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Featured Events
International 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.
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UH 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.
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UHM 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.
more info
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 2010We 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 2009NIU 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 200912th 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 CinemasThe 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 20102010 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.
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SEA Resources
SEA Media
pohsi.com | Videographer and Multimedia Journalist

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 KelsallAsiaPacific Issues, No. 90download 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
Studies on Islam and Society in Southeast Asia William R. Roff NUS Press, 2009 more info
Southeast 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
Cambodians and their Doctors: A Medical Anthroplogy of Colonial and Post-Colonial Cambodia Jan Ovesen and Ing-Britt Trankell
NIAS Press, 2009
more info
Singapore and Melaka Straits: Violence, Security and Diplomacy in the 17th Century Peter Borschberg NUS Press, February 2010 more info
New Scholarship on ChampaBruce Lockhart and Tran Ky Phuong
NUS Press, February 2010 more info
For more SEA Publications, search UH Press site
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CSEAS Social Networking Sites
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CSEAS Admissions
 Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asia? Check out the CSEAS site for program deadlines and updates.
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CSEAS Alumni
 We want to hear from you! Help us build our CSEAS community through mentorship opportunities, project updates and more. Contact CSEAS for more information.
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Explorations - Online
 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.
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Speaker Series
 Now accepting participants for the Fall 2009 Speaker Series. Contact CSEAS with your abstract and CV. Listen to the Spring 2009 Series podcasts. |
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 ESTWorkshop/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
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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 |
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