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Welcome to the 100th CSEAS announcement! Mahalo to our subscribers for your continued support.  Read on for the latest events and news related to Southeast Asian Studies, including FLAS and foreign language study opportunities and this week's Thai-U.S. Education Foundation anniversary events.

Alongside our new website at
cseashawaii.com, we also have new pages on LinkedIn and Flickr.  (In fact, our new header photos are from UH CSEAS projects posted at our Flickr page!)  Stay tuned for more newsletter additions like the Alumni Spotlight and a very special treat from CSEAS next month. Enjoy this week's offerings - and please forward to a friend!
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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 Colonialism 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
UHM 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

20100127 FLASReminder - Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships Program 2010
Summer 2010

The CSEAS administers the FLAS program, which provides funds for academic year and summer fellowships to assist graduate students in acquiring competencies in Southeast Asian languages.  See the newsletter sidebar for Advanced Language Study program deadlines and information.

more info | Deadline: 1 February 2010

20100127 Cham ExhibitOngoing - Cham: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam and Cambodia (through March)
Presented by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, UHM and the East-West Center (EWC) Arts Program
EWC Gallery, Honolulu, HI

An Introduction to Ancient Cham Sculpture and Architecture
Presented by Dr. Paul Lavy
East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI
2:00 p.m., Sunday, 7 February 2010

UHM Assistant Professor of Art Dr. Lavy presents how the Cham have preserved their identity through ritual and religious practices, art and architecture, writing and language, and everyday life experiences. more info | calendar of events

20100127 Featured News - HAA Bartlett Exhibition Opening - A Year of Charles Bartlett:  Bartlett in Java and Ceylon
Honolulu Academy of Art
28 January - 6 June 2010


Concluding the Academy's year-long celebration of the life and work of Charles Bartlett, this special installation focuses on the artist's travels in Java and Ceylon... 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."

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Employment Opportunities

Two (2) Graduate Student Teaching Assistantships - Asian Studies
University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, USA
Academic Year 2010-2011
Deadline: 5 March 2010

Two (2) teaching assistantships available in Asian Studies to assist instructors and serve as principal organizers for the 2011 SPAS Graduate Student Conference... more info

Senior Management Adviser for Revenue and Customs
Ministry of Finance, Dili, TIMOR LESTE
Deadline: 1 February 2010


Apply to Programme Implementation Officer-PFMCBP at pfmcbp@mof.gov.tl... more info

Deputy Director (Req ID #1206)
Family Health International, Hanoi, VIETNAM
Deadline: 10 February 2010

Family Health International (FHI) in Vietnam manages a diverse and expanding portfolio of public health and development programming, capacity building, and research... more info

Assistant Professor - History
University of Tampa, Florida, USA
Open until position filled

The search committee is open to any international area, but will give special consideration to a candidate with a specialization in the Islamic World... more info


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Educational Programs

25th Anniversary Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
University of Wisconsin, USA
14 June - 6 August 2010
Deadline: 19 February 2010

SEASSI is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates, graduate students and professionals... more info

USINDO ACYPL Young Political Leaders (YPL) Program
Deadline: 18 February 2010

All ACYPL programs incorporate the emerging political leadership (ages 25-40) of its partner countries, seeking to prepare tomorrow's decision-makers to responsibly face important international issues... download application

ARI Workshop on Performing Space in Asian Film: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
22 - 23 February 2010

Developing the multivalent perspectives of space, this workshop considers the performative potential of space in Asian films, posing such questions as 'How is Asian space constructed?' or 'Who are its producers/ protagonists?' more info

USINDO Summer Language Studies Program
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
3 June - 11 August 2010
Deadline: 31 March 2010
 
The program is open to college seniors, recent college graduates, students enrolled in Masters or post-graduate degree programs, and recent graduates... more info

20100127 Educational programsSee our newsletter sidebar for more information on 2010 Advanced Language Study programs

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Fellowships & Scholarships 

Three (3) PhD Fellowships in Asian History - "Asia and Europe in a Global Context"
Heidelberg University, GERMANY
Begins as early as 1 April 2010 through October 2012 (possibility of 3 year renewal)
Deadline: 31 January 2010

Three (3) PhD fellowships available for the cluster's project "The Asian Sea: A Transnational Maritime History of the Age of Imperialism, 1850-1918"... more info

Postdoctoral Fellow - Hmong Studies
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Begins 30 August 2010
Deadline: 8 February 2010

The fellowship is for work in any field of Hmong Studies and is generously funded by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation... more info

Residential Visiting Fellows
Watson Institute, Brown University, Rhode Island
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

Theravada Buddhism Under Colonialism: Adaptation and Response
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, SINGAPORE
24 - 25 May 2010
Deadline: 7 February 2010

Was there a Theravada response to colonialism in Southeast Asia?  If so, how was it marked? If not, what gave rise to the diversity of reactions? Send abstracts or inquiries to nscconferences@iseas.edu.sg

12th IASTE Conference - The Utopia of Tradition
International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE)
American University of Beirut, LEBANON
15 - 18 December 2010
Deadline: 12 February 2010

Utopian theories and plans emerge from a complex symbiotic relationship with traditions that are based on notions of the ideal. This contemporary moment of economic crisis necessitates a re-examination of this dynamic... more info

The Nexus of Migration and Masculinity in the Asian Context
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
15 - 16 July 2010
Deadline: 19 February 2010


The interface between gender and migration scholarship has been problematic for many years, especially in the last half of the twentieth century... more info

International Conference on Researching and Teaching Vietnamese

Vietnam National University, VIETNAM
6 - 7 January 2011
Abstract submission open 15 March to 15 September 2010

The conference aims at providing an opportunity for researchers and teachers of Vietnamese to present their research results and share their experiences in teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language, to network and exchange their works with other scholars in the field as well as with other IATV members... more info


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SEA Resources

Exhibitions

20100127 Resources Exhibition Flip FlopOngoing Exhibition - Invisible life: Flip-Flops Journeys Perspectives
National University of Singapore Museum
Through 21 March 2010

Flip-Flops, this exhibition presents an object biography of a single flip-flop as a vantage point in studying the landscapes, peoples and processes entangled with it... more info

20100127 Exhibitions Taking SHapeOngoing Exhibition - Taking Shape: Ceramics of Southeast Asia
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute
Through 2010

Donated to the Sackler between 1996 and 2005 by brothers Osborne and Victor Hauge and their wives Gratia and Takako, these remarkable objects provide the focus for a detailed narrative of the migration of pots from their makers to their users...
more info

Film Festival SEA Firsts

Pub-Death0916091st Annual Singapore Short Film Awards
The Substation Gallery, SINAPORE
Through 31 January 2010

The Singapore Short Film Awards will re-cap all that's happened in the Singapore short film scene in 2009... more info

20100127 Cambodia Film Festival1st Cambodian International Film Festival
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
20 - 23 October 2010

The first annual Cambodian International Film Festival promises international independent films, award-winning documentaries, classic and modern Khmer films, youth-oriented films and films made in Cambodia... more info


201001227 Resources Luang PrapangLuang Prapang Film Festival
Luang
Prabang, LAOS
Early December 2010

American photographer Gabriel Kuperman plans film festival to celebrate the film culture of Southeast Asia and to stimulate a film industry in the wake of the Thai-Lao film co-production Sabaidee Luang Prabang... more info

Online

Centre Asie du Sud-Est (CASE)
Joint project by ARCHIPELAGO and LASEMA

Comprised of historians, political scientists, and philologists, as well as anthropologists and geographers, CASE represents the largest French research center dedicated to Southeast Asian Social Science... visit CASE

Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Note: some documents reproduced at or linked to this site may contain inaccuracies: rather than repeat them, please double-check your facts

First constructed in 1996, this website is dedicated to Indonesian writer Pramoedya Ananta Toer. It is intended primarily as a research tool with photos, biographical and bibliographical information, short stories, essays and interviews in translation, news reports and book reviews, and many off-site links... more info

Publications

20100127 Publications Cam-ThaiThe Cambodia-Thailand Conflict: A Test for ASEAN
Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 44
by Sokbunthoeun So
East-West Center

free download



SimoneCity Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads
by AbdouMaliq Simone
Routledge 2009

more info





20100127 Publications FarmingFarming with Fire and Water: The Human Ecology of a Composite Swiddening Community in Vietnam's Northern Mountains
by Tran Duc Vien, A. Terry Rambo, and Nguyen Thanh Lam (eds.)
more info



WainMalaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times
by Barry Wain
Palgrave Macmillan 2010

more info





Caballero-AnthonyPolitical Change, Democratic Transitions and Security in Southeast Asia
by Mely Caballero-Anthony
Routledge 2009

more info


For more SEA-related publications, visit UH Press


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In This Issue
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.
CSEAS Alumni Profile
LinkedIncseas
Where are they now?  CSEAS Alumni featured profiles coming soon -  Join the CSEAS Alumni and Community group
Explorations - Online
Sidebar_Explorations
Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online.
Film Series
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The SEA Film Series continues with the Indonesian crowd-pleaser, Nagabonar jadi 2, tonight, 27 January 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium, UHM
more info | poster PDF

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 ProgramsLanguage

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.