Participants at the 2025 PhD workshop at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand

ASEAS International PhD Workshop 2026 – Call for Applications

Call for Applications The Association of Southeast Asian Studies International PhD Workshop Hosted by Monash University Malaysia30–31 July 2026 Convenors: Adam Tyson (ASEAS, Leeds) and Michael Connors (Monash) Call for … Continue reading ASEAS International PhD Workshop 2026 – Call for Applications

Participants at the 2025 PhD workshop at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand

From Feedback to Inspiration: Reflections on the Second ASEAS International Workshop

By Jonathan Chen Entering the fourth year of my PhD journey and having finished a few draft chapters, I was ready and eager to put my ideas and arguments to … Continue reading From Feedback to Inspiration: Reflections on the Second ASEAS International Workshop

Film Review – Suzzanna: The queen of black magic

Dr Ben Murtagh reviews ‘The Bizarre True Story of Indonesia’s Iconic Horror Star’… Director, David Gregory, 2024. Severin Films Review by Ben Murtagh, SOAS University of London Horror and the … Continue reading Film Review – Suzzanna: The queen of black magic

ASEAS International PhD Workshop 2025 – Call for Applications

The Association of Southeast Asian Studies presents an International PhD Workshop in Bangkok Hosted by Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand20–21 May 2025 Convenors: Adam Tyson (ASEAS, Leeds) and Rungchai Yensabai (Srinakharinwirot) … Continue reading ASEAS International PhD Workshop 2025 – Call for Applications

The Milk Tea Alliance – Exploring Sites of Transnational Solidarities in East and Southeast Asia

2023 Research Impact Award recipient Wichuta Teeratanabodee shares their experiences of visiting Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand to conduct interviews with pro-democracy protestors and activists, as part of their PhD … Continue reading The Milk Tea Alliance – Exploring Sites of Transnational Solidarities in East and Southeast Asia

Participants at the inaugural ASEAS PhD workshop in Malang

New generation but sharing the same consensus – PhD student Brian Doce reflects on the inaugural ASEAS international PhD workshop

By Brian Doce, PhD Candidate, Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University Last 21-22 May 2024, the UK-based Association for Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS), in partnership with the Faculty of Law of … Continue reading New generation but sharing the same consensus – PhD student Brian Doce reflects on the inaugural ASEAS international PhD workshop

Book Review: Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development by Chun Sheng Goh and Lesley Potter

Chun Sheng Goh and Lesley Potter, Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development (Singapore: ISEAS, 2023) Book Review by Dr Matthew Woolgar, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century International History, University of … Continue reading Book Review: Transforming Borneo: From Land Exploitation to Sustainable Development by Chun Sheng Goh and Lesley Potter

Notes from Malang: key takeaways from the inaugural ASEAS international PhD workshop

By Ronald Castillo, PhD student, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Ronald Castillo shares his experiences of ASEAS’s first International PhD Workshop, which took place from 21-22 May 2024 at Universitas Brawijaya, … Continue reading Notes from Malang: key takeaways from the inaugural ASEAS international PhD workshop

Mediating spirits, materialising futures: Dayak stories of life with the coal mine – notes from the field

By Fahmi Rizki Fahroji, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow In our latest blog post, recent ASEAS Research Impact Award recipient, Fahmi Rizki Fahroji, shares his thoughts … Continue reading Mediating spirits, materialising futures: Dayak stories of life with the coal mine – notes from the field