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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/
Save the date! Next Friday, 20 March, 12 noon, Bencharat Sae Chua, director of the Southeast Asian Coalition for Academic Freedom, will talk about "Activist Scholarship and Academic Freedom in Peril in Southeast Asia" at UW-Madison!
#Iran: PEN International condemns all breaches of international law amid escalating hostilities across the Middle East and is gravely concerned by mounting civilian casualties in Iran and across the region.
Read our full statement ⬇️
www.pen-international.org/news/iran-pe...
Last year, GETSEA & friends brought you two webinars with faculty covering how to get into graduate studies programs. Next month, we are putting on a webinar with graduate students to provide insight into the same topic!
March 10th @ 6:00pm (PT)
tinyurl.com/4e9jtsed
If you are headed to the Association for Asian Studies conference in Vancouver and want to know what to expect, join @getsea.bsky.social for "How to AAS." 5 March -- morning in Asia, evening in North America -- details below!
One week from today, Dwinelle Hall 370, the building where I first studied the history of the symbolism of struggles as a history grad student in the 1980s, 5pm start, March 10 events.berkeley.edu/cseas/event/... — cc @nilsgilman.bsky.social
On the subject of Letters from Political Prisoners: @turtelista.bsky.social recently both gave an interview to Thai Lawyers for Human Rights:
tlhr2014.com/archives/81975
and with @jsealab.bsky.social published translations of Arnon Nampa
seasia.wisc.edu/wp-content/u...
Both are well worth a read
Join the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) for a webinar “Making Sense of the Myanmar and Thai Elections: Complicated Processes, Fraught Results”. Speakers include Dr. Joel Sawat Selway and Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing.
February 23 @ 5 pm ET
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Yale Conference on Indonesia calls on scholars, scholar-artists, activists, policymakers, and other interested parties to submit proposals on the theme “Ways of Water: Drains, Viscosities, Leaks, Overflows, and Bursts in Indonesia.”
Submission deadline: February 21
tinyurl.com/ms7zbduk
Lao vocal state critic Bao Mo Khean missing after facing escalating death threats, days before Laos’ national elections. He's not been seen since 13th Feb & its suspected that he's been subject to enforced disappearance by the gov't
#ຖ້າການເມືອງລາວດີ
#SurfaceKhaen
Read more from Manushya Foundation:
** งานแปลใหม่ๆ จาก @jsealab.bsky.social **
จดหมายทั้ง 95 ฉบับ ที่ ทนาย อานนท์ นำภา เขียนหลังลูกกรงในปีที่สองของการถูกจองจำในคดีมาตรา 112 ที่โดนจากการเคลื่อนไหวทางสังคมและการเมือง การเรียกร้องประชาธิปไตย และกล้าฝันถึงความยุติธรรม
อ่านฉบับแปลภาษาอังกฤษตามลิงค์นี้: bit.ly/467TWxu
In addition, the JSEALab published translation of his first year of letters, which can be read here:
bit.ly/4ahFKTe
Arnon’s letters are a record of the injustice of the judicial process and how one dissident is holding the line against this injustice. This record of his life and struggle comprises a history of Thailand, both lived and authored by Arnon.
Arnon is one of nearly 300 people facing prosecution under Article 112 following the 2020 youth-led protests for democracy and reform of the monarchy.
Arnon is being prosecuted under the draconian Article 112 of the Criminal Code, which defines the crime and prescribes the punishment for lèse majesté: “Whoever insults, defames, or threatens the king, queen, heir-apparent or regent shall be subject to imprisonment of three-to-fifteen years.”
26 September 2025 marked the second anniversary of the imprisonment of Arnon Nampa in Thailand. This is 730 days that Arnon, who is a lawyer, human rights defender, poet, and father, has been separated from his family for peaceful speech and dissent calling for democracy and reform of the monarchy.
New translation from the Article 112 Project and @jsealab.bsky.social at UW-Madison!
** Letters from Prison: Year 2 (Nos. 140-234, 1 October 2024-26 September 2025), by Arnon Nampa (อานนท์ นำภา) **
Read/Download: bit.ly/467TWxu
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Upcoming webinars on #ThaiElection organized by @nysean.bsky.social! Details below --
It will be a huge injustice if Pimsiri Petchnamrob is convicted for Lèse-majesté this week. Her speech did not insult the king of Thailand, she merely quoted the UN's special rapporteur that said 112 was being used as a tool of suppression. They didn't charge the UN rapporteur over it.
Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has was sentenced to 20 years in jail on Monday following his conviction on foreign collusion and sedition charges. Full story: buff.ly/6MkP1zn
Cover of Looking Back on 2025 Burma's Political Crisis and Key Highlights from the Women's league of Burma and its member organisations
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) has released report “Looking Back on 2025,” which highlights the impact of ongoing armed conflict and the deepening political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in Burma/Myanmar on women & the work of its member organisations.
www.womenofburma.org/reports/look...
New free, online mini-course from @getsea.bsky.social on "Mobility and Circulation Across Southeast Asia." Details and application below --
#Myanmar: For 5 years, the military has attempted to silence a nation through terror, censorship, and brutality, yet it has failed to extinguish the voices of those resisting its rule. This anniversary must serve as a moment of renewed international resolve. www.pen-international.org/news/myanmar...
Fantastic fellowship opportunity for Southeast Asian postdoctoral scholars from the @asianstudies.org! Details below --
Join a community of scholars, researchers, and practitioners on Indonesian Studies at this annual conference! This year’s theme is “Making Knowledge, Making History: Producing the Indonesian Past, Present, and Future.”
Abstract submission deadline: February 8
tinyurl.com/4jraf54w
The experimental “Subaltern Transnationalism” workshop will convene a small group of scholars who research how people
around the world with subaltern perspectives envision emancipative possibilities.
Proposals submission deadline: January 24
tinyurl.com/wumx4mzt
1 February
A date remembered.
Stories still unfolding.
Fantastic opportunity from @asianstudies.org for postdoctoral fellows from Southeast Asia -- details below!
The Asia Research Institute (ARI) at the National University of Singapore invites applications for the ARI–Luce Southeast Asian Studies Collaboratory, an intensive residential program designed to support early-career scholars.
Application Deadline: January 19
ari.nus.edu.sg/ari-luce-col...
Two days left to apply to this great workshop opportunity for graduate studies in #SoutheastAsianStudies!
Interested in intensive language study? Apply to the 2026 Blakemore Foundation Asian Language Fellowships or the 2026 Blakemore Kingfisher Art History Language Fellowships. More details below.
Application Deadline: December 30
tinyurl.com/38natb4d
