powerful words from author Saleem Haddad, reminding us of the power of stories to resist attempts to control the truth. What are you reading for #BannedBooksWeekUK?
Let us know in the thread ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
Let us know in the thread ⬇️
www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...
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I'm appalled but unfortunately unsurprised to hear that ICE is targeting my neighbors in Rogers Park today. Unidentifiable and unaccountable agents are roaming the streets with their faces covered targeting schools and community centers. It needs to end. Abolish ICE.
September 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I'm appalled but unfortunately unsurprised to hear that ICE is targeting my neighbors in Rogers Park today. Unidentifiable and unaccountable agents are roaming the streets with their faces covered targeting schools and community centers. It needs to end. Abolish ICE.
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I'll be speaking with @jwassers.bsky.social on Friday, October 3 (3:30pm) at the Wagner School at NYU on the topic of music, Southeast Asia, and transnational aesthetics.
It's a joint book talk! Jeff's is lovely (and available as an audio edition). Come one come all.
www.nysean.org/events/songs...
It's a joint book talk! Jeff's is lovely (and available as an audio edition). Come one come all.
www.nysean.org/events/songs...
Songs Beyond Borders: Thailand and Transnational Musical Connections — New York Southeast Asia Network
Join NYSEAN and NYU MAIR for a talk by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Benjamin Tausig about the way that music features in their new books and how they engage with songs in their various writings. B...
www.nysean.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I'll be speaking with @jwassers.bsky.social on Friday, October 3 (3:30pm) at the Wagner School at NYU on the topic of music, Southeast Asia, and transnational aesthetics.
It's a joint book talk! Jeff's is lovely (and available as an audio edition). Come one come all.
www.nysean.org/events/songs...
It's a joint book talk! Jeff's is lovely (and available as an audio edition). Come one come all.
www.nysean.org/events/songs...
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ICYMI, recording of ** Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink ** held on 8 September 2025.
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Indonesia in Crisis: Affan Kurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink
YouTube video by JSEALab
www.youtube.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
ICYMI, recording of ** Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink ** held on 8 September 2025.
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
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ACLS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. These prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023: bit.ly/4mS9oDX
ACLS Announces Winners of 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards
$50,000 prizes award four open access books in the humanities and fund future open access publications
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September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
ACLS is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 ACLS Open Access Book Prizes and Arcadia Open Access Publishing Awards. These prizes recognize and reward the authors and publishers of exceptional, innovative, and open access humanities books published from 2018 to 2023: bit.ly/4mS9oDX
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TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!
Further details below --
Further details below --
Assistant Professor -Modern Southeast Asian Humanities - Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!
Further details below --
Further details below --
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So grateful to write for @dissentmag.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue "Authoritarianism and Resistance." I drafted the piece in June with the new school year in mind, as an immigrant scholar severed from her homeland: What can we teach the young about how to exist and persist at this historic juncture?
To Outlive Tyranny - Dissent Magazine
Flesh and blood alone cannot halt the advance of iron and steel. To stop the tanks, we need people to place blocks on the road and throw sand into the gears.
www.dissentmagazine.org
September 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
So grateful to write for @dissentmag.bsky.social's Fall 2025 issue "Authoritarianism and Resistance." I drafted the piece in June with the new school year in mind, as an immigrant scholar severed from her homeland: What can we teach the young about how to exist and persist at this historic juncture?
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They have just enough (im)plausible deniability here to say that it’s about the Ride of the Valkyries scene from Apocalypse Now but yeah that’s the “game” they are playing
If you're conversant in the lingua franca of the online right, you know the helicopter emojis the official White House account is using here are a reference to the Pinochet dictatorship's practice of flying people above the ocean and dropping them to disappear them.
That's what they're threatening.
That's what they're threatening.
September 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
They have just enough (im)plausible deniability here to say that it’s about the Ride of the Valkyries scene from Apocalypse Now but yeah that’s the “game” they are playing