Panel 1: Narratives of Becoming: Emerging Identities in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Prasit Leepreecha, Chiang Mai University

1. Dr. Prasit Leepreecha, Associate Professor, Chiang Mai University
   Enacting Indigenous Law in Thailand
2. Ms. Moordiati, Faculty, Universitas Airlangga
   Prof. Sarkawi, Universitas Airlangga
   Ethnic Relations and Development of Sapeken Society, Indonesia (Part of the Study of Islands in Southeast Asia)
3. Mr. Napak Serirak, PhD Candidate, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Subnational and Transregional Connections: Reflections on Fieldwork Among the Ibans in Brunei
4. Ms. Borei Heang, History lecturer, Institute for Banking Studies
   The Perfectly Virtuous Woman: Literary Traditions, Culture Change, and Ideal Womanhood in 19th- and 20th-Century Cambodia

Panel 2: Recasting Comparative Approaches in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Trixie Tangit, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

1. Mr. Muhammad Indrawan Jatmika, Faculty, DHI-Dosen Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Jawa Timur, Indonesia
   Overcoming Declining Democracies: Comparative Perspectives from Southeast Asian Youth-Led Activists
2. Dr. Trixie Tangit, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah
   Southeast Asian Connections and the Politics of Identity-Making in Sabah (Malaysian North Borneo)
3. Ms. Nota Magno, Assistant Professor, Department of Development Studies, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
   From Distinctions to Relations: Assemblage Thinking for Teaching Comparative Development in Southeast Asia
4. Dr. Coeli Barry, Associate Professor, Mahidol University, Thailand
   Working comparatively as a Southeast Asianist in Thailand: From comparative politics to Human Rights Studies in Southeast Asia

Panel 3: Transformations in Colonial Southeast Asia: Science, Commerce, and Disease

Chair: Dr. Francis A. Gealogo, Ateneo de Manila University

1. Dr. Francis A. Gealogo, Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
   The Influenza Pandemic of 1918–1919 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

1. Dr. Thi Que Chau Tran, Lecturer, Hue University
   Western-Southeast Asian Trade in the 16th–17th Centuries: An Approach Through the Concept of the “Global Supply Chain”
2. Ms. Marie Beatriz Gulinao, Instructor, Ateneo de Manila University
   Development for Whom? Urbanization, Vegetable Farming, and Trade in American Colonial Philippines, 1899 to 1929

Panel 4: House Museums in Southeast Asia I

Chair: Dr. Ian Alfonso, University of the Philippines

1. Asst. Prof. Rhodalyn Wani-Obias, History Department, University of the Philippines
   More House than Museum: Bahay Nakpil-Bautista in Manila
2. Dr. Maitrii Aung-Thwin, History Department, National University of Singapore
   Domesticating the Nation: The Aung San Museum and the Presence of Public History in Myanmar
3. Dr. Abdul Wahid, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada
   From a Family Museum to Campus Museum: The Story of ‘Omah Munir Museum’, a Human Rights Museum, in Post New Order Indonesia
4. Mr. Duong Keo, History Department, Royal University of Phnom Penh
   The House of Ta Mok: Exploring the Dynamics of Meaning-Making of the House Museum of the Most Notorious Khmer Rouge Leader

Panel 5: Security and Solidarity: Negotiating Identity And Cooperation In ASEAN

Chair: Mr. Paul Anthony Balagtas, National University-Philippines

1. Ms. Khairunnisa Simbolon, Lecturer/Researcher, University of Lampung
   Ms. ⁠Mirah Satria Alamsyah, University of Bangka Belitung
   Collaborative Security: The Growing Influence of Non-State Actors in ASEAN’s Human Security Framework
2. Mr. Paul Anthony Balagtas, Associate Professor, National University-Philippines
   Fostering ASEANnity: Citizenship Education’s Role in Shaping Regional Identity in Vietnam and the Philippines
3. Mr. King Dranreb Barchita, PhD Student, University of the Philippines Diliman
   Minilaterals of Southeast Asia: Boon or Bane for Regional Unity?

Panel 6: Platforms, Politics, and Everyday Life: Digital Transformations in the Region

Chair: Ms. Sylvia Savitri, Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia

1. Ms. Sylvia Savitri, Lecturer and PhD Candidate, President University and Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia
   The Instagram Battle: How Shifting Strategies of Affective Polarization and Fan Culture Shaped Indonesia’s 2019 and 2024 Election Campaigns
2. Ms. Febriandita Tedjomurti, Lecturer, Universitas Negeri Surabaya
   Ms. Silkania Swarizona, Lecturer, Universitas Negeri Surabaya
   Cultural Shifts in the AI Era: Digital Discourse and Information Sharing Among Indonesian Youth on Social Media
3. Mr. Mohammed Aden Suryana, Lecturer, Universitas Diponegoro
   Ms. Kholida Ulfi Mubaroka, Universitas Negeri Surabaya
   The Evolution of Automated Journalism: Ethical Concerns, Human Agency, and the Future of Digital News in Indonesia

Panel 7: Reframing Gender at the Margins: Critical Dialogues on Power, Citizenship and Identity in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Giselle Miole, The University of Tokyo

1. Dr. Giselle Miole, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Tokyo
   Can Sexuality Education Be Taught in Indigenous Schools? Examining Gender and Sexuality Education in a Lumad Community School in the Philippines
2. Mr. Russell Yap, PhD Student, National University of Singapore
   Connecting Past, Present and Future Registers of Queer Utopias In Neoliberal Singapore
3. Ms. Nur Adilla, PhD Student, Waseda University
   How is Citizenship Gendered?: A Case of Malaysia

Panel 8: De/Coloniality in Southeast Asia: A Critical Engagement Beyond Binaries I

Chair: Dr. Rommel Curaming, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

1. Dr. Rommel Curaming, Senior Assistant Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Revisiting Power/Knowledge: From Decolonial to Cartography of Power/Knowledge Relations
2. Mr. Carlo Gallego Soberano, PhD Student, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Beyond De/Colonial Binaries: Learning English as Contested but Functional Tool
3. Karen Calderon, PhD Student, University of the Philippines-Baguio
   Indigenous Sovereignty and the Problems with Decoloniality
4. Mr. Luther Aquino, PhD student, University of Louvain
   Against the Colonized’s Defense of the Enlightened World

Panel 9: Laboring Under Empire: Work and Exploitation in Colonial Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Abdul Wahid, Universitas Gadjah Mada

1. Dr. Faina Abaya-Ulindang, Professor 1, Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan
   Slave Labor in Indonesia and Sulu, Philippines During 1800

1. Dr. Hayu Adi Darmarastri, Lecturer, Department of History, Universitas Sebelas Maret
   Laboring Children in Late Colonial Indonesia
   

Panel 10: House Museums in Southeast Asia II

Chair: Mr. Dias Pradadimara, Universitas Hasannudin

1. Dr. Onanong Thippimol, History Department, Thammasat University
   Love, Loneliness, Betrayal and the Birth of a Nation: Reimagining Sukarno’s Exile House Museums in Flores and Bengkulu as Forges of Indonesian Nationalism
2. Dr. Vatthana Pholsena, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
   Ho Chi Minh House Museum in Northeast Thailand: His Story Is Also Thai
3. Asst. Prof. Ian Alfonso, History Department, University of the Philippines
   Memorializing Gabriela Silang through the Cariño House Museum in Candon City, Ilocos Sur
4. Asst. Prof. Akkharaphong Khamkhun, Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University
   A House Museum of a Goodman whom Thailand doesn’t Want: Pridi Banomyong Memorial in Ayutthaya

Panel 11: From Language to Strategy: Southeast Asia’s Diverse Diplomatic Practices

Chair: Mr. Lamijo, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

1. Mr. Lamijo, Researcher, Research Center for Area Studies, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
   Language as Cultural Diplomacy: Navigating Indonesian Language Teaching in Vietnam
2. Ms. Claire Ed Bacong, Graduate Student, Thammasat University
   Diskarteng Diplomatiko: Examining Duterte’s Foreign Policy Through the Lens of Filipino Diskarte
3. Dr. Prof. Fabricio A. Fonseca, Professor, National Chengchi University
   Southeast Asia’s Engagement and Inter-Regionalism with Latin America: The Case of Singapore

Panel 12: Climate Change and Community Resilience in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Sri Sunarti Purwaningsih, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

1. Dr. Yuerlita, Assistant Professor, Andalas University
   Analysis of Climate Variability and Farmers’ Perceptions on Water Resources Availability in The Lembang – Sumani Watershed Area, West Sumatera

1. Dr. Sri Sunarti Purwaningsih, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia (BRIN)
   Ms. Henny Warsilah, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia (BRIN)
   Strengthening Physical and Social Infrastructure Resilience to Climate Change and Flood Disasters in Indonesian Cities: A Case Study of Semarang
2. Dr. Manoj Potapohn, Assistant Professor, Chiang Mai University
   Closure of land frontier in Thailand, technology-mediated collective decision making and public consensus on use and conservation of formerly wildland
   

Panel 13: Crisis and Care: Southeast Asian Narratives on Mental Health and Well-Being

Chair: Dr. Maitrii Aung-Thwin, National University of Singapore

1. Prof. Archie Lawrence Geneta, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines Manila
   A Survey on the Impact of Climate Change on Mental Health in Disaster-Stricken Areas in the Philippines
2. Ms. Kyi Kyi Seinn, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore
   Lost in Between: An Overwhelming Mental Health Situation Amidst Multilayered-Crisis in Myanmar
3. Dr. Shariza Wahyuni bt Hj. Shahrin, Programme Leader, Sociology and Anthropology, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Relational Resilience: Coping, Care, and Collective Well-being in Flood-Affected Communities of Tutong District, Brunei Darussalam

Panel 14: De/Coloniality in Southeast Asia: A Critical Engagement Beyond Binaries II

Chair: Dr. Rommel Curaming, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

1. Mr. Kebart Licayan, PhD Student, Australia National University
   Ms. Aisah Solaiman, BARMM employee, Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
   Decolonial But Denied: Locating the Bangsamoro in Southeast Asian Knowledge Politics
2. Mr. Gan Namuangrak, Lecturer, School of Political Science and Public Administration, Walailak University
   Mutual Epistemic Disavowal, Historical Helplessness and the Latent Politics of Decoloniality in Thailand
3. Mr. Rafael Antonio De Leon Ortile, MA student, New York University
   Patriotic Opium: The Philippine state and the rhetoric of anti-colonialism as a hindrance to its development

Panel 15: Rewriting the Cold War: Southeast Asian Voices, Conflicts, and Collaborations

Chair: Prof. Piyada Chonlaworn, Tenri University

1. Ms. Xun Wang, PhD Candidate, National University of Singapore
   Localizing Technology, Reimagining the Region: Vietnamese Agency in the Chinese-Assisted Thái Nguyên Steelworks, 1958–1978
2. Dr. Morragotwong Phumplab, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University
   Hearts at War: Conditional Love and Gendered Perceptions in Thai Military Memory of Vietnamese Women During the Cold War
3. Prof. Piyada Chonlaworn, Professor, Tenri University
   Our Side of History-Voice of the Former Members of Two Communist Parties in Southeast Asia
4. Mr. Sujane Kanparit, Phd. Student, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University
   The Hidden War: Thailand’s Covert Role with “Air America”

Panel 16: House Museums in Southeast Asia III

Chair: Ms. Rhodalyn Wani-Obias, University of the Philippines

1. Dr. Mala Rajo Sathian, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Universiti Malaya
   Connected Histories: The House Museum(s) of Ku Din Ku Meh and the Penang-Kedah-Satun Link
2. Dr. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Keepers Of Heritage: House Museums as Tangible Symbols of Resistance to Cultural Homogenization
3. Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
   Reconsidering the Concept of Museum: The Case of Timorese Sacred Houses
4. Dr. Nguyen Truong Giang, Faculty of Anthropology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
   Ede Long House, A Matriarchal House in Vietnam on Display at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology

Panel 17: Micro-Level Adaptation and National Interests in the Southeast Asian Borderlands

Chair: Ms. Betti Rosita Sari, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia

1. Ms. Hongyu Chen, M.A. Social Science, Chiangmai University
   Navigating Precarity: Kachin Transborder Migrant Women’s Tactics in the Yunnan- Kachin Borderland
2. Ms. Betti Rosita Sari, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia
   Navigating Small-Scale Trade Across Vietnam-China Borders: Social Networks, Livelihood, and Ethnic Minorities Traders
3. Ms. Puji Hastuti, Junior Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency
   Mapping Sovereignty: How Tempayan Rites Transcend Political Boundaries

Panel 18: Urban Transformations in Southeast Asia: Policy, Planning, and the Politics Of Space

Chair: Dr. Rini Rachmawati, Universitas Gadjah Mada

1. Mr. Sittha Lertphaiboonsiri, Owner, The Setara, Chiang Mai
   Experiments of Public Policy and Urban Planning in Lopburi and Saraburi Between 1936–1957 as Reflection of 1932 Siamese Revolutionary Principle
2. Prof. Rini Rachmawati, Director, Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies, Universitas Gadjah Mada
   Smart City In Global Perspective: Overview Of Smart City Concept And Implementation In ASEAN Countries
3. Dr. Ilham Daeng Makkelo, Lecturer, Department of History Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
   Cosmopolitan Makassar: Continuing the Ambiguity of a Modern Indonesian City

Panel 19: Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia: Regional Aspirations and Local Struggles

Chair: Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, Kyoto University

1. Prof. Chang Won Choi, Research Fellow, Korea University ASEAN Center (KUAC)
   Bridging the Gap: Timor-Leste’s ASEAN Membership Through Scenario-Based Dual Perspectives
2. Ms. Nurina Aulia Haris, Research Staff, Universitas Gadjah Mada
   Indonesia-Timor Leste: Identification of Border Issues from an Indigenous Peoples’ Perspective
3. Dr. Diana Mendoza, Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University
   Reproductive Rights in Catholic Democracies: Examining Women’s Agency and Resistance in the Philippines and Timor-Leste

Panel 20: Methods in Southeast Asian Studies I: Regional Voices and Collaborative Approaches

Chair: Dr. Fernando Santiago Jr., De La Salle University

1. Prof. Melati Nungsari, Faculty Director, ASEAN Research Center, Asia School of Business
   The Challenges of Managing Talent: Building a Pool of Southeast Asian Scholars in Malaysia
2. Dr. Fernando A. Santiago, Jr., Director, Southeast Asia Research Center and Hub, De La Salle University
   SEARCHing for Regional Voices: Collaboration, Challenges, and Knowledge Production in Southeast Asia
3. Prof. Yonariza, Professor, Universitas Andalas
   Social Forestry as an Emerging Regional Study in Southeast Asia
4. Dr. Ullah AKM Ahsan, Associate Professor, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   From Lived Realities To Regional Research: Decolonizing Knowledge Production In Southeast Asian Migration Studies

Panel 21: Spaces of Struggle: Precarity and Reclamation In Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Ryan Pesigan Reyes, Polytechnic University of the Philippines

1. Mr. Bagus Fadhilah Apriadi, PhD student, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
   Rooted and Removed? Patrimonialism and Tourism-Led Gentrification in Southeast Asia
2. Dr. La Ode Rabani, Lecturer, Department of History, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia
   Illegality and the Making of Indonesian Coastal Towns
3. Mr. Aldous Tracy Rubio, MA Student and Teaching Associate, University of the Philippines Baguio
   Contestations, Negotiations, and Transformations: Revisiting the Conceptions of Interstitial Space in Southeast Asia
   

Panel 22: Reclaiming and Redefining Heritage I: Stewardship, Knowledge, and Repatriation

Chair: Dr. Champathong Phochanthilat, National University of Laos

1. Ms. Aliffia Marsha Nadhira, Research Assistant, Gadjah Mada University
   Knowledge of Kris Making in Naskah Keris II: Study of Texts and Illustrations
2. Ms. Nyoman Arisanti, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (Masters of Science)
   Comparative Models of Vernacular House Conservation: Case Studies from Tenganan (Indonesia) and Nara (Japan)
3. Ms. Hasti Tarekat Dipowijoyo, Co-Founder, Sumatra Heritage Trust & Pan-Sumatra Network for Heritage Conservation
   Cultural Heritage Management in Indonesia: Governance by Civil Society Through Heritage Organizations
4. Ms. Putu Eka Juliawati, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency
   Mapping Displaced Heritage: Balinese Artifacts in Dutch Collections and Southeast Asia’s Repatriation Movement
5. Ms. Fan Shiyu, PhD student, Tsinghua University
   Framing Fire: The Politics of Heritage and the Shifting Currents of Dragon Kiln Preservation in Singapore

Panel 23: Political Transformations and State Reforms in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, Independent Scholar

1. Ms. Arianne Dacalos, PhD Candidate, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
   From Bridging Ties to Building Institutions: Local Transformation in Mindanao (1980–2022)
2. Prof. Mark Thompson, Chair Professor of Political Science, City University of Hong Kong
   Is the Comparative Study of Southeast Asian Politics Possible? The Example of Pushback Against Backsliding
3. Dr. Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, Independent Scholar
   Surakarta (Solo) and the Jokowi Dynasty
4. Mr. Duc Anh Le, Researcher, Vietnam National University
   Territorial Structure and Domestic Geopolitics: A Perspective from Administrative Reforms in Vietnam

Panel 24: Labor Migration In and Out Of Southeast Asia: Gender, Precarity, and Mobility

Chair: Dr. Ken Calang, Central Luzon State University

1. Dr. Jendrius, Senior Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Andalas
   Crossing Culture, Carrying Tradition: Gender Narrative of Minangkabau Female Migrants in Malaysia
2. Prof. Junior Pacol, PhD Student, University of the Philippines Diliman, Faculty, Central Luzon State University
   Transnational ‘Gawat’: The Lived Experiences of Overseas Filipino Workers from Farming Families Facing Seasonal Scarcity Abroad
3. Prof. Ken Calang, Assistant Professor, Central Luzon State University
   Is Bangkok Really a Gay Haven? Intersectional Negotiations Shaping Identity and Belonging Among Queer Filipino Migrant Workers
4. Dr. Vinsensio Dugis, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Political & Social Science, Universitas Airlangga
   People Mobility by Golden Visa Scheme in Southeast Asia

Panel 25: Translocal Identities: Evolving Chineseness in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Amanah Nurish, University of Indonesia

1. Mr. Baolong Chen, Master’s Student, Communication University of China
   Hometown Association as a Medium: Memory Reconstruction and Identity Formation of Contemporary Indonesian Fujianese Community
2. Dr. Amanah Nurish, Asst. Professor, University of Indonesia
   Being Mualaf in Indonesia: A New Trend of Religious Conversion on Chinese Community
3. Mr. Westly Lo Siong Wei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   Labour Migration of Borderland Chinese in Borneo: The life stories of West Kalimantan Chinese Workers in Brunei Darussalam
4. Asst. Prof. Phitsinee Koad, Acting Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, School of Languages and General Education, Walailak University
   Translocality and the Evolving Identities of Peranakan Chinese in Thailand

Panel 26: Methods in Southeast Asian Studies II: Emotions and Intimacy as Critical Methods

Chair: Prof. Yonariza, Universitas Andalas

1. Ms. Rahmi Rahmayati, Doctor of Humanities Student, Gadjah Mada University
   Bina Agarwal’s Ecofeminism Approach as a Relevant and Contextual Literary Discipline Approach for Southeast Asian Studies
2. Mr. Aaron Abel Mallari, Assistant Professor and PhD Student , University of the Philippines Diliman
   Exploring the politics of emotions and the precarities of Filipino labor migration: OFWs on death row abroad
3. Mr. Jericho Daniel Igdanes, Instructor IV, University of the Philippines Diliman
   Quarrying the Family Jewels: Examining Challenges in the Practice of Filipino Family History Research

Panel 27: Situated Spaces: History, Identity, and Indigenous Place-Making in Southeast Asia

Chair: Mr. Johny Alfian Khusyairi, Universitias Airlangga

1. Ms. Vera Bararah Barid, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency
   Women Agencies and Social Communities Participate in Coastal Community Empowerment (Case Study in Indonesia)
2. Arch. Marijoy Atole, PhD student, University of the Philippines
   Tracing the Roots: A Toponymic Journey Through the Origins of Goa, Camarines Sur, and Its Barangays

Panel 28: Reclaiming and Redefining Heritage II: Engaging with Southeast Asian Pasts

Chair: Prof. Akkharaphong Khamkun, Thammasat University

1. Dr. Idham Bachtiar Setiadi, Indonesia Country Representative, Maritime Asia Heritage Survey
   The Interscalar Suvarnasamudra Challenge: Thinking With the Archipelago About Public Maritime Heritage in Indonesia
2. Mr. Dias Pradadimara, Lecturer, Department of History, Universitas Hasanuddin, Indonesia
   Contesting Urban Heritages in Palangkaraya
3. Dr. John Lee Candelaria, Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University
   Temporal Dissonance in Stone and Space: Intramuros and Corregidor as Palimpsests of Philippine Colonial Memory
4. Dr. Champathong Phochanthilat, Deputy Head, History and Archaeology Department, Director of Gender Studies Center, National University of Laos
   Pak Lai Rock Art Cultural Heritage in Xayabouly Province, Lao PDR

Panel 29: Screening Southeast Asia: Reimagining, Gender, Identity, and Mobility

Chair: Dr. Sarah Hanaa Haji Ahmad Ghazali, University Brunei Darussalam

1. Dr. Sarah Hanaa Haji Ahmad Ghazali, Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam
   To Cairo and Melbourne with Love: Comparative Perspectives on the Al-Azhar and Overseas Universities in Southeast Asian Cinema
2. Ms. Yatong Xiao, PhD Student, Hong Kong Baptist University
   Spectral Feminism: Buddhist Ghosts, Gender Resistance, and the Reinvention of Thai Modernity

Panel 30: Sustainable Tourism and Local Engagement In Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Widya Fitriana, Universitas Andalas

1. Mr. I Wayan Suyadnya, Lecturer, Universitas Brawijayat
   (Over)tourism and Tourist Pressure at Indonesia’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Cases of Borobudur Temple and Subak Landscapes
2. Dr. Sri Pujiastuti, Researcher, Universitas Pradita
   Community-Based Tourism Management Grounded in Local Wisdom: A Case Study of a Tourism Village in Bogor Regency
3. Dr. Widya Fitriana, Lecturer, Universitas Andalas
   Policy Formulation For The Development Of Sustainable Rural Tourism
4. Ms. Vivienne Monta, Instructor, University of Perpetual Help-Molino Campus
   Running to See: How Marathons and Fun Runs Boost Southeast Asian Tourism

Panel 31: Rethinking Knowledge Production in Southeast Asian Studies: Histories, Fields, and Reflexivities from Japan

Chair: Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, Kyoto University

1. Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
   Triangulating Knowledge Traditions: East Timorese Histories across Southeast Asia, the West and Japan
2. Dr. Takamichi Serizawa, Senior Assistant Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Yamaguchi Prefectural University
   War, Defeat, and a Historical Path of Southeast Asian Studies in Japan
3. Dr. Zenta Nishio, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ehime University
   Rethinking Knowledge Production in Southeast Asian Studies: Histories, Fields, and Reflexivities from Japan
4. Ms. Miria Asaba, Doctoral Degree Student, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
   Sketch Timor-Leste: Beyond Disciplinary and Boosting Image Resolution

Panel 32: Methods and Meanings in Southeast Asian Food Studies

Chair: Dr. Hanafi bin Hussin, Universiti Malaya

1. Dr. Hanafi bin Hussin, Honorary Professor, Southeast Asian Studies Department, Universiti Malaya
   Bridging the Past, Present and Future Through Food Culture in Southeast Asia
2. Mr. Raymond Aquino Macapagal, Doctoral Student, University of the Philippines Baguio
   Sarap, Sedap, Enak, Aroy Mak: Teaching and Tasting Southeast Asian Food Culture
3. Vatsana Douangmalasy, Lecturer, Department of History and Archaeology, National University of Laos
   The Culture of Raw Pork Consumption of Three Ethnic Groups (Lao, Khmou and Hmong), in Three Villages, Northern Lao PDR

Panel 33: Sound and Movement in Southeast Asia: Ritual, Identity, and Cultural Performance

Chair: Dr. Arsenio Nicolas, Mahasarakham University

1. Dr. Arsenio Nicolas, Specialist, Mahasarakham University
   New Bamboo and Gong Ensembles in Highland Northern Luzon Festivals
2. Ms. Jennifer Delfin, Faculty, Bulacan State University (PhD student)
   Obando Fertility Dance and Other Southeast Asian Dance Rituals: A Comparative Study of Embodied Expressions of Spirituality and Community
3. Dr. Fakhriati, Researcher, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional
   Transformation Of Samaniyah Sufi Order Into Saman Performance: A Shift From Mysticism To Cultural Expression In Nusantara
4. Mr. Ratchapol Ploythet, MA Student, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University
   Red Music and the Construction of National Identity in Post-War Vietnam: A Case Study of the Song “Như Có Bác Hồ Trong Ngày Vui Đại Thắng”

Panel 34: Grassroots Resistance and Local Power: Community Strategies of Transformation in Indonesia

Chair: Prof. Budi Agustono, University of Sumatera Utara

1. Ms. Arum Ningsih, PhD Student, Coventry University
   Five Dimensions of Counter- and Alternative-Narrative Programmes in Indonesia
2. Prof. Budi Agustono, Lecturer, University of Sumatera Utara
   Labor Protest in the Early 1990s in Medan Indonesia
3. Dr. Muslimin A. R. Effendy, Lecturer, Department of History, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
   Islam, Tradition and the Making of Elites in Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

Panel 35: Agriculture, Livelihoods, and Regional Economies in Southeast Asia

Chair: Mr. Indra Jaya Wiranata, Lecturer/Researcher, Universitas Lampung

1. Mr. Indra Jaya Wiranata, Lecturer/Researcher, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Lampung
   Ms. Ridha Amalia, Lecturer/Researcher, Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Sriwijaya University
   Cultivating Resilience: Sustainable Agriculture and the Environmental Security in Southeast Asia
2. Mr. Floper Gershwin Manuel, Associate Professor / PhD Student, Central Luzon State University/ Thammasat University
   Rice Beyond Consumption: Exploring Rice as a Cultural and Political Tool in the Philippines and Thailand
3. Dr. Ida Liana Tanjung, Chair, Center for Cultural and Tourism Studies, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, Indonesia
   Fisherfolks in a Contemporary Cosmopolitan City: The Case of Makassar, Indonesia

Panel 36: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power: Korea’s Expanding Presence in Southeast Asia

Chair: Dr. Kim Dong-Yeob, Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies

1. Dr. Yoomi Kim, lecturer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
   An Analysis on Development of Cultural Hubs in ASEAN and Korea
2. Mr. Pitipat Chanthamat, Master of Mekong Studies Student, Khon Kaen University
   The Development of South Korea’s Soft Power in Vietnam.
3. Ms. Yen Ling Khao, PhD candidate, Universiti Malaya
   Exploring Audience Experiences: Keep Watching and Healing With Silent Vlogs from South Korea and Malaysia on YouTube

Panel 37: Building Southeast Asian Knowledge: Archival Education, Area Studies, and Curriculum Design

Chair: Prof. I Ketut Ardhana, Professor, Udayana University

1. Dr. Ryan Pesigan Reyes, Associate Professor, Polytechnic University of the Philippines
   Aspects of Decolonization in the Program and Curriculum of Southeast Asian Studies in selected HEIs
2. Prof. I Ketut Ardhana, Professor, Udayana University
   Southeast Asian Studies In Indonesia: As An Experience
3. Mr. Martin Julius Perez, MLIS Graduate, University of the Philippines Diliman
   Educating Archivists: A Comparative Reflection on Archival Education in The Philippines and Thailand
4. Mr. Girard Jeune R. Bauyon, Program Officer, SEASREP Foundation
   Showcase of Scanning the Landscape of Southeast Asian Studies in Southeast Asia Online Report

Panel 38: Religious Expressions and Transformations In Southeast Asia: Space, Politics, and Spiritual Practice

Chair: Dr. Rosnida Sari, University of Jember

1. 1. Dr. Rosnida Sari, Lecturer, University of Jember
      Discovery Bible Studies: Fulfilling the Spirituality of Western Christian Worker in Banda Aceh
   2. Dr. Roni Tabroni, Researcher, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN)
      Hajj Journey and Political Traces: The Influence of Hajj on Political Islam in Indonesia (1850–1940)
   3. Mr. Sopanha Bunthoeun, PhD Anthropology Student, Seoul National University
      Place-Making of the Buddhist Monasteries in the Khmer Krom in Vietnam’s Linguistic Landscapes
   4. Prof. Dr. Media Zainul Bahri, Associate Professor, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) Jakarta, An Ambitious Muslim: Rereading the Winding Path of the Indonesian Islamic Modernism Period of 1970–2020 in the Context of Western Modernity and Religious Revival

Panel 39: Southeast Asian Literature, Memory, and Circulation

Chair: Dr. Hope Yu, University of San Carlos

1. Dr. Rahimah Hamdan, Lecturer, Universiti Putra Malaysia
   Recognizing the ‘Unsung Malay Munshi’: Tuan Siami and 19th Century Malay Literature
2. Dr. Maricristh Magaling, Associate Professor, Bulacan State University
   The Kalag in Contemporary Southeast Asian Fiction: Haunting as a Transgressive Metaphor
3. Dr. Hope Yu, Director, Cebuano Studies Center, University of San Carlos
   Worlding the Philippine Novel: Translation, Circulation and the Southeast Asian Writer
4. Dr. Mary Grace Concepcion, Associate Professor, University of the Philippines Diliman
   Intergenerational Struggles and Historical Connectivity in Cyan Abad-Jugo’s Letters from Crispin

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS

Roundtable Discussion 1: Cinematic Perspectives: Storytelling Southeast Asia Through Film

Chair: Dr. Sarah Hanaa Hj Ahmad Ghazali, Universiti Brunei Darussalam

1. Dr. Budi Irawanto, Assoc. Prof, Universitas Gadjah Mada, President, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
2. Jose Lorenzo (Pepe) Diokno, film director, producer and screenwriter, Kapitol Films
3. Mr. Amir Muhamad, Managing Director, Kuman Pictures
4. Kong Rithdee, Deputy Director, Thai Film Archive
5. Mr. Huu-Tuan Nguyen, film director and producer, June Entertainment

Roundtable Discussion 2: Authoritarian Regimes’ Impact on Independent Research and Academic Freedom – and the Struggle of Myanmar Scholars

Chair: Dr. Mike Hayes, Mahidol University

1. Dr. Bencharat Sae Chua, Lecturer, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
2. Dr. Magnolia May Thida, Project Researcher, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
3. Dr. Nan Kham Mai, Project Researcher, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
4. Dr. Nwet Kay Khine, Senior Researcher, Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development, Chiang Mai University

Roundtable Discussion 3: Toward A Global Southeast Asian Studies: Divergent Genres, Situated Knowledges, And Emerging Trajectories

Chair: Dr. Maitrii Aung-Thwin, National University of Singapore

1. Dr. Takamichi Serizawa, Senior Lecturer, Yamaguchi Prefectural University
2. Dr. Vatthana Pholsena, Head, Southeast Asian Studies Department, National University of Singapore
3. Dr. Adam Tyson, Chair, ASEAS-UK and Associate Professor, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
4. Dr. Patrick Jory, Associate Professor, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
5. Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn, Co-Chair, Human Rights Program and Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin-Madison
6. Dr. Je Seong Jeon, Professor, Jeonbuk National University, President, Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies (Part I)
7. Dr. Kim Dong-Yeob, former President, Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies (Part II)

Roundtable Discussion 4: Consumers and Producers Of Knowledge on the Ground: Experiences of Local Historical and Heritage Societies

Chair: Dr. Idham Bachtiar Setiadi, Maritime Asia Heritage Survey

1. Ms. Jarunee Khongsawasdi, Manager, Siam Heritage Trust, Siam Society
2. Ms. Hasti Tarekat Dipowijoyo, Co-founder, Sumatra Heritage Trust, Pan-Sumatra Heritage Network
3. Ms. Datin Rosemarie Wong, President, Sarawak Heritage Society
4. Mr. Niño Kevin D. Baclig, Museum Director, Cagayan Museum and Historical Research Center

Roundtable Discussion 5: Women on The Cusp: Navigating the Path from Early Career to Tenure in Southeast Asian Social Sciences

Chair: Dr. Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines

1. Dr. Amporn Marddent, Assistant Professor, Center for Contemporary Social and Cultural Studies, Thammasat University
2. Dr. Bencharat Sae Chua, Lecturer and Director, Southeast Asian Coalition for Academic Freedom, Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies, Mahidol University
3. Dr. Prof. Hurriyah Director, Center for Political Studies & Department of Political Science, Universitas Indonesia
4. Dr. Sol Iglesias, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines
5. Dr. Tyrell Haberkorn, Co-Chair, Human Rights Program and Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of Wisconsin-Madison
6. Dr. Vilashini Somiah, Senior Lecturer, Gender Studies Programme, Universiti Malaya

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Special Session 1: Unveiling: Art, Academy, And Community: A Tolong Menolong Exhibit

Chair: Dr. Muhammad Arafat bin Mohamad, University Brunei Darussalam

1. ⁠Jehabdulloh Jehsorhoh, Patani Artspace, Pattani Thailand
2. ⁠Korakot Sangnoy, Patani Artspace, Pattani Thailand
3. ⁠Mohamad Yusuf, Taring Padi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
4. ⁠Bayu Widodo, Taring Padi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
5. ⁠Adi Helmi Bin Jaini, Pangrok Sulap, Sabah Malaysia
6. ⁠Mohd Hizal Bin Rusini, Pangrok Sulap, Sabah Malaysia

Special Session 2: An Imperial Sake Cup And I Short Film Screening With Q&A with Dr. Charnvit Kasetsiri

Special Session 3: How to Prepare a Research Proposal Training Workshop by Dr. Maitrii Aung-Thwin, National University of Singapore