Join the Singapore APEC Study Centre at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a seminar by Eduardo Pedrosa, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat; Dr. Kaewkamol (Karen) Pitakdumrongkit, Interim Secretary General of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council’s (PECC) International Secretariat; and Stephen Olson, Visiting Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. This panel will examine APEC 2025 conference priorities and the PECC State of the Region Report 2024 - 2025 while addressing challenges such as supply chain disruptions, AI’s impact, geopolitical tensions, climate change, and the implications of Trump’s tariff policies on APEC economies.

Join the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University for a talk by Dr. Quingfei Yin, Assistant Professor of International History at the London School of Economics, who will discuss how China and Vietnam collaborate and compete along their shared border.

Join the Philippines Institute at Australian National University for an online forum on the arrest of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and its implications. The panel features Manuel Quezon III, political analyst and columnist for the Philippine Daily Inquirer; Atty. Cecilia Jimenez-Damary, Senior Professional Lecturer, De La Salle University; Mags Maglana, governance, peace and development worker; and is moderated by Dr. Cleo Calimbahin, ANU Philippines Institute Senior Research Fellow and Professor at De la Salle University-Manila.

Join NYSEAN, Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU, and Espacio de Culturas at NYU for an evening of festival-favorite film shorts and conversation with New York-based Filipino and Filipino American filmmakers. The program features When the House Lights Come On by Apa Agbayani, A Blaan Lullaby by Ida Del Mundo, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy by Andrew Stephen Lee, Out of Body by Enrico Po, and more.

Join the Asian American / Asian Research Institute at CUNY for a talk by Cherry Lou Sy, Adjunct Lecturer in the English and American Studies Departments at Brooklyn College, CUNY.  Sy’s debut novel Love Can’t Feed You (Dutton, 2024) is a heartfelt and poignant exploration of love, sacrifice, and survival in the face of adversity. It follows the journey of a young immigrant woman from the Philippines  navigating the complexities of a challenging relationship while grappling with the harsh realities of her life.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UW-Madison for a talk by Dandhy Laksono, an award-winning Indonesian activist, investigative journalist, and filmmaker who co-founded the documentary production studio WatchDoc, which promotes social change in Indonesia through videos and digital media.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Department of Political Science at Northern Illinois University for a talk by Ernest Plange Kwofie, PhD student in Political Science at NIU, who will explore pressing issues of governance and emerging security challenges within ASEAN.

Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Kim Aris, son of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who will discuss Myanmar’s ongoing crisis. This event is an opportunity to come together, hear firsthand about Kim's mission and explore ways we can take action to support the people of Myanmar together.

Join the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University for a talk by Dr. Kristian Saguin, Associate Professor of Geography at the University of the Philippines Diliman, who will discuss urbanization and resource flows in Metro Manila.

Join the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar featuring Matthew P. Goodman, distinguished fellow and director of the Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies at CFR; Dr. Inu Manak, CFR Fellow for Trade Policy; Stephen Olson, Visiting Senior Fellow for the Regional Economic Studies Programme at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute; Deborah Elms, Head of Trade Policy at the Hinrich Foundation in Singapore; Henry Gao, Professor of Law at the Singapore Management University; and Dr. Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow at the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. This panel will analyze current US trade policy and economic engagement in Southeast Asia.

Join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at City College of New York for an Indie-Lens Pop-Up screening and discussion of the documentary film Home Court, directed by Erica Tanamachi, ahead of its airdate (March 24, 2025) on PBS. The director will be joined by the producers of the film, Jenn Lee Smith and Brandon Soun. Home Court is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in Southern California whose life intensifies as recruitment heats up. As she overcomes injury as well as racial and class differences between her home and private school worlds and against rival schools, Ashley strives to become her own person and leave a legacy behind.

Join the SUNY/CUNY Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) for an information session facilitated by Michitake Aso, Peter J. Marcotullio, and Vida Vanchan, who will provide details on the consortium, including upcoming online courses and field school opportunities. At this session, students can learn about eligibility, the application process, and how they can get involved in these exciting opportunities for global engagement.

Join the Malaysia Studies Programme at ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar on Patakan Harapan (the Alliance of Hope), featuring Wong Shu Qi, DAP Member of Parliament for Kluang, Johor; and Sim Tze Tzin, PKR Member of Parliament for Bayan Baru, Penang. They will discuss ongoing efforts within Patakan Harapan’s leading parties, drawing on their extensive experience in state legislatures and federal parliament, and various positions they have held in cabinet, parliamentary committees, and government agencies.

Join NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for an evening of films by acclaimed indie writer and director Glenn Barit. They will screen Cleaners (2019) and the short films Maybe Aliens (2017), Who Rents There Now? (2018), and Before Life Happens (2023).

Join PEN America for a conversation on You Must Take Part in Revolution, a new graphic novel from artist-activist Badiucao and Emmy-nominated journalist Melissa Chan. Moderated by PEN America’s former director of research James Tager, author of “Made in Hollywood, Censored in Beijing,” Badiucao and Chan will discuss cultures of free expression, the power of literary imaginations, and the narrowing space for dissent for writers and artists in exile.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Center for Visual Cultures at UW-Madison for a lecture by Cheng Nien Yuan, Singaporean performance scholar and Faculty Early Career Award Fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Her talk traces the work of documentarian Tan Pin Pin, whose films have been characterized as a form of performance research.

Join SUNY/CUNY SEAC and the Southeast Asia Program at Stanford University for a webinar featuring Scot Marciel, Alice Ba, Kyaw Htet Aung, and Su Mon Thazin Aung. Moderated by Meredith Weiss, this panel discussion will discuss the context behind USAID and US foreign aid in Myanmar along with the nature and implications of the abrupt change in US policy.

Join NYSEAN for a talk by Taomo Zhou, Associate Professor of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore, on the life and legacy of Francisca Casparina Fanggidaej (1925–2013)—a left-wing Indonesian activist in the Afro-Asian movements, a mother of seven, and a woman who endured decades of forced separation from her family. Through Fanggidaej’s story, Taomo explores how Indonesia and China shaped notions of motherhood and how a transnational figure like Fanggidaej navigated her role within revolutionary anticolonialism in Indonesia, state socialism in China, and the global shift toward capitalist neoliberalism—ultimately displacing the Third World internationalist vision both nations once championed. The discussion will be moderated by Rianne Subijanto, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Baruch College, CUNY.

Join Southeast Asia Research Group at UW-Madison for a lecture by Paul Chambers, Lecturer and Advisor to the Center of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University in Thailand, and Visiting Senior Fellow in the Thai Studies Programme at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. His lecture will discuss the facade of democracy under the partnership between Thailand’s monarchy and military.

Join the Southeast Asia Initiative at Harvard University Asia Center for a talk by Vilashini Somiah, anthropologist and Senior Lecturer at Universiti Malaya’s Gender Studies Programme. This lecture examines how the lived experiences and wisdom of marginalized Bornean women—through themes of Death, Desire, and the Divine—challenge academic gatekeeping and offer alternative epistemologies that disrupt conventional notions of truth, urging a rethinking of knowledge production from the margins.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Department of Anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Madison for a talk by Eric C. Thompson, who will discuss the conceptual underpinnings of his recent book The Story of Southeast Asia (NUS Press, 2024).

Join the Asia Society New York in association with NYSEAN for a conversation on the current situation in Myanmar, prospects for positive change from within, and recommendations for the international community. Speakers include Sean Turnell, a long-time economic advisor to Myanmar's democratically elected government and Aung San Suu Kyi; he was imprisoned for nearly 2 years alongside Myanmar's democratic leaders in the aftermath of the coup. Joining him in conversation is Priscilla Clapp, former Chief of Mission to the U.S. Embassy in Myanmar, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, and Asia Society Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Debra Eisenman.

Join the Media, Technology, and Society Programme ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a talk by Elina Noor, Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who will assess the implications of AI-driven language technologies in Southeast Asia, addressing how the region can actively shape AI to reflect its diverse realities, values, and aspirations while mitigating risks of exclusion or misrepresentation.

Join the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at University of Hawaii - Mānoa for a webinar featuring Dr. M. Alif Sahide, Professor of Forestry at Universitas Hasanuddin; Dr. Yingshan Lau, Research Fellow at National University of Singapore; and Enrique Nunez, Senior Advisor of Biodiversity at the International Land Coalition. This webinar will highlight pioneering initiatives that are transforming how Southeast Asian nations address issues of climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity.

Join the Council of Southeast Asia Studies at Yale University for a talk by Thu-hương Nguyễn-võ, Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures and Asian American Studies at UCLA, who will discuss how Vietnamese contemporary youth activism draws parallels between Vietnamese and Palestinian liberation struggles while addressing nuances of settler colonialism.

Join the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) for a panel discussion featuring Iman Pambagyo, former Chief Trade Negotiator for Indonesia; Jayant Menon, Senior Fellow at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute; Yasuyuki Todo, Professor of Economics at Waseda University; Wendy Cutler, ASPI Vice President. These experts from the Indo-Pacific and the U.S. will explore the impact of U.S. friendshoring policy, discussing its challenges, lessons learned, and how it can be enhanced to strengthen supply chains and boost economic prosperity.

Join the Myanmar Research Centre at Australian National University for a talk by Phyo Win Latt, independent scholar and journalist, who will discuss the evolution of Bamar identity over time and explore its role in the ongoing debate regarding establishing a Bamar state as a necessary solution to Myanmar’s protracted civil war.

Join the Vietnam Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute for a webinar featuring Vu Minh Khuong, Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Jaya Ratnam, Singapore’s Ambassador to Vietnam; and Tran Phuoc Anh, Vietnam’s Ambassador to Singapore. This panel will explore the evolution of Vietnam-Singapore relations, analyze the opportunities and challenges of their upcoming Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP), and discuss strategies to strengthen and deepen bilateral ties for a more substantive and impactful future.