BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2026//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2026 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T082600 UID:euroseas-2026-reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections-1 SUMMARY:Reimagining and Reconnecting Southeast Asian Collections (1) LOCATION:Sala J. J. Linz DESCRIPTION:There are hundreds of thousands of diasporic Southeast Asian ob jects from both mainland and insular areas in institutions and collections today, many of which remain underutilised and understudied. At the same tim e, many communities in Southeast Asia are witnessing a rising interest in t raditional material cultures and a drive to reconnect with their heritage, through the revival of traditional practices as well as contemporary reimag inings. However, Southeast Asia’s colonial pasts have frequently excised ce rtain local resonances from the palimpsest of meanings inherent in objects in collections. Historically, the structures of colonial institutions such as museums have impeded the ability of communities to engage with these arc hives of tangible heritage. The contextualization of ethnographical and oth er collections, and their shared histories between Southeast Asia and Europ e have become key issues for the future.\nThis panel will explore contempor ary perceptions of the value of these collections, and how museums and heri tage professionals might facilitate the reconnection between interested com munities and collections. How can international decolonising discourse be a pplied in practice to the Southeast Asian context? How can sustained access to heritage be achieved and the voices of diverse stakeholders be represen ted in contemporary interpretation? The diversity and transboundary nature of many Southeast Asian cultures allows for interesting comparisons across collections, against the backdrop of a wide variety of institutional histor ies and agendas. This aspect is particularly relevant to the objects’ biogr aphies, their circulation and exchanges between museums, individual collect ors and research institutions housing visual and textual archives.\nSpecifi c issues that may be addressed include diverse methods of curation, documen tation and collections management; how local communities, scholars and inst itutions might fruitfully collaborate; digitization and open access online resources as potential approaches to widening access to collections; loans and conservation; and the best methods of disseminating information. URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T113000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T082600 UID:euroseas-2026-reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections-2 SUMMARY:Reimagining and Reconnecting Southeast Asian Collections (2) LOCATION:Sala J. J. Linz DESCRIPTION:There are hundreds of thousands of diasporic Southeast Asian ob jects from both mainland and insular areas in institutions and collections today, many of which remain underutilised and understudied. At the same tim e, many communities in Southeast Asia are witnessing a rising interest in t raditional material cultures and a drive to reconnect with their heritage, through the revival of traditional practices as well as contemporary reimag inings. However, Southeast Asia’s colonial pasts have frequently excised ce rtain local resonances from the palimpsest of meanings inherent in objects in collections. Historically, the structures of colonial institutions such as museums have impeded the ability of communities to engage with these arc hives of tangible heritage. The contextualization of ethnographical and oth er collections, and their shared histories between Southeast Asia and Europ e have become key issues for the future.\nThis panel will explore contempor ary perceptions of the value of these collections, and how museums and heri tage professionals might facilitate the reconnection between interested com munities and collections. How can international decolonising discourse be a pplied in practice to the Southeast Asian context? How can sustained access to heritage be achieved and the voices of diverse stakeholders be represen ted in contemporary interpretation? The diversity and transboundary nature of many Southeast Asian cultures allows for interesting comparisons across collections, against the backdrop of a wide variety of institutional histor ies and agendas. This aspect is particularly relevant to the objects’ biogr aphies, their circulation and exchanges between museums, individual collect ors and research institutions housing visual and textual archives.\nSpecifi c issues that may be addressed include diverse methods of curation, documen tation and collections management; how local communities, scholars and inst itutions might fruitfully collaborate; digitization and open access online resources as potential approaches to widening access to collections; loans and conservation; and the best methods of disseminating information. URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T133000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T082600 UID:euroseas-2026-reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections-3 SUMMARY:Reimagining and Reconnecting Southeast Asian Collections (3) LOCATION:Sala J. J. Linz DESCRIPTION:There are hundreds of thousands of diasporic Southeast Asian ob jects from both mainland and insular areas in institutions and collections today, many of which remain underutilised and understudied. At the same tim e, many communities in Southeast Asia are witnessing a rising interest in t raditional material cultures and a drive to reconnect with their heritage, through the revival of traditional practices as well as contemporary reimag inings. However, Southeast Asia’s colonial pasts have frequently excised ce rtain local resonances from the palimpsest of meanings inherent in objects in collections. Historically, the structures of colonial institutions such as museums have impeded the ability of communities to engage with these arc hives of tangible heritage. The contextualization of ethnographical and oth er collections, and their shared histories between Southeast Asia and Europ e have become key issues for the future.\nThis panel will explore contempor ary perceptions of the value of these collections, and how museums and heri tage professionals might facilitate the reconnection between interested com munities and collections. How can international decolonising discourse be a pplied in practice to the Southeast Asian context? How can sustained access to heritage be achieved and the voices of diverse stakeholders be represen ted in contemporary interpretation? The diversity and transboundary nature of many Southeast Asian cultures allows for interesting comparisons across collections, against the backdrop of a wide variety of institutional histor ies and agendas. This aspect is particularly relevant to the objects’ biogr aphies, their circulation and exchanges between museums, individual collect ors and research institutions housing visual and textual archives.\nSpecifi c issues that may be addressed include diverse methods of curation, documen tation and collections management; how local communities, scholars and inst itutions might fruitfully collaborate; digitization and open access online resources as potential approaches to widening access to collections; loans and conservation; and the best methods of disseminating information. URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/reimagining-and-reconnecting-southeast-asian-collections DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260901T163000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR