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CSEAS News
 30th Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF)
http://www.hiff.org
Honolulu, HI
14 - 24 October 2010
The Hawaii International Film Festival returns with another incredible line-up of films, music events, and more. This year, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies is proud to sponsor the following films:
CIN(T)A
Dir. Sammaria Simanjuntak
Indonesia 2010
 BI, DON'T BE AFRAID (BI, DUNG SO!)
Dir. Dang Di Phan
Germany, Viet Nam 2010
 CLASH (BẪY RỒNG)
Dir. Le Thanh Son
Viet Nam 2009
SEA Cinemaphiles: to maximize your HIFF experience, check out our online Southeast Asia Film guide with films and showtimes!
 Anthropology Colloquium Series Occasional Seminar - A Hundred Years of Archaeology in Thailand
Co-sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Crawford 114, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
3:00 pm, Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej examines the development of Thai archaeology from a local perspective, and considers how its current status will impact the future growth of archaeology in Thailand... more info
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Featured Events
Hawaiʻi
 Save the Date - The "Local" in Philippine National History: Some Puzzles, Problems and Options
Center for Korean Studies, UH Mānoa
12:00 pm, Friday, 22 October 2010
The Asian Studies Program presents a special lecture from 2010-2011 Woodrow Wilson Fellow Dr. Patricio Abinales... more info
 Anak - Filipino Children's Day
Children Discovery Center
Honolulu, HI
10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Sunday, 3 October 2010
Enjoy Filipino food, dance, music, games, story telling and free entrance to all Center exhibits, courtesy of the Filipino Association of University Women... more info
 Explorations Grad Student Journal Inaugural Meeting
Moore Hall 319, UH Mānoa
4:00 - 6:30 pm, Monday, 4 October 2010
Explorations, the nation's only graduate student journal in Southeast Asian studies, is having its inaugural meeting for interested editors and support staff. Everyone is invited!
 Free Kama'aina Wednesday
Shangri-La Center for Islamic Art
Honolulu, HI
Beginning 6 October 2010
The Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, in collaboration with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, will offer Hawaii residents the opportunity to tour Shangri La free of charge on the first Wednesday of every month... more info
Around the World
 Screening - "Shadows and Illumniations" on Mental Illness, Spirit Possession, and Social Violence in Bali
Haines Hall, UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, California, USA
12:00 pm, Tuesday, 5 October 2010
The film documents the painful history of Pak Kereta's trauma, loss and poisoning, and draws on his other family members' interpretations of how to understand his struggles and distress... more info
 Health as Metaphor and Reality in Religions of Asia
Winston, North Carolina, USA
7 - 9 October 2010
This three-day workshop will bring together ASDP alumni and interested scholars and educators to address issues related to Hinduism in India, Islam in Southeast Asia, traditional medicine in China, and Buddhism, in order to provide pedagogically useful resources for comparative study in Asian societies... more info
 Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Workers to the World
Haines Hall, UCLA Campus
Los Angeles, CA, USA
12:00 pm, Friday, 8 October 2010
Rutgers Sociology Prof. Robyn Rodriguez investigates how and why the Philippine government transformed itself into what she calls a labor brokerage state, with nearly 10 percent of the population employed in almost two hundred countries... more info
 6th Annual Southeast Asia Day: A Celebration of Cultures
Aquarium of the Pacific
Long Beach, CA, USA
9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Saturday, 9 October
This festival's program will highlight the beauty and diversity of Cambodian, Thai, Vietnamese, Burmese, Laotian, and Indonesian cultures... more info
 Exhibition - Tam Ta
San Art Gallery
Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM
Through 13 November 2010
This touring exhibition showcases recent work by 5 Hanoi artists: Nguyen Huy An, Nguyen Manh Hung, Vu Hong Ninh, Nguyen Tran nam and Nguyen Van Phuc. Curated by pioneering artist and curator, Tran Luong. For more information, please contact art@san-art.org.
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Educational Programs
FEATURED: Symposium - Fifty Years of Ethnomusicology at UCLA
University of California at Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Event Date: Tuesday, 9 November 2010
Early Registration Deadline: 4 October 2010
UCLA celebrates 50 years of ethnomusicology with the theme "Worlds of Music at UCLA." In addition to the symposium, an evening dinner is also scheduled... more info
Summer Scholarships to Study Indonesian Language
U.S. Department of State
Location: INDONESIA
Deadline: 15 November 2010
Undergraduate and graduate students learning Indonesian are eligible for a summer scholarship through the U.S. State Department's Critical Language Scholarship Program... more info
Advanced Filipino Abroad Program
University of Hawai'i
Location: Bulacan Province (4 weeks), Ateneo de Manila University (4 weeks), PHILIPPINES
Program Dates: 11 June - 6 August 2011
Deadline: 7 February 2011 (applications available November 2010)
The Advanced Filipino Abroad Program just completed its 19th program. To date, AFAP has trained 208 participants (since 1991). We are constantly looking for innovative ways to increase the proficiency in Filipino of the AFAP students. Please urge your students to apply to our next program (Summer 2011). 2011 may be our last program... more info
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Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Assistant Professor (tenure-track) - Performing Arts, Asian Studies Program (Ref#0084385)
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Location: Honolulu, HI, USA
Deadline: Continuous - application review begins 1 February 2011 We seek a dynamic, committed teacher and scholar in the performing arts of Asia for the Asian Studies Program... more info
Senior Lecturer - International Relations/Asian Studies
Griffith University
Location: Nathan Campus, AUSTRALIA
Deadline: 13 October 2010
The successful applicant will have a proven teaching and publishing track record and demonstrate potential to apply successfully for external research grants... more info
Assistant Professor (tenure-track) -Sociocultural Anthropology
Reed College
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Term Begins: August 2011
Deadline: 18 October 2010
The Department of Anthropology seeks a teacher-scholar; anthropologists focusing on Latin America and South/Southeast Asia are strongly encouraged to apply... more info
Two-year Visiting Position - Asian Studies
Union College
Location: Schenectady, NY, USA
Term Begins: September 2011
Deadline: 1 December 2010
The ability to teach world history and to contribute to Union's Asian Studies and other interdisciplinary programs is desirable... more info
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Fellowships & Scholarships
FEATURED - Southeast Asia Fellowship Program Fall 2011
East-West Center
Washington, D.C., USA
Benefits: USD $2,500 to $4,500 (dependent upon experience) while in residence; round trip airfare to Washington, D.C. Residency at the Center will start in September 2011
Term: Three (3) months)
Deadline: 15 October 2010
The East-West Center in Washington (EWCW) is accepting applications from scholars and analysts who wish to undertake policy-relevant research and writing in one of the following areas: 1. International relations of Southeast Asia; 2. Political change in Southeast Asia; and 3. ASEAN integration and community-building efforts... more info
Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships in Laos
U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Location: Vientiane, LAOS
Grant period: 10 months (September 2011 - July 2012)
Deadline: 18 October 2010
We are seeking graduating seniors and master's level students who are committed to teaching English in Laos for 10 months. All instruction is in English, but some Lao will be needed... more info
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Location: Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
Term Begins: Fall 2011
Deadline: 29 October 2010
The fellowship carries a $45,000 annual stipend, a $2,000 research account, and a comprehensive benefit package... more info
Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships - Asian studies Trans-regional or Transnational South, Southeast or East Asia
Hamilton College Location: Clinton, NY, USA
Term Begins: 1 July 2011 Deadline:1 November 2010
The Asian Studies Program of Hamilton College is especially interested in interdisciplinary teaching and research on such topics as colonialism and empire, diaspora and globalization, or environmental history. For more information, please contact Dr. Thomas Wilson at asianpd1@hamilton.edu
PhD & Senior Fellowships - Research in Cambodia
Center for Khmer Studies
Location: CAMBODIA
Deadline: 15 November 2010
The fellowship is open to U.S. citizens only. Application forms are available on the CKS website... more info
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships for Advanced Language Study in Asia
Blakemore Foundation
Deadline: 30 December 2010
Blakemore Freeman Fellowships are awarded for one year of advanced language study in East or Southeast Asian in approved language programs... more info
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Call for Submissions
FEATURED - Asian Affairs: An American Review
This quarterly journal covers the entire Asia region. Please submit articles on current issues in Southeast Asia to Andrea Katalin Molnar at akmolnar@niu.edu... more info
Hmong in Comparative Contexts
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Conference Dates: 4 - 5 March 2011
Deadline: 10 December 2010
First biannual conference organized by the new University of Wisconsin-University of Minnesota Hmong Studies Consortium. Keynote speaker: French scholar and Hmong in Asia specialist Christian Culas... more info
Visualizing Asia in the Modern World: A Conference on Image-Driven ScholarshipHarvard University
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
Conference Dates: 20 - 21 May 2011
Deadline: 1 December 2010
This two-day conference will consist of image-drive presentations addressing both Asian and non-Asian representations of 19th and 20th-century developments in the history of East and Southeast Asia... more info
Journal of Lao Studies
Deadline: 31 December 2010
The Journal of Lao Studies (JLS), published by the Center for Lao Studies, is an exciting new scholarly project which is expected to become the first and most prestigious venue in the many disciplines under the umbrella of "Lao Studies." For our third issue, expected to be published in 2011, we are now accepting submissions of articles, book review suggestions, review articles (extended reviews of major publications, trends in the field, or of political, social, or economic events). Address all editorial correspondence and submissions to Dr. Justin McDaniel at: info@laojournal.org... more info
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Resources
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Publications
John Kleinen, Manon Osseweijer, eds
ISEAS 2010
Philip Hirsch & Nicholas Tapp, eds
Amsterdam University 2010
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