Three conferences in St Petersburg: «The issues of philology and ethnography of Southeast Asia» and Maclay Readings 2023 and 2024

The paper presents a brief synopsis of the latest academic events on the topic of the Asia-Pacific region held in St. Petersburg, namely the Maclay Readings conferences of 2023 and 2024 and «The issues of philology and ethnography of Southeast Asia» 2023. «Maclay Readings» is an annual conference run since 1980s by the Dept. of Australia, Oceania and Indonesia of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS. The forum on Southeast Asia was organized jointly by the Oriental Department of SPbSU, the Institute for Linguistic Studies and Kunstkamera RAS.