The Center
for Southeast Asian Studies
University of Hawaii at Manoa
10 December 2009
Issue: 95
Weekly Announcement

Welcome to your CSEAS weekly announcement, your premiere information source for the latest in Southeast Asian Studies.  We hope you had a great Fall semester.  After the break, we're excited to launch our 2010 program line-up and new website.  In the meantime, stay connected through our newsletter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
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Featured Updates

Hawai'i

HovenDocumentary
CSEAS Spring 2010 Event: The Khmer Rouge Tribunal - Cambodia's Search for Justice Director: Elisa Hoven
Tokioka Room, UH Mānoa
12:00 PM, Tuesday, 12 January 2010


With international attention on the Khmer Rouge tribunal, this timely documentary interviews two survivors of the Pol Pot regime and addresses major questions faced by the court today.  After seeing the film, students are invited to discuss the challenges of international criminal law and its importance for Cambodia's national reconciliation. 

Plan752imageFeatured Spring 2010 Course - PLAN 752: Filmmaking for Social Research and Planning
R 1:30 - 4:15 (CRN: 84050)
Instructor: Mike Douglass with Vera Zembonelli & Henry Mochida, Department of Urban and Regional Planning,
Saunders Hall 116, UH Mānoa

Plan 752 combines lectures, studio workshops and course projects on social research through digital film and online media.  Its purpose is to equip students with filmmaking as a method of research and planning.  No prior experience required.

email instructor | more info


UH International Cultural Studies Capstone Forum - Origins or Destination? Nostalgia and Yasmin Ahmad's (Re)Imagination of an Ideal Malaysia

Presented by Mei Li Siaw, M.A. Candidate, English
Burns Hall 4005, UH Mānoa
10:00 AM, Friday, 11 December 2009

Siaw addresses the dialectical relationship between Yasmin's work and government-led ethnosocial engineering, Islamization, and cultural obscurantism in Malaysia.

more info

3rd Annual Pasko sa FilCom
FilCom Center, Waipahu, HI
2:00 - 7:00 PM, Sunday, 13 December 2009

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The celebration includes various activities such as Filipino delicacies cooking demonstration, entertainment, children games, Christmas carol, Parol (filipino lantern) and Christmas tree contest and a lot more. It's free and open to the public

make your own parol | more info

Update - UH Library Hours
Hamilton and Sinclair Libraries, UH Mānoa
4 - 8 January 2010

Hamilton and Sinclair libraries will be open with limited services during the third week of the Winter Interim.  General collections, music collections and the ITS/Library computer lab will be available, as well as shortened hours at the Business Window.

Ask-a-Librarian Live Chat (24/7)more info

Around the World

Madani Islamic Film Festival
Presented by Jakarta International Film Festival and RumahFilm.org
Jakarta, INDONESIA
5 - 12 December 2009

Since the first time JIFFest was held, Islamic-themed films have always had their places in the line-ups. Islam remains one of the widely discussed subjects around the world, and films about Islam that come from both Islam-dominated countries and non-dominated ones continue to draw interests among JIFFest audiences.  This year, JIFFest is proud to introduce Madani Film Festival, a special film festival on films about Islam from around the world. The select international films in this festival are those that touch on the lives of Muslims around the world. The films will ideally expand and enhance general public knowledge on different sides of Muslim life unlikely displayed or heard in other media. The festival is co-organized by Rumah Film.

more info

Reception for Efren PeƱaflorida Jr., CNN Hero & Philippines 21 Fellow
Hosted by Asia Society and Maraming Bayani Foundation
Tower Club, Makati City, Manila, PHILIPPINES
7:30 PM, Friday, 11 December 2009

Prior to being named CNN Hero, Efren was one of Asia Society Philippines Center's selected Fellows for the Philippines 21 Young Leaders Initiative Class of 2009. The event is also a pledge for donations for Efren's Dynamic Teen company and his kariton classroom.

more info

EWC Asia Pacific Democracy & Human Rights Seminar - Land Rights in Cambodia: and Dimension of Human Insecurity
East-West Center, Washington D.C.
2:00 PM, Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Dr. Sokbunthoeun So and discussant Dr. John Bruce will examine the state of land ownership in Cambodia, discussing the Cambodian government's poor technical expertise in land management as well as the underlying political economic conditions that threaten land ownership for Cambodia's poor.

RSVP at (202) 327-9751 | more info

EWC Asia Pacific Security Seminar - An Interim Assessment of Evolving U.S.-Burma/Myanmar Relations
East-West Center, Washington D.C.
12:30 PM, Thursday, 17 December 2009

Professor David I. Steinberg will introduce his book, Burma/Myanmar: What Everyone Needs to Know, giving an assessment of the current state of U.S.-Burma relations, detailing the situation within the country, and describing the challenges that lie ahead for global engagement with Burma/Myanmar.

RSVP at (202) 327-9751 | more info


For SEA-related events nation-wide, see the SEA Event Calendar in sidebar.

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Fellowships & Scholarships

Jennings Randal Peace Scholarship Dissertation Program
U.S. Institute of Peace, Washington D.C.
Begins September 2010 (10-months)
Stipend: US$20,000

The Jennings Randolph (JR) Program for International Peace awards nonresidential Peace Scholar Dissertation Scholarships to students at U.S. universities who are writing doctoral dissertations on topics related to peace, conflict, and international security.

more info | Deadline: 5 January 2010

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asia
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY
July or September 2010 (10- or 12-months)
Stipend: US$44,000, plus benefits

The Fellow will devote half time to his or her own research and will teach one graduate-level course on Southeast Asia per semester.
Candidates from all social science disciplines, including history, are welcome to apply.

more info | Deadline: 6 January 2010


Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program
Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC)
Research conducted with participating ORC s(includes Center for Khmer Studies)
Stipend: US$10,000

Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the United States, at least one of which hosts a participating American overseas research center. Given changing travel restrictions and/or security warnings to many countries, applicants should contact CAORC before preparing a proposal.

more info | Deadline: 15 January 2010

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Employment Opportunities

Senior Adviser, Human Resources and Capacity Development, Dili

Government of Timor-Leste
Begins 11 July 2011

The Ministry of Finance of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste is looking to recruit a Senior Adviser Internal Reform, Capacity Building and TA Coordination for its Planning and Financial Management Capacity Building Program (PFMBP).

more info | Deadline: 11 December 2009

Country Director - Myanmar
OxFam Great Britain
2 year Contract

OxFam Great Britain seeks a dynamic individual to provide strategic direction and leadership of the country programme in Myanmar.

more info| Deadline: 3 January 2010

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) - Applied Cultural Anthropology
Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology, Eastern Michigan University
Begins Fall 2010

Candidates with applied ethnographic field research in Africa, Asia, Europe or the Middle East, and topical specialties best complementing those of current faculty are encouraged to apply.

more info | Deadline: 15 January 2010

Assistant Professor (tenure-track) - Asian Studies and Culture
Department of Cultural Studies, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Begins 1 September 2010

Applicants with strengths in study of the cultural practices of everyday life or issues of postcolonial identity are encouraged to apply. PhD and three years of college-level teaching experience are required.

more info
| Deadline: 25 January 2010

For more networking opportunities, join the LinkedIn CSEAS Alumni and Community Group

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Educational Programs

3rd Annual East-West Center Summer Institute for International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights
Bali and Aceh, INDONESIA
Summer 2010

This two-week workshop is designed for participants working across a broad range of fields and disciplines related to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) and human rights. The workshop is best suited to people working within the Asia Pacific region or with an Asia Pacific focus. Participants from Southeast Asia are strongly encouraged to apply.

more info | Deadline: 1 January 2010

2010 Semester Teacher Assistant Program
AFS Intercultural Programs
MALAYSIA and THAILAND
Begins Summer 2010

Community service, gap year and teacher assistant (TA) programs available in Malaysia and Thailand for Summer 2010.  TAs work 15 class periods per week and become actively involved in the host school and AFS sponsored activities.

Malaysia | Thailand | general info |
Deadline: 8 January 2010

Diversity Project: Understanding the Origins of High Marine Biodiversity in the Coral Triangle
International Integrative Undergraduate Research Program for Under-represented Students
Bali, INDONESIA
Summer 2010
Stipend: US$4000, plus housing and expenses

Students will join a research team comprised of Dr. Barber, Dr. Kent Carpenter and an international tea.m of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. Students will participate in field work in Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines.

more info | Deadline: 15 January 2010

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Call for Submissions

4th International Malaysia-Thailand Conference on Southeast Asian Studies: Re-examining Interdependent Relations in Southeast Asia
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
25 - 26 March 2010

The specific aims of the conference are: to promote cross border discourse on issues of shared interest and goals; to re-examine the concept of interdependence in Southeast Asia context; to deliberate on the issues and challenges and their relation to the concept of interdependence in Southeast Asia

more info | Deadline: 12 December 2009

7th Annual ASLI Conference - Law in a Pluralist Asia: Challenges and Prospects
ASLI (Asian Law Institute) and the Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
25 - 26 May 2010

Asia is arguably the most pluralist region in the world and law has a critical role in accommodating and managing this plurality, which exists at so many levels. There will be five parallel sessions that focus on selected sub-themes.

more info | Deadline: 8 January 2010

20th Anniversary Meeting of Southeast Asian Linguists Society
Department of General Linguistics, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND
10 - 11 June 2010

Abstracts are invited for papers on any topic related to the analysis of Southeast Asian languages, such as descriptive, theoretical, or historical linguistics, linguistic anthropology (ethnolinguistics, language attitudes and ideology, discourse and conversational analysis, language and gender, language and politics), language planning, literacy and bilingual education.

more info | Deadline: 15 February 2010

5th Annual Conference on Southeast Asian Studies - Transnational, National and Local Approaches to Human Security in South-East Asia
Society of South-East Asian Studies
Vienna, Austria
28 - 29 May 2010

This conference aims to cover the discourse on Human Security approaches in South-East Asia and their implementation effects through case studies. A third panel is held open to give especially young scholars an opportunity to present their current research on South-East Asia.

more info | Deadline: 8 March 2010

6th EuroSEAS Conference - Panel on Popular Literature of Southeast Asia
School of Global Studies, Gothenburg University, SWEDEN
26 - 28 August 2010

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: the interaction of manuscript and print cultures; authorship and readership; hierarchies of literary genres; texts as mass-market commodities; gender and genre; technologies of reproduction, distribution and consumption; the sociologies of taste and reading.

more info | more panels | Deadline: 15 March 2010


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SEA Resources

New Book on Yasmin Ahmad's Films

YasminAhmadBookYasmin Ahmad's Films
By Amir Muhammad
Matahari Books, 2009

more info




Free Downloads


Saved from Trade: Donated and Confiscated Gibbons in Zoos and Rescue Centres in Indonesia
(In Endangered Species Research)
By Vincent Nijman, Cho-fui Yang Martinez
and Chris R. Shepherd

In this special theme issue, Primate Conservation: Measuring and mitigating trade in primates, this study highlights the ongoing illegal trade of these threatened species in western Indonesia.

more info | free download

Rural Poverty in Southeast Asia: Issues, Policies, and Challenges (In Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2)
By Arsenio M. Balisacan, Rosemarie G. Edillon and Sharon Faye A. Piza

To contribute in the efforts to strengthen the continuing war on poverty especially in these transition economies, the paper highlights the lessons learned in poverty reduction so as to identify more clearly the policy options for achieving the Millenium Development Goals in the Region.

AJAD | free download

The Rise of Supermarkets and Vertical Relationships in the Indonesian Food Value Chain: Causes and Consequences (In Asian Journal of Agriculture and Development, Vol. 2, Nos. 1/2)
By Shyamal K. Chowdhury, Ashok Gulati and E. Gumbira-Sa'id

This paper reviews the causes of the emergence of modern retailing and the vertical relationships in the Indonesian food value chain, and the consequences of these changes on market organization and value distribution.

AJAD | free download

Publications

Body2BodyBody 2 Body: A Malaysian Queer Anthology
Jerome Kugan
more info








SEAResource_HoltzappelRamstedtDecentralization and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia: Implementation and Challenges
Edited by Coen J.G. Holtzappel and Martin Ramstedt
ISEAS/IIAS 2009
more info



SEAResources_DiffVoicesPuthuchearyDifferent Voices: The Singaporean/Malaysian Novel
by
Rosaly Puthucheary
NUS 2009
more info







SEAResource_ResurreccionElmhirstGender and Natural Resource Management: Livelihoods, Mobility and Interventions
Bernadette P. Resurreccion and Rebecca Elmhirst, eds.
ISEAS 2009
more info




TeacherWhat Your Teacher Didn't Tell You (The The Annexe Lectures, Vol. 1)
Farish A. Noor
Matahari Books, 2009
more info




See that latest SEA publications at UH Press

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Featured Events
Fellowships & Scholarship
Employment Opportunities
Educational Programs
Call for Submissions
SEA Resources
CSEAS Admissions
CSEAS Alumni
Explorations - Online
Film Series
Speaker Series
Resource Links
Advanced Language Study Programs
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.

NEW - Registration open! Download Spring 2010 SEA course list info 
here 
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.
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Thank you for joining us for the CSEAS Fall 2009!  Stay tuned for the Spring 2010 line-up and join the SEA Film Series listserv for more info.

Speaker Series
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Now accepting participants for the Spring 2010 Speaker Series. Contact CSEAS with your abstract and CV. Listen to the Spring 2009 Series podcasts.
Resource Links
Advanced Language Study Programs

Advanced Filipino Abroad Program (AFAP)
De La Salle University at DasmariƱas
Dates: 11 June - 7 August 2010
Deadline: 8 February 2010

Advanced Indonesian Abroad (COTIM)
Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana
Salatiga, Indonesia
Dates: 14 June - 15 August 2010
Deadline: 16 February 2010

Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK)
Royal University of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Dates: 14 June - 6 August 2010
Deadline: 1 March 2010

Advanced Study of Thai Abroad (AST) 
Consortium Advanced Study of Thai Abroad
Chiang Mai University, Thailand
Begins: 13 August 2010
Deadline: 1 February 2010

Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dates: 14 June to 6 August 2010
Deadline: 1 February 2010
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. 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.