Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison)
@jsealab.bsky.social
Public/Scholarship on Justice in Southeast Asia: Translation, Workshops, Lectures | Based in UW-Madison Center for SEAsian Studies | Coordinated by @turtelista.bsky.social
Web: https://seasia.wisc.edu/sjsea-project/jsealab/
Web: https://seasia.wisc.edu/sjsea-project/jsealab/
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CFA: GETSEA is accepting apps for our next round of Mini Courses! If you are a PhD interested in teaching a unique 1-unit course of your choice, check out the details at the link below!
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
CFA: GETSEA is accepting apps for our next round of Mini Courses! If you are a PhD interested in teaching a unique 1-unit course of your choice, check out the details at the link below!
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
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Princeton University calls for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program for the academic year 2026-27 will focus on "the Politics of the Archive."
Application deadline: November 17
bit.ly/4nlZryv
Application deadline: November 17
bit.ly/4nlZryv
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Princeton University calls for applications to the Fung Global Fellows Program at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). The program for the academic year 2026-27 will focus on "the Politics of the Archive."
Application deadline: November 17
bit.ly/4nlZryv
Application deadline: November 17
bit.ly/4nlZryv
Fantastic opportunity for PhDs working in Southeast Asian Asian Studies to teach a 1 credit mini-course for @getsea.bsky.social! The opportunities are endless!
CFA: GETSEA is accepting apps for our next round of Mini Courses! If you are a PhD interested in teaching a unique 1-unit course of your choice, check out the details at the link below!
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
App Deadline: Dec. 5
get-sea.org/mini-courses/
November 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Fantastic opportunity for PhDs working in Southeast Asian Asian Studies to teach a 1 credit mini-course for @getsea.bsky.social! The opportunities are endless!
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I translated three letters written by "Get" Sophon Surattithamrong, currently imprisoned for lese majeste in Thailand for @indexoncensorship.org. Get writes with an expansive solidarity and links past and present struggles in Thailand to the history of #Gwangju and the #MilkTeaAlliance.
Activist Sophon “Get” Surattithamrong is serving an 8.5 sentence in #Thailand for taking part in the 2020 protests. While imprisoned, he's been writing steadily about democracy in Thailand, South Korea & Myanmar. We’ve publish 3 of his letters: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I translated three letters written by "Get" Sophon Surattithamrong, currently imprisoned for lese majeste in Thailand for @indexoncensorship.org. Get writes with an expansive solidarity and links past and present struggles in Thailand to the history of #Gwangju and the #MilkTeaAlliance.
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Join Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator Ambeth R. Ocampo in the lecture “Reflections on the (Ab)Uses of Philippine History.”
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
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October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
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October 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Join Filipino public historian, academic, cultural administrator, journalist, author, and independent curator Ambeth R. Ocampo in the lecture “Reflections on the (Ab)Uses of Philippine History.”
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
October 28 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/pfwj762z
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Since the mid-2010s, some activists in Bangkok and Hong Kong have been inspiring and forging ties with one another. Learn more at “Tales of Two Cities: Prodemocracy Protests and Beijing’s Lengthening Shadow in Bangkok and Hong Kong, 2015-2025”
October 27 @ 5 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/4z7sxknv
October 27 @ 5 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/4z7sxknv
October 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Since the mid-2010s, some activists in Bangkok and Hong Kong have been inspiring and forging ties with one another. Learn more at “Tales of Two Cities: Prodemocracy Protests and Beijing’s Lengthening Shadow in Bangkok and Hong Kong, 2015-2025”
October 27 @ 5 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/4z7sxknv
October 27 @ 5 pm London Time
tinyurl.com/4z7sxknv
Upcoming webinar from UBC Myanmar Initiative on “Possibilities for Myanmar’s Post-conflict Future.” Details and how to register below —
UBC Myanmar Initiative researchers explore conflict dynamics and share insights on Myanmar’s path toward a post-conflict future in “Possibilities for Myanmar’s Post-conflict Future.”
October 27 @ 9:30 am PDT
tinyurl.com/cb3ky7yv
October 27 @ 9:30 am PDT
tinyurl.com/cb3ky7yv
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Upcoming webinar from UBC Myanmar Initiative on “Possibilities for Myanmar’s Post-conflict Future.” Details and how to register below —
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A Conversation with Thailand’s Opposition Leader: Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut
Date: October 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY
More info and RSVP: buff.ly/bFJ55JN
Date: October 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY
More info and RSVP: buff.ly/bFJ55JN
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A Conversation with Thailand’s Opposition Leader: Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut
Date: October 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY
More info and RSVP: buff.ly/bFJ55JN
Date: October 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET
Type/Location: In Person / New York, NY
More info and RSVP: buff.ly/bFJ55JN
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Join CSEAS Lecture Series with Kanjana Thepboriruk, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University, on “Thai American Oral History Project.” Register below.
October 24 @ 1 pm EDT
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October 24 @ 1 pm EDT
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October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Join CSEAS Lecture Series with Kanjana Thepboriruk, Associate Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, Northern Illinois University, on “Thai American Oral History Project.” Register below.
October 24 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/7sfm9rw5
October 24 @ 1 pm EDT
tinyurl.com/7sfm9rw5
Upcoming conference on #academicfreedom in #SoutheastAsia and the United States, organized by @nysean.bsky.social. Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
The schedule for NYSEAN's Conference on Intellectual Freedom in Southeast Asia and the United States
More info: bit.ly/4pQ589Z
In-person RSVP: bit.ly/49bZtFk
Webinar RSVP: bit.ly/3IlwhRv
More info: bit.ly/4pQ589Z
In-person RSVP: bit.ly/49bZtFk
Webinar RSVP: bit.ly/3IlwhRv
October 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Upcoming conference on #academicfreedom in #SoutheastAsia and the United States, organized by @nysean.bsky.social. Both in-person and online -- details and how to register below --
Call for graduate student mentors from our friends @getsea.bsky.social to support the next generation of applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details and how to apply below —
We are seeking current graduate students in Southeast Asian
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
Studies to serve as volunteer peer mentors.
As a mentor, you would assist a prospective student who
is applying to graduate studies programs in North America, Europe, Asia, or Australia.
October 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Call for graduate student mentors from our friends @getsea.bsky.social to support the next generation of applicants to PhD programs in Southeast Asian Studies! Details and how to apply below —
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The Center of Smart and Sustainable Cities, Universitas Tidar, accepts applications for its Research Fellowship Program, which aims to foster collaboration in research on smart and sustainable urban development.
Application deadline: October 30
ssc.untidar.ac.id/index.php/so...
Application deadline: October 30
ssc.untidar.ac.id/index.php/so...
October 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Center of Smart and Sustainable Cities, Universitas Tidar, accepts applications for its Research Fellowship Program, which aims to foster collaboration in research on smart and sustainable urban development.
Application deadline: October 30
ssc.untidar.ac.id/index.php/so...
Application deadline: October 30
ssc.untidar.ac.id/index.php/so...
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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
Application Deadline: October 15
tinyurl.com/2emzpr5y
September 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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
Application Deadline: October 15
tinyurl.com/2emzpr5y
Fantastic opportunity for grad students with GETSEA below!
CFA: GETSEA is accepting applications from MA/PhD students to join the GETSEA Grad Council! A fantastic opportunity for young scholars to network, shape programming, and learn how the broader field of Southeast Asia Studies works!
To apply, email [email protected] for details.
To apply, email [email protected] for details.
September 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Fantastic opportunity for grad students with GETSEA below!
ICYMI, recording of ** Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink ** held on 8 September 2025.
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Indonesia in Crisis: Affan Kurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink
YouTube video by JSEALab
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September 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
ICYMI, recording of ** Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink ** held on 8 September 2025.
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
Organized and hosted by the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab, SEA Coalition for Academic Freedom and @nysean.bsky.social
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#India: The state of #civicspace is rated as 'repressed'. In recent months, the govt has continued to deny bail to #activists detained under the UAPA, ban books in #Kashmir, block social media and crackdown on protests. More here: web.civicus.org/IndiaSept2025
India: Ongoing detention of activists without bail, criminalisation of dissent and ban on books - Civicus Monitor
web.civicus.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:36 AM
#India: The state of #civicspace is rated as 'repressed'. In recent months, the govt has continued to deny bail to #activists detained under the UAPA, ban books in #Kashmir, block social media and crackdown on protests. More here: web.civicus.org/IndiaSept2025
TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!
Further details below --
Further details below --
Assistant Professor -Modern Southeast Asian Humanities - Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
September 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!
Further details below --
Further details below --
Join @jsealab.bsky.social, @nysean.bsky.social and SEACAF for this upcoming webinar:
“ #Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest,and a Polity on the Brink”
📅 Sunday, September 7, 2025
🕗 8 PM CST | 9 PM EST
📅 Monday, September 8, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM ICT | 11 AM AEST
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4ncNJpT
“ #Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest,and a Polity on the Brink”
📅 Sunday, September 7, 2025
🕗 8 PM CST | 9 PM EST
📅 Monday, September 8, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM ICT | 11 AM AEST
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4ncNJpT
September 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Join @jsealab.bsky.social, @nysean.bsky.social and SEACAF for this upcoming webinar:
“ #Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest,and a Polity on the Brink”
📅 Sunday, September 7, 2025
🕗 8 PM CST | 9 PM EST
📅 Monday, September 8, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM ICT | 11 AM AEST
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4ncNJpT
“ #Indonesia in Crisis: #AffanKurniawan, Protest,and a Polity on the Brink”
📅 Sunday, September 7, 2025
🕗 8 PM CST | 9 PM EST
📅 Monday, September 8, 2025
🕗 8:00 AM ICT | 11 AM AEST
🔗 Register : bit.ly/4ncNJpT
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SEACAF, @jsealab.bsky.social & @nysean.bsky.social host a virtual roundtable this weekend to discuss the protests in Indonesia w/ Edward Aspinall, Amalinda Savirani, Rina Mardiana, Muhamad Isnur, Veronika Kusumaryati, Chris Hulshof & Doreen Lee.
Sept 7 @ 9:00p (ET)
tinyurl.com/3w6ttte5
Sept 7 @ 9:00p (ET)
tinyurl.com/3w6ttte5
September 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
SEACAF, @jsealab.bsky.social & @nysean.bsky.social host a virtual roundtable this weekend to discuss the protests in Indonesia w/ Edward Aspinall, Amalinda Savirani, Rina Mardiana, Muhamad Isnur, Veronika Kusumaryati, Chris Hulshof & Doreen Lee.
Sept 7 @ 9:00p (ET)
tinyurl.com/3w6ttte5
Sept 7 @ 9:00p (ET)
tinyurl.com/3w6ttte5
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Then SAFEnet issued a statement on the digital aspects of repression in Indonesia. Documenting serious cases of digital authoritarianism by the gov't
& @jsealab.bsky.social bring together media reports & other sources about protests upto the 30th Aug here:
seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
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& @jsealab.bsky.social bring together media reports & other sources about protests upto the 30th Aug here:
seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
8/
Statement on Digital Repression During the August 2025 Indonesian Protests - SAFEnet
Denpasar, August 31, 2025 -- A wave of protests has swept across multiple Indonesian cities since August 25, 2025, reflecting widespread public discontent with the country’s political climate and pers...
safenet.or.id
August 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Then SAFEnet issued a statement on the digital aspects of repression in Indonesia. Documenting serious cases of digital authoritarianism by the gov't
& @jsealab.bsky.social bring together media reports & other sources about protests upto the 30th Aug here:
seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
8/
& @jsealab.bsky.social bring together media reports & other sources about protests upto the 30th Aug here:
seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
8/
New #JusticeinTranslation on #Militarization, #media, #AffanKurniawan in #Indonesia out!
** Justice for Affan Kurniawan: The First Civilian Casualty of the Remilitarization of Indonesia, a collection of documents introduced and translated by Christopher Hulshof. **
Read/Download: bit.ly/4naCIp7
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** Justice for Affan Kurniawan: The First Civilian Casualty of the Remilitarization of Indonesia, a collection of documents introduced and translated by Christopher Hulshof. **
Read/Download: bit.ly/4naCIp7
🧵
August 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
New #JusticeinTranslation on #Militarization, #media, #AffanKurniawan in #Indonesia out!
** Justice for Affan Kurniawan: The First Civilian Casualty of the Remilitarization of Indonesia, a collection of documents introduced and translated by Christopher Hulshof. **
Read/Download: bit.ly/4naCIp7
🧵
** Justice for Affan Kurniawan: The First Civilian Casualty of the Remilitarization of Indonesia, a collection of documents introduced and translated by Christopher Hulshof. **
Read/Download: bit.ly/4naCIp7
🧵
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The UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies is seeking participation in the Southeast Asian Lives (SEALIVES) small grants program from students and faculty with research and community engagements with Southeast Asians. Details below!
Deadline: Sep 30
tinyurl.com/23z2umjt
Deadline: Sep 30
tinyurl.com/23z2umjt
August 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies is seeking participation in the Southeast Asian Lives (SEALIVES) small grants program from students and faculty with research and community engagements with Southeast Asians. Details below!
Deadline: Sep 30
tinyurl.com/23z2umjt
Deadline: Sep 30
tinyurl.com/23z2umjt
Powerful and urgent zine from @focussouth.bsky.social on #care and #resistance in #socialmovements. Available in multiple languages! Download the zine here:
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
“Care and Resistance” brings together five diverse movements — Abahlali baseMjondolo (South Africa), LILAK (Philippines), West Street Recovery (U.S.), MST (Brazil), and SPFT (Thailand) — to share how care is embedded at the core of their struggles.
August 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Powerful and urgent zine from @focussouth.bsky.social on #care and #resistance in #socialmovements. Available in multiple languages! Download the zine here:
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
www.agrowingculture.org/care-and-res...
Listen to Scholars at Risk's latest 'Free to Think' podcast about academic freedom in Thailand and the targeting of Dr. Paul Chambers under the country's draconian lèse majesté law --
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/po...
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/po...
Free to Think Podcast | Scholars at Risk
Subscribe: Season 5: Episode 44: “Somebody wanted me in prison…” Paul Chambers and Tyrell Haberkorn on laws silencing scholars in Thailand Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn and Dr. Paul Chambers join Free to Think...
www.scholarsatrisk.org
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Listen to Scholars at Risk's latest 'Free to Think' podcast about academic freedom in Thailand and the targeting of Dr. Paul Chambers under the country's draconian lèse majesté law --
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/po...
www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/po...
New upcoming @getsea.bsky.social minicourse on "Global Zomias: Highland Southeast Asia"!
Full syllabus available here: tinyurl.com/55jf69s5
Applications are available here: tinyurl.com/44ms234z
Full syllabus available here: tinyurl.com/55jf69s5
Applications are available here: tinyurl.com/44ms234z
GETSEA Minicourses are Back!
Join us for "Global Zomias: Highland Southeast Asia" taught by Aditya Kiran Kakati, University of Groningen
Offered virtually from September 24 to October 29, 2025, Wednesdays, 2:00pm-4:00pm Eastern Time.
Application Deadline: September 1st!
Join us for "Global Zomias: Highland Southeast Asia" taught by Aditya Kiran Kakati, University of Groningen
Offered virtually from September 24 to October 29, 2025, Wednesdays, 2:00pm-4:00pm Eastern Time.
Application Deadline: September 1st!
August 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New upcoming @getsea.bsky.social minicourse on "Global Zomias: Highland Southeast Asia"!
Full syllabus available here: tinyurl.com/55jf69s5
Applications are available here: tinyurl.com/44ms234z
Full syllabus available here: tinyurl.com/55jf69s5
Applications are available here: tinyurl.com/44ms234z