Asia Research Institute: 18th Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies

This five-day forum, the eighteenth of an annual series of forums for PhD graduate students and early career scholars who have graduated with a PhD degree within the past two years, and whose research focuses on Southeast Asia, will be organised thematically and held at the Asia Research Institute on 19-23 June 2023. Themes of the forum broadly reflect the core research strengths of the Asia Research Institute, including the dynamics of Asian religions, politics, economy, gender, culture, language, migration, urbanism, science and technology, identities, population and social change. In addition to these large research cluster topics, we invite applicants to submit proposals about one or more of ARI’s cross-cutting priority themes: food, heritage and infrastructures.

The first two days of the forum will be dedicated to Skills Based Sessions during which senior scholars will address various professional development topics including:

• How to get published in peer-reviewed journals
• How to apply for international grants
• How to flourish as an early career academic
• How to effectively employ new research methodologies

During the final three days, participants will be given the opportunity to present their work in the Singapore Graduate Forum. Eligible students/scholars working on topics related to Southeast Asia are invited to submit abstracts based on research at an advanced stage (i.e. already completed data collection and analysis). If research plans were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students are encouraged to submit proposals based on work in progress that critically reflects upon pandemic research modalities through methodological innovation. NUS students are also encouraged to take advantage of this unprecedented opportunity to interact and exchange ideas with students from other regions whose interests focus on Southeast Asia.

NOTICE: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS HAS ENDED
Successful applicants will have been notified by mid February 2023. They are required to send in a full-length paper (4,000-5,000 words) by 31 May 2023, and make a presentation on their work at the Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast Asian Studies on 19-23 June 2023. Please note that the paper must be based on their own work, and only previously unpublished papers or those not already presented elsewhere can be accepted.

Accommodation in NUS for six nights for the forum (19-23 June 2023) will be provided for successful candidates.

CONVENORS
Dr Emily HERTZMAN, Asia Research Institute, NUS (Chair)
Dr Celine CODEREY, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Dr Chand SOMAIAH, Asia Research Institute, NUS
A/P Maitrii V. AUNG-THWIN, Asia Research Institute, and Comparative Asian Studies, NUS
Dr Michelle MILLER, Asia Research Institute, NUS
Dr Stefan HUEBNER, Asia Research Institute, NUS
A/P Titima SUTHIWAN, Centre for Language Studies, NUS
Dr Ven Paolo B. VALENZUELA, Asia Research Institute, NUS

Contact person for information: Minghua Tay.