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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CSEAS News
Secretary of Education 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
Call for AY 2009-10 Annual Report University 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
 ARTafterDARK 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
50th 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
Siamese 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
Singapore
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
2010 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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Fall 2010 CESAS Course List
The Fall 2010 Southeast Asian Studies course list available online>>>
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Coming Soon - CSEAS Alumni Profiles

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CSEAS Survey

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CSEAS Admissions
Thinking about a graduate degree in Southeast Asian Studies? For program deadlines and updates, check out the CSEAS site>>>
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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 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!
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Radio - NEW
Looking for a place to listen to radio from across Southeast Asia? Stream radiotime>>>
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