Weekly Announcement
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Welcome to UH
Dr. Htwe Htwe Win, a visiting scholar from Myanmar funded by ACLS/LUCE, is with the Asian Studies Program during academic year 2009-2010.
She previously worked for the Ministry of Education and the Department of Archaeology in Myanmar. Her current research focuses on the votive tablets of early Myanmar (5th-13th centuries CE). These clay tablets were stamped with popular religious motifs and sometimes "signed" by the reigning monarch, which pilgrims purchase at sacred sites to take home as souvenirs. Aloha, Dr. Win!
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Event Calendar
Prospects for Partnership in Democracy Assistance: the Forthcoming United States-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership
Cosmos Club, 2121 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 16 September 2009
more info
Penang International Conference on Sustainable Cultural Development: the Economics of Heritage Revitalization
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia
8 - 9 October 2009
more info
Politics and New Media in the Muslim World
Presented by the Centers for South Asia, Southeast Asia and Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley
Co-sponsored by the Asia Society (Northern California), the Arab Cultural and Community Center; Islamic Networks Group; Meedan.net
David Brower Center, Berkeley CA
5:00 - 7:30 PM, Thursday, 15 October 2009
This forum, organized by the Center for South Asia Studies, Center for Southeast Asia Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at UC Berkeley, with funding support from the Social Science Research Council, will examine the new forces that have emerged, and transformations that have occurred, following the rapid expansion in the use of technology and new media, particularly by younger people, in talking about political issues and political change in different parts of the Muslim world. The speakers at this forum represent a diverse range of perspectives and are composed of practitioners and activists as well as journalists and scholars. Advanced registration required at cseas(at)berkeley.edu or (510) 642-3609.
more info
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Open Positions & Fellowships
Board of Student Editors, Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI
Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies, a journal run by graduate students so that other graduate students at home and abroad can get publishing/editing experience, is having its first meeting.
When: Thursday, 10 September at 5:30 PM
Where: Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319)
Meeting Length: 20-30 minutes
If you have questions or are interested in being an editor, but cannot attend the first meeting, please e-mail Rachel Hoerman.
more info | Deadline: 10 September 2009
Assistant Professor, Sociocultural Anthropology
Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Begins Fall 2010
The Department of Anthropology invites applications for a full-time, tenure track Assistant Professor position in social/cultural anthropology, beginning Fall 2010. We seek to hire a scholar specializing in media studies and/or political/cultural ecology. Regional specializations are open but should complement those of current faculty with special attention given to candidates who have conducted research in Southeast Asia or South America. Candidates should be qualified to teach courses in anthropological methods and ethnographic writing.
more info | Deadline: 20 October 2009
5th Annual Henry Luce/ACLS Grant Competition, Archaeology and Early History of East and Southeast Asia
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce a fifth year of the program of grants to individuals in the archaeology and early history of East and Southeast Asia. This program is undertaken in cooperation with the Henry Luce Foundation.
more info | Deadline: 13 November 2009
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Call for Papers
The
Tung Lin Kok Yuen Conference: Buddhism and Diaspora
University of Toronto, Scarborough
14 - 16 May 2010
This international and interdisciplinary conference will examine the role religion, and specifically Buddhism, plays within diasporic communities. Communities like Chinese Buddhists, Tibetans, Newars, Sinhalese, and many others have brought with them, translated, or alternately reformulated specific types of Buddhism as crucial pieces in the ongoing negotiation of their cultural and social identities. In this context, the conference inquires whether there have been or are currently specific ways that Buddhism has answered the challenges, problems, and expectations that accompany displacement and relocation.
more info | Deadline: 30 October 2009
Trade and Finance in the Malay World: Historical and Cultural Perspectives
University of Frankfurt, Germany
17- 18 June 2010
One of the major impacts of the colonial era in insular Southeast Asia was the (partial) replacement of indigenous trading classes by foreign and migrant merchants. The cultural consequences for the historical construction of "Malay identity" were considerable, influencing discourses in the post-colonial Malay world to the present day. This international seminar aims at discussing both the historical evidence of the replacement process as well as its discursive representation in both historical and contemporary discourses. Contributions from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives are therefore highly welcome. For more info, contact Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf.
Deadline: 31 October 2009
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SEA Publications
 21st Century Cambodia:
View & Vision
Wim Swann
Global Vision Publishing House, 2009
more info
 Strategic Asia 2009-10: Economic Meltdown and Geopolitical Stability
Ashley J. Tellis, Andrew Marble and Travis Tanner, eds.
National Bureau on Asian Research, 2009
more info
 The Chempaka Tree - Selected Stories
Tan Jing Quee
Gerakbudaya Enterprise, 2009
more info
 The
House of Lizards, Natu The Chichak
Rebecca
Duckett Wilkinson
Straits Estates, 2005
more info
Search more SEA Publications at UH Press
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SEA Film Series
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Explorations - Online
Explorations, the graduate student journal of Southeast Asian studies, is now available online. |
Call to Community
The Center invites CSEAS alumni and local organizations to get more involved in building our SEA community. From special events to feedback, we want to hear from you! Contact CSEAS for more details.
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