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Have you ever joined a regular conference where you meet other participants only once, each was given a very limited amount of time to present their ideas? Have you ever wished that the conference could last longer because you would have more thoughts to share later on? Let join our Curated Conferences to experience a totally different way of conferencing, where all participants would have plenty of time to generate and experiment with new forms of discussion and exchange ideas…

CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA PROGRAMME Over the past years, concerns over climate risks and vulnerabilities have been gaining ground in many Southeast Asian cities. Policymakers and communities have increasingly factored climate risk consideration in their urban planning policies. Yet, Southeast Asian cities, with their diverse development trajectories, local capacities, and their growth aspirations, face a unique challenge in addressing the climate crisis. Among the many challenges, the dynamic interplay of urbanisation, climate vulnerabilities, and poverty in Jakarta, Manila, Ho…

Abstracts due: June 11, 2021 GUAVA invites teachers, scholars from academic institutions (in the U.S and abroad) who are teaching and conducting research on Vietnamese language education to submit abstracts to GUAVA 2021 Workshop (July 23-24, 2021). Paper/presentation topics focusing on issues in teaching and learning Vietnamese online during the pandemic. Topics may include, but are not limited to: Multi modalities and approaches in teaching and learning Vietnamese online Material and curriculum development for online teaching and learning Zoom issues…

ASEAN Advocacy Week (AAW) is composed of four days of synchronous discussions followed by a week of engagements with diplomatic and human rights bodies. Below is our rough program for AAW: WEEK PRIOR: Virtual meeting with other selected AAW participants and submission of AAW homework. DAY 1: Sessions on the country situations of participants DAY 2: Sessions on ASEAN, human rights mechanisms and advocacy tools used in regional advocacy DAY 3: Tactical skills workshop of doing advocacy—from writing statements, interventions…

SEAYouth is an online festival for Young Southeast Asians to come together, empower each other, and voice out their concerns about the issues related to the Southeast Asia region. The festival is organized to observe the International Youth Day (August 12) and the World Humanitarian Day (August 19) and consists of a series of open spaces, forums, workshops, and any other activities that would empower youth, hone their skills, and culminate solidarity for a sustainable rights-based, inclusive, people-centered, and youth-driven regional…

The COVID-19 pandemic has raised many questions about our lives. We are facing tough times, we are at a loss of both inspiration and motivation. Therefore, BIPAM 2021 would like to ‘fuel’ more energy, add creativity to our community through the theme of ‘ownership’, through a variety of performing arts pieces in the international arts festival BIPAM 2021. BIPAM 2021 is a contemporary arts festival providing a shared platform between arts practitioners and audiences from all over the world. And…

OVERVIEW: Villanova University and the Mid-Atlantic Regional Association for Asian Studies announce the call for papers for the 49th annual regional conference. As many campuses are preparing for in-person classes, we feel we can hold an in-person conference in October with certain safety protocols in place. Amidst the coronavirus epidemic and the various democratic movements that have rocked Asia from Hong Kong to New Delhi, the conference theme “Asia on the Move: From Grassroots to Global” aims to explore various…