The Center
for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
13 November 2009
Issue: 91
Weekly Announcement

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Featured Events

Events_IEW2009International Education Week 2009
Nationwide
16 - 20 November 2009

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. In honor of International Education Week, CSEAS will be screening a special movie as part of its SEA Film Series on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium. 

more info



Events_Dangdut2009UH Event - Dangdut Nite     
Presented by Nongkrong Yuk! Indonesian Club, with support by ASUH
Campus Center 307-308, UH at Mānoa
6:00 PM, 14 November 2009



The Indonesian Club describes Dangdut as "the country music of Indonesia, like Bhangra to Indians, like Tango to Argentinians."  This feel-good evening is all about fun with Likok Pulo dance performance,
potluck, games, prizes, and even karaoke to your favorite Dangdut song.  The club invites you to bring your golden voice and dancing shoes to this free event; donations welcome.

more info

Events_BabadUHM Music Series - Babad Alas Mrentani (The Opening of Mrentani Forest)
Presented by Javanese Wayang Kulit (Shadow Puppet Theatre, UH Gamelan Ensemble)
Orvis Auditorium, UH at Manoa
7:30 PM, Saturday, 28 November 2009

Master puppeteer Widiyanto joins the UH Gamelan Ensemble to present a wayang kulit performance in celebration of the 75th birthday of the ensemble's founding director, Hardja Susilo. The story will be told in both Javanese and English and accompanied by a full gamelan orchestra.


more info

Featured Conference - 4th Nakem International Conference - "Dap-ayan: Sharing and Understanding Ethnolinguistic Worlds Towards Cultural Pluralism"
Ilokano Language & Literature Program,
Dept. of Indo-Pacific Languages & Literatures, UH at Mānoa
11 - 14 November 2009

The four-day conference is expected to be attended by cultural researchers, heritage language educators, advocates of heritage preservation and promotion, public policy leaders, and cultural artists and workers who are interested in the issues of cultural pluralism, multicultural education, cultural democracy, heritage language teaching, and critical practices related to the pursuit of linguistic rights and social justice.

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International Conference - 19th Conference of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Conference Centre, Hanoi, VIETNAM
29 November - 5 December 2009

The 19th Conference of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association is supported in part by: the Australian National University, Canberra; Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Hanoi); Vietnam Institute of Archaeology (Hanoi); Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (New York); Granucci Fund for Archaeology in Indonesia and Timor Leste (Australian National University, through IPPA); Luce Foundation (via the University of Pennsylvania Middle Mekong Archaeological Project).

more info

For SEA-related events nation-wide, see the SEA National Resource Center Calendar in sidebar.

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Open Positions & Fellowships

Featured Program -
Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14 June to 6 August 2010

The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) is an intensive eight-week course of study in advanced Vietnamese conducted at Vietnamese Language Studies Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. VASI is equivalent to a full year's academic work.

more info | Deadline: 1 February 2010

USINDO U.S. Representative to Jakarta
USINDO
Jakarta, Indonesia
Begins January 2010

The Jakarta Representative is expected to play a pro-active role in developing and proposing new USINDO programs, strategies for outreach to new audiences and members, and the day-to-day management of Indonesia-based activities. In addition, the Representative follows current Indonesian events; informs the Washington office of Indonesian developments; and builds contacts with relevant organizations, individuals, and government bodies in Indonesia to expand USINDO's knowledge, role, and impact.

more info | Deadline: 30 November 2009

Professor, Contemporary Indonesia Studies (Vacancy # 9-218)

Universiteit Leiden - University of Leiden, Netherlands
Begins 1 September 2010

Deputy Country Representative provides leadership support and is responsible for assisting the Country Representative in managing the Foundation's work in Timor-Leste, including security, administration, fiscal management, and grant management.

more info | Deadline: 16 December 2009

Title VI-International Research and Studies (IRS) Program
U.S. Department of Education

According to the notice, two competitive priorities include 1) the development of instructional materials or assessments on any of ED's list of 78 less commonly-taught languages, and 2) research, surveys, or studies on improving internationalization of specified categories of minority-serving institutions.

more info | Deadline: 12 January 2010

Communications Director
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center, Washington, DC

The Communications Director is responsible for developing SEARAC's key communications and marketing campaigns and executing the necessary strategies to increase awareness about SEARAC's work and the issues SEARAC prioritizes. In addition, the Communications Director will develop public relations materials for the organization and will develop and maintain relationships with media contacts.

more info

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Call for Submissions

Deadline Extended - 2010 International Conference on Learning Innovation in Science and Technology
Pattaya, THAILAND
24 - 26 February 2010


Topics will include the following: learning process, learning design, learning technology, multidisciplinary learning, knowledge management technologies, innovating across borders, learning from others' experience, work and the future of education.

more info | Deadline: 20 November 2009


2010 Philippine Population Association (PPA) Annual Scientific Conference
Heritage Hotel, Pasay City, PHILIPPINES
4-5 February 2010


We encourage submission of abstracts of no more than 300 words for evaluation by the Scientific Conference Committee for possible oral or poster presentation. The papers should focus on the Philippines. Inter-country comparisons will be considered as long as the Philippines is one of the countries.

more info | Deadline: 18 December 2009


NIU Southeast Asia Club Spring Conference - Sex and Violence: Examining Power Dynamics in Southeast Asia
Northern Illinois University
10 - 20 March 2009

The conference will explore gender roles, sex, and violence in modern-day and historical Southeast Asia. Professor Barbara Watson Andaya, director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and author of The Flaming Womb: Repositioning Women in Early Modern
Southeast Asia, will be the keynote speaker

contact conference coordinator Matthew Jagel at Reebok74@comcast.net | Deadline: 31 December 2009


12th Graduate Student Conference
Cornell University Southeast Asia Program
12 - 14 March 2010

Graduate students working in the following disciplines as well as other related fields that contribute to the understanding of Southeast Asia are encouraged to apply: history, art history, sociology, musicology, religion, anthropology, archeology, architectural history, gender studies, political science, economics, linguistics and literature.

more info | Deadline: 10 January 2010


Edited Collection - Trans/National Asian Identities in Pan-Pacific Cinemas


The aim of this collection of essays is to explore the transnational exchange of Asian and Asian-American screen identities mediated through Hollywood and Asian films and/or co-productions. Since our goal is to present global perspectives on contemporaneous issues, we welcome scholarly contributions from outside North America.

Contact Philippa Gates at pgates@wlu.ca and Lisa Funnell  at funn1078@wlu.ca | Deadline: 15 January 2010

2010 Education and Development Conference
Royal Benja Hotel, Bangkok, THAILAND
5 - 7 March 2010


This program is for enthusiastic and achieving people from around the world who want to make changes around them, get new knowledge, skills and friends and become more useful to their own communities.  Presentations include on-site, video and poster formats.

more info | Deadline: 1 February 2010


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SEA Resources

SEA Media

pohsi.com | Videographer and Multimedia Journalist

SEAResources_PohSi

Definitely someone to watch in SEA media, Poh Si Teng is a freelance video journalist and multimedia producer based in New Delhi.  In June 2008, she received a grant from Pusat Komas to direct and shoot "Pecah Lobang," a documentary about Muslim transsexual sex workers in Malaysia.

watch videos
 
Online Articles & Journals

Center for Ethnic Studies & Development
Social Research Institute, Chiang Mai University, THAILAND

The Center for Ethnic Studies and Development (CESD) aims to create an understanding of ethnic people`s political, economic, social and cultural structures, their problems and strategies to solve the problems.  In addition to research and networking as a major resource center in Southeast Asia, the CESD also produces publications.

contact admincesd@gmail.com | read articles

AsiaPacific Issues
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI

Papers in the AsiaPacific Issues series address topics of broad interest and significant impact relevant to current and emerging policy debates. These eight-page, peer-reviewed papers are accessible to readers outside the author's discipline.

The New ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Toothless Tiger or Tentative First Step? / by Michelle Staggs Kelsall
AsiaPacific Issues, No. 90
download

Indonesia Journal
SEAP, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Published since April 1966, "Indonesia Journal" is a semi-annual journal devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society. 

Volume 88 (October 2009), pp. 1-204 download

New Releases for Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

SEAResources_StudiesIslamSEAStudies on Islam and Society in Southeast Asia
William R. Roff
NUS Press, 2009
more info





SEAResource_SEAAsiaCHINASoutheast Asia-China Interactions: Reprint of Articles from the Journal of the Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society
Ed. Geoff Wade
NUS Press, December 2009
more info



SEAResources_CambodiaDRCambodians and their Doctors: A Medical Anthroplogy of Colonial and Post-Colonial Cambodia
Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell
NIAS Press, 2009
more info


SEAResource_SingaporeMelakaSingapore and Melaka Straits: Violence, Security and Diplomacy in the 17th Century
Peter Borschberg
NUS Press, February 2010
more info



New Scholarship on Champa
Bruce Lockhart and Tran Ky Phuong
NUS Press, February 2010
more info

For more SEA Publications, search UH Press site

For more SEA resources online, see the SEA Resource Links in sidebar


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Featured Events
Open Positions & Fellowships
Call for Submissions
SEA Resources
CSEAS Admissions
CSEAS Alumni
Explorations - Online
Film Series
Speaker Series
Resource Links
National Resource Center Calendar of Events
SEA Disaster Relief
2010 AAS
CSEAS Admissions
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Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asia?  Check out the CSEAS site for program deadlines and updates. 
CSEAS Alumni
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We want to hear from you!  Help us build our CSEAS community through mentorship opportunities, project updates and more.  Contact CSEAS for more information. 
Explorations - Online
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Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online.
Film Series
In honor of Internation, there will be no SEA Wednesday Night movie this week.  We will resume screenings on Wednesday, 18 November 2009.  Join the SEA Film Series listserv for more info.
Speaker Series
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Now accepting participants for the Fall 2009 Speaker Series. Contact CSEAS with your abstract and CV. Listen to the Spring 2009 Series podcasts.
Resource Links
 

National Resource Center Calendar

NOV 16
12:15PM CDT
Thai Language Table @ University of Wisconsin - Madison
more info

3:00 PM PST
Exile on Main Street: A Fugitive History of British Burma, l'Inde française and Indochina @ University of California - Berkeley
more info

NOV 17
7:00 PM EST
Indonesian Culture Night @ Yale University
more info

10:00 AM PST
International opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students @ University of California - Los Angeles
more info

NOV 18
9:00 AM EST
Workshop/Discussion - "South China Sea in the Vietnamese Context" @ Yale University
more info

7:30 PM EST
Film screening - "Living in Fear [Sống Trong Sợ Hãi]" @ Cornell University

more info

NOV 19
Film Showing: Dung Dot (Don't Burn It, It's Already on Fire) @ University of Washington
more info

NOV 20
7:00 PM PST
Film - Screening "Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country" @ University of California - Los Angeles
more info
Disaster Relief


2010 Annual Meeting - Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
25 - 28 March 2010

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Program Committee has prepared the following list of 282 panels and roundtables for the 2010 Meeting in Philadelphia. Titles may change slightly, but the hourly schedule will remain constant. For your convenience, we've listed SEA-related panels below:

Thursday, 25 March
4. Banishing Acts: Exile, Identity and Connectivity across Colonial South and Southeast Asia (Penny Edwards, University of California, Berkeley)
10. Roundtable: Some Effective Approaches to Teaching and Analyzing Poetry - Sponsored by the Committee on Teaching Southeast Asian Languages (Robert J. Bickner, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
11. Red, White, and Green? Islam in Indonesian National Politics and Political Culture (James B. Hoesterey, Stanford University)

Friday, 26 March
31. Inner Flows and Fusions: Mapping Musical Dynamism in East and Southeast Asia (Eun-Young Jung, University of California, San Diego)
37. Democracy and Identity in Southeast Asia (Jacques Bertrand, University of Toronto)
38. Transgendering and Transgressive Meanings in South East Asia (Mark Johnson, University of Hull)
39. Center for Lao Studies' New Research on Contemporary Laos (Vinya Sysamouth, Center for Lao Studies)
40. Roundtable: The GMA Presidency and Its Legacy (David Timberman, USAID)
61. Local and National in Contemporary Policymaking in Southeast Asia: Environment and Energy Policy, Natural Resources Husbandry, Journalistic Norms, and Economic Management (Alasdair Bowie, George Washington University)
62. Who's Who? Rethinking Marginal Intellectuals in Late Colonial Vietnam (Martina T. Nguyen, University of California, Berkeley)
63. Buddhist Approaches to Violence: Narratives, Texts, and Doctrine (Jeffrey Samuels, Western Kentucky University)
64. Center for Lao Studies' New Research on Contemporary Laos II (Vinya Sysamouth, Center for Lao Studies)
79. Is Rule Change Real Change? Political Reforms in Southeast Asian Democracies (Dan Slater, University of Chicago)
88. New Perspectives on Southeast Asian Islam and the Middle East (Francis R. Bradley, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
89. Perspectives on Catholic Culture in Viet Nam, 1600-2009 (Nhung Tuyet Tran, University of Toronto)
113. Citizenship and Identity Issues in Contemporary Singapore: Political, Educational, Spatial, and Societal Perspectives (Yeow Tong Chia, University of Toronto)
114. Bringing Literature into the Study of Twentieth-Century Thai History (Michael J. Montesano, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)
115. From Peace to Justice in Cambodia: Reconciliation and the Khmer Rouge Trials - Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council (Caitlin N. Reiger, International Center for Transitional Justice)

Saturday, 27 March
140. Islam, Culture and Politics in Southeast Asia - Sponsored by the Indonesian and East Timor Studies Committee and the Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Group (Timothy P. Daniels, Hofstra University)
141. Dangerous Histories in Southeast Asia: Disquieting Past - Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Council (Thongchai Winichakul, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
167. Dangerous Histories in Southeast Asia: Discomforting Narratives (Thongchai Winichakul, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
183. Presidential Roundtable: After Reformasi: Trends in Southeast Asian Muslim Politics and Culture (Robert W. Hefner, Boston University)
193. The Colonial City in a War of Decolonization: Socio-Cultural Approaches for a History of Saigon and Hanoi during the Indochina Conflict (1945-54) (Christopher E. Goscha, University of Quebec at Montreal)
194. Gendered Narratives of Islam in Indonesia: Performing Piety, Aurality, and Representation - Sponsored by the Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee (Laurie M. Ross, University of California, Berkeley)
217. The Weave of Death: Funerary Cloths in Art and Ritual in Southeast Asian Buddhism - Sponsored by Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies (Erik W. Davis, Macalester College)
218. Political Islam and Electoral Behavior: Indonesia in Comparison (Jennifer L. Epley, University of Michigan)
219. Roundtable: United States Policy Toward Southeast Asia: Opportunities and Obstacles for the Obama Administration (Ann Marie Murphy, Seton Hall University)
220. Domestic Political Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam During the Late 1950s (Peter Zinoman, University of California, Berkeley)

Sunday, 28 March
243. Comparing Across Southeast Asia: Regional Patterns of Politics (Mark R. Thompson, University of Erlangen)
244. Roundtable: Ha Noi: A Thousand Years in the Embrace of the Red River - Sponsored by the Vietnam Studies Group (C. Michele Thompson, Southern Connecticut State University)
245. Roundtable: Burma/Myanmar: The 2010 Elections, the Constitution, Law, and Issues of the Distribution of Power and Legitimacy - Sponsored by the Burma Studies Group (David I. Steinberg, Georgetown University)
267. Dissecting Law, Sovereignty, and Citizenship in the Thai Polity (Eli A. Elinoff, University of California, San Diego)
268. Hidden Histories and Submerged Stories from Northwest Vietnam (Christian C. Lentz, Cornell University)
269. Individual Papers: Reflections on Contemporary Indonesian Studies (Justin T. McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania)

full schedule
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.