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Open Positions and Fellowships
Indonesian Art and Culture Scholarships
Two Indonesian Art and Culture Scholarships are now available. The program, currently in its seventh year, aims to strengthen regional and global understanding through increased social and culture cooperation. Award recipients will be placed at art centers in Bali, Yogyakarta, West Java, and Central Java, for three months. Participants will live in or near the art center and interact closely with the local community. Depending on location of placement, participants will learn local art, music, culture, and dance.
American citizens between 18 and 35 years old are welcome to apply. Local housing and tuition will be covered by the scholarship; recipients will need to arrange their own transportation to and from Indonesia. The program will run from July 29 to October 29, 2009.
Interested applicants should contact Matt Eden(meden@usindo.org) regarding their intention to apply, and applications are due as soon as possible before June 25. Please send all application materials to meden@usindo.org.
(This information was just received by CSEAS.UHM over the weekend)
Lecturer in Asian Studies
Australian National University
The Faculty of Asian Studies, College of Asia and the Pacific, wishes to appoint an outstanding scholar to lead in the coordination and teaching of its undergraduate and graduate foundational Asian Studies courses. (A214-09AD).
more info | Deadline: July 30, 2009
Two-Year Visiting Fellow in Sociology
National University of Singapore
January 2010-December 2011
The successful candidate must have a PhD from an internationally acclaimed institution; specialization in sociology of youth, popular culture and consumerism, a track record in research and publication, preferably with strong interest in Asian societies; excellent communication skills and dedication to academic teaching excellence and collegiality.
more info | Deadline: September 30, 2009
Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Harvard Academy Scholars Program, 2010-2011
The Academy Scholars Program identifies and supports outstanding scholars at the start of their careers whose work combines disciplinary excellence in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command of the language, history or culture of non-Western countries or regions. Their scholarship may elucidate domestic, comparative, or transnational issues, past or present.
more info | Deadline: October 1, 2009
UNDP-Asia Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship
The objective of the Academic Fellowship is to encourage young Ph.D.
students from the Asia Pacifific region to analyze critical development
issues from a human development perspective, contributing to
development theory, applications and policies.
more info | Deadline: September 1, 2009
ASEAN Political Advisor
Greenpeace Southeast Asia (GPSEA)
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
more info | Deadline: June 30, 2009
Senior Evaluation Specialist
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Location: Manila, Philippines
more info | Deadline: July 1, 2009
Junior Professional Officer (JPO) Positions
United Nations funded by the MDG Achievement Fund
Location: East Timor, the Philippines.
more info | Deadline: July 14, 2009
International Programme Formulation Expert - Community Radio
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Location: Vientiane, Lao PDR
more info in doc file | Deadline: June 26, 2009
Request for Proposal for the International Consultant
Empowerment of Women in Public Sector Project (EOWP)
Location: Vietnam
more info | Deadline: July 10, 2009
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Conference Announcement
Thai Food Heritage: Local to Global
August 4 - 6, 2009
Chulalongkorn University and the Tawana Bangkok Hotel
The project of Empowering Network for International Thai Studies (ENITS), Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, with support from The Thailand Research Fund (TRF), has a great pleasure to invite you to attend the international conference on Thai Studies "Thai Food Heritage: Local to Global" from 4-6 August 2009.
The registration fees are 2,500 THB (1,000 THB for students) for online registration by 31 July 2009 at <enits_info@yahoo.com>.
more info in pdf file
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Call for Papers
Global Financial Crisis in the Asian Context: Repercussions and Responses
The Fifth International Conference
Ateneo De Manila University
July 9, 2010
Loyola Heights Campus, Quexon city, Metro Manila, Philippines
more info | Deadline: December 31, 2009
Fourth International Conference on Austroasiatic Linguistics
Bangkok, Thailand
October 29-30, 2009
more info | Deadline: September 1, 2009
Burma in the Era of Globalization
International Burma Studies Conference 2010
Marseille, France
July 6-8, 2010
We invite panel participants to focus their proposals on the theme of understanding Burma/Myanmar's position vis-a-vis processes of globalization. How does globalization contribute to change - or not - in Burma and also to our perceptions of Burma? Such an overview should be consequent to a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach by specialists in anthropology, sociology, linguistics, political science, economics, history and archaeology; as well as in religion, literature,art and architecture.
Interested participants are asked to organize and submit panel proposals with 500-word abstracts by 1 December 2009. Individual papers, for which a 250 word abstract is requested, are also welcome and will be duly integrated into the conference sessions by the organizers. The deadline for the individual paper proposals is 30 March 2010.
In addition to the title and abstract of the proposed panels and papers, please include the contributors' names and academic affiliations, mailing address, email address, and specify equipment needs for the presentations.
Contacts
Please send the requested information to:
Burma Studies Conference, 2010
Université de Provence
IRSEA-CNRS
3, Place Victor Hugo
Marseille 13003, France
Email:
burmastudies2010 at gmail.com
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Exhibition on Lao Textiles
"Cosmic Creatures: Textiles from Northeast Lao Communities"
East West Center Gallery
 Weaving residency:
June 28-July 8, 2009
Guest
Curator:
Patricia Cheesman
Special Events
All
in the EWC Gallery, and admission free, except
as noted.
Gala Opening
Reception
Featuring
walk-throughs and weaving demonstrations
Sunday, June 28, 2:00-3:30 p.m.Slide-Lecture by Patricia Cheesman on Lao Textiles
Wednesday, July 1, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Workshop: Plant Dyes for Cotton & Silk by
Patricia Cheesman
Friday, July 3 and Saturday, July 4
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. AT TEMARI, 1754 Lusitana Street
Limited enrollment: 10. For cost &
further information contact: Tel. 536-4566
or temari@temaricenter.com
Demonstrations
on Supplementary Weft Weaving
Sunday, July 5, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Presentation: Laos Today and Laos Yesterday
Sunday, August 30, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
By Ambassador
Charles Salmon (former US ambassador to Laos)
and Thavanh Svengsouk, esteemed member of Hawaii's Lao community
more info
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Covering Religion in the 21st Century
You're invited to explore the website "Covering Religion in the 21st Century" hosted by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California. The site was built as a resource for journalists, journalism educators, and students seeking new models for covering politics, science, and sex and gender among other key issues for the 21st century.
Website
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SEA Publications
Journal of Vietnamese Studies Available Online
The Journal of Vietnamese Studies vol. 4 no. 2 is now available online! You can access the contents of this issue here.
 Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfinance in Burma
Johan Fischer
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009
more info
Constructing Singapore: Elitism, Ethnicity and the Nation-Building Project
Michael D. Barr; Zlatko Skrbis
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009
more info
 Kampung, Islam and State in Urban Java
Patrick Guinness
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 20.09
more info
 Painters in Hanoi: An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art
Nora Annesley Taylor
Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2009
more info
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SEA Film Series
Now in its fifth year!
We've
had another amazing year of films from Southeast Asia! Our mailing list
continues to grow and now reaches 320 fans of Southeast Asian film.
Since the beginning of the fall 2008 semester, we screened 37 films
attended by more than 1,500 people! Thanks to everyone for their
support! We'll be bringing back more films from Southeast Asia this
summer, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the first screening
of the fall 2009 semester. Stay tuned for announcements as that day
approaches!
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