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Globalization: Issues and Perspectives
Professor Walden Bello
University of the Philippines
Walden Bello is executive director of Focus on the Global South, professor of
sociology and public administration at the University of the Philippines, and
a fellow of the Transnational Institute. He is the author of numerous books on
Asian issues and globalisation, including Dilemmas of Domination: the Unmaking
of the American Empire (2005), The Anti-Development State: the political
ecnonomy of permanent crisis in the Philippines (2004) and Deglobalisation:
ideas for a new world economy (2004). He is currently a columnist for the
Philippine Daily Inquirer and Foreign Policy in Focus.
DATE: Wednesday, March 12
TIME: 10:00am - 10:50am
LOCATION: Leeward Community College
96-045 Ala Ike - Pearl City, HI 96782
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19th Annual Graduate Student Conference
School of Pacific & Asian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa
Moving Tides: Rearticulating Space in Asia and the PacificKeynote Speaker: Dr. Tarcissius KabutaulakaResearch Fellow, Pacific Island Development ProgramEast West Center, HonoluluThe 2008 SPAS Graduate Student Conference is an event open to students from ALL disciplines. Our aim is to provide a forum for graduate students from a broad range of specialties to discuss their latest innovative research relating to Asian and/or Pacific Islands Studies. UH-Manoa students and students from other colleges and universities - local, mainland, and international - will be in attendance.
Wednesday, March 12 - Friday, March 14, 2008
Korean Studies Center
University of Hawaii at Manoa
more info |
Summer Studies Programs
USINDO Summer Studies Program
The United States-Indonesian Society (USINDO) will conduct its annual summer studies program in Jogjakarta, Indonesia from June 5 through August 17, 2008. This will mark the thirteenth year USINDO has organized this intensive language and cultural studies program. This is a ten-week immersion program for beginner and intermediate-level Bahasa Indonesia language students. For further information about the USINDO summer studies program as well as eligibility requirements and applications, visit their website at www.usindo.org or contact USINDO Executive Director, Katy Goring at 202-232-1400 or kgoring@usindo.org.
more info | Deadline: Friday March 14, 2008
STARTALK Scholarship: For advanced high school students
The Olympics and Beyond: Summer Intensive Arabic or Chinese
Language Study in Beloit
The STARTALK scholarships are competitive scholarships for talented high school students interested in studying Arabic or Chinese during summer 2008 through Beloit College's Center for Language Studies (CLS). The STARTALK scholarship in combination with a CLS Grant ($6,120 value) will help you achieve higher levels of prficiency more quickly and provide you with the chance to pursue more meaningful study in the areas of Asian or Middle East Studies.
Qualified students may apply by submitting the online application, an official transcript, and two letters of recommendation. A minimum gpa of 3.0 is required. Acceptance announcements will be made by April 15, 2008.
more info | Deadline: March 30, 2008 |
Call for Papers
Call for Submissions
Edited Volume on Buddhism and the Crises of Nation-States in Asia
19-20 June 2008, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
This workshop intends to bring together top scholars working on Buddhism in Asi to examine the "crises of nation-states" in Asia's Buddhist countries. It aims to explore complex situations and issues pertinent to the changing status and role of Buddhism in the far-from-complete process of nation-state building and modernization in major Buddhist countries in the region. It also compares the paths, patterns, and processes which Buddhism has undertaken in its role as a traditional source of moral and political authority in various states.
The themes of panel discussion for the workshop are:
1. Buddhist Polity Revisted
2. Buddhist Visions and Politics of Nation Building
3. Buddhist Fundamentalism and Nationalism
4. Militant and Socially-Engaged Monks and Nuns
5. The Politics of Buddhist Piety and Fragmentation
Keynote Speaker: Prof. Charles F. Keyes, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.
We wish to call for papers that address one or more of the above major themes. Abstracts of papers should be sent to Dr. Pattana Kitiarsa (seapk@nus.edu.sg) by 28 March 2008. The abstract should be within 400 words and include name of author(s)(first name followed by last name, underline the presenter of the paper), affiliation and e-mail address. Notification of acceptance of paper will be issued by April 1, 2008. Completed draft papers should be submitted by 2 June 2008 and will be made available to conference participants in advance.
General enquires about the conference can be directed to: Dr. Pattana Kitiarsa (seapk@nus.edu.sg).
Contact person for submission of papers: Rodney Sebastian(fasrodn@nus.edu.sg).
more info | Deadline: April 11, 2008 |
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Publications
Siksacakr: The Journal of the Center for Khmer Studies #8/9, edited by Michel Rethy Antelme, Siksacakr, is a special double issue devoted to Buddhism in Cambodia. The aim of this edited volume is to shed new light on Cambodian Buddhism.
Siksacakr ('the Wheel of Knowledge') is the peer-reviewed trilingual journal published by the Center for Khmer Studies. It is the first international bulletin focusing on Khmer Studies in Khmer, English and French.
Antelme, Michel Rethy (editor-in-chief)
SIKSACAKR #8/9. Double issue on Buddhism Phnom Penh, Center for Khmer Studies, 2007, 293 pp.
ISSN 1811-9166
Price (does not include postage):
15,000 Riels for double issues (Cambodia Only)
US$ 40 (outside Cambodia)
Contact info: click here or go to: www.khmerstudies.org/publications/siksacakr/siksacakr.htm
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The Asian Experts
THE ASIAN EXPERTS are a mail order bookshop based in Brisbane, Australia supplying books about Asia. Prices in this newsletter are in Australian dollars. Please add $7 for postage and handling within Australia. For overseas orders actual postage is charged. We accept Mastercard, Visa and cheques in Australian dollars.
TO ORDER: please send an email to asiabook@gil.com.au
Chua, Christian
CHINESE BIG BUSINESS IN INDONESIA. The state of capital
Abingdon, Routledge, 2008, 192 pp.
ISBN 978 0416 45074 4 Price $$240
This book assesses the state of the capital before, during and after the financial and political crises of 1997-98 and analyses the changing relationships between business and the Chinese in Indonesia. Using a distinct perspective that combines cultural and structural approaches on Chinese big business with exclusive material derived from interviews with some of Indonesia's major business leaders the author identifies the strategies employed by them to adapt their corporations to the post-authoritarian regime and provides a unique insight into how state-business relations in Indonesia have evolved since the crisis.
Decker, Karen (senior editor) et al
ACHIEVING RESULTS IN PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Manila, Asian Development Bank, 2007, 154 pp.
ISBN 978 974 971561 976 Price $70
Private sector development (PSD) is an important component of the reform agenda for many countries in the Asia and Pacific region and beyond. The ADB conceived a project aimed at putting the entire PSD strategy process, including coordination, development, and implementation of PSD strategies into one good practice reference guide. The result is presented in this guide. Working with four countries, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and the Philippines following considerable groundwork from in-country workshops that were held in Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
Warren, James
PIRATES, PROSTITUTES AND PULLERS: Explorations in the Ethno- and social history of Southeast Asia
Perth, UWA Press, 2008, 420 pp.
ISBN 978 0980 286 549 Price $45
Utilizing documentary sources, oral traditions, photographs and paintings, this book reveals the lively history of Southeast Asia's underclass - the peasants, urban coolies, prostitutes, maritime raiders and sea nomads who played a formative role in the region's remarkable transformation.
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NONGKRONG YUK! UH Indonesian Club
Here is the summary of
upcoming club events:
Friday, Mar 14 - 6-9PM at the Campus Center Ballroom - International Night. We will performing Ratoh dance and showcasing
Indonesian items at the cultural booth.
Saturday, April 5 - Masak
Yuk! [Let's Cook!] We will cook and enjoy Indonesian cuisines starting from 4
PM. RSVP required.
Thursday, April 10 -
Fundraiser. We'll be selling concession at the Kennedy Theatre at around 8-9 PM
during the intermission of The Servant of Many Masters [preview].
Ngobrol Yuk! [Let's Chat].
This is our language table. Schedule TBA.
A separate email will be sent for details of each event.
For club activities, please contact Erenst Anip [erenst@gmail.com] |
The Linguistic Society of Hawaii Presents
Language Endangerment and
Conservation Symposium
March 10 - 14, 2008
Reception - Monday, March 10, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm, Garden Level, East-West Center
Imin Conference Center
Contact: Emily Bartelson <ebartelson@gmail.com>
Linguistics Department Tuesday Seminar
Dr. Peter K. Austin
Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics, SOAS, University of London
'Current trends in language documentation' - Tuesday, March 11, 2:00 pm-1:15
pm, St. John Hall 11 - Refreshments start at 11:40
Contact: Wen-Wei Han <wenwei@hawaii.edu>
Public Lecture
'Survival of languages in the 21st century'
Dr. Peter K. Austin
Märit Rausing Chair in Field Linguistics, SOAS, University of London
Wednesday, March 12, 12:00 pm-1:15 pm, Keoni Auditorium, East-West Center Imin
Conference Center
Refreshments start at 11:30
Contact: Dan X. <danx@hula.net>
Student Workshop
'Training for language documentation - the SOAS experience'
Friday, March 14, 3:00 pm-5:00 pm, Webster Hall 114
Contact: Kanjana T. <kanjana@hawaii.edu> |
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SEA Film Series
Now in its fourth year!
In Spring 2008, the Center's popular Southeast Asian Film Series will include Aloha (Malaysia/Singapore),
The Story of Pao (Viet Nam), Bagong Buwan (Philippines), The Legend of Lady Hill (Myanmar) in addition to films from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Viet Nam and Cambodia!
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