TRACE PhD Researcher Altan I. Ishmael recently presented his project at the inaugural Filipino Scholars in the Netherlands forum.

TRACE PhD Researcher Altan I. Ishmael's reflection after visiting Botterdagen (Boat) Festival in Elburg with the TRACE Team. 

On September 15, the TRACE team welcomed Antony Guegen from the Committee for Cooperation with Laos (CCL) to KITLV Leiden.

Diana Suhardiman participated as a discussant for the screening of Beyond Carbon, an immersive film that transports viewers to an Indigenous Dayak village in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The TRACE team, Wengki Ariando recently led two initiatives at the 14th EuroSEAS Conference in Madrid, Spain, highlighting the project’s commitment to scholar activism and grassroots climate governance in Southeast Asia.

TRACE organized a double panel titled “Tracing knowledge-scapes for grassroots climate governance in Southeast Asia” at the 14th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) conference.

Adrian Perkasa delivered an online general lecture for the History Education Study Program at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Sriwijaya University (UNSRI).

TRACE team member Adrian Perkasa gave a talk at a special webinar hosted by the Cultural Heritage Preservation Center (Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan) of East Java.

TRACE team members Adrian Perkasa and Diana Suhardiman have recently published a new paper in the Time & Society journal (Sage Journals).

TRACE team member Adrian Perkasa delivered a talk titled “Local History and Environmental Preservation in Indonesia” (presented in Bahasa Indonesia) at a regional seminar in East Java.

TRACE PhD Researcher Altan I. Ishmael presented his research at the 2026 Philippine Studies Conference, hosted by SOAS University London. The conference theme focused on "Archipelagic Tongues — Philippine Languages and Meaning-making, Austronesian Worlds and Global Futures."

Adrian Perkasa delivered an insightful online talk on Pranatamangsa (traditional Javanese agricultural timekeeping) and the specific ecological calendars of the Tengger region (in Bahasa). The virtual event was hosted by The Alliance of Independent Journalists (Indonesian: Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, abbreviated as AJI) in Surabaya.