Keynote & plenary Speakers

Dag Yngvesson is a filmmaker and Assistant Professor of cinema and cultural studies at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia. His work focuses on the history and politics of form in Southeast Asian cinema and media. He has published articles in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Indonesia and the Malay World, Plaridel and others. His films have been shown on streaming platforms like Mubi and in festivals such as South by Southwest, Bifan, The Malaysia International Film Festival, and Ethnocineca. He is currently finishing work on a monograph comparing trajectories of cinematic and political development across Southeast Asia. He is also in production on a film/ethnography project focused on the religious politics of tomb shrines in Malacca, Malaysia.

Gatut Priyowidodo has been a lecturer at Petra Christian University, Indonesia since 2006. He earned his master's degree from Airlangga University (1999) and  his Ph.D. from the Northern University of Malaysia (UUM) in 2013. A recipient of the Toyota Research Grant (1999) and numerous research grants from the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia, Gatut is also recognized as a BAN PT Assessor (2016-2024). He has been involved in various roles such as Research Grants and BKD Reviewer. His recent research includes a multi-year project on social media's impact on political marketing strategies in Indonesia. 

Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua received his master's degree in Japanese Studies from the National University of Singapore and his Ph.D in Social Sciences from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.  Until 2020, he was an Assistant Professor of the History Department and Director of the Japanese Studies Program of Ateneo de Manila University.  He is presently a Professorial Lecturer with the Asian Center, University of the Philippines - Diliman.  He is part of the editorial board of the East Asia Journal for Popular Culture and Social Science Diliman. He is also advisory board of De Gruyter publication series “Comics Studies: Aesthetics, Histories, and Practices."

Asri Saraswati is the Head of the English Studies Program at Universitas Indonesia. She earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. As a dedicated educator, she offers a broad curriculum encompassing American Culture, Multiculturalism, and Creative Writing, among others. Asri's scholarly contributions include article in the Rubikon: Journal of Transnational American Studies (2022) and a book chapter in Gender, Islam, and Sexuality in Contemporary Indonesia (Eds. Monika Arnez, Melani Budianta). She also published non-academic articles in Indonesia at Melbourne and Warscapes. Her writings reflecting her commitment to exploring cultural dynamics, understanding human mobilities, and promoting diversity and inclusion.