Southeast Asian History / Studies

The "Asian Film and Media" special session seeks papers for the 2022 Annual Conference of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association (PAMLA), taking place in-person at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center in Los Angeles, CA from Friday, November 11 until Saturday, November 13, 2022. 

URDU STUDIES is an annual bilingual (English & Urdu) Research Journal published by the Department of Urdu, Jai Prakash University, Chapra (India). It has been included in the UGC-CARE list as well.

Research papers in Ebglish and Urdu are invited for its fourth issue. Details can be checked on the website.

Back to normal?:  continuity and crisis in Southeast Asian Studies
September 8 –10 2022 | Online via Zoom

Post-pandemic for some, but not for others, we invite those engaged in the study of Southeast Asia to take a moment for collective reflection. What is the future of Southeast Asian Studies? What were the problems with ‘normal’ and who is interested in returning to it? What kind of futures might be possible for Southeast Asian Studies? 

2022 CAORC-INYA Scholars Fellowship Program for U.S. Postgraduate Scholars conducting Research Work on Myanmar/Burma in a Third Country

Fellowship awards from $3,200 to $4,000 for a maximum of 3 months

The Historical, Cultural and Critical Inquiry Group at the University of Newcastle (Australia) is pleased to announce the second paper in our 2022 seminar series, on Friday 25 March 2022 from 10-11am Australian Eastern Daylight Time (GMT+11). A Zoom link is below. Our presenter is:

Discover the unique workings of Gamelan.

Recently declared a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage, GAMELAN has been deeply appreciated by locals and foreigners for decades. The unique workings of melody, elaboration, and tempo density have fascinated and challenged many generations.
Dr. Kathryn "Kitsie" Emerson - gamelan performer and researcher since 1991 - will offer an engaging and accessible introduction  with plenty of musical examples.

What did Jakarta look like in the 1950s?

The 1950s was the first decade when Indonesians could shape their own capital city without foreign interference. Be guided through the city inherited from the colonial era and see how plans were laid for the great metropolis we know. What do we still recognize today?  Join this time machine back to 1950s Jakarta with Scott Merrillees, drawing images from his book Jakarta: Portraits of a Capital: 1950–1980.

As more urban areas across the world adopt green visions, more case studies are conducted to document how these projects have yet to deliver on their environmental promises. Together, the dominant discourses reinforce a recurring and deterministic view that without radical reforms, existing political-economic structures will doom green city experiments to failure. Since such wholesale structural transformations seem far-fetched in most societies, the saturation of existing criticisms inevitably conjures up a bleak outlook on ecological urban futures.

2PM GMT, 17TH MARCH 2022 - COLONIZING ANIMALS - A CONVERSATION WITH DR JONATHAN SAHA

Registration at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6w9AN4P1RXqQClQPUdljvg

CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: 11 APRIL 2022