Roundtable organised by IRASEC and Géographie-cités, at ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific campus, Singapore.
Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 10.30-12.30.

In Indonesia, 2024 was punctuated by election campaigns and various ballots : presidential and legislative votes (February 14), then to renew 545 regional chiefs (November 27), most of whom were previously represented on an interim basis.

Saturday, 24 February 2024
Bangkok Art & Culture Centre, Bangkok

In Private Patronage in Modern & Contemporary Southeast Asian Art Ecologies & Art Histories, 20th–21st Centuries, to investigate and open up debate on the historical import of private patronage in modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art, we ask : who are some of these patrons ; what motivates them ; what have they done and how so ? How has their philanthropy impacted modern and contemporary Southeast Asian art and its prominence at the national, regional and international levels ? How have their priorities and activities evolved over time from the 20th to the 21st century, and what of their role in the future ? Lastly, how might a shift in focus to their roles in the history of Southeast Asian art revise the ways in which we write nascent critical histories of art in the region ?

Workshop co-organised by IRASEC,
French-Upper Mekong Sub-Region Academic Cooperation Center (MFU),
Asian Research Center for International Development (ARCID, MFU),
and School of Social Innovation (MFU)
as part of the 2023 “Year of Innovation (YOI)” programme, French Embassy in Thailand

1st-2nd November, 2023
Venue : School of social innovation, Mae Fah Luang University

Conference at the Faculty of Political Science (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok)
Monday 22 May 2023, 8.30 am – 16.00

The conference will provide an opportunity for experts from six countries to work together to decipher the issues and consequences of these elections (including the future ones). Moreover, based on a regional perspective, it will try to draw comparisons, parallels and contrasts, and to identify broad regional trends in the functioning of electoral systems and the political institutions on which they are based.

Tuesday 16 May 2023, 14.00-15.30 (UTC+07:00)
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

The roundtable Sharing Post-coup Experiences aims at shedding light on post-coup Burmese society from three different angles : the designation of otherness inherited of successive nationalist discourses ; the perspective of women, actresses who are playing a central role in the opposition to the junta ; and finally, the artistic resistance scene, which not only expresses the voices of contestation but also contributes to envisioning political alternatives.

Tuesday 28 February 2023 — from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Faculty of Law of Thammasat University - Room 221 (2nd floor)

At the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Phnom Penh in November 2022, the ASEAN leaders agreed in principle to admit Timor-Leste to be the 11th member of ASEAN. Although no date was given yet for the membership, the 2022 decision constituted by far the most significant move since 2011, when Timor-Leste landed its application to the regional organisation.

Wednesday 26 October 2022
Alliance Française Media Library
179 Thanon Witthayu, Lumphini, Pathum Wan - 10330 Bangkok

Inclusive and just water security is widely recognized as principal challenge in the era of the Anthropocene. Water insecurity affects the livelihoods of both rural and urban populations in Southeast Asia, and the wider the Global South.

Conférence de François Robinne (Alliance française de Bangkok, 18 mai 2022)

This webinar precisely intends :
Firstly, to get an official overview and feedback after the Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, organized in Paris on 22 February, which gathered 40 countries.
Secondly, to bring together researchers from ASEAN, India and Japan to share insights on two related issues, namely maritime security and climate change, based on their recent work and the latest regional developments.

Lancement du livre L’Asie du Sud-Est 2022 - bilan, enjeux et perspectives, avec la participation de l’ambassadeur de France en Thaïlande, SE Thierry Mathou, le lundi 21 mars 2022.
Cinq auteurs (Adèle ESPOSITO, Christine CABASSET, Jean-Philippe EGLINGER, Éric FRÉCON et Jérôme SAMUEL) ont débattu lors d’un événement hybride co-organisé par l’Alliance Française de Bangkok et animé par Pierre PRAKASH, directeur adjoint Asie de l’International Crisis Group.

While the crisis is still raging in Myanmar, borders areas are under high migration and health pressure among others. Since the coup, thousands of people, fleeing violence of the Tatmadaw, try to make their way to borders, finding themselves in a very vulnerable situation -if not under fire again- hoping to get into a refugee camp or in any safer area in neighboring countries. In turn, the influx is a burden for the latter. Adding again to the complexity of the situation in a context of notorious underdevelopment, borders areas have already known over decades regular waves of migrants, the overall move leading to a humanitarian crisis.

The One Health concept has long been a vision of integrating health with other sciences. However, due to the Covid-19 pandemic who highlighted the close link between human, animal and environment health, this concept is (or should be) at the forefront of planning for today and the near future. In just the past 18 months alone, the world has become thoroughly sensitized to the threat of emerging infectious diseases and recurrent epidemics, including in urban areas. Nevertheless, while crucial, the OneHealth concept seen from the “Cities” is still very new. How cities could prepare to and mitigate the risks ? And what role town planners could play in this process ?

Présentation du livre L’Asie du Sud-Est 2021 - Bilan, enjeux et perspectives par Jean BAFFIE, Christine CABASSET, Étienne CLEMENT, Adèle ESPOSITO, Serge MORAND et Claire Thi Liên TRAN. La rencontre est animée par la journaliste Carol ISOUX.
Conférence en ligne, le 2 juin 2021.
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The second edition of the Night of Ideas takes place at the Alliance Française in Bangkok with a debate with six panelists on the role of citizens in the urban fabric in Southeast Asia with screenings.

On the occasion of the World maritime day on the 24th September, the Embassy of France and the Alliance Française of Bangkok are holding an event on the protection of the seas and their coral reefs in Thailand.
This event aims at raising awareness on the importance of coral reefs in the marine environment, their role in protecting coastlines, and the threats that weigh on these ecosystems today.
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A panel discussion will highlight the environmental ; but also social (...)

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“Asia’s Post-Pandemic Order and Integration : Outlook of ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific at Crossroads” is an international conference organized by The Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia (IRASEC-CNRS) with the ASEAN Studies Center (Chulalongkorn University) in Bangkok, and the ASEAN-India Centre (AIC), RIS in New Delhi.
8-9 July 2021 - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

« Faire du terrain en sciences sociales » est un séminaire méthodologique organisé par Emmanuelle PEYVEL avec le soutien de l’IRASEC, de l’université de Van Lang, de l’université de pédagogie, de l’agence universitaire de la francophonie (AUF) et du Architecture and Research Center (ARC).
9 et 10 juin 2021 - Văn Lang University
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Lancement du livre L’Asie du Sud-Est 2020 - bilan, enjeux et perspectives.
Huit auteurs (Christine CABASSET, Aurore CANDIER, Gloria Truly ESTRELITA, Gabriel FACAL, Eugénie MÉRIEAU, Stéphane RENNESSON, Claire Thi Liên TRAN et Trung Dung VÕ) présentent leur chapitre.

This seminar aims to discuss the relationship between Southeast Asian societies and their natural environments using an anthropological approach and considering contemporary socio-political challenges.