27 MAY 2010 | ISSUE 115 | Visit us at HTTP://WWW.CSEASHAWAII.COM
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Summertime CSEAS Updates

Welcome to your weekly UHM CSEAS announcement!  Summer break is here, but we'll continue to send Southeast Asia updates.  Please stay connected with the Center over the summer for updates on employment opportunities and SEA resources.

In this issue: events, employment opportunities, and a plethora of interesting SEA resources. For more information, visit us online at the new cseashawaii.com.
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Secretary of EducationPub-Death091609 Commends Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific Program
Speech to Council on Foreign Relations on "International Engagement Through Education" 

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan: "For example, we are encouraging our National Resource Centers to strengthen ties with partner institutions in areas of the world with substantial Muslim populations. We will support and help build on innovative education efforts like the University of Hawaii's Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific program"... full speech

Summer Session II - ASAN 491G: Beyond Hollywood, Contemporary Asian Cinema 

MWF 2:00-4:15pm
(CRN: 91283)



While examining universal themes embodying roles, customs, culture, relationships, identity, and such critical concerns as diaspora, hybridity, transnationalism, an attempt will be made to discern the effects of globalization on the Asian film industry and its changing relationship with Hollywood... more info

Pub-Death091609Call for AY 2009-10 Annual Report
Univ
ersity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

We invite UHM CSEAS students and faculty to share projects and updates from this past academic year; contact cseas@hawaii.edu... download 2008 Annual Reports

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Featured Events

Hawaiʻi
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Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu, HI
Every Last Friday

After this weekend's Memorial Day theme, save the date for next month's Bali High event scheduled for 25 June 2010... more info

41st Annual Summer Seminar - Population and Health
Honolulu (WS1 and WS3); Honolulu/Manila (WS2)
29 May - 26 June 2010

Three independent workshops on population and health in Honolulu and Manila... more info

Pub-Death09160950th Anniversary EWC/EWCPA Conference - Leadership and Community Building in the Asia Pacific Region
Hawai'i Convention Center and East-West Center, Honolulu, HI
2 - 5 July 2010

This special 50th anniversary event is expected to draw over 1000 alumni and friends from throughout the region... more info

Around the World

Pub-Death091609Siamese Connection
New York, NY, USA
Through 28 May 2010

Thai Artists Alliance is proud to present its premier event Siamese Connection, which span the mediums of painting, installation, photography, graphic design, fashion design, film, music and performing arts... more info

Pub-Death091609Singapore Mountain Bike Carnival, SINGAPORE
29 - 30 May 2010

Two-day bicycle bash with a youth BMX race and an epic 12-hour night marathon... more info

Sharon's Noranian Turn: Stardom, Embodiment, and Language in Philippine Cinema - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Riverside, CA, USA
12:00pm, Friday, June 4, 2010



This lecture revisits the star personae of Nora Aunor and Sharon Cuneta, arguably the two most important female stars of Filipino cinema in the post-studio period... more info

Wertheim Lecture - Surveillance State: U.S. Colonial Conquest of the Philippines & The Rise of America's Internal Security Apparatus
Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
10 June 2010

This seminar is a joint endeavour of ASiA Studies Amsterdam and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR, formerly ASSR)... more info

Pub-Death0916092010 Food Film Festival
New York City, NY, USA
23 - 27 June 2010

June 24th offers up Chef Brad Farmerie (Double Crown / PUBLIC) curating an evening of Southeast Asian Street Food at the Astor Center, where a selection of films will be screened while attendees sample Farmerie and friends' peerless fare... more info

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Educational Program

FEATURED: Roger W. Smith Genocide and Human Rights Summer Institute 2010
Focus: Africa and Southeast Asia
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
14 - 17 June 2010
Registration Deadline: 4 June 2010

Register Now!  Spaces still available for educators (K-16)... more info


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Employment Opportunities

FEATURED:
Curator of Islamic Arts
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art at Shangri La
Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
Deadline: 7 June 2010

The Curator of Islamic Arts has primary responsibility for the research and interpretation of the collection, and will provide the vision for and manage collections-based activities that support the organization's mission.. more info

Tagalog Language Lecturer - Temporary
University of California, Riverside
Location: Riverside, CA, USA
Term: 2010-2011
Last Date: 4 June 2010 

Duties include teaching five courses in beginning or advanced Tagalog, pending final funding. Salary per course is $4,959.56. Questions/inquiries please email: veronica.valenzuela@ucr.edu
 
Thai Language Instructor - Temporary
University of Hamburg
Location: Hamburg, GERMANY
Term: Begins 1 October 2010 (four years limit)
Last Date: 5 June 2010

Requirements include: degree from an academic institution of higher education in Thai philology (Thai Studies); command of Standard Thai on native speaker level... more info

Southeast Asian Art Curator
Rijksmuseum
Location: Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS
Deadline: 1 September 2010

This one-year to permanent-track position is responsible for the collection of art originating from both the islands and mainland of Southeast Asia... more info


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Fellowships & Scholarships 

NEW: Bridging Cultures Through Film
National Endowment for the Humanities
Deadline: 28 July 2010

This program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films; awards are for one to three years and for up to $75,000 (for development) and up to $800,000 (for production)...  more info

Audre Rapoport Prize on Gender and Human Rights
The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, University of Texas School of Law
Deadline: 1 July 2010

The $1,000 prize will be awarded to the winner of an interdisciplinary writing competition on international human rights and women. The prize honors the work of Audre Rapoport, who has spent many hours dedicated to the advancement of women in the United States and internationally... 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

FEATURED - 70 Years of Asian Studies
Association for Asian Studies and the International Convention of Asian Scholars
Location: Honolulu, HI
Conference Dates: 31 March - 3 April 2011
Deadline: 5 August 2010


Because space constraints will not be a concern in 2011, we should be able to accommodate more than 400 sessions (versus the usual 250), including substantially more panels comprised of individual paper proposals... more info

46th New York State Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS)
State University of New York College at Brockport
Location: Brockport, New York, NY, USA
Conference Dates: 1 - 2 October 2010
Deadline: 31 May 2010

Please submit your proposals to: 2010nycas@brockport.edu... more info

1st Java Institute International Conference - Reframing Java: Past, Present and Future
Java Institute, Soegijapranata Catholic University of Semarang, INDONESIA
Deadline: 12 June 2010

In this context, the Island of Java, Indonesia is seen as a geographical entity with its complexities.  Send abstracts and complete papers via email to javainst.unika@gmail.com.

Modern Art Asia (August)
Deadline: 18 June 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

13th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA)
European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists
Location: Berlin, GERMANY
Conference: 27 September - 1 October 2010
Deadline: 1 July 2010
 
The conference brings together archaeologists, art historians, and philologists who share a common interest in Southeast Asia's past from prehistory to the historical period.... more info


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In This Issue
Featured Events & News
Educational Programs
Employment Opportunities
Fellowships & Scholarships
Call for Submissions
Summer Courses
Film Series
Radio - NEW
Resources
Web Resources
Fall 2010 CESAS Course List



The Fall 2010 Southeast Asian Studies course list available online>>>

Featured UHM.SEAS Summer Courses

Coming Soon!

Public Culinary Series: Thai Basics (CRN: 102LRCB2)



Try your hand at classic Thai food... more info

Balinese Gamelan Ensemble
(CRN: P10906)




Hands-on experience with the different instruments in a Gamelan ensemble... more info

Summer Session II

ART 475B: Art of the Pacific - Indonesia
(CRN: 91830)



The course will cover art and architecture of tribal groups from island Southeast Asia... more info


ASAN 491S: Religion and Identity in SEA
(CRN: 92189)




Examine the importance of religion in defining the boundaries of identity... more info

Coming Soon - CSEAS Alumni Profiles
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Where are you now?  Build your CSEAS Alumni profiles and join the CSEAS Alumni and Community group>>>
CSEAS Survey
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Please support the Center for Southeast Asian Studies by participating in brief program surveys>>>
CSEAS Admissions
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Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asian Studies?  For program deadlines and updates, check out the CSEAS site>>>
Explorations - Online
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Explorations, the graduate student journal for Southeast Asian studies, is now available online>>>
Film Series

The SEA Film Series thanks everyone for their support over the past year. Hundreds of people attended the free films that highlighted the stories of Southeast Asia and the filmmakers that tell them in such unique ways.  We look forward to seeing everyone again in the fall semester. Have a great summer! We'll see you at the movies!
Podcasts
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Now accepting participants for the Fall 2010 Speaker Series. Now available - Spring 2010 podcasts>>>
Radio - NEW

Looking for a place to listen to radio from across Southeast Asia? Stream radiotime>>>
Resources

Art + Exhibition

Pub-Death091609Emerging Wave
Korea
18 June - 8 August 2010

The multinational exhibition brings together 27 artists from the 10 ASEAN countries and Korea... more info

LA Film Festival
Los Angeles, CA, USA
17 - 27 June 2010

With the Malaysia-South Korea film, Woman on Fire Looks For Water... more info

Download + Stream


Free until 7/31/10

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Yale 2009

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The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia: 2nd Edition
Donald K. Swearer
State University of New York 2010



The Fajar Generation: The University Socialist Club and the Politics of Postwar Malaya and Singapore
Poh Soo Kai, Tan Jing Quee & Koh Kay Yew, eds
Strategic Information and Research Development 2010

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More Pinay Than We Admit
Ma. Luisa Camagay, ed
University of the Philippines 2010




Varieties of Religious Authority: Changes and Challenges in 20th Century Indonesian Islam
Azyumardi Azra, Kees van Dijk, Nico J G Kaptein, eds
ISEAS/IIAS 2010


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Pub-Death091609For more SEA titles, see the University of Hawai'i Press
Web Resources
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.