Mercredi 8 avril 2026, 18h - 21h
Alliance Française de Bangkok

L’IRASEC, en partenariat avec la FTCC et la librairie Carnets d’Asie, organise le lancement de l’ouvrage L’Asie du Sud-Est 2026 autour d’une table ronde réunissant les éditeurs de l’ouvrage (Jérémy Jammes et Gabriel Facal, directeur et directeur adjoint de l’IRASEC), ainsi que Cyrille Moyon (auteur du chapitre sur la sécurité alimentaire) et Jean Sol-Macher (Chef du service économique de Bangkok à l’Ambassade de France en Thaïlande).

2^nd International Multidisciplinary Research Conference
Tarlac State University (Philippines), hybrid format
25 March 2026

As part of the Aguman Ning Belwan 2026 conference, Gabriel Facal will present a plenary talk entitled “Agroecology in Southeast Asia : Harnessing Interdisciplinarity to Study a Strong Driver of Sustainability”.

As part of the 26^th edition of the Reflection Seminar, which will take place from Thursday, March 12 to Friday, March 13, 2026, in Kuala Lumpur, Jérémy Jammes will present the annual publication “L’Asie du Sud-Est 2026 - Bilan, Enjeux et perspectives”, and Elisabeth Peyroux will give a presentation on artificial intelligence entitled “Entre innovation et contrôle : les enjeux de l’IA urbaine à Singapour” [Between Innovation and Control : The Challenges of Urban AI in Singapore].
As in previous years, the meeting will be held behind closed doors and will be conducted mainly in French. The seminar will therefore not be open to the public.

5 February 2026, 9h-17h
Room 2B, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei

An event co-organised by the French Center for Research on Contemporary China (CEFC Taipei) and the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC)

Across the social sciences, scholars are increasingly engaging with creative and multimodal forms of knowledge production. At this workshop, participants will discuss their work with comics, video-making, film programming, artists’ residencies, literary ethnography, podcasts, and other inventive approaches to research and writing.

Founded in Bangkok twenty-five years ago, the Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia has established itself as a major centre of scholarship. Since its creation, IRASEC has produced a substantial body of work comprising more than 150 publications, 38 per cent of which are in English, including 21 policy briefs, 44 research notebooks and 87 monographs. These publications are complemented by a wide range of round tables, conferences and symposia. Under successive leaderships, and (...)

We are pleased to announce that the IRASEC website hosts the Saigon Social Sciences Hub (SSSH), an English-speaking group of young researchers in the humanities and social sciences working on Việt Nam. You can find details of the events they organize as well as a history of past conferences.

On December 15, 2025, Christine Cabasset spoke about the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand (alongside Juliette Loesch of IFRI) at the National Assembly, at the invitation of the Franco-Cambodian Friendship Group.

Many NORNG, winner of the 2020 IRASEC field grants, will present her work in defense of her doctoral thesis on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. (Inalco – 2, rue de Lille).

From December 9 to 11, Christine Cabasset attended the conference “Au cœur des détroits. L’évolution des infrastructures et leurs rôles dans les réseaux globaux : ponts, tunnels, câbles et ports” [At the heart of the straits. The evolution of infrastructure and its role in global networks : bridges, tunnels, cables], and ports, organized by the ANR DéCoDé at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale in Dunkirk. Her presentation focused on “Quelles gouvernance et sécurisation des détroits d’Ombai et de (...)

On November 28, 2025, Christine Cabasset contributed to the seminar “Current Dynamics in Southeast Asia” with a presentation entitled “2025 Accession of Timor-Leste to ASEAN : Grounds, Stakes, and Prospects of Timor-Leste’s Long Quest for ASEAN.” Organized every two months by CASE-Inalco (Paris), CERI Sciences Po (Paris), and the Center for East and Southeast Asian Studies (ACE, Lund University), the seminar was dedicated that day to East Timor and its recent accession (October 26) to the (...)