Conference report - The 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS XIX)

Abstract

Established in 1991, the annual SEALS conference has grown to become a significant gathering of scholars of Southeast Asian languages and cultures. SEALS XIX marked a unique point in the conferences’ history, as it was the first time SEALS has been hosted by Vietnam. By contrast, it has been held eleven times in the United States, thrice in Thailand, twice in Malaysia, and once in both Indonesia and Australia. It was entirely fitting that SEALS XIX be hosted by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University-Ho Chi Minh City, inasmuch as that university’s predecessor was the meeting place for the Saigon Linguistics Circle and the birthplace of the Journal of Mon-Khmer Studies.