Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab at UW-Madison)

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
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Fantastic opportunity for grad students with GETSEA below!

YouTube video by JSEALab Indonesia in Crisis: Affan Kurniawan, Protest, and a Polity on the Brink

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

India: Ongoing detention of activists without bail, criminalisation of dissent and ban on books - Civicus Monitor

#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

Assistant Professor -Modern Southeast Asian Humanities - Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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

Further details below --

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

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)
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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...

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:
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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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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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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
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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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
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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...

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...

Call for Papers: “Against the Tide: Agency in Volatile Times for Southeast Asia” - Association for Asian Studies Rising Voices in Southeast Asian Studies | SEAC / AAS Initiative Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference 2026 (AAS2026 @ Vancouver) Submission deadline: July 20, 2025 The Southeast Asia Counci...

The Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is calling for paper proposals from up-and-coming scholars to join a Rising Voices panel on the topic of “Against the Tide: Agency in Volatile Times for Southeast Asia.”

Submission deadline: July 20
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South Korea: Older Workers’ Low-Paid, Precarious Work South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers.

New @hrw.org report on South Korea “Punished for Getting Older" documents how 3 age-based employment laws and policies harm older workers & how inadequate social security programs exacerbate their situation. www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

Join us for a virtual panel discussion exploring the intersections of informal labor, waste flows & the politics of waste governance. Examine how gaps in governance are often filled by entrepreneurial and community-led efforts.

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For those in NYC -- a book event organized by @sunycunyseac.bsky.social not to be missed with @burrata.bsky.social!

Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of activists are at the mercy of capricious courts Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has been suspended from office. Meanwhile, leading activists languish behind bars on ‘lèse majesté’ offenses.

Thailand’s judiciary is flexing its muscles, but away from PM’s plight, dozens of grassroots activists are at the mercy of capricious courts - some face life terms for insulting the king theconversation.com/thailands-ju... By @turtelista.bsky.social @uwmadison.bsky.social