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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 7h

Join the webinar “Indonesia under the Prabowo Subianto Administration: Year One” to learn about how the government has implemented key policies and addressed governance challenges, and the obstacles limiting its progress.

October 14 @ 2 pm Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/yv4vk8ah

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 7h

Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam have export surpluses with the US but have been hit hard by the Trump tariffs. Join the webinar “Impact of the Trump Tariffs on Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam” to learn more about what’s going on.

October 13 @ 10 am Singapore Time
tinyurl.com/2h2vd6xn

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 1d

Join Prof. Elizabeth Rhoads’ lecture on “Linking Histories of Citizenship and Forced Displacement: Armed Conflict, Expropriation, and Bureaucratic Violence in Myanmar.”

October 13 @ 1pm EDT
tinyurl.com/2md8yx8u

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 2d

The consortium for the Advancement of Philippine Languages & Cultures is holding their next Kapihan meeting later this month, focusing on cross-institutional collaborative effort.

If interested in attending, fill out the form at tinyurl.com/2mkww3y9

Meeting: OCt. 24 @ 2:00pm (HST) / 8:00pm (EST)

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 2d

The Association for Asian Studies is hosting a dissertation workshop for advanced doctoral students on March 10-12, 2026. The workshop themes include “Global Southeast Asias” and “Labor and the Politics of Care in East Asia.”

Application deadline: October 20
tinyurl.com/4xvmw8x6

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 25d

The AAS 2026 Film Expo announces an open call for films related to Asia produced by scholars and independent filmmakers. More details below.

Submission deadline: October 17
tinyurl.com/bdcr7k2s

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 3d

Myanmar stands at a critical crossroads. Join the panel “New Burma Strategic Dialogue: Diaspora and International Engagement in Myanmar’s Future” to hear from leading voices.

October 11 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/5fbp6utj

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 4d

Planning to assemble a panel for an upcoming conference? Don't know where to start?

@shafrhistorians.bsky.social is holding a webinar tomorrow on how to successfully prepare a panel for their annual conference, applicable broadly as well

Wed. Oct. 8th @ 1:00pm (ET)
bit.ly/SHAFR-PANEL-...

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 19d

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

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 4d

Join the lecture “Bananapocalypse: Un/Making Plantation Capitalism” to explore afterlives of the externalities that commodity production in the Philippines obscures, disguises, or otherwise erases from its ambit of accountability.

October 10 @ 3 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/4ewwzm9d

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 22d

The Department of History of Art, UC Berkeley invites applications for an Assistant Professor in Art and Architecture of East Asia and/or Southeast Asia, tenure-track, with an expected start date of July 1, 2026.

Application deadline: October 15
aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05066

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 5d

Join Prof. Hitomi Fujimura for a CSEAS Lecture Series talk on “Karen Identity in Transition: A History of Karen Baptists in British Burma and America.”

October 8 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/386aypa4

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 6d

The talk “Islamic histories, in ruins” traces the ongoing presence of sacred remains and pilgrimage sites in the Malay Peninsula, attending not only to the material ruination but also to the devotional worlds around them.

October 8 @ 3:30 pm CET
www.kitlv.nl/event-sevea/

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 6d

Join UH CSEAS for a conversation with Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid, as he discusses his latest book He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore.

October 8 @ 8 pm EST
tinyurl.com/yz8p5zy5

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 27d

The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Loyola Marymount University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in August 2026. More details below.

Application Deadline: October 10
tinyurl.com/26kk8nrb

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 8d

The Department of History at Binghamton University (SUNY) invites applications for the position of a tenure-track assistant professor in Maritime/Global Asia, broadly defined to encompass East Asia, Central Asia, South/Southeast Asia, and/or the Indian Ocean. More details: tinyurl.com/385n4et3

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · Aug 24

Passionate about wildlife health and One Health challenges? Apply for the Cornell Yang Center for Wildlife Health’s fellowship program. Fellows will gain experience in generating science-based, action-oriented results to solve real-world problems & more.

Deadline: October 6
tinyurl.com/hbtyjpf9

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 9d

The 2026 Harvard-Yale 4th Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference invites graduate students across all disciplines to submit abstracts under the theme “Form and Formlessness.” More details below.

Submission deadline: October 15
tinyurl.com/bump5kk5