Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) is a linguistic society dedicated to the study of languages and linguistics in mainland and insular Southeast Asia. It was founded in 1991 by Martha Ratliff and Eric Schiller.[1] Paul Sidwell is currently the president of SEALS.
Journal
The Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) is the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society's peer-reviewed journal. JSEALS covers research on the languages of mainland and insular Southeast Asia, including Sino-Tibetan, Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, Hmong-Mien, and Austronesian languages. It is an open-access journal and is published through the University of Hawaii Press. The current Editor-in-Chief is Mark Alves.
Conferences
The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society holds annual conferences (meetings) generally in late May. Usually, 50-100 papers are presented in 2–3 days. Papers and presentations are archived online, with the exception of some earlier conferences.
Conference | Venue | City | Country | Year | Dates |
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SEALS 1 | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | United States | 1991 | |
SEALS 2 | Arizona State University | Tempe, Arizona | United States | 1992 | |
SEALS 3 | University of Hawai'i, Manoa | Honolulu | United States | 1993 | May 7-May 10 |
SEALS 4 | Ramkhamhaeng University / Payap University | Bangkok / Chiang Mai | Thailand | 1994 | May 23-May 27 |
SEALS 5 | University of Arizona | Tucson | United States | 1995 | May 19-May 21 |
SEALS 6 | University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | United States | 1996 |
May 11-May 13 |
SEALS 7 | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | Urbana-Champaign | United States | 1997 | May 9-May 11 |
SEALS 8 | National University of Malaysia | Bangi, Selangor | Malaysia | 1998 | July 20-July 22 |
SEALS 9 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley | United States | 1999 | |
SEALS 10 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Madison, Wisconsin | United States | 2000 | |
SEALS 11 | Mahidol University | Bangkok | Thailand | 2001 | |
SEALS 12 | Northern Illinois University | DeKalb, Illinois | United States | 2002 | |
SEALS 13 | University of California, Los Angeles | Los Angeles | United States | 2003 | |
SEALS 14 | Thammasat University | Bangkok | Thailand | 2004 | |
SEALS 15 | Australian National University | Canberra | Australia | 2005 | |
SEALS 16 | Atma Jaya University | Jakarta | Indonesia | 2006 | September 20-September 21 |
SEALS 17 | University of Maryland | College Park, Maryland | United States | 2007 | August 31-September 2 |
SEALS 18 | National University of Malaysia | Bangi, Selangor | Malaysia | 2008 | May 21-May 22 |
SEALS 19 | University of Social Sciences and Humanities | Ho Chi Minh City | Vietnam | 2009 | |
SEALS 20 | University of Zurich | Zurich | Switzerland | 2010 | June 10-June 11 |
SEALS 21 | Kasetsart University | Bangkok | Thailand | 2011 | May 11-May 13 |
SEALS 22 | Agay Seaside Resort | Agay, Saint-Raphaël, Var | France | 2012 | May 30-June 2 |
SEALS 23 | Chulalongkorn University | Bangkok | Thailand | 2013 | May 29-June 1 |
SEALS 24 | University of Yangon | Yangon | Myanmar | 2014 | May 28-May 31 |
SEALS 25 | Payap University | Chiang Mai | Thailand | 2015 | May 27-May 29 |
SEALS 26 | Century Park Hotel | Manila | Philippines | 2016 | May 26–28 |
SEALS 27 | Kyriad Hotel Bumiminang | Padang | Indonesia | 2017 | May 11-13 |
SEALS 28 | Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 2018 | May 17-19 |
SEALS 29 | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | Tokyo | Japan | 2019 | May 27-29 |