Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Chris Hulshof, GETSEA Director of Community Engagement and History PhD Candidate at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Hulshof will discuss how the British psychological warfare campaign in Indonesia not only flooded the Indonesian market with black propaganda leaflets and radio broadcasts, but deftly manipulated the international news circuit to spread Indonesian Army propaganda across the globe.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan for a talk by Ei Thin Zar, the 2025–26 Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellow at the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University. Dr. Zar will discuss how Myanmar’s people and nations are made in a double narration: one as the objects of nationalist pedagogy, which values citizens that speak Burmese and practice Buddhism, and the other as the subjects of the processes that erase those discursive fixations.

Join the Stimson Center in celebrating World Water Day for a discussion exploring the impact of mining on global water resources and highlighting promising approaches to protect water security. Speakers include Obert Bore, Programmes Manager, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Organization; Regan Kwan, Research Analyst, Stimson Center Southeast Asia Program; Susanne Schmeier, Professor of Water Cooperation, Law, and Diplomacy, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, and Scott Sellwood, Civil Society Sector Lead, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Derek Grossman, Visiting Senior Fellow, which unpacks the Trump administration’s policy towards Southeast Asia and its engagement with the region.

Join the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium and the Small Business Development Center at Buffalo State University for a cross-country dialogue  exploring cultures and education systems in the United States and Cambodia. Speakers include faculty and students of the Education Department at the Royal University of Phnom Penh and the Department of Human Geography at Buffalo State University.

Join Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s Localized History Project, and The Asian American Education Project, for an immersive evening dedicated to the rich, localized history of The Bronx’s Asian American community. Hosted by NYC Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Studies K-12 Project, this interactive event invites New York City teachers, community members, and youth to bridge the gap between history and the classroom through storytelling, community building, and curriculum development. Attendees will walk away with tangible resources to support AAPI history education in K-12 schools.

Join NYSEAN for the book launch of Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia by Ferdiansyah Thajib, Senior Lecturer in the Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures MA Program at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Rianne Subijanto, Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Baruch College-CUNY, will moderate the discussion.

Join the Indonesia Project at Australian National University for a talk by Arif Anindita, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Business and Law at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Dr. Anindita will discuss the impact of the 1965-66 anti-communist purge in Indonesia on Java's demographic transition.

Join the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University (ANU) for a talk by Pyan Amin Muchtar, PhD candidate in Economics at ANU, who will discuss how air pollution and heat affect digital consumers’ demand on online ride-hailing and food delivery in Indonesia.

Join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University and the Columbia Journalism School for a panel on how Vietnamese diaspora storytellers shape American culture through film, literature, and performance. Speakers include actor/director Dustin Nguyen, filmmaker Dužan Duong, Budapest-born Vietnamese singer Hien, and novelist Kevin Nguyen.

Join NYSEAN, Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, and the NYU Espacio de Culturas for an evening of film shorts by women and gender-queer filmmakers that have won recognition as winners and/or finalists in festivals in New York, Manila, and elsewhere. Featured filmmakers include Marion Aguas, Ara Chawdhury, Ida Del Mundo, Angeline Marie Michael Meitzler, Margarita Mina, and Maria Estela Paiso.

At the Association for Asian Studies Conference, join NYSEAN and SEACAF for a roundtable that will explore the relationship between authoritarianism and threats to academic and intellectual freedom in a way that puts attacks on higher education in the United States in conversation with Southeast Asia. The Roundtable includes the following scholars: Bencharat Sae Chua of the Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University in Thailand; Herlambang Wiratraman of the Research Center of Law and Social Justice at Universitas Gadjah Mada in Indonesia; Sol Iglesias of the University of the Philippines-Diliman’s Political Science Department in the Philippines, and Rianne Subijanto of Baruch College, City University of New York. Margaret Scott, a founder of NYSEAN and a journalist with the New York Review of Books, will chair.

Join the Indonesia Studies Program at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar examining how the relocation of Indonesia’s administrative capital to Nusantara is reshaping Jakarta’s governance, planning priorities, and everyday urban experience. Speakers include Dr. Irna Nurlina Masron, Fellow of the Regional Social and Cultural Studies and the Indonesia Studies Programs at ISEAS, and Dr. Siwage Dharma Negara, senior fellow, Co-Coordinator for the Indonesia Studies Program, and Coordinator for the Singapore APEC Study Center at ISEAS. Rita Padawangi, Associate Professor at the College of Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, Singapore University of Social Sciences, will moderate the discussion.

Join the NYU Institute of Fine Arts for a talk by Patrick Flores, Chief Curator of National Gallery Singapore, Director of the Philippine Contemporary Art Network, and former Professor and Chairperson of the Department of Art Studies at the University of the Philippines. Drawing from his curation of the Fernando Zóbel exhibition, Patrick Flores reflects on the possibilities of curating Southeast Asian art.

Join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University for a talk by Visiting Scholar, Dr. David Thang Moe. Drawing on firsthand experience, current research, and his forthcoming monograph Beyond Buddhist Nationalism (Oxford University Press), he will discuss ungovernability, centralized nationalism, decentralized resistance, ethnic reconciliation, and visions of democratic nationhood in Myanmar.

Join York University’s Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative for a book talk by Yasmin Y. Ortiga, Associate Professor of Sociology at Singapore Management University’s School of Social Sciences. In this pioneering book, Yasmin Y. Ortiga studies the narratives that emerged around two groups of Filipino workers: nurses banned from leaving the country and cruise workers who returned home after COVID-19 shut down the travel industry. Soma Chatterjee, Associate Professor of Social Work at York University, will moderate the conversation.

Join Engage Thailand for a talk with Dr. Suthikarn Meechan, Associate Professor at the College of Politics and Governance, Mahasarakham University, Thailand. Dr. Meechan will discuss the conservative victory in Thailand’s 2026 election, analyzing the impact of patronage politics and nationalist sentiments in the Northeast region of Thailand.

Join the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) at Cornell University for their annual graduate conference, which offers a space for scholars of Southeast Asia to share new work, receive feedback, and engage with peers and faculty across disciplines. This year’s special-format conference will feature a mix of panel presentations and individual talks from current SEAP graduate students, creating room for discussion and reflection on emerging scholarship in Southeast Asian studies.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar providing an overview of biomethane’s role in supporting climate and energy goals in Malaysia and Indonesia. Featured speakers include Kevin Low, Principal at Blunomy, a strategy advisory boutique focused on the climate transition; Thomas Wagner, Chief Representative of German EnviTec Biogas Group in Southeast Asia, and Dieter Billen, Partner at Roland Berger, a global management consulting firm, who heads the firm’s energy practice in Southeast Asia.

Join the Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA) consortium for an informal panel discussion on navigating the Association for Asian Studies Conference for students and scholars of Asian studies. Speakers include Dr. Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk, Associate Professor, Thai Language and Thai Linguistics, Northern Illinois University; Adrian Beyer, Ph.D. student, Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Naw Moo Moo Paw,  Ph.D. student, Global Studies, University of Massachusetts – Lowell, and Nida Sanglimsuwan, Ph.D. student, Sociology, UCLA.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for a webinar exploring how artists across Southeast Asia resist censorship through music, performance, and visual arts. Featured speakers include Azmyl Yunor, singer-songwriter and Senior Lecturer at Sunway University, Malaysia; Patricia Nguyen, artist, performer, and Assistant Professor at University of Virginia, and Annie Pacaña, visual artist and Faculty at the University of the Philippines – Diliman. Paul Gabriel Cosme, composer and ethnomusicologist in the Department of Music at UH Mānoa, will moderate the conversation.

Join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University for a talk by Visiting Scholar, Dr. David Thang Moe. Drawing on firsthand experience, current research, and his forthcoming monograph Beyond Buddhist Nationalism (Oxford University Press), he will discuss ungovernability, centralized nationalism, decentralized resistance, ethnic reconciliation, and visions of democratic nationhood in Myanmar.

Join the Council on Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University for a talk by Andrew Mertha,  the George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies, Director of the China Studies Program, and Director of the SAIS China Research Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Mertha will discuss his new book on the Khmer Rouge, revolution, and leadership struggles.

Join Education About Asia Editor Dr. Elise Huerta and Spring 2026 issue contributors Dr. Ann Marie Davis and Dr. Bill Tsutsui to celebrate the journal’s relaunch. Panelists will discuss the future of the journal, introduce the contents of the new issue, and share tips on producing practical and accessible pedagogical resources for non-specialists. They will also answer questions from readers and prospective authors.

Join Sonic Bloom and Berlin NYC for a concert featuring distinct R&B voices from the Asian Diaspora: Jereena Montemayor, Filipino American R&B/Pop artist from Southern California; Mark Natama, Indonesian artist blending traditional R&B with contemporary elements, and Dhyan Rajamani, recording artist hailing from Maryland.

Join NYSEAN for a screening of The Last Breath of Sam Yan (2023), a documentary that captures the spirit and resilience of student activists and community members who stand firm in protecting their cultural heritage. The screening is followed by a discussion with co-producers Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal and Settanant Thanakitkoses, and student-activist Phumiyot Lapnarongchai.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU) for a talk by Wan Juliana Emeih Binti Wahed, NIU Fulbright Visiting Scholar and Senior Lecturer at the College of Creative Arts, MARA University of Technology Sarawak Branch, Malaysia. In this lecture, Dr. Wahed will discuss the aesthetic design of Pua Kumbu, a traditional patterned multi-coloured ceremonial cotton clothing created and occasionally worn by the Iban people of Sarawak, West Kalimantan in Indonesia, and Brunei.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Michigan for a talk by Dr. Yogambigai Rajamoorthy, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Accountancy and Management at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Malaysia. This presentation offers a comparative examination of the acceptance and perception of different types of vaccination in Malaysia and Indonesia, comparing and contrasting factors shaping public attitudes toward immunization across these countries.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA for a lecture by Dr. Supeena Insee Adler, the curator and conservator of the World Musical Instrument Collection at UCLA and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Ethnomusicology, where she directs the Music of Thailand ensemble. In this lecture, Dr. Adler will discuss the efforts of the Thai performing arts community in preserving cultural heritage and strengthening social bonds in Southern California’s Thai diaspora.

Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a talk by Gina Apostol, acclaimed author who teaches writing at the Fieldston School, Barnard College, and The New School; and Neferti Tadiar, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College.