2025 Summer Conference Agenda
Please check back for updates regarding the agenda.
All times are listed in ICT.
The majority of the conference events will be held at Mahidol's Faculty of Dentistry, located at 6 Yothi Rd, Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400.
The building's main entrance is located along Yothi Road. The meeting rooms are located on level 3. Once inside the building, take the escalator to the third floor, then turn left to access the area with the meeting rooms.
Schedule by day: July 7 | July 8 | July 9
Monday, July 7, 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13:00-16:00 |
Optional Cultural Excursion |
Shuttle bus departs Sukosol Hotel at 13:00 and returns to Sukosol by 16:00 |
| 18:00-20:00 | Opening Dinner |
TBA, Phaya Thai area
Pick up and drop off at Sukosol Hotel |
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Shuttle bus departs Sukosol Hotel for Faculty of Dentistry | Meet in front of the Sukosol Hotel |
| 8:30-9:00 | Coffee | Hall outside Rooms 302-306, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 9:00-9:20 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Edmund Malesky, Chair, SEAREG Executive Council | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 9:20-10:40 |
SEAREG Fellow Presentation #1
Yilin Su, University College London: “Fake News Labels and Public Opinion in Nondemocracies: Evidence from Singapore” | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 10:40-11:00 | Break | |
| 11:00-12:20 |
SEAREG Fellow Presentation #2
Attawat Assavanadda, the University of Hong Kong: “The Tie That Barely Binds: Ethnic Chinese Thais’ Conditional Affinity with the PRC” | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 12:20-13:30 | Lunch | Room 301, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 13:30-14:30 |
State of the Field, Keynote Address
Brenda Yeoh Saw Ai, Research Leader, Asian Migration Cluster at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 14:30-14:50 | Break | |
| 14:50-16:10 |
SEAREG Professionalization Seminar #1
Discussion on selected papers:
Pavan Mano, King's College London: “A Genealogy of Antipoliticization and its Effects on LGBT Organizing in Singapore”
Limeng Ong, American University of Phnom Penh: "Personalization, Regime Cohesion, and Electoral Strength in Autocratic Regimes: Cambodia and Malaysia in Comparative Perspective”
Clara Siagian, Universitas Indonesia: “Beyond right to city: Narratives of Eviction and Ethical Claims-Making among Relocated Residents of Jakarta’s Social Housing” | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 16:10-16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30-17:30 | Poster Session | Rooms 301-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 18:30-20:00 | Banquet Dinner |
Location TBA, Phaya Thai area
Pick up and drop off at Sukosol Hotel |
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Shuttle bus departs Sukosol Hotel for Faculty of Dentistry | Meet in front of the Sukosol Hotel |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Coffee | Hall outside Rooms 302-306, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 9:00-10:00 |
State of Region, Keynote Address
Danny Quah, Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 10:00-10:20 | Break | |
| 10:20-11:40 |
SEAREG Fellow Presentation #3
Rune Wriedt Larsen, London School of Economics: “The Organisational Origins of Onset: Communist Civil War in the Philippines and Thailand after the Second World War ” | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 11:40-12:50 | Lunch | Room 301, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 12:50-14:10 |
SEAREG Professionalization Seminar #2
What is the SEAREG model? A Professionalization Workshop
SEAREG Executive Council Members (Risa Toha, Tom Pepinsky, Nico Ravanilla, Paul Schuler, Kai Ostwald) | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 14:10-14:20 | Break | |
| 14:20-15:30 | Thematic Sessions TBA | Rooms 301-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 15:30-15:45 | Break | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Wrap-up and Reflections | Rooms 302-303, Faculty of Dentistry |
| 16:30-17:30 | Optional Cultural Excursion |
Transfer from Faculty of Dentistry to Museum and from Museum to Sukosol Hotel |