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ASEASUK, the acronym for the Association of South-East Asian Studies in the United Kingdom, is a national subject association and one of 15 recognised learned societies of the British Academy. Membership is drawn from more than 40 universities in the country and includes academics, postgraduate students and those involved or interested in South-East Asia.
ASEASUK has two committees - executive and research. The latter administers research funds. For more information see the grants page.
Aseasuk organises annual conferences except for the year which has a Euroseas conference i.e. two out of three years.
25th Aseasuk conference (2009), Swansea University, Wales
25th Aseasuk conference
Swansea University
11-13 September 2009
This conference attended by about 80 participants from all over the UK, Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia), Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey), Australia and the US, was also the occasion to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Association of Southeast Studies in the UK (Aseasuk). It is the first Aseasuk conference held in Wales. We were blessed with good weather if not with British Rail’s usual Sunday engineering works replacement buses for the return journey to Cardiff from Swansea.
Panel Report, Swansea 2009 - THERAVADA BUDDHISM AND CULTURE OF THE TAI OF THE SHAN STATES AND SOUTH-WEST CHINA Convenor: Susan Conway (SOAS)
This panel focused on Shan culture as manifested in certain Theravada Buddhist ritual practices, spirit rites, architecture, language and poetry. It is part of an ongoing programme supported by the British Academy through ASEASUK, and the MacArthur Foundation.
2010 - Euroseas conference
No Aseasuk conference because of the Euroseas conference, see link.
