NEW DATE for the call for proposals for the AIASEAS-TLSA Iberoamerica Symposium
A new date has been set for the submission of proposals for the first international symposium of the Ibero-American Association for Southeast Asian Studies (AIASEAS) and the Timor-Leste Studies Association – Iberoamerica on Timor-Leste and Southeast Asia as fields of reflection: multisituated perspectives, with the support of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology of […]
New article by Camila Tribess proposes Buibere pedagogy
Camila Tribess, an associate of AIASEAS, recently published a new article on Buibere pedagogy as a legacy of Timorese women’s resistance. This article, which summarises her doctoral research, presents the research conducted through interviews and analysis of historical documents and focuses on the importance of the major political, cultural, educational and diplomatic contributions of Timorese […]
Paper by Professor Maria Johanna Schouten on Minahasa (Sulawesi, Indonesia) in the 1850s
2025 saw the publication of a paper by Professor Maria Johanna Schouten, an associate of AIA-SEAS, on the administrative reforms of the Dutch colonial government in Minahasa (North Sulawesi, in present-day Indonesia) in the late 1840s. The preparation of these reforms was largely the responsibility of the young secretary Eduard Douwes Dekker, who later […]
New publication on Timor-Leste by Joel Moreira
On 15 November 2025, our member Joel Moreira had his article Timor-Leste: El Silencio de los Ancestros published in TARPÁN, a Latin American journal that publishes studies on the Euro-Asian space, with a special focus on places with which this region has fewer relations. In this article, Joel talks about Timor-Leste, focusing on the country’s […]
Diálogos journal – publication of volume 10
Marking the 10th anniversary of the journal, the National University of Timor Lorosa’e has now published the 10th volume of its open access journal, Revista Diálogos, organised by the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences. This 10th volume presents important texts on the construction of knowledge in Timor-Leste, including a set of articles on Kisho […]
The connection between Mozambique and Timor-Leste – interview with Marisa Ramos Gonçalves
In October this year, Global Voice interviewed researcher and professor Marisa Ramos Gonçalves, from the Centre for Social Studies (CES-UC) and member of the AIA-SEAS Board, about her research project on South-South solidarity and Mozambique’s support for the independence movement in Timor-Leste — countries that are 10,000 km apart. Throughout the interview, Marisa talks about […]
Book launch “A vida social das casas sagradas no Timor-Leste pós-colonial” [The social life of sacred houses in post-colonial Timor-Leste]
It is with great joy that we announce the launch of the book ‘A vida social das casas sagradas no Timor-Leste pós-colonial’ [The social life of sacred houses in post-colonial Timor-Leste], by Renata Nogueira da Silva. This is the first volume of the AIA-SEAS Library of Southeast Asian Studies, organised by AIA-SEAS – Ibero-American Association […]