3 JUNE 2010 | ISSUE 116 | Visit us at HTTP://WWW.CSEASHAWAII.COM
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June Greetings!

Happy June and welcome to your weekly UHM CSEAS announcement!  Stay connected with the Center over the summer for updates on employment opportunities and SEA resources.

In this issue: exhibitions, employment opportunities, and an abundance of interesting SEA resources. For more information, visit us online at the new cseashawaii.com.
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Pub-Death091609Coming Soon - 2009-10 Annual Report
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa


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Graduate Student Lance Nolde (PhD Candidate, History) during research with Sama (Bajo) communities in Southeast Sulawesi

The 2009-10 Annual Report will soon be available for download on the CSEAS website.  This yearly publication reviews events, films, and groundbreaking research over the past academic year... download 2008 Annual Report

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Featured Events

Hawaiʻi

Pub-Death091609A Year of Charles Bartlett: Bartlett in Java and Ceylon
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
Through 6 June 2010

Concluding the Academy's year-long celebration of the life and work of Charles Bartlett, this special installation from Bartlett's travels in Southeast Asia ends this Sunday... more info

Pub-Death091609The Golden Ceremony: Weddings in Asia
East West Center Gallery, 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... more info

TFHLogoComing Soon - Torn from Home: My Life as Refugee
Hawaii Discovery Children's Center, Honolulu, HI
20 June - 16 October 2010

This traveling exhibit takes young visitors and adults on an inspiring, hands-on journey into the lives of millions of children who were forced to flee their homes in conflict regions throughout the world.  Part of a national five-year tour, celebrate the Honolulu grand opening on June 20, recognized as World Refugee Day, with vibrant cultural performances, ethnic foods and more from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m... more info

Pub-Death091609ARTafterDARK: Bali High
Honolulu Academy of Art,
Honolulu, HI
25 June 2010

Celebrate the Indonesian Kite Festival at the Honolulu Academy of Art's monthly art party; enjoy music from the UH gamelan ensemble and a full food bar courtesy of TOWN... 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

24th Asia Pacific Roundtable - Strengthening Comprehensive and Cooperative Security in the Asia Pacific
Institute of Strategic and International Studies,
Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
7 - 9 June 2010

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The 24th APR brings together some of the region's most prominent scholars and policymakers to discuss the region's strategic challenges... 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-Death0916096th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference
Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM
1 - 4 July 2010

The conference aims are to raise the level of film discourse in the region as well as to promote global awareness about Southeast Asian Cinemas.
.. 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

Lead Procurement Adviser
Planning and Financial Management Capacity Building Program
Location: Dili, EAST TIMOR
Deadline: 14 June 2010

This position strengthens the capacity of management and staff in the National Directorate of Procurement to implement procurement reforms... more info

Consultant to Evaluate the Child Protection Referral System (CPRS)
UNICEF
Location: Bangkok
, THAILAND
Deadline: 18 June 2010

The assignment will seek to evaluate the CPRS and its impact on children, specifically with regard to the identification, referral and response of child protection cases... more info


Assistant and Associate Professor - Asian History or Studies
National University of Singapore
Location: SINGAPORE
Term: 2011 - 2012
Deadline: 30 September 2010

One appointment will be at the Assistant Professor (tenure track) level; another at either Assistant or Associate Professor level (tenured or tenure track)...
more info

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Fellowships & Scholarships 

NEW: Emerging Global Leadership (M.A.)
International University of Humanities and Social Sciences, San Jose, COSTA RICA
Deadline: 20 August 2010

There are partial tuition reduction scholarships for Southeast Asian Emerging Leaders (20 to 90 Percent Tuition Reduction) open to citizens of ASEAN Member States... more info

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

1st Java Institute International Conference - Reframing Java: Past, Present and Future
Location: Java Institute, Soegijapranata Catholic University of Semarang, INDONESIA
Conference Dates: 3 - 4 August 2010
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.

16th Colloquium: Power and Change in Malaysia and Singapore
Location: Australian National University, Canberra, AUSTRALIA
Conference Dates: 10 - 11 December 2010
Deadline: 15 September 2010


The Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia (MASSA) calls for papers which reflect, analyse, grapple with, or reject these new trends in society and scholarship in Singapore and Malaysia, from any disciplinary or regional perspective... 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

Summer Session II
6 July - 13 Aug 2010

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 491G: Beyond Hollywood, Contemporary Asian Cinema
(CRN: 91283)



Explore the effects of globalization on the Asian film industry and its changing relationship with Hollywood... 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

Realism in Asian Art
Singapore Art Museum
Through July 2010

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A preview into the comprehensive and research-intensive programming of the Gallery set to open in 2013.... more info

Singapore 1960
Singapore Art Museum
3 June to 22 August 2010

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1960: a year of optimism and promise after Singapore won self-government...
more info

Download + Stream

Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 60: America Misses Another Asian Opportunity
Bernard K. Gordon
East-West Center 2010

June Tan


Short Film Series: My Mother Said
June Tan
NOTE: for mature audiences only

Publications

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Kirsten W. Endres
NIAS 2010

 Ascendancy of Theravada Buddhism

The Ascendancy of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
Prapod Assavavirulhakarn Silkworm 2010


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Buddhist Murals of Northeast Thailand: Reflections of the Isan Heartland
Bonnie Pacala Brereton, Somroay Yencheuy
Silkworm 2010

 
 
Delusions

Thailand

Legitimacy Crisis in Thailand
Marc Askew, ed
Silkworm 2010


No Man's Land

Pub-Death091609For our SEA bookshelf, join CSEAS on Good Reads

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.