[Call for Papers] Decolonization of Southeast Asian Studies

Call for papers on the conference on Decolonising Southeast Asian Studies by the the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development in Chiang Mai University. Deadline for submissions in 1 October 2024.

In recent years, there has been increased interest in various aspects of the “decolonization of Southeast Asia Studies”. However, “decolonization” can take on many forms, and can be imagined in an array of different ways. In the United States, the focus has often been on putting more emphasis on increasing the number of Southeast Asian faculty and Southeast Asian diasporic communities. In Southeast Asia, on the other hand, more emphasis has been put on rethinking how the territories and borders associated with Southeast Asia are imagined and defined. Indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia also have their own varied ideas about decolonization in the region. Sometimes it is about who is involved, in other cases it is more about the ideas that are being presented. There is undoubtedly many perspectives and theoretical ways of framing and thinking ideas about the decolonization of Southeast Asian Studies.

Between July 17-19, 2025, RCSD at Chiang Mai University, in collaboration with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and with support from the Henry Luce Foundation, will organize a workshop to particularly consider different perspectives regarding the “Decolonization of Southeast Asian Studies”.

Source: Call for Abstracts: Decolonization of Southeast Asian Studies – RCSD : The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development