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Aloha!  As we approach our 100th issue, we thank our CSEAS subscribers for your continued readership and support.  Spring semester events continue with the Cham exhibit at the East-West Center Gallery and next week's Thai-U.S. Education Foundation anniversary events. Also, please continue to visit our new interactive website at cseashawaii.comMahalo! Top

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Exhibit Opening - CHAM: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam and Cambodia (20 Jan - 28 March 2010)

Pub-Death091609Presented by Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UHM and the East-West Center (EWC) Arts Program
Curators: Mohamed Effendy bin Abdul Hamid, Emiko Stock, and Michael Schuster
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI


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. Join us this week for the following free events at the EWC Gallery:

1:00-4:30 p.m., Friday, January 22
Cham Symposium: Cham culture and history will be discussed by six Southeast Asian scholars from Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and Hawai'i

2:00-3:30 p.m., Sunday, January 24
Opening Festivities including reception and walk-throughs by the curators

12:00-1:00 p.m., Monday, January 25
Visual presentation by visiting curator Emiko Stock, Cambodia, ''Visualizing Cham Diversity in Cambodia''

more info | calendar of events

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Thai-U.S. Education Foundation 60th Anniversary Events

Celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Thai-US Education Foundation at these free events:

20100120 Thai ArchAnthropology Colloquium Spring 2010 - 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

Visiting Luce Asian Archaeology Scholar Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej discusses Thailand and the complex ties between colonialism, nationalism, and archaeological research.

RSVP at anthprog@hawaii.edu | more info


20100120 Thai-U.S.Reception - Celebration of Thai-U.S. Cooperation
Fulbright Association Hawai'i Chapter
Tokioka Room, UH Mānoa
5:30 p.m., Thursday, 28 January 2010

The CSEAS community and members of the Fulbright Association in Hawai'i-- especially our many Fulbright Students and Fellows-- welcome visiting Thai scholars Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej and Dr. Yongtanit Pimosathean.

20100120 SEA Speaker SeriesSEA Speaker Series - The Preservation of Shophouse Communities in Southern Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore
Co-Sponsored by CSEAS and
Historic Preservation Program
Tokioka Room (Moore 319), UH Mānoa
12:00 p.m., Friday, 29 January 2010

CSEAS is proud to co-sponsor the upcoming lecture by eminent planner and historic preservation expert, Dr. Yongtanit (Mai) Pimosathean

more info | download poster


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Featured Events & News

Hawai'i

Pub-Death091609ARTstor Workshop for Faculty & Staff - FREE
Hamilton Library Room 113
19 - 27 January 2010

For more info, contact Kanako Iwase at kanako3@hawaii.edu or +1 808 956 8239.



20100113 Weekly Announcement Trimillos Lecture 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
3:30 p.m., Thursday, 21 January 2010
 
Trimillos examines the relevance of music its use in insular Southeast Asia to understanding political identities, ecological challenges, gender constructions, and notions of history and memory...
more info

Visiting Luce Asian Ar20100111 Weekly Announcement Luce Asian Archchaeology Scholar - Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej

The UH Department of Anthropology  is proud to host visiting Luce Asian Archaeology scholar Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej of Silpakorn University at the following events:
 
Anthropology Occasional Seminar - Highland Archaeology in Pang Mapha, a Borderland of Thailand and Myanmar
Biomed T211, UH Mānoa
2:00 pm, Monday, 25 January 2010
 
Meet & Greet - Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej
Manoa Gardens, UH Mānoa
6:00 p.m., Tuesday, 26 January 2010

RSVP to anthprog@hawaii.edu | more info

Piknik Yuk!
Nongkrong Yuk! Indonesian Club @ UHM
Kapiolani Park, (near Tennis Court, Table area)
11:00 a.m., Saturday, 30 January 2010

Potluck or $5 suggested donation


RSVP to erenst@gmail.com to attend the upcoming Indonesian Club picnic to practice Indonesian language, meet Indonesian students and enjoy Indonesian food and "Indo-tainment."

Around the Country


East-West Center logoFrom Rebels to Soldiers: Military Integration of Former Insurgents in the Philippines and East Timor
Featuring Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall and Mr. G. Eugene Martin
East-West Center, Washington, D.C.
12:30 p.m., Thursday, 21 January 2010

Dr. Rosalie Arcala Hall and discussant Mr. G. Eugene Martin will discuss the implications of these integration policies for the future prospects of peace in both countries... 
more info

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Employment Opportunities

Senior Advisor - Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF)

Vientiane, LAOS
One-year contract
Deadline: 24 January 2010

Interested candidates should submit (1) a comprehensive CV presenting their academic background, experience and knowledge of local conditions; and (2) a letter of interest to PRF to prflao@laotel.com...  more info

Country Director - Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
Dili, TIMOR-LESTE
Deadline: 10 February 2010

This position will take responsibility for the start up of the program and overall management and direction of SFCG-Timor-Leste, including new project fundraising and launching, strategy development, and coordinating day-to-day activities of the program... more info

Leadership In Action (LIA) Internship

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics
21 June - 13 August 2010
Deadline: 10 March 2010

LIA takes learning beyond the classroom, and places the student interns in a range of API community based organizations in order to gain real-life experience working at nonprofits.  The intern will be paid $2,000 for the eight-week internship... more info

Gallery Manager - House of Matahati
Ampang, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Interested candidates may apply by emailing CV to houseofmatahati@gmail.com... more info 


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Educational Programs

Summer Internship Program - Bridges Across Borders Southeast Asia (BABSEA) International Legal Studies
17 May - 9 August 2010
Deadline: 14 February 2010


This program offers an opportunity to make a real contribution to fighting the hardships and legal inequity in Southeast Asia...
more info 

2010 FASS Summer School - Southeast Asia in Context
NUS-IARU Global Summer School
21 June - 23 July 2010
Deadline: 5:00 p.m., 26 March 2010

Join universities in the International Alliance for Research Universities (IARU) for this 5-week intensive program... more info

Summer Study - Hue Vietnam
University of California - Riverside
26 July - 28 August 2010
Deadline: 1 May 2010

The programs offers students two for-credit courses exploring travel writing in Vietnamese history and producing travel writing/podcast/video production near Hue.. more info

Annual Workshops - Vietnamese Studies through Field Trips and Exchanges
Integrated Culture and Language Studies (ICLS)
Dhang, VIET NAM

The ICLS annual workshops provide overviews of Vietnam as a nation in transition, while special topic seminars focus on selected aspects of Vietnam's history and culture... more info

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Fellowships & Scholarships 

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
Deadline: 27 January 2010

Participants participate in the East-West Center's International Media Conference in Hong Kong... more info

UH Funding Opportunity - 2010 Diversity and Equity Initiatives

SEED Office
Maximum award: $5000

Deadline: 5 February 2010

This initiative has supported speakers, authors, research, performance and media projects that address diversity in many aspects of higher education. For more information, email Pua Auyong at paw@hawaii.edu... more info

Residential Visiting Fellows
Watson Institute, Brown University
Begins 1 July 2010 (three-years)
Salary: $55,000/year
Deadline: 15 February 2010

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... more info

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Call for Submissions

Deadline Extended - Dissertation Workshop: Democracy and Identity in Asia
The Asian Institute, University of Toronto
13 - 15 May 2010
Deadline: 22 January 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

Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs 2010
Stanford University
Deadline: 30 January 2010

The Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs showcases outstanding papers on East Asia and Southeast Asia written by undergraduate and graduate students... more info

Beyond Borders: Ancient Societies and their Conceptual Frontiers
University of California - Santa Barbara
16 - 18 April 2010
Deadline: 1 February 2010

Graduate scholars of any discipline are invited to submit abstracts for papers addressing the question of ancient borderlands, both physical and conceptual... more info

Siksacakr, Journal of Cambodia Research - "Colonial Encounters"

Center for Khmer Studies
Deadline: 31 March 2010

This issue aims to bring together new Khmer, Anglophone and Francophone scholarship on Cambodia, 1863-1954... more info

Southeast Asian Linguistics Society
Department of General Linguistics Society, University of Zurich
Deadline: 15 February 2010

Submit abstracts as both pdf and doc to sealsXX@gmail.com... more info 

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SEA Resources

Art & Exhibitions

20100120 SEA Resources Jogja

Review - 10th Jogja Jamming Biennale
Jogjakarta, INDONESIA


In Jogjakarta, from the perspective
20100120 SEA Resources Jogja Jamof the arts, more is more... and the city reveals once again its central role in the Republic's creative imagination... more info


Current - Exhibitions at SAM
Singapore Art Museum (SAM)

20100120 SEA Resources SAM regularly showcases the region's best known artists, as in the Earth and Water: Mapping Art in Southeast Asia exhibition (ends 28 March)... more info

Ongoing - Southeast Asia: Art of a Cultural Crossroads
Newark Museum, New Jersey, USA

The works of art in this gallery
20100120 SEA Resourcesprovide a glimpse into the rich artistic legacy of five major world religions viewed through the cultural lens of Southeast Asia... more info


Film & Media

Film Conference 2010 - Megacities and Film: Southeast Asia on Screen
Department of Culture and Media Education, Ludwigsburg University of Education, Germany
29 - 31 January 2010

Researchers from different countries present their views on megacities in contemporary filmmaking... more info


SEA Project Chosen for January Sundance Screenwriters Labs
Park City, UT
Late January 2010

The Sundance Institute Feature Film Program selected 12 new projects for this year's screenwriters labs, including Postcards from the Zoo from Indonesia's
Edwin (co-writer/director) and Daud Sumolang (co-writer)... more info

Publications

SEAResources_RoqueHeadhunting and Colonialism: Anthropology and the Circulation of Human Skulls in the Portuguese Empire, 1870-1930
Ricardo Roque
Palgrave Macmillan 2010




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Young Reader Focus - A Million Shades of Gray
Cynthia Kadohata
Atheneum 2010








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Passion, Betrayal, and Revolution in Colonial Saigon: The Memoirs of Bao Luong
Hue-Tam Ho Tai

University of California 2010






SEAResourcse_WittayapakVendergeestThe Politics of Decentralization: Natural Resource Management in Asia
Chusak Wittayapak (Editor), Peter Vandergeest (Editor)
University of Washington 2010






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Rawfully Good: Living Flavours of Southeast Asia
Diana Von Cranach
New Cavendish 2010








For more SEA-related publications, visit UH Press


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In This Issue
CHAM Exhibit Opens
Thai-U.S. Ed Foundation Anniversary Events
Featured Events & News
Employment Opportunities
Educational Programs
Fellowships & Scholarships
Call for Submissions
SEA Resources
Film Series
Speaker Series
Advanced Language Study Programs
2010 AAS Annual Meeting
CSEAS Admissions
Sidebar_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

CSEAS Alumni Profile
LinkedIncseas
Where are they now?  CSEAS Alumni featured profiles coming soon -  Join the CSEAS Alumni and Community group
Explorations - Online
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Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online.
Film Series
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The SEA Film Series kicks off Spring 2010 with the recently discovered classic, Aloha (1950), tonight, 20 January 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium, UHM.  Subtitled by CSEAS! 
more info | poster
Speaker Series
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Now accepting participants for the Spring 2010 Speaker Series. Listen to the previous Speaker Series podcasts.
Web Resources
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
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)

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.