The 2023 Update will tackle Southeast Asia’s geographical, historical, and socio-political condition as a crossroads for trans-regional flows of people, goods, beliefs and practices. We also unpack Southeast Asia’s current sense of standing at the crossroads of game-changing geopolitical transitions.
Book cover of Colonial Law Making: Cambodia under the French
Thu, 9 May 2024
A group of Australian and Indonesian students and ACICIS staff gather in Jakarta) Image credit: ACICIS
Fri, 17 May 2024
Banknotes hanging on a rope
Thu, 23 May 2024
Geopolitical Update
Photo credit: Nic Cheeseman.
Global Lecture Series
The Global Lecture Series will illustrate how Southeast Asia is not simply a regional site of area studies knowledge production but also the site of development for influential or “travelling” knowledge that contributes to other disciplines.
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SEAI Seminar Series
Paddy farmers in Harau Valley, West Sumatra, Indonesia, harvesting their crops. Rice is the single most important staple in the region. Photo courtesy of Emir Syailendra.
The Research Seminar Series is a recurring series that showcases the work of scholars within ANU working on political, social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia, with the goal of encouraging greater exchange, collaboration and networking amongst the research community.