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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:
Anthropology Colloquium Spring 2010 - Impact of Colonialism and Nationalism in "Thai" Archaeology Co-Sponsored by CSEASCrawford Hall 105, UH Mānoa3:00 p.m., Thursday, 28 January 2010Visiting 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 Reception - Celebration of Thai-U.S. CooperationFulbright Association Hawai'i ChapterTokioka Room, UH Mānoa5:30 p.m., Thursday, 28 January 2010The 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. SEA Speaker Series - The Preservation of Shophouse Communities in Southern Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Co-Sponsored by CSEAS and UHM Historic Preservation ProgramTokioka Room (Moore 319), UH Mānoa12:00 p.m., Friday, 29 January 2010CSEAS is proud to co-sponsor the upcoming lecture by eminent planner and historic preservation expert, Dr. Yongtanit (Mai) Pimosathean.
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Featured Events & News
Reminder - 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
Ongoing - 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 ArchitecturePresented by Dr. Paul LavyEast-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI2:00 p.m., Sunday, 7 February 2010UHM 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
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
For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni & Community Linkedin group.
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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
See 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
Ongoing 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
Ongoing 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
1st 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
1st 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
Luang 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
The Cambodia-Thailand Conflict: A Test for ASEAN Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 44 by Sokbunthoeun So East-West Center
free download
City Life from Jakarta to Dakar: Movements at the Crossroads by AbdouMaliq Simone Routledge 2009
more info
Farming 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
Malaysian Maverick: Mahathir Mohamad in Turbulent Times
by Barry Wain
Palgrave Macmillan 2010
more info
Political 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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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 Profile

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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 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
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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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