Tết Nguyên Đán 2010!
New Year greetings from CSEAS! Read on for the latest events and news related to Southeast Asian Studies. Learn more about Tet 2010 from incoming CSEAS Director Dr. Stephen O'Harrow, available now on the new cseashawaii.com.
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SEA Speaker Series
This Friday - Malay Literature & Law: New Evidence from Pre-Islamic Times Dr. Uli Kozok, Indonesian-Malay Language Program, UH Mānoa Moore 319 (Tokioka Room), UH Mānoa 12:00 p.m., Friday, 12 February 2010
The Tanjung Tanah code of law, written in both Sanskrit and Malay in Pallavo-Nusantaric script and later in Arabic-Malay script, not only give us interesting insights into the changes that the Malay language underwent from the 14th to the 18th century, but also teach us the impact of Islamic law on the legal system of a Sumatran Malay polity... more info | download poster
New - You can now download lecture slides and participate in event surveys for the January SEA Speaker Series. The survey initiative will help us to measure programs outcomes and gain audience feedback. Stay tuned for the Spring 2010 Speaker Series podcasts - coming soon!
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Featured Events & News
Hawai'i
Spring Colloquium on National Security Studies Presented by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Center for Academic Excellence and School of Pacific and Asian Studies, UH Mānoa Center for Korean Studies, UH Mānoa Through 11 February 2010
To sign up, contact JiaLin (Sunny) Sun at + 1 808 956 2663 or email at jialin@hawaii.edu.
more info | Deadline: 3 February 2010
9th East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region East-West Center, Honolulu, HI 11 - 13 February 2010
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC)
is an annual interdisciplinary conference with presentations on number of thematic and disciplinary areas focusing on the Asia
Pacific region... more info
Upcoming Spring 2010 SEA Speaker Series Event - The Use of Social Networking in Higher Education Presented by Ronald Gilliam, Online Development Coordinator - CSEAS UH Mānoa Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room), UH Mānoa
12:00 pm, Friday, 19 February 2010
In the past five years social networking sites have drastically gained
in popularity, but many academics and educational administrators have yet to discover the true power
behind effectual social networking... more info | download poster
Philippine Studies Spring 2010 Colloquium - Clenched Fists and Yellow Ribbons: Philippine Poetry in Ilokano, Tagalog and English during Martial Law (1966 - 1986) Presented by Dr. Lilia Q. Santiago, Assistant Professor, Ilokano Language and Literature 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, 24 February 2010
This presentation deals with aspects of
Philippine protest poetry during martial law and how poets in three major
languages of the country, while writing in different tongues, spoke with one
voice against militarization and dictatorship... more info
21st Annual UHM School of Pacific & Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference - Crosscurrents: New Directions in
Pacific and Asian Studies
Center for Korean Studies, UH Mānoa 10 - 12 March 2010
The
School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS) 2010 Graduate Student
Conference showcases graduate student presentations on the Asia-Pacific Region... more info
Around the U.S.
Orange County Vietnamese Tet Festival Garden Grove Park, Westminster, CA 12 - 14 February 2010
The Union of Vietnamese
Student Associations (UVSA) is proud to host the 29th Annual Tet Festival of
Southern California... more info
Guilty Pleasure: Popular Films from Asia - Milan (Dir.
Olivia Lamasan
2004) Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Art Museum, WA 1:30 p.m., Sunday, 14 February 2010
Set among the Filipino migrant worker community in Italy, this film
follows a husband looking for his missing wife who becomes close to a
community leader... more info
Can ASEAN Lead Asian Integration? With His Excellency Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, ASEAN Asia Society, New York, NY 8:00 a.m., Friday, 19 February 2010
Please join His Excellency Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary General, ASEAN in
a discussion with with Vishakha N. Desai, President, Asia Society on
these and other relevant issues. A light breakfast will be served.... more info
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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
Associate/Full Professor and Director (tenure-track) - Center for Philippine Studies School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS), University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, USA Deadline: 3 May 2010
SPAS seeks a dynamic, visionary leader who can help guide the Center
for Philippine Studies in new directions, while continuing and
enhancing its record in publications, extramural grants, undergraduate
education, and outreach... more info
Operations Director - World Vision Cambodia
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
Deadline: 15 February 2010
The Operations
Director is responsible for the strategic leadership and results-based
management of World Vision Cambodia's programming operations)... more info
Coordinator, South East Asia (Malaysia, Philippines & Thailand) - Public Services International (PSI) SINGAPORE April 2010 - December 2012 Deadline: 15 February 2010
The Coordinator is responsible for
implementing the project in accordance with PSI policies and project
guidelines in close cooperation with the PSI Asia Pacific Regional
Secretary and South East Asia Subregional Secretary... more info
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Educational Programs
Politics at the Periphery: Explaining the Ruling Party's Continued Dominance in Sarawak ISEAS, SINGAPORE 10:30 a.m., Friday, 19 February 2010
Arising from the reformasi movement of 1998, new politics has gradually made an impact on Malaysian politics, resulting in the emergence of new actors, new voting trend, new discourse and new electoral demand... more info | RSVP
Writing Across Cultures
The City University of Hong Kong &
The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, HONG KONG
9 - 10 March 2010 Registration Deadline: 14 February 2010
A Symposium for Students and Teachers of Creative Writing... more info
Education Forum 2010: Teaching and Learning Geography That Matters
Southeast Asian Geography Association (SEAGA), SINGAPORE
9:00 a.m., 15 March 2010
Registration Deadline: 15 February 2010
With
the impending changes in the teaching and learning of Geography in
Singapore and the world, the forum will provide a platform for in-depth
discussions on the challenges of teaching Geography that matters... more info
ASAIM SE Asia Aquaculture Conference 2010: Improving Aquaculture through Feeds and Technology Bangkok, THAILAND 21 - 25 March 2010 Deadline: 26 February 2010
The conference will
benefit all aquaculture stakeholders including small and large farm
operators, integrators, feed manufacturers, processors, formulators,
nutritionists, ingredient buyers and other aquaculture industry
professionals... more info
See our newsletter sidebar for more information on 2010 Advanced Language Study programs
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Fellowships & Scholarships
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
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Fellowship Program 2010 Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS, SINGAPORE April - December 2010 Deadline: 15 February 2010 Stipend: SGD $1500 (one-off payment), plus SGD $6000 monthly stipend (all-inclusive)
While in residence in Singapore, the fellow is expected to complete a paper on
the proposed topic, organize or contribute to a workshop, and give a public lecture
at ISEAS... more info
Darmasiswa Scholarship Program for Study in Indonesia Academic Year 2010 - 2011 Deadline: 31 March 2010
The
Darmasiswa Scholarship Program is an initiative to build partnerships and
increase mutual understanding through study and international education
experience... more info
For more funding and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni & Community Linkedin group.
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Call for Submissions
2010 University of Washington Southeast
Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
University of Washington, USA 14 - 16 May 2010 Deadline: 15 February 2010
This conference seeks to have a productive role in furthering current
scholarship as graduate students through extensive feedback and peer
review of presented works... more info 7th International Malaysian Studies Conference (MSC7) - Critical Transitions: Repositioning the State Market and Society Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, MALAYSIA 16 - 18 March 2010 Full Paper Deadline: 15 February 2010 The MSC7 Organizing Committee announces keynote addresses by distinguished scholars like Dr. Terry McGee of the University of British Columbia, UN Assistant Secretary General of Economic Affairs Dr. Jomo K.S., and USM's own Dr. Francis Loh Kok Wah... more info
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SEA Resources
Art + Scene
Ongoing Exhibition - Cham: Syncretic Islamic Communities in Vietnam and Cambodia East-West Center Gallery, Honolulu, HI Through 28 March 2010
Free Cham exhibition and events continue through March 2010... more info
Ongoing Exhibition - Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea Asia Society Museum, New York, NY
Through 2 May 2010
The exhibition includes approximately
115 spectacular examples selected from Vietnamese museums conveying the
country's impressive artistic developments and attesting to its
importance in the cultural development of Southeast Asia... more info
Recreating Ayutthaya Digitally (from The Nation)
Ayutthaya Historic Park, THAILAND
The director-general of the Thai Fine Arts Department reports on the
progress of a project to digitally recreate the buildings of Ayutthaya... more info
Film
SEA Theatre Project Celebrates First Anniversary - and Now Accepts Photos! 8February 2010
In honor of its one-year anniversary, the SEA Theatre Project now accepts submissions of stand-alone movie theaters from Southeast Asia, like this image of the Thanh Long Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam...more info
28th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival (SFIAAFF)
11 - 21 March 2010
In addition to festival favorites like the Rotterdam Tiger award-winner Mundane History, the 28th SFIAAFF also introduces works from emerging artists like filmmaker Theo Huong Den Ma Di and the short film, The Fading Light... more info
First Time Filmmakers in Vietnam
Discovery Channel Through March 2010
This is a nation-wide documentary competition open to all Vietnamese
nationals with some film-making experience... more info
Publications
Family Focus - Ten Mice for Tet! Pegi Deitz Shea Chronicle, 2003
East West Discovery Press; Bilingual English and Vietnamese edition, 2006

Regional Outlook: Southeast Asia 2010-2011
Michael J Montesano, Lee Poh Onn, editors ISEAS, 2010
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 Thai film, Chocolate (ช็อคโกแลต), tonight, 10 February 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium more info | poster
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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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