The THINKING RIGHTS, WRITING JUSTICE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA online lecture series is a project of the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab (JSEALab). See below for details of talks in Spring 2023, including links to register, and an archive of past talks.
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Spring 2024
Check back later for the Spring 2024 Lecture Series!
Spring 2023
12 April 2023 [North America] | 13 April 2023 [Asia]
Sol Iglesias, University of the Philippines
“Subersibo (Subversive): Martial Law Memory, Coercive Revisionism and Academic Freedom in the Philippines”
Recording available here.
26 April 2023 [North America] | 27 April 2023 [Asia]
Mary McCoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Transgressive Rhetoric and Public Memory: The Perplexing Case of the Philippines”
*No video recording available*
27 April 2023 [North America] | 28 April 2023 [Asia]
Aries Arugay, University of the Philippines
“The Art of Evading Accountability: The Military in the Philippines’ Beleaguered Democracy”
*No video recording available*
5 April 2023 [North America] | 6 April 2023 [Asia]
Patricio Abinales, University of Hawaii
“From Mindanao to Managua – The Travels of a Filipino Communist”
Recording coming soon!
Spring 2022
“’When I was tortured…’ A Narrative of State Injustice in Thailand”
Nick Cheesman, Australian National University
Tuesday, 12 April: 6 pm PST, 9 pm EST
Wednesday, 13 April: 8 am ICT, 10 am JST, 12 pm AEDT
*No video recording available*
“Repressive-Responsive Parameters of Autocracies in Asia”
Nhu Truong, Denison University
Tuesday, 22 March: 6 pm PST, 9 pm EST
Wednesday, 23 March: 8 am ICT, 10 am JST, 12 pm AEDT
*No video recording available*
“The Cost of Rebellion: The Thai State’s Crackdown on the Reimagination of Democracy”
Bencharat Sae Chua, Mahidol University
22/23 February
Recording available here.
“Land Reform amidst Legal Debris: Learning Risky Rights in Myanmar”
Hilary Faxon, UC-Berkeley
Tuesday/Wednesday, 25/26 January 2022
*No video recording available*