The Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies is inviting proposals for the 2027 Rising Voices panel: “Shrinking Spaces for Free Inquiry in Southeast Asian Studies”.

The initiative supports emerging scholars in Southeast Asian Studies, including:
• Graduate students conducting original field or archival research
• Independent scholars
• Untenured faculty, adjuncts, and lecturers
• Early-career researchers from underfunded institutions in Southeast Asia

Selected participants will present at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Boston (March 18–21, 2027), with partial financial support from AAS/SEAC and TRaNS.

This year’s panel explores academic freedom, authoritarianism, self-censorship, neoliberal pressures in higher education, and the changing conditions for research and intellectual life across Southeast Asia.

📅 Submission deadline: July 20, 2026
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

A valuable opportunity for rising scholars working on Southeast Asia to bring critical and interdisciplinary perspectives into an international academic forum.

View more details at: https://bit.ly/rising-voices