GETSEA

GETSEA Minicourses are back! Chit Wityi Ooo & Bao-Son Trinh will teach "Microplastics & Environmental Effects: From Pollution to solution this Spring. More details & sign-ups below! Full Syllabus: tinyurl.com/mrj77u5a App Deadline: April 7 tinyurl.com/mrxcxec4

Join KITLV’s SEA seminar “Aceh's American opium wars” with James Fichter, University of Hong Kong, to learn about how the American purchasers of Acehnese pepper also sold substantial amounts of opium. March 24 @ 3 pm CET kitlv.nl/event/fichter/

Do you want to learn the Lao language, history, and culture? What better way to do it than to spend your summer fully immersed in Lao society in Laos! Join the Center for Lao Studies’s 2026 Summer Study Abroad in Laos program. Application deadline: Apr 16 tinyurl.com/3w5fk528

The Eighth International Conference on Lao Studies on “The Time and Space of Laos: Neighbors and transformations,” to be held on September 10-13, invites submissions of abstracts for individual papers or organized panels. Submission deadline: February 22 conferencecentral.org/42

Chris Hulshof joins the NIU Center for Southeast Asia Studies for a hybrid lecture on “Words as Weapons: British Black Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in Indonesia, 1963-66” this Friday, live via Zoom! March 20 @ 12 pm CST tinyurl.com/2n7hdext

2026 International Interdisciplinary Conference on Myanmar's Borderlands, to be held online on July 10-12, invites submissions of original research papers and/or panels covering any area of Myanmar borders. Abstract deadline: April 15 tinyurl.com/ypuprbbu

Join University of Michigan’s CSEAS Friday Lecture Series on “Nations, DissemiNation, ImagiNation and its people: Internal Exiles in post-coup Burma” with Ei Thin Zar, Chiang Mai University. March 20 @ 12 pm EST tinyurl.com/3a4p56wr

What to Make of Trump’s Southeast Asia Strategy? Join this seminar with Derek Grossman, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS, to learn about the Trump administration’s policy and its engagement with the region. March 19 @ 10 am Singapore Time tinyurl.com/y7uvyhe4

Buffalo State University’s Global Studies Institute invites you to join “International Dialogue Exploring Comparative Education in the US and Southeast Asia” during their 15th Annual Southeast Asia Week. March 19 @ 5:25 pm EST tinyurl.com/yc5btmh9

Join the book launch of Ferdiansyah Thajib’s “Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia.” The book examines how Muslims grapple with the challenges and possibilities of inhabiting queer and trans religiosity. March 18 @ 5 pm ET tinyurl.com/4mmp8kfb

Join the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University for Pyan Amin Muchtar’s discussion on “Hot and Hazy Choices: Digital Consumers’ Adaptation to Environmental Shocks.” March 17 @ 1:15 pm AEDT tinyurl.com/5tbptc39

Join the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University for Arif Anindita’s discussion on “The Aftermath of the Anti-Communist Purge on Demographic Transition in Indonesia.” March 18 @ 12:30 pm AEDT tinyurl.com/yra4badv

SOAS Centre of South East Asian Studies and the Mekong Studies Centre, Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University invite you to the seminar “The Mekong: A confluence of power, survival, and change.” March 16 @ 10 am London Time

Are you looking for online Vietnamese classes for heritage learners? University of Minnesota is offering classes in Summer 2026! See more details at cla.umn.edu/language-cente….

Do you want to learn the Lao language, Lao history, and Lao culture? Join the Center for Lao Studies (CLS)’s 2026 Summer Study Abroad in Laos program (SAIL) to spend your summer fully immersed in Lao society in Laos! Application deadline: April 1 tinyurl.com/bdhjc76j

Thinking about applying to MA or PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies? Join GETSEA to hear insights from graduate students! March 10th @ 6:00pm (PT) tinyurl.com/4e9jtsed

Join KITLV’s SEA seminar “Voices of women activists in Maluku” to learn about issues of territorial rights, environmental issues, women’s rights, masyarakat adat and freedom of speech in present day Maluku. March 9 @ 3:30 pm CET tinyurl.com/59u957pp

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The Cornell Southeast Asia Program’s 28th annual graduate conference offers a space for scholars of Southeast Asia to share new work, receive feedback, and engage with peers and faculty across disciplines. Join us virtually or at the Kahin Center! March 6 tinyurl.com/54vmm78a

Celebrate KITLV’s 175th anniversary with the seminar “Reason prevails or: How the technocrats believed in and mugged by New Order realities” with interdisciplinary political theorist Iqra Anugrah. March 5 @ 3:30 pm CET kitlv.nl/event/anugrah/