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Feb27
Colloquium
CSEAS Colloquium by Prajak Kongkirati
Understanding Thailand’s 2026 Election: Political Contestation, Party Landscapes and Elite Power Structures
Date & Time　｜　Friday, 27 February 2026, 1:30–3:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Medium Meeting Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Feb18
Seminar on the Impact of Digitalization in Indonesia
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 3:00–6:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Feb13
CAACCS×VDP　
Together We Live: Documentary Films from Vietnam and Indonesia
Date & Time　｜　Friday, 13 February 2026, 7–9 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　FabCafe Kyoto (Near Kyoto Kawaramachi-Gojo)
Jan29
Tonan Talk by Fadjar Ibnu Thufail
Manifesto of the Durian: Smell and Area Studies
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 29 January 2026, 3:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Tonan-tei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Jan23
Colloquium
CSEAS Colloquium by Kuik Cheng-Chwee: “Non-Alignment via Multi-Alignments: Evidence from Southeast Asia in the Trump 2.0 Era”
Date & Time　｜　Friday, 23 January 2026, 3:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Jan19
Special Seminar
The Energy Transition in Indonesia: Looking at the Climate-Energy Politics
Date & Time　｜　Monday, 19 January 2026, 3:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Jan15
CSEAS Bangkok Young Scholars Salon
Thailand in Transition
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 15 January 2026, 15:30– (Dinner: Around 17:30) (Bangkok Time)
Venue　｜　Bangkok Liaison Office, CSEAS, Kyoto University
Jan08
Special Seminar
The Political Economy of Agricultural FDI and Food Security in Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 8 January 2026, 1:30–3:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Tonan-tei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Dec08
【CSEAS X DAIKIN】Balai Opening Ceremony & Exhibition Week
Date & Time　｜　8 - 14 December 2025
Venue　｜　Balai RW 4 (Community Hall), Kampung Kutandan, Genteng District, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Dec13
Winter Seminar 2025: The Cold War on the Ground: Grassroots Culture and Nationalism in Thailand and Vietnam
Date & Time　｜　Saturday, December 13–Sunday, December 14, 2025
Venue　｜　Dec. 13 (Sat.) Room#2-615, Building 2(6F), Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University, Dec. 14 (Sun) 3F Seminar Room, Hongo Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Dec12
Transnational Seminar: Re-orienting Borneo Studies
Date & Time　｜　Friday 12 December, 2025, 10:00–17:00 (JST)
Venue　｜　Small Meeting Room II (I331), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Dec05
Seminar by Rosita Dewi: “Securing the Land, Silencing the People: Adat Land Grabs under Indonesia’s Strategic Food Estate in Papua”
Date & Time　｜　Friday, 5 December 2025, 4:30–6:00 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Tonan-tei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Dec03
Special Seminar by Laurence L. Delina: “Energising Justice: Empowering vulnerable communities in urban and rural transitions”
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday 3 December, 2025, 15:30-16:30（JST）
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Nov28
CSEAS Reading Group Session
Ching Kwan Lee, Forever Hong Kong: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle.
Date & Time　｜　Friday, November 28, 2025 (JST)
Venue　｜　Medium Meeting Room (I332), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Nov27
Colloquium
CSEAS Colloquium by Vina A. Lanzona: “Un-holy Union between Church and State: The Question of Divorce in the Colonial Philippines”
Date & Time　｜　Thursday 27 November, 2025, 3:00-4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Nov19
The 49th Southeast Asia Seminar
Global Disruptions and Southeast Asia: Exploring histories, narratives, and transdisciplinary challenges
Date & Time　｜　November 19-24, 2025
Venue　｜　Phnom Penh & Sihanoukville, Cambodia
Nov21
Korea-Japan Conference of Southeast Asian Studies 2025
Crisis and Resilience: Navigating Southeast Asia’s Hybridity and Pathway in a Turbulent World
Date & Time　｜　November 21 - 22, 2025
Venue　｜　Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea
Nov07
Colloquium
CSEAS Colloquium by Jefferson Fox: “The Future of Rice Farming in Southeast Asia”
Date & Time　｜　Friday, 7 November 2025, 12:00–13:30 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Nov05
Tonan Talk by Mario Lopez: Japan’s Summer of Discontent: Migrants, Moral Panic, and Rethinking what is “Essential”
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 12:00–13:00 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Oct30
DAIKIN Seminar Series: 16th Seminar on ‘Urban Living in Southeast Asia’
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 30 October 2025, 16:00–18:00 (Japan Time) *Starting time has been changed.
Venue　｜　Small Meeting Room I (I330), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Oct30
Special Seminar by Arthur C. Petersen: “Religion and Climate Change: Examples from the Science–Policy Interface: IPCC, The Netherlands, and Thailand”
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 30 October 2025, 3:00–4:30 pm (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Oct29
Joint Dissemination Seminar
“Maritime Security Governance against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing: Comparative Study on Japan and Indonesia”
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday, 29 October 2025
12:00–14:00 (Western Indonesia Time: WIB), 14:00–16:00 (Japan Time: JST)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Oct25
International Conference – Encouraging Local Development in Southeast Asian Countries: Public Administration and Political Perspectives
Date & Time　｜　Saturday, 25 October 2025, 09:00–16:00 (JST) / 07:00–14:00 (WIB)
Venue　｜　Large Meeting Room (I333), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Oct16
Colloquium
CSEAS Colloquium by Jiří Jákl: “Extinct or Still Around? Javanese Large Mammals (the Javan Tiger, Rhinoceros, Elephant) and Their Histories”
Date & Time　｜　Thursday, 16 October 2025, 12:00–13:00 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Tonan-tei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Sep24
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CSEAS Colloquium by Ratno Lukito: “Japan’s Legal Transplants and Their Discontents: A Critical Appraisal”
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday, 24 September 2025, 13:00–15:00 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Tonan-tei (I201), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Sep24
Special Seminar: Housing Governance and Housing Rights Activism in Jakarta and Beyond
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday 24 September, 2025, 15:00-18:00 (JST)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Sep22
PNC 2025 Annual Conference and Joint Meetings
Special Session 16:
Research Data Management in Japanese Academic Research Institutions
Date & Time　｜　Monday, 22 September 2025, 10:15–11:45 (Vietnam Time: ICT), 12:15–13:45 (Japan Time: JST)
Venue　｜　1B, Institute of Social Sciences Information, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam
Sep17
GYSF Exchange Professorship Report
In Search of Subaltern Consciousness: Histories in the Life Stories of the Mindanawon People
Date & Time　｜　Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 14:00–16:00 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Sep09
MyKyoto Seminar: Alternative Sustainability and DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) from ASEAN-Japan Perspectives
Date & Time　｜　Tuesday, 9 September, 2025, 9:00-11:40 (JST)
Venue　｜　Large Meeting Room (I333), 3rd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University
Sep08
Tonan Talk by Sandeep RAY
Scenes from a Slow Departure: Archival Visuals of Japanese Surrendered Personnel in Southeast Asia
Date & Time　｜　Monday, 8 September 2025, 10:30–12:00 (Japan Time)
Venue　｜　Seminar Room (I213), 2nd Floor, Inamori Center, Kyoto University

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