The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (SEALS) is a linguistic society dedicated to the study of languages and linguistics in mainland and insular Southeast Asia. It was founded in 1991 by Martha Ratliff and Eric Schiller. Paul Sidwell is currently the president of SEALS.
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Journal
The Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society (JSEALS) is the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society's peer-reviewed journal. JSEALS covers research on the languages of mainland and insular Southeast Asia, including Sino-Tibetan, Austroasiatic, Kra-Dai, Hmong-Mien, and Austronesian languages. Currently, it is open-access and is co-published by Asia-Pacific Linguistics at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
Conferences
The Southeast Asian Linguistics Society holds annual conferences (meetings) generally in late May. Usually, 50-100 papers are presented in 2–3 days. Papers and presentations are archived online, with the exception of some earlier conferences.