Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for a webinar by Dr. Yuan-Hsin Tung and Dr. Ben Fairfield, professors in the Department of Ethnomusicology at UH-Mānoa. They will discuss the current status of the tradition they research and trends of the theatrical and musical forms in Southeast Asia and beyond. Dr. Ricardo D. Trimillos, Emeritus Professor in the department, will moderate the discussion.

Join the NYU Undergraduate Film & Television (UGFTV) program for a special screening of Railway Sleepers and The Physical Realm, followed by a masterclass with filmmaker Sompot Chidgasornpongse.

Join the Brooklyn-based music nonprofit FourOneOne for a ca trù concert by Anh Vo, a Vietnamese choreographer and writer whose work is inspired by their experiences with Downtown New York experimental performance, Hanoi performance art, and Vietnamese folk ritual practices. Vo will give an unabridged performance of Tỳ Bà Hành (琵琶行 Pipa Song) by the Chinese poet Bai Juyi, a Tang dynasty poem that probes the parallel feelings of exile and loss of status experienced by a demoted government official and an aging female musician.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU) for a talk by Richard Pegg, Director and Curator of Asian Art at the MacLean Collection. In this talk, Dr. Pegg will examine maps created during the 17th to 19th centuries in order to better understand complex trade systems in today’s East and South China Seas, such as: the red-seal, Manila, Siam, Fujian, Zheng family, silver-silk, rice-silk, tribute, Muslim, Portuguese, British and Dutch systems.

Join the Harvard University Asia Center for a talk by Dr. Sandersan Onie, Lynch Family Foundation Research Fellow in Global Health Equity at at the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine. In this talk, Dr. Onie reflects on a decade of work in Indonesia and other low-resource settings in order to discuss suicide prevention in the country.

Join the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) for a talk by Thom Brown, PhD Candidate at Northern Illinois University and CKS Dissertation Research Fellow. This webinar examines the creation of the United Nations-sponsored Mekong Committee and the tensions between development efforts and local understandings of water, floods, and livelihoods.

Join the Stimson Center for a talk by Tay Zar Myo Win, PhD candidate at Deakin University, and Tint Zaw Hein, Chancellor of Let Pen Community College. Together, they will discuss local perspectives from Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone on the resistance, suffering, and emerging governance structures in the region following the coup.

Join Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU and NYSEAN for a celebration of the life and work of poet, essayist, and feminist Marra PL Lanot, who passed away last month. We invite you to listen to and read some of Marra’s poems. All are welcome to share stories about and memories of the radiant, generous, and brilliant Marra, who was a friend, mentor, and inspiration to many Filipino writers, artists, critics, and activists.

Join the Annenberg School for Communications at the University of Pennsylvania for a screening of Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) directed by Cypri Dale and Dandhy Laksono. This investigative documentary exposes the human cost of the world’s largest forest-conversion project: 2.5 million hectares of Papua turned into biofuel plantations. The screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Rianne Subijanto about the film and the Nusantara podcast series on The Dig.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a panel on the potential for engaging the youth in order to promote democratic renewal and resilience in Philippine politics. Speakers include Dr. Elma Laguna, Professor at the University of the Philippines Population Institute; Francis “Kiko” Aquino Dee, Executive Director of the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation, and Rafaela “Paeng” David, President of the Akbayan Citizens’ Action Party.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Atty. Leni Robredo, the 14th Vice President of the Philippines, serving from 2016 to 2022 and current mayor of Naga City in the province of Camarines Sur. Dr. Aries Arugay, Visiting Senior Fellow and the Coordinator of the Philippines Studies Programme at ISEAS, will moderate the discussion.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU) for a talk by Tomoyuki Shibata, Associate Dean for Research and Administration, College of Health and Human Sciences and Professor of Public Health, NIU; Duhita Mahatmya, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Quantitative Foundations, University of Iowa; Florensia F. Surjadi, Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences at NIU, and Riyani, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Learning Innovation, Leadership and Technology, NIU. They will discuss the Indonesian American Family Health Project, which conducts research on Indonesian American family experiences, including strengths, resilience, and health vulnerabilities in order to address health disparities.

Join the Museum of Chinese in America and the New York Asian Film Festival for a screening of Yellow Rose, a coming-of-age musical drama that follows Rose Garcia (Eva Noblezada), a Filipina teenager growing up undocumented in a small Texas town. The screening is followed by a talkback with Director Diane Paragas, MOCA’s Curator Herb Tam, and NYAFF’s Executive Director Samuel Jamier.

Join NYSEAN and SUNY/CUNY SEAC for a talk by Dr. Chee Soon Juan, Secretary-General of the Singapore Democratic Party, who will discuss Singapore’s politico-economic vulnerabilities with insights from his new book, Unbroken: The Power of Resilience.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar examining recent economic and trade developments in the Asia-Pacific region and APEC’s progress in advancing connectivity over the past decade through the APEC Community Blueprint (2015 – 2025). Speakers include the following experts from the APEC Secretariat’s Policy Support Unit: Carlos Kuriyama, Director, and Akhmad Bayhaqi, Senior Analyst.

Join the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University for a special presentation of A Life in Cinema, a cine-concert by Sundance Award-winning filmmaker Tony Bui, featuring the Hanoi Philharmonic Orchestra in a rare New York appearance. Bringing together scenes from decades of Vietnamese cinema, A Life in Cinema tells the story of Viet Nam through the lives, memories, and experiences captured on screen.

Join the High Line and the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art for an in-depth conversation between Tuan Andrew Nguyen, the artist behind The Light That Shines Through the Universe, and Cecilia Alemani, Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director and Chief Curator of High Line Art. This program will focus on Nguyen’s practice, the inspiration for his Plinth commission, and the sculpture’s symbolic rebirth, followed by a guided meditation focused on transformation.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Dr. Mai Truong, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. Dr. Truong’s research examines the interaction between movements, states, and publics in authoritarian regimes, namely in Vietnam and Malaysia.

Join the Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) for a talk by Haydon Cherry, CKS Senior Fellow and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Vietnam. Dr. Cherry’s talk offers a new explanation of the rural uprisings in Cambodia and Cochin-China (modern-day Vietnam) from 1915 to 1916.

Join Engage Thailand and 112WATCH for a typographic poster exhibition and fundraiser regarding political prosecutions in Thailand since 2020. This event features a thought-provoking art exhibit and a fireside chat with Pavin Chachavalpongpun on the state of political prosecutions in Thailand in the aftermath of the 2020 pro-democracy mass movement.

Join the Master’s Program in International Relations at NYU for a talk by Arnaud Kurze, Associate Professor of Sociology, Criminology, and Justice Studies at Montclair State University. This talk offers an overview of his ongoing research on gender-sensitive climate mobility and National Adaptation Plans, as well as a discussion on research design.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dr. Luna Ge Lai, an Assistant Research Fellow at the Qianhai Institute of International Affairs, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen), and a Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. Dr. Lai will discuss Shenzhen’s trade, investment and supply chain relationship with ASEAN.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Dang Nguyen, a Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar at the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. By situating Vietnam’s AI strategy within broader debates about technological sovereignty and dependency, this webinar reconsiders how smaller states exercise agency in a landscape increasingly defined by competing technological superpowers.

Join NYSEAN and the Master’s Program in International Relations at NYU for a talk by Pavin Chachavalpongpun, professor at the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University. He will discuss the Thai monarchy’s strategic response to the 2020 youth-led protests that called for reforms to the royal family’s place in national life.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Yun Sun, Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center, and Ian Storey, Principal Fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and co-editor of the academic journal Contemporary Southeast Asia. With two expert analyses on Beijing’s and Moscow’s calculations, this webinar will assess Naypyidaw’s diplomatic efforts as they seek to re-enter the international diplomatic fold.

The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, with support from The Asian American Foundation, presents this webinar series on teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Histories for K-12 and University Educators. Learn from leading scholars and classroom educators how to integrate AAPI narratives into your curriculum.