Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a panel reflecting on 60 years of Philippine engagement with ASEAN as well as the opportunities and limitations of regional cooperation in advancing Philippine security, development, and welfare. Panelists include Anna Mae Tuazon, independent ASEAN engagement advisor, and from the Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines Diliman: Edcel John A. Ibarra, Assistant Professor; Matteo Piasentini, Senior Lecturer; Aaron Abel T. Mallari, Assistant Professor; Dr. Virgemarie A. Salazar, Assistant Professor; Emmanuel Alba, Teaching Associate, and Angelie Genotiva, PhD student.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Department of Sociology at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Intan Suwandi, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Illinois State University. She will discuss the exploitation of Indonesian labor in global value chains dominated by multinational firms from the Global North.

Join the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar that brings together representatives from government, business, and the APEC community to discuss the expected outcomes of the Shenzhen summit and their implications for the wider Asia-Pacific. Speakers include Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat; Kok Ping Soon, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Business Federation, and Shiumei Lin, Vice President of Corporate Affairs for Asia Pacific at UPS.

Join the Asia Society for a talk by acclaimed Odissi dancer Bijayini Satpathy and Cambodian classical dancer Sophiline Cheam-Shapiro. This discussion explores gender as rooted in the vocabulary of Odissi, a dance form shaped by both feminine histories and male lineages.

Silverlens Gallery presents Empress, an exhibition of new work by Jenifer K. Wofford running November 5 through December 19, 2026. This exhibition explores an alternate universe where basketball had been invented by and dominated by Filipino women instead of Americans who brought the sport to the colonial Philippines.

Join Silverlens Gallery for the opening reception of Empress, an exhibition of new work by Jenifer K. Wofford running November 5 through December 19, 2026. This exhibition explores an alternate universe where basketball had been invented by and dominated by Filipino women instead of Americans who brought the sport to the colonial Philippines.

Join the York Centre for Asian Studies for a talk by Nang Shining, an international development professional with 15+ years of experience working alongside rural communities in Myanmar and the Mekong region. In this presentation, Nang Shining will share her personal journey as a human rights and environmental activist from Myanmar, and will share the experiences of other human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and students who have been affected by Myanmar’s political crisis.

Join NYSEAN for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor and Dean’s Chair in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the National University of Singapore. In this talk, Dr. Zhou presents a simultaneously global and local history of Shenzhen by tracing how the city’s development was entangled with China’s Cold War engagements with Southeast Asia.