Upcoming NYSEAN co-sponsored Events
Join NYSEAN for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. In this talk, Dr. Zhou presents a simultaneously global and local history of Shenzhen by tracing how the city’s development was entangled with China’s Cold War engagements with Southeast Asia.
Margaret Scott, a founder of NYSEAN and a journalist with The New York Review of Books, will moderate the discussion.
Join NYSEAN for a preview screening of Citizen on Trial, a documentary that follows the experiences of Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal as Thailand's first conscientious objector, exploring resistance to military conscription and broader questions of freedom of conscience, civil disobedience, and freedom of expression in Thailand. A Q&A with Netiwit follows the screening.
Join NYSEAN and Engage Thailand for a screening of two short documentary films by Jirapreeya Saeboo and Navinthiti Jarupratai exploring struggles over university governance, heritage, public space, and freedom of expression in Thailand. The film screenings are followed by a discussion with both filmmakers.
upcoming Events
Silverlens Gallery presents Empress, an exhibition of new work by Jenifer K. Wofford running November 5 through December 19, 2026. This exhibition explores an alternate universe where basketball had been invented by and dominated by Filipino women instead of Americans who brought the sport to the colonial Philippines.
Silverlens Gallery presents Torrents of Rain, an exhibition by Jakkai Siributr running November 5 through December 19, 2026. Jakkai Siributr’s assemblages of fabrics, tchotchkes, beads, and personal memorabilia pay homage to the ‘spirit-filled’ streets of Bangkok, where there is an everyday animism: spirit-houses and shrines, devotional offerings of coke bottles and ornate garlands, glittering temples, and saffron-robed trees.
Join the Asian American Education Project for a screening of Southeast Asian American Journeys: A Docuseries. This anthology features intergenerational stories of local Southeast Asian American refugee communities in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, Oregon, and California. A discussion with filmmaker Quyên Nguyen-Le follows the screening.
Join NYSEAN for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. In this talk, Dr. Zhou presents a simultaneously global and local history of Shenzhen by tracing how the city’s development was entangled with China’s Cold War engagements with Southeast Asia.
Margaret Scott, a founder of NYSEAN and a journalist with The New York Review of Books, will moderate the discussion.
Join the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and the US-ASEAN Business Council for a talk by Kevin O’Rourke, Principal of Reformasi Information Services and one of Indonesia’s most experienced commentators. As the administration of President Prabowo Subianto enters its second year the economy’s positive 5% growth story is challenged by a host of domestic and international issues, O’Rourke will evaluate current economic and political developments in Indonesia.
Join NYSEAN for a preview screening of Citizen on Trial, a documentary that follows the experiences of Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal as Thailand's first conscientious objector, exploring resistance to military conscription and broader questions of freedom of conscience, civil disobedience, and freedom of expression in Thailand. A Q&A with Netiwit follows the screening.
Join NYSEAN and Engage Thailand for a screening of two short documentary films by Jirapreeya Saeboo and Navinthiti Jarupratai exploring struggles over university governance, heritage, public space, and freedom of expression in Thailand. The film screenings are followed by a discussion with both filmmakers.
NYSEAN VOICES
![[Recording] A Talk by Dr. Chee Soon Juan: Singapore’s Slow Unraveling?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1792273196943-6KRUUBSOQ2PU6MIFGLD5/NYSEAN+Chee+Soon+Juan+Flyer-2.png)
![[Recording] Five Years after the Youth Protests: The Thai Monarchy Strikes Back](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1790983114023-2ZL7QROQUOAW6S5CH1B3/NYSEAN+Pavin+Flyer.png)
![[Recording] Making Orders in Contestation: Civil War and Online Scams in Myanmar’s Borderlands](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1790981810198-URMMLJG2V42242169UHZ/NYSEAN+Kota+Flyer.png)
![[Recording] Southeast Asia’s Generational Shift: Foreign Policy Futures](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1788378021418-RV89T8SNTXJZAMB0YDT7/sddefault-2.jpg)
OPPORTUNITIES
We are pleased to announce the 2027 Southeast Asian Graduate Student Conference at Harvard University. This year’s theme, “Southeast Asia in Context: Space, Place, and Territoriality”, invites participants to explore how Southeast Asian countries, peoples and communities situate themselves in relation to one another and to the rest of the world.
Deadline: December 1st, 2026
Are you currently conducting research on sport mega-events, particularly the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, or interested in exploring the SEA Games from critical and interdisciplinary perspectives? The workshop, titled “Understanding the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games: Sport, Politics, Culture”, is now accepting abstracts. The conference will take place from May 27 to 28, 2027, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Application deadline: December 1, 2026
The Association for Asian Studies in Asia Conference welcomes organized panels and roundtable session proposals (no individual papers proposals) on all aspects of Asian Studies. The conference will take place from July 1 to 3, 2027, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Application deadline: October 30, 2026
https://www.asianstudies.org/conferences/aas-in-asia/call-for-proposals/
CKS invites U.S. citizens to apply for its annual research fellowships in the social sciences and humanities. We are seeking innovative projects focused on Cambodia or that situate the country within a broader regional or international context. Application deadline: November 30, 2026.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://khmerstudies.org/programs/us-scholar-research-fellowships/
CKS invites Cambodian PhD holders and doctoral students to apply for research fellowships in the social sciences and humanities. Application deadline: February 28, 2027.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://khmerstudies.org/programs/cambodian-scholar-research-fellowships/
East-West Center invites proposals from all disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives for its 26th International Graduate Student Conference under the theme “Weaving Knowledge for Shared Indo-Pacific Prosperity.” More details below.
Deadline: Sep 30
The Monsoon Awards, the first indie, ground-up, artist-led pan-Asian comics prize.
➡️ We are officially open for submissions in the following categories:
• Best Graphic Novel in English
• Best Graphic Narrative in Thai
• Best Short Comic / Zine (under 30 pages) in English
• Best Webcomic / Serial / Strip in English
• Best Nonfiction Comic in English
• Best Experimental Comic in English
• Best Young Adult Comic in English
Submission deadline is May 31st. For submission guidelines, go to www.themonsoonawards.com
Videos
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![[Recording] Singapore’s Vivian Balakrishnan on AI, China, and Global Competition](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1792272994081-4OOYVC15Z0URI0UOAUO8/sddefault.jpg)
![[Recording] Thailand’s Sihasak Phuangketkeow on ASEAN and the Future of Asia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1792272734538-R4N7ZPAGJOZO2VUPQIR9/UNGA-danny-sihasak-thumb-as.png)
![[Recording] Where’s the Water: Mekong Wet Season 2026](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1788376393461-M3XY7XVCBMTWDIP7TM5X/sddefault.jpg)
![[Recording] Telegram Therapy and Psy-Influencers: Adaptation of Digital Mental Health Services in Cambodia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1783459806274-BEBNR1J6RRTZHCFNYCGR/Dr.-Elena-Lesley-Webinar.jpg)
![[Recording] Circuits of Power: Infrastructure, Communication, and Data in Southeast Asia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1781207884968-FPT345HZWBDCAJSFLLMQ/NYSEAN+Media+Studies+Panel.png)
![[Recording] A Decade of Reflection: US-Lao Relations and the Legacies of War After 2016](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1781207485413-V8FHPPZ3KECPMMNO9FV4/sddefault-5.jpg)
![[Recording] Mining Landscapes of Ancient Cambodia: Research, Documentation, and Preservation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1781127990039-W57X44Z9CIB5LH44R0DM/sddefault-4.jpg)
![[Recording] After the Election: What’s Next for Thailand?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1778536700239-9GP7T0BWBDLZ415LLYHP/Thai+Election+Flyer.jpeg)
![[Recording] Activist Scholarship and Freedom in Peril in Southeast Asia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1778535385132-URZVI4IPNQVMQZ4MNVHZ/sddefault-3.jpg)
![[Video] Photojournalist Nicole Tung on the Environmental and Human Toll of Overfishing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1777682300196-R1OKPYB1D9C23UUFU9E2/sddefault-2.jpg)
![[Recording] Protecting Water in the Mining Rush: Lessons from Africa and Southeast Asia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1777682059867-HERILVTL6YWQ559U255D/sddefault.jpg)
![[Recording] Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1775168471240-GEORIPQNLRRB5H3Q3NA3/NYSEAN+Enduring+Otherwise+Flyer-2.png)
![[Recording] The Philippines’ ASEAN Chairmanship: Foreign Secretary Ma. Theresa P. Lazaro on Indo-Pacific Strategy](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1775163042664-Z76W3EMOBQV3YZWHDG96/sddefault-6.jpg)
![[Recording] Dams and Difference in Ethnic Lao Spaces of the Mekong River Basin](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1775162848246-VTVC9Z9L7JN2G1MHJUAK/sddefault-5.jpg)
For ethnic Lao living along the Mekong River and its tributaries, hydropower dams have negatively impacted their lives and livelihoods. Many impacts, however, remain invisible in social and environmental impact assessments but have profound repercussions for the well-being of these communities. This talk by Akarath Soukhaphon, Geography PhD Candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison, makes visible some of these impacts among ethnic Lao communities in and around the Pak Mun Dam in northeastern Thailand, the Don Sahong and Xe Pian Xe Namnoy Dams in southern Laos, and the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in northeastern Cambodia.
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![[Recording] Cracking Down on Scam Compounds in Southeast Asia](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1773690701908-4Y3PTLLFSH529KQ4JK3W/sddefault-4.jpg)
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![[Recording] The Results and Implications of Myanmar’s Elections](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1772490159352-97LTIN2NJWRJ3D60B281/sddefault.jpg)
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![[Video] How Will Thai-Cambodia Conflict Affect Thailand’s Choice For Next Leader? | Insight](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1770852619547-PDU2JAY59XVARY9QC7RM/sddefault-5.jpg)
![[Video] WagTalks: Presidential Policy — U.S. Development and Global Health Assistance with John Gershman](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/657a0c3cd9317f7b22ebbb67/1770403549366-78B8G2VKIZHOZJXAK2SQ/sddefault-4.jpg)
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