The talk “Impunity from below: Vigilantism and the state in democratic Indonesia” examines the rise of vigilante violence as a function of ordinary citizens' ability to acquire impunity for highly public acts of violence. December 8 @ 12 pm London Time https://t.co/2RQ4na3CAB

Join “The Deep Dive” with Anchana Heemmina, human rights defender and founder of the Duay Jai Group, to discuss Thailand’s Deep South, one of the longest ongoing insurgency conflicts, ahead of the upcoming general election. December 6 @ 8 pm EST https://t.co/CGT0abiPyK

Join “Race and Soldiering Masculinities in Modern Dutch Colonial Wars in Indonesia” to learn about how the Dutch colonial army hierarchy can tell us about how ethnic differences were theorised and mobilised for warfare. December 8 @ 4 pm CET https://t.co/Eps9kwqqAG

Join the lecture “Bananapocalypse: Un/Making Plantation Capitalism” to explore afterlives of the externalities that commodity production in the Philippines obscures, disguises, or otherwise erases from its ambit of accountability. December 5 @ 3 pm EST https://t.co/Nf67rqAVfE

In “How Ethnic Rebellion Begins: Theory and Evidence from Myanmar,” Jangai Jap tracks the origins of armed ethnic organizations in Myanmar. Join the talk to hear about her findings. December 5 @ 12 pm EST https://t.co/bP67neKkSk

“The Future(s) of International and Area Studies” invites proposals for breakout sessions that engage with the core themes of the conference. More details below. Submission deadline: December 4 https://t.co/9rAZIfpnqA

The AAS-in-Asia 2026 in Lahore calls for proposals that engage with Asia's significance as a site of continuity and reinvention in global history, under the theme “Centering Asia: Refiguring Connections, Recharting Futures.” Submission deadline: Dec 2 https://t.co/7110BUdAax

The final webinar of the 2025 Fall LuceSEA series features faculty and student researchers from the LuceSEA Field School, sharing insights from fieldwork conducted in Thailand and Indonesia. December 3 @ 9 pm EST https://t.co/EqAzU5AB5T

“Strengthening Indonesian Studies Together,” will be a space to share experiences, identify emerging opportunities and challenges, and envision new directions for the field. December 2 @ 7:30 pm ET https://t.co/nrasLT1onS

In Muslim-majority, increasingly Islamist Malaysia, anti-queer policies & policing affirm commitment to the presumed moral high ground of Malay-Muslim rights: pink-blocking offers a way to build coveted electoral support. December 2 @ 5:30 pm London time https://t.co/eop409zAnp

The 2026 JF-GJS Fellowship Program provides post-doctoral researchers in the field of Japanese Studies with opportunities to conduct research in Japan while belonging to Tobunken. Application deadline: December 1 Japan time https://t.co/AKRbwIiNB4

Call for contribution for “Playable Southeast Asia: Gaming Cultures, Politics, and Aesthetics in a Multiethnic Region edited volume,” which will be proposed for publication at Duke UP. Submission deadline: December 1 https://t.co/yit1nHe0Cb

The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) provides research fellowships to US scholars in all disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities who seek to pursue research focusing on Cambodia. Application deadline: Nov 30 EST https://t.co/ErKOzkFMgz

Daniel Tua Ompusunggu & Jupita Sinurat, members of the heritage team Jabu Sihol, will give a presentation on the culture of the Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia: 'Faces of Batak heritage'. November 28 @ 3:30 pm CET https://t.co/OrHW7N7BEf

Advancements in AI have revolutionised criminal justice practices. Join the workshop “Exploring the Role of AI in Criminal Justice: Lessons Learned from Practitioners in Malaysia” to learn more. November 26 @ 2pm AEDT https://t.co/nIiMJtSy8m

This talk draws on a prominent tradition of scholarship concerning SEA concepts of power, which appears to have lost much of its appeal to observers of contemporary political contests (and other social dynamics) in SEA. Nov 26 @ 12 pm London Time https://t.co/ChHqSOHbeQ

The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) is pleased to invite you to a series of research presentations marking the conclusion of the 2025 Ponlok Chomnes Research Fellowship (PCRF) Program. November 22 @ 8:30 am Cambodia Time https://t.co/59eylDLwHH

Concerned about peatland degradation and underground peat fires in Southeast Asia? Join “Peatlands Futures: Integrating Data and Community Governance for Nature-Based Climate and Haze Solutions.” November 23 @ 9 am Singapore Time https://t.co/NGPjQoHdFa

In “Choral Odyssey,” Singaporean composer Zecharaiah Goh will speak about the composition of his choral works across the last thirty years, and their relationship to Singaporean cultural heritage, language, and traditions. November 19 @ 5 pm PST https://t.co/ZZbbI7g9vt

Join CSEAS Lecture Series with Professor Jui-Ching Wang, School of Music, Northern Illinois University to discuss “Performing Southeast Asian Art Goes to School.” November 21 @ 12 pm CST https://t.co/DfHX5qh4Gj