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

ASEAS Annual Conference 2023 – Call for Papers & Panels

Extended deadline: 29 September 2023Please email proposals to aseasconference2023@gmail.com We are delighted to invite submissions for the 32nd conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Studies (ASEAS). This is our … Continue reading ASEAS Annual Conference 2023 – Call for Papers & Panels

Southeast Asia Academic Directory

One piece of feedback gathered from the ASEAS(UK) 2022 conference was that finding SEA focused departments and scholars can be a challenging exercise for prospective graduate students as well as … Continue reading Southeast Asia Academic Directory

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ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022

ASEAS(UK) invites scholars and PhD students from all academic disciplines to present a paper in one of the selected panels at this year’s conference, which will take place online via … Continue reading ASEAS Conference 2022 Call for Papers – deadline 8 July 2022

Review of: Wasana Wongsurawat, The Crown and the Capitalists: The Ethnic Chinese and the Founding of the Thai Nation. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2019

The Crown and the Capitalists provides a notably de-nationalized, trans-nationalized, and inter-nationalized account of modern Thai history, with implications well worthy of consideration and further exploration over the years to come.

Review of: Adam Simpson, Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South

By Scott Edwards With various megaprojects announced in the past year in Southeast Asia, critically analysing their impact and governance is increasingly important. Adam Simpson, through this book on emancipatory … Continue reading Review of: Adam Simpson, Energy, Governance and Security in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma): A Critical Approach to Environmental Politics in the South