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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Fall 2024
The Museum of Popular History: The Political Lives of Ordinary People in Thailand
Anon Chawalawan
Monday, September 9, 2024. 4pm at Ingraham 206
Record available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebMSdAsxJIA
Anon Chawalawan is the founder and director of the Museum of Popular History. He also serves as manager of iLaw, a Human Rights organization in Thailand. Anon began his career at iLaw in 2013 as an officer of the Freedom of Expression Documentation Center, his main duty at the time was to observe political trials, especially lèse majesté trials. Anon also responsible for the writing of annual Freedom of Expression Situation and represents iLaw in diplomatic briefings and international advocacy missions. Anon founded the Museum of Popular History in 2018 as his private project. In 2023 Anon agreed with iLaw to merge the Museum as project under iLaw; the transition process was completed in 2024. Anon obtained a Bachelor of Arts in History from Ramkhamheang University, Bangkok, Thailand in 2007. Later, in 2010, he obtained a Master of Arts in Politics (Specialization in International Relations) from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. In 2012, he obtained a Master of Arts in International Law and the Settlement of Disputes from the University for Peace, San Josem Costa Rica.
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*