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.[1]Paul Sidwell is currently the president of SEALS.
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. It is an open-access journal and is published through the University of Hawaii Press. The current Editor-in-Chief is Mark Alves.
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.