29 - 30 March 2018
Institute of Technology of Cambodia (ITC)
Anne Guillou and Abigaël Pesses will represent IRASEC at the first edition of the France-Cambodia Research Days organized by the French Embassy and Institut Français, in partnership with universities and research institutions present in Cambodia.
Anne Guillou will present a state of the art of research in the human and social sciences in Cambodia, and Abigaël Pesses will participate in a round table, moderated by Anne Guillou and (...)

The 2nd Social Sciences and Humanities Dialogues: Tools for Thinking Connected Southeast Asia
March 16th, 2018 at 2 - 5 pm.
Seminar Room of the PhD Program, Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, (the 4th floor of Social Administration Building), Thammasat University (Tha Phrachan), Bangkok
co-coordinated by Juthaporn Elizabeth Kateratorn (Thammasat) et Stéphane Rennesson (IRASEC)
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"Islamic Printing and Publishing in Southern Thailand in the 21st Century" by (...)

The 1st Social Sciences and Humanities Dialogues: Tools for Thinking Connected Southeast Asia
March 5, 2018 at 2 - 5 pm.
Seminar Room of the PhD Program, Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, (the 4th floor of Social Administration Building), Thammasat University (Tha Phrachan), Bangkok
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Co-organized by:
Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University
Institut de recherche sur l’Asie du Sud-Est contemporaine (IRASEC)
Siamese Association of Sociologists (...)

NUS-USPC Collaborative Project Intersecting Mobilities:
Southeast Asia from the Perspective of Religious Mobility
Workshop on Muslim Networks and Mobilities in Southeast Asia
Institute of Religion, Culture & Peace
Payap University, Mae Khao Campus
Superhighway Chiang Mai-Lampang Road, Amphur Muang
Chiang Mai 50000 THAILAND
Thursday & Friday, March 1st & 2nd, 2018
This two-day workshop on the historical and contemporary dynamics of Muslim networks in Southeast Asia is (...)

Theravāda Buddhism in Khmer Lands
with TUN Puthpiseth, PhD in Art History at the University Paris-Sorbonne, and Director of the Research Unit at the Royal University of Fine Arts.
Tuesday 13 February 2018 at 6.30pm
Institut français du Cambodge
Conference in French, translated in Khmer and English
Free entry subject to availability
The appearance of Theravāda buddhism in Khmer lands during the second half of the 12th century, under the reign of Jayavarman VII (1270/1271 – 1295) is (...)

Anthropologie comparée du bouddhisme
vendredi 2 février, de 9h30 à 12h30
EHESS – salle 651
54, bd. Raspail – 75006 Paris
La prochaine séance du séminaire "Anthropologie comparée du bouddhisme" sera dédiée à la catégorie des rituels bouddhiques de renouvellement de l’ordre cosmique et social. La séance sera centrée sur une intervention par Alexandra de Mersan (IRASEC) sur le thème : "Rituels de Nouvel An en Arakan (Birmanie), rituels de renouvellement de l’ordre social et cosmique."
La période du (...)

The Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia wishes you a Happy New Year.
May this year be full of fruitful research !

François Robinne, directeur de l’IRASEC de 2012 à 2016, a été l’invité de Jean-Noël Jeanneney dans l’émission Concordance des temps du 16 décembre 2017, Birmanie, les racines de la violence, sur France Culture.
« Le drame des Rohingyas nous sort de la tentation de l’indifférence. Événement dramatique d’où naît chez nous un étonnement. C’est cette religion bouddhiste dont on nous a dit si souvent qu’elle était pacifiste qui tolérerait une telle barbarie ? L’Histoire permet-elle de mieux comprendre cela ? » (...)

Conference « Unity in Diversity: Transgressive Southeast Asia »
organised by SEASIA (Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in Asia)
at Chulalongkorn University on december 16th and 17th, 2017.
Claire Tran, director of IRASEC, participated to the panel Catholicism in Southeast Asia : Building Religious Elites beyond the Colonial Encounter with Bernardo Brown (International Christian University), Shanthini Pilai (National University of Malaysia), Suppya Nut (Köln university) and Julius (...)

The organisers of Site and Space in Southeast Asia seek applications for participation in a two-year funded research opportunity exploring the art, architecture, and landscape of Southeast Asia.
Site and Space in Southeast Asia explores the intersections of urban space, art and culture in three cities—Yangon, Penang, and Huế—through collaborative, site-based research. With major funding from the Getty Foundation and partners from within and beyond the region, Site and Space in Southeast (...)