The Center
for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
January 26, 2009
Issue: 54
Announcements

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Dating Construction and Use of Ifugao Rice Terraces
By  Stephen B. Acabado
Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology Department
University of Hawaii at Manoa

     The origins and age of the Ifugao rice terraces in the Philippine Cordillera continue to provoke interest and imagination in academic and popular debates.  For Southeast Asian scholars, dating these terraces is critical for understanding Philippine prehistory and Southeast Asian patterns more generally. This study presents chronometric dates from well-controlled proveniences in the Banaue district of Ifugao Province.

     Stephen Acabado received his BA in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines, Diliman and his MA in Anthropology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He is currently a PhD Candidate in the Anthropology Department, UH Manoa, completing a dissertation on the archaeology of the Ifugao rice terraces.

Monday, February 2, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Tokioka Room, Moore 319
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sponsored by the Center for Philippine Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa. For more information, contact Clem Montero at 956-6086 or <cps@hawaii.edu>
Open Positions and Fellowships

Research Fellowships in the Asian Civilizations Museum, Singapore

The Asian Civilizations Museum (ACM), Singapore is pleased to offer research fellowship grant from April 2009 to March 2010 in the areas of Buddhist art and the Ramayana. ACM promotes research on Asian art history, archaeology and material culture, and has earned a reputation in the museum arena for its gallery displays and exhibitions. The positions of Junior Research Fellow are open and we welcome applications from PhD candidates who are finishing their dissertation. The fellowship is for one year (April 2009-March 2010) and the monthly stipend is S$3,000. For overseas scholars, the cost of relocation and airfare are capped at a total S$3,000 as a one off payment.

more info | Deadline: February 16, 2009


Visiting Scholar, Junior Faculty Training Program
Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)

CKS is seeking an individual for the position of visiting scholar specializing in the field of Political Science with a particular emphasis on Mainland Southeast Asia for the period of six months from April to September 2009, to be based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The Junior Faculty Training Program seeks to enhance the knowledge base and teaching and research skills of junior Cambodian academics and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. The academic portion of the program is composed of: weekly seminars, workshops, and a study tour to a neighboring country, followed by individual and team research projects.

The Visiting Scholar will be responsible for designing the curriculum for the workshops and seminars, for organizing and teaching the six-month session and for advising participants on their individual research project in the period (see details below). The position will involve working with the Project Director, a small Academic Committee, and participating groups of early-career Cambodian academics.

For more information about this position, please email Cheanmen at <cheanmen@khmerstudies.org>

Deadline: March 15, 2009


Contract Linguists
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (http://www.actfl.org/), an organization dedicated to the teaching and learning of all languages in the United States since the 1960s, is currently recruiting linguists for several very interesting contract projects. Speakers of the following languages who meet the requirements listed in this advert are urged to apply:

IRL (language proficiency testing project) only: 
Burmese; Lao; Tausug; Malay.

LIMA (translation project) and also ILR (language proficiency testing project): Cambodian; Thai; Indonesian.

Basic Requirements for all candidates (must be met):

1. Must live and be allowed to work without restrictions in the United States.
2. Must have language translation (for LIMA), interpreting, teaching and/or testing experience.
3. Must be a native speaker of the language and be fully fluent in English as well.
4. Must send a CV to: <ilrworkshops at actfl.org>.
5. Must be able to travel, all expenses paid by the ACTFL, to one or two different cities in the US for initial training sessions, two to four days at a time.
6. Must read additional project requirements and apply on-line by copying and pasting the following URLs to a browser
(**PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THEM**):

LIMA (translation project): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lINu1sH0dnOMQjtQUVDRXQ_3d_3d

ILR (testing project): http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=NfMfHkjmi4lhHrX_2fp_2fw22Q_3d_3d
Call for Papers

Southeast Asian Languages and Literatures: Theoretical and Practical Approaches
Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association
Snowbird, Utah, October 8-10, 2009

Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association (RMMLA) will hold a Special Topic session on "Southeast Asian Languages and Literatures: Theoretical and Practical Approaches." The theme of this session is broad to elicit papers on a wide variety of topics related to SEA languages and literatures.

more info | Deadline: March 1, 2009


Conference on Southeast Asian Languages
Paris, France
December 17-19, 2009

Initiated by theCLI, the CERLOM (INALCO, Paris) and the Formal Linguistics laboratory (UMR 7110, Université Paris Diderot) an international conference on South East Asian languages will be held in Paris on December 17-19, 2009.

This conference will be organized into two parts :
A. Thematic session, dedicated to the serial constructions
B. General session, thatwill gather communications addressing the syntax, semantics, as well as the (morpho-)phonology and phonetics of these languages in either a synchronic or diachronic perspective.

more info | Deadline: June 15, 2009


Buddhism without Borders: Contemporary Development in Buddhism in the West
March 19-21, 2010
Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA

Keynote Speaker: Thomas A. Tweed

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce the "Buddhism without Borders" conference and seeks papers that offer new, critical, and creative approaches to the study of Buddhism in the West, understood as part of a larger global religious movement.

This conference seeks to explore contemporary and historical developments of Buddhist thought and practice in American Buddhisms, Buddhisms in the West, or Buddhisms outside Asia. How has the Buddhist tradition been shaped by the transnational movement of peoples, diasporas, or immigration? How has the rise of global communication, tourism, and capitalism affected the way Buddhism is understood, taught, and practiced? How do we define "modern" Buddhism? The West? Or even "Buddhism" itself in an increasingly globalized world?

more info | Deadline: June 1 , 2009


Buddhist Approach to Global Crisis
The 6th Annual United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations
Thailand, 4-6 May, 2009

This is a public call for academic papers pertaining to the Buddhist Approach to Global Crisis.  Papers are additionally free to address the following sub-themes:
  • Buddhist Approach to the Environmental Crisis
  • Buddhist Approach to the Economic Crisis
  • Buddhist Approach to the Political Conflict and Peace
Venues:
  • UNESCAP in Bangkok, Thailand
  • Buddhamonthon Buddhist Park, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand
  • Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University Main Campus at Wangnoi, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand
Additionally, there will be three Invitational Workshops covering the Common Buddhist Text Project, Electronic Resources and Networks, and for the International Association of Buddhist Universities Administrative Cooperation.

Academic articles should be from 8-15 pages in length, utilizing the preferred font 'Times EXT Roman' for Pali/Sanskrit diacritic-marks.  Approved panelists and scholars will receive airfare reimbursement and free accommodations/transportation related to the UNDV Celebration.  

For submission of an article and any further questions: please contact the International Association of Buddhist Universities Secretariat Manager, Mr. Dion Peoples, at:  <manager.secretariat@iabu.org>, or phone, in Thailand: (66) 3-524-8000.

Deadline: March 27, 2009


Thai Food Heritage: Local to Global
August 4-6, 2009
The Tawana Bangkok Hotel (tentative), Bangkok, Thailand

This event is sponsored by the Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University and The Empowering Network for International Thai Studies Project (ENITS), with support from the Thailand Research Fund (TRF)
 
Panels:
  • Food and Discourse
  • Food and Folk
  • Food and Medicine
  • Food and Tourism
Submission of abstract: Please send an abstract of not more than 250 words in .doc format to Dr. Suppakorn Disatapundhu at <enits_info@yahoo.com>.
Deadline for submission is 31 March 2009.
Authors will be notified of the committee's decision by April 15th. Papers presented at the conference will be disseminated on the ENITS website.
 
Online Registration: May 2009
The registration fee of 3,000 THB (1,500 THB for students) is required to be paid by all presenters and participants.
 
For more information: <enits_info@yahoo.com>


Association for Asian Performance 8th Annual Conference
August 7, 2009, New York, NY

The Association for Asian Performance (AAP) invites submissions for its 8th annual conference in New York City, August 7, 2009. The AAP conference is a one-day event, to be held at Hunter College, CUNY preceding the annual ATHE (Association for Theatre in Higher Education) conference. Proposals are invited for papers, panels, workshops and roundtable

more info | Deadline: April 1, 2009


Emerging Scholars Panel, Association for Asian Performance
August 6-7, 2009, New York, NY

The Association for Asian Performance (AAP) invites submissions for its 15th Annual Adjudicated Panel to be held during the Association for Asian Performance annual conference in New York City Aug 6th-7th, 2009, which precedes the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) conference.

more info | Deadline: February 1, 2009


Queer Studies Graduate Symposium
" Queer Mobility, Queer Citizenship"
May 29, 2009, University of California, Davis

We invite scholarship from a broad range of disciplines, especially interdisciplinary work in queer theory and transgender theory. We especially encourage work that critically engages mutually constitutive articulations of race, class, sexuality, ability, gender, citizenship, religion, and nationality. Papers engaging activism and community organizing are also encouraged.

more info | Deadline: March 15, 2009


Call for Papers from Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, a tri-annual, fully-refereed journal published in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics, invites the submission of high-quality interdisciplinary articles on issues pertaining to nationalism, ethnicity and related themes.

more info | Deadline: January 30, 2009
Conference Announcement

Continuity and Change: (Re)Conceptualising Power in Southeast Asia
CRASSH, Cambridge University
March 26-28, 2009

The study of power in contemporary South-east Asia has never been more timely. Over the last half-century, the region has undergone innumerable far-reaching changes. It has witnessed the rise of postcolonial nation-states, rapid industrialization, economic growth and democratization but also genocide, political upheaval and widespread repression.

Continuity and Change will be a major interdisciplinary and International conference on South-east Asia. Its key aim is to reopen the debate on the issue of 'power'  - both in real life and academic scholarship - as it is manifest across the region.

Key note speakers:

James Scott (Political Science, Yale)
Shelly Errington (Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz)

more info
In This Issue
Phlippines Studies Talk
Positions/Fellowships
Call for Papers
Conference Announcement
CSEAS Films

SEA Film Series
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Now in its fifth year!

The Film Series is returning to the Korean Studies Building in January 2009!  See you there...and bring a sweater.
 
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.