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Announcing the 2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar Series


Theme: Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World

Join us for four thought-provoking webinars this fall, bringing together scholars and practitioners to explore critical issues shaping Southeast Asia today.

Fall 2025 Schedule

  • Sep 3 | 3 – 4:30 PM (HST) / 9 – 10:30 PM (EST)
    • Who Tells the War? Community Memory and the Vietnam War’s Enduring Legacies
    • Speakers
      • Long T. Bui, Professor, Department of Global and International Studies, UC Irvine
      • Dan “Fig” Leaf, Honorary Consultant for Vietnam in Hawaii / Retired US Air Force
      • Thy Phu, Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media at University of Toronto Scarborough
        • Presentation Topic: TBD
    • Moderator
      • Barbara Watson Andaya, Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    • Registration https://go.hawaii.edu/r4n
  • Oct 1 | 3 – 4:30 PM (HST) / 9 – 10:30 PM (EST)
    • Southeast Asia Facing the US Tariff Turbulence
    • Details will be coming soon.
  • Nov 5 | 3 – 4:30 PM (HST) / 9 – 10:30 PM (EST)
    • ASEAN Interrelationships: Membership, Conflict Management, and Human Rights Protection
    • Details will be coming soon.
  • Dec 3 | 3 – 4:30 PM (HST) / 9 – 10:30 PM (EST)
    • Findings from the LuceSEA Field School: Political Ecology in Practice and Applied Research in Southeast Asia
    • Details will be coming soon.

Times vary by region – see flyer for details.
Free & open to the public.
Registration: A registration link will be shared closer to the event date.


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From engaging webinars to thought-provoking book talks, this semester’s programs offer an enriching exploration of Southeast Asia’s diverse political, environmental, and cultural dynamics.

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Hosted by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.