Political Ecology in Asia : Plural Knowledge and Contested Development in a More-Than-Human World
Thursday-Friday, 10-11 October 2019, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Keynote Speakers :
“Reflection on Vijñana of Religion : New Animism in the Age of the Anthropocene” - Thanes Wongyannava, Retired Professor, Faculty of Political Science, Thammasat University “The Political Ecology of Climate Change, Uncertainty and Transformation in Marginal (...)

“Influence of Environmental risks on
tourism planning in coastal areas in Southeast Asia”
National University Timor Lorosae - UNTL, Dili (Timor-Leste)
August 22nd, 2019
Invited by Dr. Vicente Paulino, director of UNTL Knowledge Production and Dissemination Unit and of the post-graduation program, Christine Cabasset has presented a paper on “Influence of Environmental risks on tourism planning in coastal areas in Southeast Asia”. Almost 150 1st year Bachelor students from English and (...)

“Tourism and Environmental risks in Southeast Asia:
New Ways for Tourism Planning?”
15th August 2019, Udayana University, Bali (Indonesia)
Responding to an invitation by the Tourism and Culture Masters’ program of Udayana University, Christine Cabasset gave a paper entitled “Tourism and Environmental risks in Southeast Asia: New Ways for Tourism Planning?”.
Dr I Gusti Ayu Oka Suryawardani, director of the Tourism and Culture Masters’ program of Udayana University, and Dr Agung Suryawan (...)

Conference: “Rural Development in Urban Age:
Do Rural-Urban Linkages Matter?”
6 – 7 August 2019, Semarang (Indonesia)
Invited by the University of Diponegoro – UNDIP (Semarang, Indonesia), Christine Cabasset contributed to the 4th International Conference on Regional Development “Rural Development in Urban Age: Do Rural-Urban Linkages Matter?” on the 6 – 7 August 2019 in Putra Jasa Convention Hotel with a presentation entitled « Tourism and Environment: Sharing Success, Risks and Resilience? ». (...)

L’IRASEC a participé à la conférence ICAS 11 coorganisée par l’International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS) et le Gis Asie à Leiden du 15 au 19 juillet 2019. La conférence internationale a rassemblé plus de 1500 chercheurs. 9 chercheurs statutaires et associés ont participé à différents panels (Christine Cabasset, Alexandra de Mersan, Claire Tran, Tran Thi Anh Dao, Adèle Esposito, Jérôme Samuel, Aurore Candier, Éric Frécon et Bruno Jetin) ainsi que 2 collègues d’institutions partenaires (Niramon (...)

Promoting Economic and Social Inclusion in Asia and Europe
15-17 May 2019 at Nha Thrang (Viet Nam)
The historic global consensus reached with the adoption of the universal and ambitious 2030 Agenda has called for urgent global efforts towards fair and sustainable development. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) underline the necessity of leaving no one behind, with special focus on reaching the poorest and most vulnerable, especially the young and elderly, ethnic and other (...)

Wrestling beetles and ecological wisdom:
exploring a political natural history in Northern Thailand
30 May 2019 – 10am
Auditorium, National Museum Bangkok
Members THB 100.-, Non-Members THB 200.-.
Beetle fighting is a game that builds upon an uncanny cooperation between human beings and Rhinoceros beetles (xylotrupes Gideon). It has developed at a high level of refinement and institutionalization in Northern Thailand for years if not centuries. Beetle fighting is even being widely (...)

The Institute of Asian Studies, The Institute of Research on Contemporary Southeast Asia and Chula Global Network present

A special lecture at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
By Anne CHENG, Professor at Collège de France, Chair in Intellectual History of China

February 18th 2019
Saranitet Conference Room, 2nd floor, Main Auditorium, Chulalongkorn University

Asians in the First World War and its Aftermath
Chamchuri 10 Bldg., 7th Floor - Chulalongkorn University
November 9th - 10th 2018
The idea of such a conference emerged in Paris at the beginning of the commemoration process of the First World War centenary. While the Asian soldiers and workers were mentioned as a mass of colonized people engaged to serve their masters, the voices of around 1 723 000 Asians (more than 70% of the non-Western people participating in the war), who came from (...)