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In this issue:read on for job opportunities and spring semester events! For more information, visit us online at the new cseashawaii.com.
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Featured CSEAS Event
SEA Speaker Series - Critical Outreach Strategies for Hawaiʻi Educational Centers
Presented by Theresa Christine Navarro
Moore 319 (Tokioka Room), University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
12:00-1:15pm, Friday, 16 April 2010
As a bridge between digital "native" and "immigrant," email
communication offers new strategies for program marketing in the face of severe budget
cuts affecting academic outreach and administrative support. Part two of the SEA series on the University in the Digital Age, including email outreach and program surveys... more info
NEW UH Outreach College Course - Balinese Gamelan Ensemble (P10906)
Course Information: Jun 2-Jul 14 · Wed/Mon · 5:30-6:20pm · 12 mtgs · No
class Jul 5 · Location TBA (Please check later for room assignment) ·
$95
Explore Balinese music through hands-on experience with the different
instruments in a Gamelan ensemble. No musical background is required... more info
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Featured Events
Hawaiʻi
 The Golden Ceremony: Weddings in Asia
East-West Center Gallery, Burns Hall, Honolulu, HI,
Through 13 June 2010
This exhibition was created in honor of the East-West Center's golden
50th anniversary celebration. Likewise, many of the weddings found in
Asia are festooned with golden textiles, jewelery, and accoutrements; includes pieces from Thailand, Laos, Viet
Nam, Burma/Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia... more info
 Last Push- 2010 Hawaiʻi Foodbank Campus Food Drive
University of Hawaiʻi - Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
11:00am - 2:00pm, Friday, 16 April 2010
Last year, the Foodbank helped almost 132,000 people, including almost
33,000 children and over 14,500 senior citizens. Friday is the last
push for funds will be fishbowl collection sites at various locations throughout campus. Please contact library@hawaii.edu for more information... more info
 Indonesian Conference and Cultural Event (ICCE) 2010
Hawaiʻi Imin International Center (Lanai), East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
2:00 - 9:00pm, Friday, 16 April 2010
The conference will discuss these effects Indonesia has given to its
neighbors, followed by a cultural celebration with exhibits, traditional dance and
music, ethnic fashion show and
Indonesian food... more info
 Duets: Exploring Dance through Modern, Classical, and Cultural Traditions
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
16 - 18 April 2010
This event features the Balinese dance, Teruna Jaya, choreographed by I Gede Manik, and performed by two masters from northern Bali... more info
 Tickets Now Available- 2nd Honolulu Filipino Film Festival
Sponsored by the Philippine Medical Association of Hawai'i
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu, HI
20 - 30 April 2010
Once again film curator Gina Caruso scouted the best in new Filipino
film, including Last Supper No. 3, winner of the Best Film award at the
2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival. Details about
opening and closing nights of festival to come.... more info
 Center
for Chinese Studies Research Seminar- Grants and Fellowships for Graduate
Students in the Humanities and Asian Studies
Presented
by Dr. Shana J. Brown, Assistant Professor - Department of History
Moore
Hall 319 (Tokioka Room), University of Hawaiʻi, Honolulu, HI, USA
3:00pm,
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
What
international, national, and UH funding sources are available, and what
proposals are most effective. The
workshop will help any students looking to improve their grant-writing skills... more info
 Save the Date - The Music of Bali and Java
Barbara Smith Amphitheatre, UH Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
7:30pm, Saturday, 24 April 2010 at 7:30p.m.
The concert will feature a full Javanese Gamelan orchestra, a
Balinese Gamelan Gong Kebyar, and duets of traditional Balinese Gender... more info
Around the Country
 SEATrip Events - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
University of California - Riverside
Friday, 16 April 2010
Library Colloquium - On War, Media, and Memory
in Socialist VietnamPresented by Dr. Christina Schwenkel, UCR Department of Anthropology4:00 - 5:00pmProfessor Schwenkel's research focuses
on the intersections of transnationalism, visual culture and historical memory
in Vietnam. Refreshments will be served... more info Half-Day Conference - Breaking through the Foundation:
Gender and Performance in Southeast Asia 9:30am - 3:30pm Conference activities include paper presentations, music and dance
demonstrations, and a beauty pageant. In the CHASS Interdisciplinary
courtyard, the contestants are invited to express their ideas of
"beauty" and to explore the potential of performance-as-scholarship on
a public stage... more info
 First International
Babaylan Studies Conference
Sonoma State University, CA
17 - 18 April 2010
This sacred gathering of healers, artists, scholars, activists, performers and other culture-bearers will share Babaylan-inspired work through ritual, ceremony, dance, poetry, film, academic panels, conversations, and workshops... online programme
 Panel: Architectural-ized Asia
Society for Architectural Historians' Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL
2:00 - 4:30pm, Thursday, 22 April 2010
Presentations include: "French
Imaginaire: Abstract Space and Ambiguities of Indochinese style" by Hazel
Hahn, Seattle University, and
Caroline
Herbelin, University of Paris-Sorbonne; "The
Java Enigma: The Austronesian World and the Limits of 'Asia'" by Imaran bin
Tajudeen, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and National and University of Singapore... more info
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Educational Programs
Summer Program: Politics, Economy and Management in Southeast Asia
Location: Thammasat University, Bangkok
21 August - 17 September 2010
Deadline: 15 May 2010
In co-operation with the Johannes Kepler University of
Linz (Austria) and the Thammasat University (Thailand), the association
is organising an international summer school in Thailand... more info
Human Trafficking: Power and Justice
School of Public Affairs, American University
Location: Bangkok, Pattaya, Chiang Mai or Chiang Rai, THAILAND
23 July - 8 August 2010
Deadline: 30 May 2010
Two academic, for-credit hybrid courses (taught online, on-site and in
the classroom) will be enhanced by additional lectures by local
academics, government officials, business leaders, NGO activists, and
other guest speakers... more info
Summer Session FIL 303-801 - Accelerated 3rd-Level Filipino (CRN 92105)
Instructor: Teresita Ramos
Administrative Fee: $141
14 June - 6 August 2010
All UH-Manoa students can register beginning April 7. All other
students, including visiting students and those currently attending other UH campuses, can begin registration on April 13... more info
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Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Assistant Director - Southeast Asian Studies, Ohio University
Ohio University, USA
Deadline: 15 April 2010
The successful candidate will have a minimum of bachelor's
degree with a focus on a
Southeast Asian country or culture, and competency in at least one Southeast Asian language... more info
Manager - Administration
United Cities and Local Government Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC), Jakarta, INDONESIA
Begins mid-May (12 months, with possibility of further extension)
Deadline: 17 April 2010
The Manager: Administration will be
placed at the UCLG ASPAC regional office in Jakarta and provides
support to the on-going administrative operations ensuring high
quality, accuracy and consistency of work... more info
Tropical Agronomist
ARD, Inc., CAMBODIA
Deadline: 5 May 2010
This USAID-funded, five year program will
address dynamics that inhibit food security, including food
availability, rural income diversification, resource management and
climate change resilience efforts, and capacity of public-private
partnerships to address food security and climate change... more info
Water & Sanitation (WASH) Expert
Swiss Red Cross (SRC) and Swiss Labour Assistance (SLA) Consortium, Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra, INDONESIA
Begins ASAP (6-12 months)
Deadline: 10 May 2010
The project comprises both hardware and
software components such as the construction of public wash places,
hygiene activities and awareness promotion... more info
Lecturer -
Political Science
Fairleigh Dickinson
University, Metropolitan Campus, Teaneck, NJ, USA
One year (2010-11)
The position carries a 4-4 teaching load, including:
Introduction to Political Science; Geography and World Issues; and, in the Fall
semester, Politics of Southeast Asia... more info
Associate or Full Professor (tenure-track) - Center for Philippine Studies
School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS), University of Hawai'i - Mānoa, USA
Deadline: 3 May 2010
We seek a dynamic, visionary scholar and teacher in Philippine Studies... more info
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Fellowships & Scholarships
PhD
Research Degree in Global History
Warwick University
Deadline: 16 April 2010
The studentship is funded full-time for 3 years. The award
covers postgraduate fees up to the level of the Home/EU fee (currently £3,390
per annum), and includes a stipend of £12,000 per annum tax free... more info
Richard Maass Research Grant
Manuscript Society
Deadline: 1 June 2010
The $5,000 grant is
named for Richard Maass, one of the society's founders, and is to be used for
expenses directly related to research using original manuscripts. Applicants
must be enrolled in an advanced degree program, with preference given to Ph.D.
students. For
details, e-mail George.Vogt@ohs.org.
Rotary Peace Fellowship
Rotary Centers for International Studies
Deadline: 1 July 2010
Opportunities to enter a professional degree program at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), as well as master's degree programs around the world, with an emphasis on peace studies and conflict resolution... download brochure
2011-12 Fulbright Scholarship Program
Council for International Exchange of Scholars
Deadline: 2 August 2010
The core Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and
professionals abroad each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research
in a wide variety of academic and professional fields... more info
Teaching and Research Scholarships for U.S. Faculty and Professionals - Indonesia
American-Indonesian Educational Foundation (AMINEF) and Fulbright Scholar Program
Deadline: 2 August 2010
8 "All Disciplines" awards to teach, conduct
research, or a combination of the two in a fascinating multicultural and
multi-religious nation... contact mzdanovich@iie.org
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Call for Submissions
Ramayana Conference - Deadline Extended
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Northern Illinois University, in cooperation with Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES), Universit of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and the International Ramayana Institute of North America (IRINA), IL, USA
17 - 19 September 2010
Deadline: 30 April 2010
This three-day conference will include presentations on
various themes and a Ramayana-based teacher workshop... more info
The Third International
Conference on International Studies (ICIS2010) - A New Asian Century: Dynamics
and Implications
Hotel
Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Conference
Dates: 1 - 2 December 2010
Deadline:
31 April 2010
It is
the task of this conference to examine root-causes and catalysts, to measure
and compare their dynamics and implications, and to prepare a fresh blueprint
to usher in this New Asian Century. ... more info
Modern Art Asia (August)
Deadline:
June 18, 2010
Modern
Art Asia invites graduates working on the arts and material cultures of Asia
from the eighteenth century to the present to submit previously unpublished
papers of 4,500-10,000 words for peer-review. 'Asia' is broadly defined to
include Central, East, South and Southeast Asia, as well as Asia Pacific... more info
46th New York Conference on
Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2010
Brockport, State University of New York
1 -2 October 2010
Deadline:
31 May 2010
While
the Conference has a dual theme of Democracy in Asia and Men & Women of
Asia, proposals are welcome on all
aspects of Asian history, geography, economics, politics, sociology,
anthropology, literature as well as current developments on the continent of Asia... more info
The
Third International Conference on International Studies (ICIS2010) - A New Asian Century: Dynamics and Implications
Hotel Istana, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Conference Dates: 1 - 2 December 2010
Deadline: 31 April 2010
It is the task of this conference to examine root-causes and catalysts,
to measure and compare their dynamics and implications, and to prepare a fresh
blueprint to usher in this New Asian Century.
... more info
Canadian Council for
Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) Newsletter - FALL 2010
Deadline: 30 June 2010
Submissions welcome from areas like Reports from the Field, Southeast
Asian Affairs, Upcoming Events and Opportunities, or New
Publications... more info
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SEA Resources
Available Online
Mailing List - Female Islamic Leadership Research
Network (Academia.edu)
St. Antonyʻs College, University of Oxford
The
network aims to connect the growing number of academics interested in
female
religious authority and leadership in Islamic communities worldwide... join now
Free Journal Download - Archipel
In English and French
Mahalo to CSEAS alum Christian Razukas for sharing this terrific resource, like this article on Javanese dancer Ratna Cartier-Bresson, the wife
of the photographer/filmmaker Henri Cartier-Bresson... download journal now
Video
Interview - Eric John, US Ambassador to Thailand
CSIS
Southeast Asia Director Ernie Bower sat down with Eric John, US Ambassador to
Thailand, to talk about relations between the United States and Thailand... watch now
Film Distribution + Exhibition
 Expires Tomorrow - Free month trial on AsiaPacificFilm.com http://asiapacificfilms.com/
Enjoy one free month of films from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Thailand and Vietnam, courtesy of HIFF... more info | press
Thai Genre Films at the 12th Udine Far East Film Festival (Source: Wise Kwai)
Five Thai films will unspool in the 12th Udine Far East Film Festival, which has announced its full lineup. Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam are also represented... more info
11th Ateneo
Video Open Competition (Source: OggsMoggs)
Short narrative films showcase emerging Filipino talent with grand premises, attention to detail and limitless/seamless storytelling... more info
Publications
Now Available at the UH Library
 Cambridge Journal: Modern Asian Studies
Vol. 44, Iss.03, May 2010
Includes: Tan Chee-Bing's "Reterritorialization of a Balinese Chinese Community in Quanzhou, Fujian"
 Politics and Islam: Factors Determining Identity and the Status of Male-to-Female Transsexuals in Malaysia
Yik Koon Teh
inAsiaPacifiQueer
 Regional Outlook Southeast Asia 2010-2011
Michael J. Montesano and Lee Poh Onn
ISEAS 2010
 Islamism in Indonesia : politics in the emerging democracy
Bernhard Platzdasch
ISEAS 2009
 ASEAN's Myanmar Crisis: Challenges to the Pursuit of a Security Community
Christopher Roberts
ISEAS 2009
 Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: Reflections on the Chola Naval Expeditions to Southeast Asia
Hermann Kulke, K Kesavapany, Vijay Sakhuja
ISEAS 2009
For more SEA-related publications, visit UH Press
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Save the Moving Images Collection!
Petition to save the librarian for the UH moving images resource collection here>>> |
CSEAS Survey
Please support the Center for Southeast Asian Studies by participating in brief program surveys>>> |
CSEAS Admissions
Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asia? For program deadlines and updates, check out the CSEAS site>>>
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Coming Soon - CSEAS Alumni Profiles
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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 film, King, tonight 14 April 2010, at 6:30 PM in the Korean Studies Auditorium
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