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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 16d

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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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · 23d

Fantastic opportunity for grad students with GETSEA below!

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · 25d

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.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · 28d

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

Indonesia in Crisis: Affan Kurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink

YouTube video by JSEALab

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Josef Benedict @josefroy2.bsky.social · 28d

#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

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · 28d

TT Assistant Professor Position in Modern Southeast Asian Humanities at UC-Berkeley!

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

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Sep 7

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

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · Aug 31

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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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

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

The breakdown is accompanied by English translations of Law No. 3/2025 and a directive from the Indonesian Broadcasting Corporation instructing Jakarta area media outlets what aspects of the protests they can and cannot air - part of a broader agenda of state censorship to control the narrative.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

Christopher Hulshof breaks down the process of remilitarization in Indonesia and the civil unrest it has precipitated this week.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

Since then, civilian protests have erupted while authorities have cited Law No. 3/2025 to deploy the military in support of National Police forces, resulting in increasing violence across Indonesia’s major cities.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

During the clashes on Thursday, a police armored vehicle sped through the crowds, hitting and killing 21-year-old Affan Kurniawan.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

When the same DPR members then rewarded themselves with exuberant increases in compensation, frustrated Indonesians took to the streets to protest where they were met with police violence.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

In March, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) passed Law No. 3/2025, opening the door for active-duty military personnel to return to posts within the civilian government.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

The slow creep of the Indonesian military’s return to power over the past decade has reached a fever pitch since former general Prabowo Subianto became president last October.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 30

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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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · Aug 17

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

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 25

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...

Focus on the Global South @focussouth.bsky.social · Aug 18

“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.

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

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

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · Aug 19

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!

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · Aug 6

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Wayne Wong on Jeffrey Wasserstrom's 𝑉𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔, (Brixton Ink, 2025): "What began as a modest act of documentation now reads as diasporic memory work[.]"
⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: chajournal.blog/2025/08/06/w...
。。。。。 @jwassers.bsky.social

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Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison) @jsealab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Eagerly awaiting this new book by @mailbykite.bsky.social, published by @tiltedaxispress.bsky.social

Okka (Khairani Barokka; she/her/dia) @mailbykite.bsky.social · May 20

The book of my life (so far), ANNAH, INFINITE is an escape story.

A translation of a painting, in speculative nonfic, poetry & art. Took 14 yrs, &I’m inviting you to love it as I do. Aug 19 UK, Nov 11 US.

For reviews/i’views/events: [email protected]
www.tiltedaxispress.com/annah-infini...

On a pink background with a dark red slash on the cover, book shows title, ‘Annah, Infinite by Khairani Barokka’, and ‘Tilted Axis Press’.

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SEA Junction @seajunction.bsky.social · Jul 26

Happening TODAY and TOMORROW, our monthly Mini Book & Craft Fair📚🛍 offers a wide range of affordable new/used books on Southeast Asia and beyond as well as a variety of crafts.

Come visit and support us on the 4th floor of BACC. All profits contribute to SEA Junction's activities!
#bookfair #craft

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GETSEA @getsea.bsky.social · Jul 18

The Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellows Programme aims to build the next generation of scholars and policy makers exploring the nexus of big-power relations and its impact on SEA through policy relevant research.

Application deadline: July 30
tinyurl.com/4tt9yvj4

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Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thailand's current crisis may finally end the cycle of populism and polarization that has crippled the country's democratic aspirations. But it is also revealing that there are far worse forces undermining Thai democracy.

@dnsltr.bsky.social explains: www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

Polishing Off Populism in Authoritarian Thailand | Journal of Democracy

Thailand’s current crisis may finally end the cycle of populism and polarization that has crippled its democratic aspirations. But it is also revealing that there are far worse forces undermining Thai...

www.journalofdemocracy.org

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