Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/reN
CSEAS invites you to the first event in our Fall 2025 LuceSEA Webinar Series, exploring the theme Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World.
This webinar explores how Southeast Asian states are responding to the economic, political, and social impacts of U.S. tariff policies. It examines the ripple effects of global trade shifts on ASEAN economies, including the ongoing decline of the middle class across member states.
Date & Time:
- Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | 6:00–7:30 PM (PDT) | 9:00–10:30 PM (EST)
- Thursday, October 2, 2025 — 8:00–9:30 AM (ICT/SGT) | 10:00–11:30 AM (JST)
Speakers:
- Dr. Jayant Menon – Senior Fellow, ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore
- Herawati – Researcher, ASEAN Studies Program, The Habibie Center, Jakarta
- Dr. Tong Bui – Distinguished Chair, Information Technology Management, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Moderator:
- Micah R. Fisher – Assistant Professor, Matsunaga Institute for Peace and Conflict, UH Mānoa
Registration:
https://go.hawaii.edu/r4n
Free and open to the public.
Hosted by the UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.