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Welcome to your weekly UHM CSEAS announcement!  Mahalo for your continued readership and support.  Please help us continue to be your premiere information source for Southeast Asian Studies and participate in our brief survey - this helps provide our organization with critical program feedback.

In this issue: read on for SEA-related employment opportunities, calls for submissions, and resources - like publications related to this week's screening of BALIBO.  In preparation for this Friday's Speaker Series on Social Networking, visit our Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages or the
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20100219SEASpeaker SeriesThis Friday - The Use of Social Networking in Higher Education
Presented by Ronald Gilliam, Online Development Coordinator - CSEAS UHM
Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room), UH Mānoa
12:00 pm, Friday, 19 February 2010

In the past five years social networking sites have dramatically gained in popularity, but many academics and educational administrators have yet to discover the true power behind effective social networking... more info | download poster

New - You can now download lecture slides and participate in event surveys from this semester's SEA Speaker Series.  The survey initiative will help us to measure programs outcomes and gain audience feedback.  Stay tuned for the Spring 2010 podcasts!

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Featured Events & News

Hawai'i

Martial Law PoetryPhilippine 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 

UH Logo21st 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.

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


Saturday University - Feminization of Labor in Southeast Asia: How Girls Feed Families, Stay Healthy and Cope with Exploitation
Presented by Therese Caouette and Kate Teela
Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Art Museum, WA
9:30am, Saturday, 20 February  2010

Hear about success stories and challenges in Asia from their leaders and a renowned photographer in the Saturday University Winter Lecture Series about health, sex and women's rights in contemporary Asia...
more info

Senior Journalist Seminar - Bridging Gaps Between the United States and the Muslim World
East-West Center, Washington, DC; Nashville, Tennessee; Chicago, Illinois, Mumbai, India and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1 - 3 and 16 - 19 March 2010

The Senior Journalists Seminar is a dialogue, travel and exchange program for journalists from the United States and Asian countries with substantial Muslim populations... 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

Maritime Risk Management Specialist
Mekong River Commission, Vientiane, Lao PDR; Phnom Penh, Cambodia
April 2010 (8 working months)
Deadline: 5 March 2010
 
MRC Secretariat seeks a qualified consultant for the Navigation Programme... more info

Program Director, Greater Mekong Region (GMR) Community REACH

Pact Thailand, Bangkok, THAILAND
Deadline: 10 March 2010

The position provides program management to the GMR Community REACH Program in Thailand, China, Burma and Laos... 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


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Educational Programs

International Cultural Studies Graduate Certificate Program
Supported by the
University of Hawai'i and East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Deadline: 1 March 2010 (Fall 2010 enrollment)

Students applying for or currently enrolled in an M.A., Ph.D., or professional degree program at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa are eligible for admission... more info

2010 NEH Landmarks Workshop for Community College Faculty - History and Commemoration: Legacies of the Pacific War

East-West Center (Asian Studies Development Program), National Park Service, and Arizona Memorial Museum Association, Honolulu, HI
25 - 30 June 2010; 1 - 6 August 2010
Deadline: 2 March 2010

A mix of lectures and discussion, opportunities for individual research, and visits to Pacific War sites in the greater Honolulu area, particularly Pearl Harbor... more info


Urban Asian Program - Urbanization Policy in an Uncertain Economy
East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
29 - 31 March 2010
By invitation only; for inquiries, please contact fujikim@eastwestcenter.org

The 3-day program will focus specifically on the short- and long-term structural changes in urbanization and governance policies, strategies, and actions taking place in cities throughout Asia and the United States as they continue to adjust to global economic uncertainties... more info

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

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Fellowships & Scholarships 

Thai Visiting Scholar Program
Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, IL, USA
Deadline: 5 March 2010
Stipend of up to $6000

The Thai Studies Committee at Northern Illinois University is soliciting applications from Thai scholars who would like to spend a research period at NIU.  Send applications to Ete Olson (eteolson@niu.edu) at the NIU Library.


Post-doctoral Fellow, Trans-regional/transnational Asia
Hamilton College, New York, NY, USA
Begins 1 July 2010
Deadline: 12 March 2010
Annual stipend of $50,000, with $5000 fund to support further scholarship

Special focus on interdisciplinary teaching and research on such topics as colonialism, diaspora, empire, women/sexuality/gender studies, globalization, and legal traditions within Asian contexts... more info

Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships & Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships under the ARI Sabbatical Leave Scheme
Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, SINGAPORE
Three-month fellowships begin October 2010, January 2011 and April 2011
Deadline: 1 April 2010

The positions are intended for outstanding researchers whose work focus on Asia, with a balance anticipated between senior and junior scholars... more info

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Call for Submissions

2010 Northern Illinois University Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
Northern Illinois University (NIU), USA
20 March 2010
Deadline: 19 February 2010

This conference will explore power dynamics in Southeast Asia from the perspective of gender roles, sex, and violence
... email seaclubniu@yahoo.com

International Conference on Migration - Mobility Patterns of Cambodian and Other Nationals in the South-east Asia Region
Phnom Penh, CAMBODIA
31 March - 2 April 2010
Deadline: 21 February 2010

Researchers and practitioners are invited to make presentations on issues and interventions to address migration and human trafficking in the GMS region... more info
 

Inter-Asian Connections II: Singapore
SINGAPORE
8 - 10 December 2010
Deadline: 22 February 2010
 
Co-organized and co-sponsored by The Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and the Social Sciences (HKIHSS), the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)... more info


The Roundtable, Vol. 9 Issue 2, Institute of Political Economy -
Islam and Democracy (Philippines)
University of Asia and the Pacific, Pasig City, PHILIPPINES
Deadline: 28 February 2010

Articles must be between 1,500 to 2,000 words including references... more info


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SEA Resources

Art + Scene
 
ZeeAvi2010 NoisePop Festival Performer - Zee Avi
Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA,
8:00 pm, Thursday, 25 February 2010 (NoisePop runs through 1 March 2010)

Growing up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, young Zee Avi (born Izyan Alirahman) listened to music from the 1920s, and the straightforward, unadorned lyricism of those songs appealed to herThe 23-year-old played at the Outside Lands Festival this past summer, and her new Bay Area fans have been awaiting her return ever since... more info

MeasureKhmerOngoing Exhibition - Measurements in Khmer Society
REYUM Institute of Arts and Culture, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The exhibition and its publication are part of the  Cambodian Memory Bank project, which interviews elderly people about culture and history of Cambodia... more info

ChamEWCOngoing 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

Film

SEATheatre ProjectNow Available for Purchase - Karen Refugees: Feeling Burma's Forgotten War (Canada, 2006)
Distributed by Icarus Films

This film highlights the courageous work of young Karens who risk death to sneak their video cameras across the border into Burma, to document human rights abuses against their people... more info

Now Playing
- Masala Mama
MasalaMama(Singapore, 2009)
2010 Berlinale
11 - 21 February 2010

Screening this week at the Berlin International Film Festival, Masala Mama is a cinematic tribute to the small kiosks -now almost extinct- known as 'mama shops'... more info

MuallafNow Playing - Muallaf (Malaysia, 2008)
Singapore Film Society, SINGAPORE
7:30pm, 27 March 2010

The Singapore Film Society and China Square present this free screening (with free popcorn!).  Subscribe to the Facebook page, with over 2000 fans and counting... more info


Publications

ToTheIslandsTo the Islands: White Australia and the Malay Archipelago since 1788
Paul Battersby
Lexington, 2010

 





BaliboBookShooting Balibo: Blood and Memory in East Timor
Tony Maniaty (author), Humphrey Bower (narrator)
Playaway, 2010





Country
The Country within a Country
Lansell Taudevin
CreateSpace, 2010








DiliDiariesDili Diaries
Lansell Taudevin
CreateSpace, 2010









ToranaTorana in Indian and Southeast Asian Architecture
Parul Pandya Dhar

D. K. Printworld (P) Ltd., 2010





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A-related publications, visit UH Press

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In This Issue
Special Event
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.
Coming Soon - CSEAS Alumni Profiles
LinkedIncseas
Where are you now?  Build your CSEAS Alumni profiles and 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
20100210 Film Series
The SEA Film Series continues with this powerhouse film, Balibo, about East Timor, tonight, 17 February 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium
more info | poster

Speaker Series
Pub-Death091609
Now accepting participants for the Spring 2010 Speaker Series. Listen to the previous Speaker Series podcasts.
Web Resources
Advanced Language Study ProgramsLanguage

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


Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK)
Royal University of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
Dates: 14 June - 6 August 2010
Deadline: 1 March 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.