UHM CSEAS Scholarships and Employment Opportunities
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CSEAS News
CSEAS Scholarships and Fellowships:
DEADLINES APPROACHING
Visit the CSEAS student scholarships page for more information.
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (FLAS) Deadline: 1 February 2011
The Moscotti Fellowship for Graduate Studies of Southeast Asia Deadline: 1 February 2011
Starr Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Asian Studies Deadline: 15 February 2011
 Teaching Assistantships in Asian Studies (Two Positions)University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Honolulu, HI For the Academic Year 2011 - 2012 The TAs will assist instructors in undergraduate Asian Studies courses and will serve as principal organizers for the 2012 SPAS Graduate Student Conference. more info CALL FOR PAPERS
Transforming Cambodia Studies: Social Change and Cultural Transitions since 1979The Center for Khmer Studies Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia Conference dates: 7 - 9 July 2011 Deadline: 28 February 2011This conference aims to focus attention on new scholarly inquiry into the nature and impact of these transitions as they affect power relations, communal organization, identity formations and rural-urban as well as transnational migrations. more info
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Featured Events
Around the World
 Women's Rights and Religions in Malaysia Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Location: Singapore 10:30am - 12:00pm, 20 January 2011
Dr. Sharon Bong from Monash University will show how selected women's rights activists integrate rights and religions in Malaysia. In doing so, she revisits the impasse of women's rights as universal versus cultural relativism (i.e. Asian values) to offer ways of knowing and doing rights that bridge the disparity between the rhetoric and implementation of women's-human rights in global and local contexts. more info
Lifescapes- Southeast Asian Film Festival Payap University Location: Chiang Mai, Thailand Dates: 3 - 6 February
The Lifescapes Southeast Asian Film Festival is here to expose the stories of the region- to show what media, education, and NGO's in and around Northern Thailand and the Mekong region are doing. We're doing it to raise awareness, inspire dialogue, and maybe even evoke change. more info
 Indonesia - Land of Dance and Dragon Singapore Philatelic Museum Location: Singapore Dates: Exhibition through 4 March 2011 Special Performance every hour: 11am - 4pm, 4 February
Land of Dance and Dragon explores the diverse beauty of Indonesia. Besides the extensive selection of indigenous flora and fauna, the archipelago offers a rich source of living traditions. In conjunction with exhibition on 4 February a different Javanese dance will be featured every hour by Garrett Kam and Neomi Ogo, who were both trained in Yogyakarta at the dance schools at Pujokusuman. more info
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Educational Programs
FEATURED: Advanced Filipino Abroad ProgramUniversity of Hawai'iLocation: Bulacan Province (4 weeks), Ateneo de Manila University (4 weeks), PHILIPPINESProgram Dates: 11 June - 6 August 2011Deadline: 7 February 2011 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 Khmer Language and Culture Study ProgramUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoaLocation: Phenom Penh, CambodiaProgram dates: 13 June - August 5 2011Deadline: 28 February 2011The Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK), Summer Abroad Program is an intensive eight-week training in Khmer language-culture. This program with one week home-stays in rural of Cambodia provides third year Khmer students with a one-of-a kind opportunity. more infoHeritage Conserved and Contested: Asian and European Perspectives International Institute for Asian Studies Location: Leiden, Netherlands Dates: 19 - 26 June 2011 Deadline: 15 January 2011
This first summer program in Asian Studies aims to shed light on the various definitions, interests, and practices associated with the question of cultural heritage in Asia and Europe. The program aims at Master's and doctoral students incorporating heritage issues in their work. more info
COTIM 2011 The Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay
Advanced Indonesian Abroad
For US Citizens and Permanent Residents only
Program dates: June 13 - August 13, 2011
Deadline: 16 Februray 2011
The Consortium for the Teaching of Indonesian and Malay (COTIM) and Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana(UKSW) are now jointly planning a nine-week intensive program in advanced Indonesian hosted by several institutions in Indonesia and Malaysia. more info
International Field Study Program (IFSP) - Indonesia
Center for Global Field Study
University of Washington
Location: Tinjil Island, West Java, Indonesia
Deadline: 25 February 2011
IFSP-Indonesia is an interdisciplinary educational program established in 1995 in collaboration with the Primate Research Center at Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia. The program is designed to provide field-based educational, training, and research opportunities for students interested in Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior, Primatology, Environmental Science, and Global Health.more info
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Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Visiting Instructor in Indonesian or Indian Ocean History
Department of History
Dartmouth College
Location: Hanover, NH USA
Deadline: 15 February 2011
Our primary objective is to bring in an instructor capable of teaching island Southeast Asia/Indonesian history at an introductory level and another course on the Indian Ocean as a comparative field. We can make this visiting appointment at any rank, including that of candidate for the PhD. But to ensure that the visitor has a happy and productive experience we prefer an instructor with teaching experience. more info email
gene.r.garthwaite@dartmouth.edu
Faculty Positions, School of Humanities and Languages
Tan Tao University Location: Long An, Viet Nam Semester starting September 2011
Tan Tao University is a new non-profit private university, located west of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. TTU seeks excellent professors to achieve a high international standard with education on a Western model. more info
Outreach Coordinator Search to Involve Pilipino Americans Location: Los Angeles, CA USA Deadline: 14 January 2011
Conduct outreach to various youth and community organizations, schools, churches and other institutions about SIPA programs and services. Implement strategies for SIPA's anti-tobacco education; submit monthly program reports; attend community events, meetings and other activities. more info
Artisan - Arts Trainer Youth Connect Location: Mae Sot, Tak Thailand Deadline: 18 February 2011
Youth Connect has opened a new artistic crafts studio that will produce and sell artistic crafts as well as act as a training and employment center for artistically talented young adults who are apprentices with Youth Connect's Transitions Program. The artistic crafts center is looking to hire 1 - 3 highly skilled artisans. more info
Program Coordinator World Resources Institute Location: Washington, D.C. USA
The World Resources Institute's People and Ecosystems Program (PEP) is seeking a program coordinator for its Forest Landscape Initiative. The program coordinator will be responsible for assisting the project managers in managing time, quality and budget parameters, facilitating fundraising and outreach efforts, and assisting in writing, research and proofreading. The program coordinator will support projects in Central Africa and Indonesia, as well as a global project to leverage the U.S. Lacey Act to combat illegal logging. more info
Program Officer- Interdisciplinary Programs Asia Society Location: New York, NY USA
To work with the Executive Director and other New York Public Programs (NYPP) staff in developing, managing, and executing public programs combining perspectives of more than one of Asia Society's institutional disciplines of Arts and Culture, Policy, Business, and Education. more info
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Fellowships Scholarships
FEATURED: DEADLINES APPROACHING CSEAS Student Scholarships and Fellowships is available online
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
DEADLINE APPROACHING
Next Generation in Asian Affairs Fellowship
The National Bureau of Asian Research
Duration: One (1) year
Location: Seattle, WA USA
Deadline: 15 January 2011
The Next Generation Leadership program, now entering its sixth year, is training young Asia specialists from a wide variety of fields to bridge the gap between scholarly research and the needs of U.S. policy toward a rapidly changing Asia. Fellows support NBR research projects and collaborate with leading scholars to conduct independent research and share research findings with the policymaking community in Washington, D.C. more info
Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Migration, Identity, State: Flows and Crises
in a Global Era
Washington University
Location: St. Louis, MO USA
Review of applications: 15 January 2011
Open till filled
The International and Area Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis invites applications from recent PhDs in any relevant discipline to participate in our investigation of the manifestations and consequences of the movement of people and ideas around the globe entitled: "Migration, Identity, State: Flows and Crises in a Global Era." Working collaboratively and across a range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, we seek to identify the boundaries, both old and new and within and between states, that shape and define human society in the twenty-first century. more info
2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies
Columbia University
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Deadline: 19 January 2011
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute (WEAI) invites applications for its 2011-2012 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Modern Southeast Asian Studies. The Fellow will devote half time to his or her own research and will teach one course on Southeast Asia per semester. more info
Boren Graduate Fellowships for Language Study National Security Education Program Deadline: 1 February 2011
Boren Fellowships are funded by the National Security Education Program (NSEP), which focuses on geographic areas, languages, and fields of study deemed critical to U.S. national security. Applicants should identify how their projects, as well as their future academic and career goals, will contribute to U.S. national security, broadly defined.
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Call for Submissions
FEATURED: DEADLINE APPROACHING EXPLORATIONS: A Graduate Student Journal of Southeast Asian Studies University of Hawai'i at MānoaCenter for Southeast Asian StudiesDeadline: 20 January 2011EXPLORATIONS is edited and published by graduate students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa with administrative support provided by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS).more infoView past EXPLORATIONS journals here
CALL FOR PAPERS Crossing Borders: Emerging Trends in Pacific and Asian Studies2011 School of Pacific and Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa
Conference dates: 3 - 5 April, 2011Location: Honolulu, HIDeadline: 28 January 2011Conference organizers are looking for papers that incorporate new and emerging trends in Pacific and/or Asian Studies, insights on the importance of area studies, interdisciplinary approaches, and any other original research on the region(s). more info
International Conference on Thai StudiesMahidol UniversityConference dates: 26 - 28 July 2011Location: Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Deadline: 15 January 2011Mahidol University and the Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia are pleased to invite researchers, students, and activists with an interest in Thailand to participate in the 11th International Conference on Thai Studies on 26-28 July 2011. Held every three years, the International Conference on Thai Studies is a well-established forum for researchers across disciplines to share knowledge and perspectives on Thailand, Thai culture and society and the connection between Thailand and the world. more info"Transnational Religion, Missionization, and Refugee Migrants in Comparative Perspective" Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity Location: Goettingen, Germany Dates: 6 October - 7 October 2011 Deadline: 15 February 2011
The ever-growing scale of violent mass displacement, routine measures of the de facto sealing of borders and the criminalization of migrant labor are phenomena that are creating important fields for scholarly engagements. Massively concentrated in Asia and Africa, most of the displaced people who illegally traverse the borders, are segregated in gated refugee camps and artificially reproduced by an army of humanitarian organizations that keep people enclosed, but alive. more info For the latest SEA-related call for submissions become a Facebook fan or follow us on Twitter.
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Alumni Spotlight
Dr. Muhamad Ali, (Ph.D. History, Islam, Southeast Asia UHM 2007)
Dr. Muhamad Ali is currently an assistant professor in the Dept. of Religious Studies at UC Riverside. His most recent works include the book Bridging Islam and the West: An Indonesian View (2009) and a journal article "'They are not All Alike': Indonesian Intellectuals' Perception of Judaism and Jews (2010). more info
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Film Series
The Wednesday Night Film Series returns on January 19 with the UH subtitled LIVING IN FEAR (Viet Nam, 2005). We look forward to seeing everyone at the regular start time of 6:30pm, Center for Korean Studies Building.
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