Welcome to UHM Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Aloha! We are particularly proud that the New Year will be
marked by the launching of our revised and innovative website, which
reaches new standards in extending our national and international
outreach.
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What's New at CSEAS
 New CSEAS Site Launches
Change your bookmarks to cseashawaii.com
The layout has been recast so that those seeking information can quickly locate the most relevant sites, whether they are looking for grants, fellowships, positions, events, or details about a particular country...
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New CSEAS Staff Addition
Mr. Leon Potter, Student Assistant & Doctoral Student at the College of Education
CSEAS welcomes to the staff Mr. Leon Potter, a doctoral student whose dissertation includes research on Vietnamese Heritage
Language Learners. He has completed four-years of Vietnamese language
classes and is also currently studying 3rd-year Thai language. For the
last three summers, Leon has gone to Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand to
participate in a teaching practicum at the University of Ubon Rajathani
for the Department of Second Language Studies. He has also been heavily
involved in the subtitling for the Center and worked on many films
including Passerine Bird(Con Chim Vành Khuyên), The Lotus (Bông Sen),
and Holy Days (Ngày Lễ Thánh) with former CSEAS staff member Le Vinh Hoa.
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NEW SEA Film Courses Available this Spring
Two SEA film courses open for Spring 2010. Contact instructors for more details:
491S (002) Southeast Asian Cinema: Indonesia
T 300 - 500 (film screening)
TH 345 - 500 (Skype class with instructor)
Moore Hall 155
Instructor: Christian Razukas, chrisrazukas@gmail.com
NOTE: First class is on Thursday, 14 January
Course Description: In this distance-learning class, students will explore how the new generation of filmmakers are using the medium of film to tell stories in contemporary Indonesia, and how this cinema reflects the political, economic and social changes of the last decade. Students will learn (a) about contemporary Indonesian history, (b) how to "read" a film, (c) how to write about a film from a variety of theoretical perspectives and (d) have a chance to talk with Indonesian filmmakers about their projects in a classroom setting.
491S (003) Subtitling Films: Southeast Asia
TTH 930 - 1100
Moore Hall 155A
Instructor: Paul Rausch, rausch@hawaii.edu
Course Description: This 3 credit introductory course covers theory, discussions, written exercises and practical exercises on the main aspects of professional translation and subtitling for Southeast Asian film.
Coming Soon - Cham: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam and Cambodia
Presented by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), UH Mānoa, and the East-West Center Arts Program
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI
Curators: Mohamed Effendy bin Abdul Hamid, Emiko Stock, and Michael Schuster
20 January - 28 March 2010
This exhibition illustrates visual aspects of Cham culture
and how the Cham have preserved their identity through ritual and
religious practices, art and architecture, writing and language, and
everyday life experiences. Save the date for the following free events at the EWC Gallery:
Friday, January 22, 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Cham Symposium: Cham culture and history will be discussed by six Southeast Asian scholars from Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and Hawai'i.
Sunday, January 24, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Opening Festivities including reception and walk-throughs by the curators.
Monday, January 25, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Visual presentation by visiting curator Emiko Stock, Cambodia, ''Visualizing Cham Diversity in Cambodia''
Sunday, February 7, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Visual Presentation by Paul Lavy, assistant professor, UHM Art Department, "An Introduction to Ancient Cham Sculpture and Architecture"
Sunday, March 7, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Visual presentation by Claire Park, artist and lecturer, Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona, "Creating with Reverence: Art, Diversity, Culture and Soul," a discussion of diverse art forms and artists from India, Japan, Mexico, and the U.S. Southwest native Americans.
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Featured Events & News
Hawai'i
 Secretary of State Clinton at East-West Center - 'Remarks on Regional Architecture in Asia: Principles and Priorities'
Honolulu, HI
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
During a policy speech at the East-West Center yesterday afternoon, Clinton "applaud[ed] ASEAN's decision to establish a new Intergovernmental
Commission on Human Rights." Clinton's visit marked the start of her fourth trip to the Asia Pacific region as America's
top diplomat and she outlined U.S.
goals for multilateral engagement in the region.
read full text of speech | watch video of speech
 Faculty Lecture Series 2010 - Folding the Disciplinary into the Interdisciplinary: Encounters of Ethnomusicology with Area Studies
Presented by Dr. Ricardo D. Trimillos, Asian Studies & Ethnomusicology
Hamilton Library Room 301, UH Mānoa
3:30 p.m., Thursday, 21 January 2010
Considering music and its uses in the cultural milieu of insular Southeast Asia, Trimillos examines its relevance to understanding political identities, ecological challenges, gender constructions, and notions of history and memory.
more info
 Asia Pacific Security Seminar - From Rebels to Soldiers: Military Integration of Former Insurgents in the Philippines and East Timor
Presented by Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall, UP Visayas, and Mr. G. Eugene Martin
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
12:30 p.m., Thursday, 21 January 2010
Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall and discussant Mr. G. Eugene Martin will
discuss the role of military mergers in reducing the likelihood of
future conflicts and in reducing communal barriers by symbolically
absorbing a minority group into the armed forces.
more info
 60th Thai Fulbright Organization Anniversary Event - "The Preservation of Shophouse Communities in Southern Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore"
Co-Sponsored by CSEAS
Hosted by Historic Preservation Program and Hawai'i Fulbright Association
Tokioka Room (Moore 319), UH Mānoa
12:00 p.m., Friday, 29 January 2010
In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Thai Fulbright organization, the CSEAS is proud to co-sponsor the upcoming lecture by eminent Planner and Historic Preservation expert, Dr. Yongtanit (Mai) Pimosathean. Please stay tuned for details on more 60th anniversary festivities.
 Visiting Luce Asian Archaeology Scholar - Dr. Rasmi Shoocondej
UHM Department of Anthropology
24 - 29 January 2010
Join the UH Department of Anthropology in welcoming visiting Luce Asian Archaeology scholar Dr. Rasmi Shoocondej of Silpakorn University at the following events:
Meet & Greet
Manoa Gardens, UH Mānoa
6:00 p.m., Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Lecture: Impact of Colonialaism and Nationalism in "Thai" Archaeology - Co-Sponsored by CSEAS
Crawford Hall 105, UH Mānoa
3:00 p.m., Thursday, 28 January 2010
more info
Around the Country
 2nd International Conference on Filipino as a Global Language: Transformation through Empowerment in Filipino Language and Culture
Council for Teaching Filipino Language and Culture (CTFLC), San Diego, CA
15 - 18 January 2010
The global conference provides a venue for the exchange of
ideas among teachers, researchers, community
members and other users of Filipino language and culture. For more information, anyone may contact Rosalina V. Idos, CTFLC President, by email at rosvidos@yahoo.com.
more info
 The Bombing of Laos and the Continuing Tragedy of Cluster Bombs
Presented by Walt Haney, Forbush Library Trustee
Forbush Memorial Library, Westminster, MA
6:00 - 8:00 p.m., 20 January 2010
The lecture and screening of award-winning film, Bombies, are open to the public at no charge, but seating is limited, so reservations to attend should be made by visiting the Forbush Library or calling the library at 978-874-2618.
more info
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Employment Opportunities
Senior International Satellite Precipitation Expert
MRC Flood Management and Mitigation Programme
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
10 working days starting 8th March 2010
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat is looking for a
qualified consultant for the Flood Management and Mitigation
Programme. Applications should be sent to mrcs@mrcmekong.org.
more info | Deadline: 22 January 2010
South East Asia Program Manager, Literacy
Room to Read Asia Regional Office, New Delhi
Please send a cover letter and resume by email, with "South East Asia
Program Manager, Literacy" in the subject line, (no letters, calls,
faxes, or drop-ins) to hiring@roomtoread.org.
more info | Deadline: 25 January 2010
Lecturer - Filipino (Tagalog)
University of Hawai'i - Hilo
Begins Fall 2010
Non-tenure
track, part-time, temporary, pending actual staffing requirements,
approval, and availability of funds.
more info | Continuous from Spring 2010 through Spring 2011
Research Assistant Professor (non-tenure) - School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Department of International Health, Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
Begins January 2010 (renewal for up to two years)
Candidates with expertise in the following areas are
especially encouraged to apply: migration and health; disasters and
immigrants; quantitative and qualitative methodology. Previous
experience with Southeast Asian populations - either in the U.S. or
abroad - and good oral communication skills in either Thai or
Vietnamese is desirable.
more info | KIVA-NOLA | HIRUM
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Educational Programs
National Asia Research Program (NARP)
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., USA
17 - 18 June 2010
NBR and the Wilson Center are now requesting nominations from the heads of all institutions of higher learning and research organizations in the United States to select a premier group of National Asia Research Associates and Fellows. For more information, please visit the National Asia Research Program website or contact Ms. Stephanie Renzi at srenzi@nbr.org.
more info | Deadline: 31 January 2010
Two-Day Spring Colloquium on National Security Studies
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Center of Academic Excellence, and UHM School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS)
Center for Korean Studies, UH Manoa
10 - 11 February 2010
Area faculty from UHM, the East-West Center and other local academics will join specialists from Washington, D.C. to discuss the role of language and contemporary issues in Asia, and in U.S. security issues. For more information, contact JiaLin (Sunny) Sun at + 1 909 956 2663 or jialin@hawaii.edu.
Deadline: 3 February 2010
Volunteers in Asia (VIA)
Summer: Indonesia (begins mid-June 2010); Viet Nam (begins mid-May 2010)
Long-term (begins mid-July 2010): Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
VIA is a small non-religious, non-government organization that gives
volunteers a powerful voice in shaping their own experiences and the programs they join. Both summer and long-term programs available.
more info | Deadline: 5 February 2010
Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program (FINIP)
Institute of International Education (IIE)
Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
15 June - 17 August 2010
IIE will select and pair 10 Indonesian students pursuing U.S. degrees
with 10 U.S. undergraduates and arrange internships for them to work
together in an Indonesian nonprofit organization. Please feel free to contact us at finip@iie.org or (212) 984-5542 with any questions.
more info | Deadline: 15 February 2010
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Fellowships & Scholarships
2010-11 Next Generation Leadership in Asian Affairs Fellowship
National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
Seattle, WA; Washington, D.C.
1 June 2010 - 31 May 2011
The Next Generation Leadership program, now entering its fifth year, is training young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields to bridge the gap between scholarly research and the needs of U.S. policy toward a rapidly changing Asia. Each fellow receives a fellowship award and reimbursement for some relocation expenses.
more info | Deadline: 15 January 2010
Jefferson Fellowships - Reporting New Realities: Beyond the Economic Crisis
East-West Center, with support from the Freeman Foundation
Honolulu, HI, USA; Hong Kong, Shanghai, PRC; Jakarta, INDONESIA
17 April - 9 May 2010
Participants will have the opportunity to participate in the East-West
Center's 2nd International Media Conference in Hong Kong as part of the program.
more info | Deadline: 27 January 2010
UH Funding Opportunity - 2010 Diversity and Equity Initiatives
SEED Office
Maximum award: $5000
This initiative has supported speakers, authors, research, performance and media projects that address diversity in many aspects of higher education. Proposals that serve more than one campus are strongly encouraged. For more information, email Pua Auyong at paw@hawaii.edu.
more info | Deadline: 5 February 2010
Residential Visiting Fellows
Watson Institute, Brown University
Begins 1 July 2010 (three-years)
Salary: $55,000/year
The mission of the Watson Institute is to pursue interdisciplinary
research on pressing global issues and to foster more direct
engagements between scholarship and policy and public debates. Informal inquiries should be directed to Deborah Healey.
apply | more info | Deadline: 15 February 2010
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Call for Submissions
Spring 2010 Dissertation Workshop - Democracy and Identity in Asia
The Asian Institute, University of Toronto
13 - 15 May 2010
Applicants should be graduate students researching some aspect of the politics of identity recognition in Asia in recent decades, and the challenges it has posed to practices and understandings of democracy.
contact asian.institute@utoronto.ca | Deadline: 15 January 2010
9th ASEAN Inter-University Seminar on Social Development - Remaking Society and Economy: Wars, Displacement and Financial Tsunamis
Social and Politics Study Program, Syiah Kuala University, Aceh, INDONESIA
25 - 27 May 2010
Submit abstracts to socbox5@nus.edu.sg.
more info | Deadline: 31 January 2010
Research on Culture and Rights in Thailand
Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
June 2010 - September 2011
For more information, contact Dr. Coeli Barry at coelimaria@yahoo.com or Dr. Alex Denes at alexdenes@gmail.com
download CFP | Deadline: 31 January 2010
Vietnam, China and Chinese in Vietnam: New Research on Chinese in Vietnam from the Nineteenth Century until Today
Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora (CSCSD), Australian National University (ANU), Canberra
July 2010
Please send 300-400 word abstracts of proposals either to Dr Li Tana (tana.li@anu.edu.au) or Dr Nola Cooke (nola.cooke@anu.edu.au).
Deadline: 20 February 2010
Facing Asia: Histories and Legacies of Asian Studio Photography
Research School of Humanities, Australian National University and the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
21 - 22 August 2010
An international two day conference on early photographers and their studio practices in Asia, and cross-cultural exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region.
more info | Deadline: 24 February 2010
The European Association for South-East Asian Studies (EUROSEAS) Conference
Gothenburg at School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg
26 - 28 August 2010
More than 50 panels have now been accepted for the conference and all scholars with an interest in Southeast Asia are cordially invited to propose individual papers. Information on the panels and how to propose individual papers is available at the conference web site.
more info
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SEA Resources
Cultural Resources
New Digital Resource - Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts (DLLM)
National Library of Laos
 The National Library of Laos is pleased to announce the Digital Library
of Lao Manuscripts (DLLM), a web application which will make images of
almost 12,000 texts from throughout Laos easily accessible for study.
view digital library
Peranakan Museum - Singapore
National Heritage Board Museum, under the Asian Civilisations Museum
The Peranakan Museum explores the culture of Peranakan communities in
the former Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang and
their links with other communities in Southeast Asia. This boutique
museum features a living culture with the most comprehensive collection
of Peranakan artefacts in the world.
more info
Digital Media and Film
Available Online and DVD - "Engaging the World" and "A 21st Century Imperative"
Title VI/Fulbright-Hays Production
These videos showcase how Title VI and Fulbright-Hays programs have
contributed to a more positive image of Americans around the world and
benefited a spectrum of professions and people whose work and lives
have been enriched by foreign language skills and international
knowledge. Click images below to watch trailers.
 
more info | download | purchase
Coming Soon - Sundance and Slamdance
Park City, UT
Late January 2010
Film lovers in Park City can catch Cambodian docs like Born Sweet or Enemies of the People at Sundance (21 - 31 January 2010). More adventurous (read: experimental) audiences can also see short films like In Space from Thailand or the animated Synchronicity Series from Singapore at the festival "by filmmakers, for filmmakers," Slamdance (21 - 28 January 2010).
Current Online - 2010
current.com
Trailblazers in the digital information generation, watch trailers from Current short news segments online, spanning everything from the environment, culture, politics and beyond:
Publications
 Ancient Vietnam: History and Archaeology (Paperback)
Anne-Valerie Schweyer
River Books 2010
more info
 Beyond the March of Death: Memoir of a Soldier's Journey from Bataan to Nagasaki
Myrrl W. Mcbride
Potomac Books 2010
more info
 Ending 'East
of Suez': The British Decision to Withdraw from Malaysia and Singapore
1964-1968
P.L. Pham
Oxford University Press 2010
more info
 The MacArthur Highway and Other Relics of American Empire in the Philippines (Hardcover)
Joseph P. McCallus
McFarland & Co., 2010
more info
 Timor Leste: Politics, History, and Culture
Andrea Katalin Molnar
Routledge Contemporary Southeast Asia Series 2009
more info
For more SEA-related publications, visit UH Press
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CSEAS Admissions
Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asia? Check out the CSEAS site for program deadlines and updates.
NEW - Need classes? Download Spring 2010 SEA course list info here
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CSEAS Alumni Profile
Where are they now? CSEAS Alumni featured profiles coming soon - Join the CSEAS Alumni and Community group
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Explorations - Online
Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online.
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Film Series
The SEA Film Series kicks off Spring 2010 with the recently discovered classic, Aloha (1950), next Wednesday, 20 January 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium, UHM. Subtitled by CSEAS! more info | poster
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Speaker Series
Now accepting participants for the Spring 2010 Speaker Series. Listen to the previous Speaker Series podcasts.
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Advanced Language Study Programs
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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. 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)
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