The Center
for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Sept. 3, 2008
Issue: 42
Announcements

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Call for Papers 

The 8th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region
East-West Center, Honolulu
February 12-14, 2009

more info | Deadline: October 17, 2008

SEALS XIX- The 19th Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguisitcs Society

University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Vietnam National University
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
May 28-29, 2009

more info | Deadline: February 15, 2009
Open Positions and Fellowships 

Assistant/Associate Professor or Professor in Religions in Southeast Asia
National University of Singapore

more info | Deadline: October 6, 2008


Assistant Professor in Asian History
Siena College

more info | Deadline: October 31, 2008


Faculty Position in Politics of the Muslim World
Bates College, Lewiston, ME


more info | Application Review Starts: October 15, 2008


Three Faculty Positions in Asian Studies
University of Copenhagen

The University of Copenhagen is launching a new interesting and ambitious program, "The Asian Dynamics Initiative."

With the launch of Asian Dynamics Initiative the University of Copenhagen aims to strengthen its position as a major strategic source of knowledge regarding Asian societies and communities. The cross-disciplinary initiative is a joint venture between the Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences. The following new positions are announced within the initiative:

    * A full professorship in Asian security studies

    * A full professorship in international economics with focus on globalization and emerging Asian economies

    * A full professorship in the anthropology of Asia

more info | Deadline: Mid-October 2008


Faculty Positions in Ethnic Studies
University of California, San Diego

more info | Application Review Starts: October 15, 2008

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Southeast Asian Studies Program
National University of Singapore


more info | Deadline: October 15, 2008

Non-academic Fellowships on Public Policy Issues
Open Society Institute

We would like to alert you to a new Open Society Institute (OSI) fellowship to support scholars, journalists, activists, policy experts and others to work on projects that inspire public debate and shape policy.

The Open Society Fellowship is open to individuals from around the world and we are keen to identify candidates working on Southeast Asia.  The Fellowship focuses on four areas: National Security and the Open Society; Citizenship, Membership and Marginalization; Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement; and Understanding Authoritarianism. We will also support a limited number of fellows whose projects fall outside these areas but are germane to OSI's mission. Fellows' projects may include books, articles, documentary films and photography, online media, and efforts to seed new campaigns and organizations.

Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis and there are no application deadlines. The fellowship does not fund programs of study or dissertation research.

more info
SEA Publications 


Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the habits of Everyday Life in Hawaii
By Candace Fukikana and Jonathon Y. Okamura (Editors)
Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 2008, 336 pp.

more info


Performing Political Identity: The Democrat Party in Southern Thailand
By Marc Askew
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2008, 408 pp.

more info


Buddhist Iconography in Thailand: A Southeast Asian Perspective
By A.K. Bhattacharya
New Delhi, Punthi Pustak, 2007, 163 pp.

more info

Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia
By Marco Bunte and Andreas Ufen (Editors)
Abingdon, Routledge, 2008 (October)  352 pp.

more info

The Power of Prophecy: Prince Dipanagara and the End of the Order in Java, 1785-1855
By Peter Carey
Leiden, KITLV Press, 2007, 964 pp.

more info


Psychotherapy Without the Self: A Buddhist Perspective
By Mark Epstein
Ithaca, Yale University Press, 2008, 272 pp.

more info


Women and Work in Indonesia
By Michelle Ford and Lyn Parker (Editors)
Abingdon, Routledge, 2008  232 pp.

more info


****These books below are now in paperback****


Thai Capital After the 1997 Crisis

By Pasuk Phongpaichit and Chris Baker (Editors)
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books, 2008, 326 pp.  32 figures 18 tables.

more info

The Shift in Zakat Practice in Indonesia: From Piety to an Islamic Socio-Political Economic System
By Arskal Salim
Chiang Mai, Silkworm Books,  2008, 111 pp.


more info

Economists with Guns: Authoritarian Development and U.S.-Indonesian Relations 1960-1968
By Bradley Simpson
Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2008, 400 pp.

more info

For ordering information, contact the publishers or the Asian Experts at asiabook@gil.com.au
In This Issue
Call for Papers
Open Positions and Fellowships
SEA Publications
CSEAS Films

SEA Film Series
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Now in its fifth year!

In Fall 2008, the Center's popular Southeast Asian Film Series will include
Muro-Ami (Philippines), White Silk Dress (Vietnam), Aloha (Malaysia/Singapore),
Quickie Express (Indonesia) in addition to other films from Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines! 
 
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is one of nine National Resource Centers (NRCs) for the study of Southeast Asia as designated and funded by the United States Department of Education.