Save the date! Next Friday, 20 March, 12 noon, Bencharat Sae Chua, director of the Southeast Asian Coalition for Academic Freedom, will talk about "Activist Scholarship and Academic Freedom in Peril in Southeast Asia" at UW-Madison!

#Iran: PEN International condemns all breaches of international law amid escalating hostilities across the Middle East and is gravely concerned by mounting civilian casualties in Iran and across the region. Read our full statement ⬇️ www.pen-international.org/news/iran-pe...

Last year, GETSEA & friends brought you two webinars with faculty covering how to get into graduate studies programs. Next month, we are putting on a webinar with graduate students to provide insight into the same topic! March 10th @ 6:00pm (PT) tinyurl.com/4e9jtsed

If you are headed to the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver and want to know what to expect, join @getsea.bsky.social for "How to AAS." 5 March -- morning in Asia, evening in North America -- details below!

One week from today, Dwinelle Hall 370, the building where I first studied the history of the symbolism of struggles as a history grad student in the 1980s, 5pm start, March 10 events.berkeley.edu/cseas/event/... — cc @nilsgilman.bsky.social

On the subject of Letters from Political Prisoners: @turtelista.bsky.social recently both gave an interview to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights: tlhr2014.com/archives/81975 and with @jsealab.bsky.social published translations of Arnon Nampa seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u... Both are well worth a read

Join the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) for a webinar “Making Sense of the Myanmar and Thai Elections: Complicated Processes, Fraught Results”. Speakers include Dr. Joel Sawat Selway and Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing. February 23 @ 5 pm ET tinyurl.com/ysrj3hzr

Yale Conference on Indonesia calls on scholars, scholar-artists, activists, policymakers, and other interested parties to submit proposals on the theme “Ways of Water: Drains, Viscosities, Leaks, Overflows, and Bursts in Indonesia.” Submission deadline: February 21 tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk

Lao vocal state critic Bao Mo Khean missing after facing escalating death threats, days before Laos’ national elections. He's not been seen since 13th Feb & its suspected that he's been subject to enforced disappearance by the gov't #ຖ້າການເມືອງລາວດີ #SurfaceKhaen Read more from Manushya Foundation:

** งานแปลใหม่ๆ จาก @jsealab.bsky.social ** จดหมายทั้ง 95 ฉบับ ที่ ทนาย อานนท์ นำภา เขียนหลังลูกกรงในปีที่สองของการถูกจองจำในคดีมาตรา 112 ที่โดนจากการเคลื่อนไหวทางสังคมและการเมือง การเรียกร้องประชาธิปไตย และกล้าฝันถึงความยุติธรรม อ่านฉบับแปลภาษาอังกฤษตามลิงค์นี้: bit.ly/467TWxu

New translation from the Article 112 Project and @jsealab.bsky.social at UW-Madison! ** Letters from Prison: Year 2 (Nos. 140-234, 1 October 2024-26 September 2025), by Arnon Nampa (อานนท์ นำภา) ** Read/Download: bit.ly/467TWxu 1/x

Upcoming webinars on #ThaiElection organized by @nysean.bsky.social! Details below --

It will be a huge injustice if Pimsiri Petchnamrob is convicted for Lèse-majesté this week. Her speech did not insult the king of Thailand, she merely quoted the UN's special rapporteur that said 112 was being used as a tool of suppression. They didn't charge the UN rapporteur over it.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday following his conviction on foreign collusion and sedition charges. Full story: buff.ly/6MkP1zn

The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) has released report “Looking Back on 2025,” which highlights the impact of ongoing armed conflict and the deepening political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Burma/Myanmar on women & the work of its member organisations. www.womenofburma.org/reports/look...

New free, online mini-course from @getsea.bsky.social on "Mobility and Circulation Across Southeast Asia." Details and application below --

#Myanmar: For 5 years, the military has attempted to silence a nation through terror, censorship, and brutality, yet it has failed to extinguish the voices of those resisting its rule. This anniversary must serve as a moment of renewed international resolve. www.pen-international.org/news/myanmar...

Fantastic fellowship opportunity for Southeast Asian postdoctoral scholars from the @asianstudies.org! Details below --

Join a community of scholars, researchers, and practitioners on Indonesian Studies at this annual conference! This year’s theme is “Making Knowledge, Making History: Producing the Indonesian Past, Present, and Future.” Abstract submission deadline: February 8 tinyurl.com/4jraf54w

The experimental “Subaltern Transnationalism” workshop will convene a small group of scholars who research how people around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities. Proposals submission deadline: January 24 tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt

1 February A date remembered. Stories still unfolding.

Fantastic opportunity from @asianstudies.org for postdoctoral fellows from Southeast Asia -- details below!

The Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore invites applications for the ARI–Luce Southeast Asian Studies Collaboratory, an intensive residential program designed to support early-career scholars. Application Deadline: January 19 ari.nus.edu.sg/ari-luce-col...

Two days left to apply to this great workshop opportunity for graduate studies in #SoutheastAsianStudies!

Interested in intensive language study? Apply to the 2026 Blakemore Foundation Asian Language Fellowships or the 2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships. More details below. Application Deadline: December 30 tinyurl.com/38natb4d

Upcoming event from @getsea.bsky.social! Learn about Southeast Asian Studies from graduate students studying SEA at universities across the US. Area studies, resources, programs, funding, advisors, general advice & more will be discussed! Dec. 15 @ 2:00pm (PT) / 5:00pm (ET) bit.ly/3Ym7dhj

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/

Princeton University calls for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program for the academic year 2026-27 will focus on "the Politics of the Archive." Application deadline: November 17 bit.ly/4nlZryv

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.

Join Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator Ambeth R. Ocampo in the lecture “Reflections on the (Ab)Uses of Philippine History.” October 28 @ 1 pm EDT tinyurl.com/pfwj762z

Since the mid-2010s, some activists in Bangkok and Hong Kong have been inspiring and forging ties with one another. Learn more at “Tales of Two Cities: Prodemocracy Protests and Beijing’s Lengthening Shadow in Bangkok and Hong Kong, 2015-2025” October 27 @ 5 pm London Time tinyurl.com/4z7sxknv

Upcoming webinar from UBC Myanmar Initiative on “Possibilities for Myanmar’s Post-conflict Future.” Details and how to register below —

A Conversation with Thailand’s Opposition Leader: Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut Date: October 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY More info and RSVP: buff.ly/bFJ55JN

Join CSEAS Lecture Series with Kanjana Thepboriruk, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University, on “Thai American Oral History Project.” Register below. October 24 @ 1 pm EDT tinyurl.com/7sfm9rw5

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 --

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 —

The Center of Smart and Sustainable Cities, Universitas Tidar, accepts applications for its Research Fellowship Program, which aims to foster collaboration in research on smart and sustainable urban development. Application deadline: October 30 ssc.untidar.ac.id/index.php/so...

The Weatherhead Scholars Program invites applications for the Sang Kee Kim Postdoctoral Fellowship from early-career scholars whose research focuses on East Asia and Southeast Asia (excluding Japan and China). Application Deadline: October 15 tinyurl.com/2emzpr5y

Fantastic opportunity for grad students with GETSEA below!

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

#India: The state of #civicspace is rated as 'repressed'. In recent months, the govt has continued to deny bail to #activists detained under the UAPA, ban books in #Kashmir, block social media and crackdown on protests. More here: web.civicus.org/IndiaSept2025

TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley! Further details below --

Join @jsealab.bsky.social, @nysean.bsky.social and SEACAF for this upcoming webinar: “ #Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest,and a Polity on the Brink” 📅 Sunday, September 7, 2025 🕗 8 PM CST | 9 PM EST 📅 Monday, September 8, 2025 🕗 8:00 AM ICT | 11 AM AEST 🔗 Register : bit.ly/4ncNJpT

SEACAF, @jsealab.bsky.social & @nysean.bsky.social host a virtual roundtable this weekend to discuss the protests in Indonesia w/ Edward Aspinall, Amalinda Savirani, Rina Mardiana, Muhamad Isnur, Veronika Kusumaryati, Chris Hulshof & Doreen Lee. Sept 7 @ 9:00p (ET) tinyurl.com/3w6ttte5

Then SAFEnet issued a statement on the digital aspects of repression in Indonesia. Documenting serious cases of digital authoritarianism by the gov't & @jsealab.bsky.social bring together media reports & other sources about protests upto the 30th Aug here: seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u... 8/

New #JusticeinTranslation on #Militarization, #media, #AffanKurniawan in #Indonesia out! ** Justice for Affan Kurniawan: The First Civilian Casualty of the Remilitarization of Indonesia, a collection of documents introduced and translated by Christopher Hulshof. ** Read/Download: bit.ly/4naCIp7 🧵

The UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies is seeking participation in the Southeast Asian Lives (SEALIVES) small grants program from students and faculty with research and community engagements with Southeast Asians. Details below! Deadline: Sep 30 tinyurl.com/23z2umjt

Powerful and urgent zine from @focussouth.bsky.social on #care and #resistance in #socialmovements. Available in multiple languages! Download the zine here: www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...

Listen to Scholars at Risk's latest 'Free to Think' podcast about academic freedom in Thailand and the targeting of Dr. Paul Chambers under the country's draconian lèse majesté law -- www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/po...