Submissions are now open for the Southeast Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (SEACAH). The abstract submission deadline is Friday, October 30, 2026.
The 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (SEACAH2027)
The Southeast Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities is an annual interdisciplinary gathering of educators and researchers from around the world, held as part of IAFOR’s Southeast Asian Conference Series and hosted in Bangkok, Thailand in 2027.
Key Information
- Location & Venue: Chulalongkorn University and ICONSIAM HALL, Bangkok, Thailand & Online
- Dates: Monday, February 15, 2027 to Friday, February 19, 2027
- Early Bird Abstract Submission Deadline: August 21, 2026*
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: October 30, 2026
- Registration Deadline for Presenters: December 04, 2026
*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options.
International, Intercultural, Interdisciplinary
The Southeast Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (SEACAH2027) will be hosted alongside The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2027) as a part of IAFOR's SouthEast Asian Conference Series. Registration for either of these conferences will allow delegates to attend any joint plenary session or parallel sessions as desired.
Join us in Bangkok, Thailand, for SEACAH2027
Held in partnership with the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at The University of Osaka, Japan and our global partners, , the 2nd Southeast Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (SEACAH2027) conference will be held alongside The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2027), now in its seventh year.
This year, IAFOR returns to Thailand, situated centrally in the Southeast Asian region, which also comprises Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Brunei, Singapore, Myanmar, the Philippines, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Southeast Asia is a vibrant, thriving, and developing area, and boasts a great diversity of peoples, cultures, and ethnicities. As a recognised regional hub, Bangkok is a great location to help further the IAFOR mission of encouraging interdisciplinary discussion, facilitating intercultural awareness, and promoting international exchange.
This event will encourage academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue, and like our long-running events elsewhere in the world, will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, networking, and facilitating partnerships across national, cultural, and disciplinary borders. IAFOR was made possible, and is a response to, the forces of globalisation, and the understanding that many of the most pressing challenges, whether felt or experienced locally, would require global cooperation and action to address.
Registration for either SEACAH2027 or SEACE2027 will allow delegates to attend the joint plenary sessions, and in keeping with our interdisciplinary mission, any parallel sessions in either conference, as desired.
We look forward to seeing you in Bangkok!
For and on behalf of the IAFOR International Academic Board and the Conference Programme Committees,
Dr Joseph Haldane, Osaka University, Japan & University College London, United Kingdom
Chairman and CEO, IAFOR
Professor Jun Arima, University of Tokyo, Japan
President, IAFOR
Professor Anne Boddington, Kingston University, United Kingdom
Executive Vice-President and Provost, IAFOR
Present, Listen, Connect: Ways to Join
Whether you’re sharing your research or coming to learn, there’s a way to take part. Join us in person at Chulalongkorn University and ICONSIAM HALL, or take part online from anywhere. One registration gives you full access to both SEACE and SEACAH sessions, plus recordings to catch up on afterwards.
However you join, you’ll be part of an international, interdisciplinary community. Last year that meant 356 delegates from 50 countries.
Call for Papers
The SEACAH2027 Conference Programme Committee welcomes papers from a wide variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives, and submissions are organised into the following streams:
Arts
- Teaching and Learning the Arts
- Arts Policy, Management and Advocacy
- Arts Theory and Criticism
- Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts
- Visual Arts Practices
- Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music
- Literary Arts Practices
- Media Arts Practices: Television, Multimedia, Digital, Online and Other New Media
- Other Arts
Humanities
- Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication
- Aesthetics, Design
- Language, Linguistics
- Knowledge
- Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness
- History, Historiography
- Literature/Literary Studies*
- Political Science, Politics
- Teaching and Learning
- Globalisation
- Ethnicity, Difference, Identity
- Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation
- First Nations and Indigenous Peoples
- Sexuality, Gender, Families
- Religion, Spirituality
- Cyberspace, Technology
- Science, Environment and the Humanities
- Other Humanities
IAFOR's Conference Themes for 2025-2029
Our selected themes for 2025-2029 bring together ideas and encourage research and synergies in the following areas:
Technology and Artificial Intelligence
Humanity and Human Intelligence
Global Citizenship and Education for Peace
Leadership
Our four themes can be seen as standalone themes, but they are also very much in conversation with each other. Themes may be seen as corollaries, complementary, or in opposition/juxtaposition with each other. The themes can be considered as widely as possible and are designed, in keeping with our mission, to encourage ideas across the disciplines.
Speakers
To be Announced
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Brendan HoweEwha Womans University, South Korea
Read Last Year's Conference Report
Conference News
Conference Dinner
Join us for the SEACE/SEACAH2027 Conference Dinner, where you can relax, unwind, and get to know fellow delegates over an array of modern international cuisines ...
Conference Report and Intelligence Briefing: SEACE/SEACAH2026
356 delegates, representing 238 institutions from 50 countries across the world, discussed the intersection of technology and human value, and their implications within the education and cultural aspects ...
Networking Event: Singapore Education Lounge
This exclusive gathering joins together IAFOR and SEN’s networks of educators, researchers, EdTech innovators, and policymakers for an evening of discussion and networking ...
About SEACAH & IAFOR’s Conferences on Arts & Humanities
IAFOR’s arts and humanities programme is rich and diverse, with interdisciplinary conferences which engage with a broad range of research fields and seek to be venues for both academic and cultural exchange.
