UHM CSEAS News
Aloha and welcome to your weekly UHM CSEAS announcement! We're proud to be your premiere source of Southeast Asian studies news. This week be sure to check out the SEA films at the Honolulu Rainbow Festival. UHM CSEAS is featuring a variety of SEA Children's books. Enjoy this newsletter's offerings of events, resources, and more- and mahalo for your continued readership and support!
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CSEAS News
FALL 2011 CSEAS Course List
is now available online!
Featured Class:
MUS 411 I: Asian Ensemble -
Randai music, talempong, flutes and traditional dendang singing
T/TH 3:00 - 4:15pm - Kennedy Theatre Substage Studio
More info contact Dr. Kirstin Pauka pauka@hawaii.edu
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
12 - 15 May 2011
The Doris Duke Theater
Honolulu, HI USA
Film: Broken Vase (Indonesia)
Playing with: Gun Hill Road & Boys and Girls
3:00pm, 13 May 2011
A drama-edy about a young woman who must confront her fiance's secret past and resolve her misgivings when she meets his ex. Catherine (Marissa Trigg) is having a garage sale before she moves to Hawaii with her fiance Paul. Initially assumed to be just another customer, Susan (Atiqah Hasiholan) turns out to be the ex of Catherine's fiance, who has come to the house to pick up her belongings.
more info
Film: Masala Mama (Singapore) Playing with: We Were Here, We Once Were Tide 11:00am, 15 May 2011 The 9-minute long production is about a comic-crazy boy who befriends an Indian convenience store owner, traditionally called a "mama" shop owner, and ends up having his own superhero-inspired adventure. The Indian mama shop owner is discernibly effeminate in his acting - something that was planned all along by the Director Kam. "The film is based largely on my childhood experiences," he explains. "I had a few homosexual friends when I was growing up, so that queer element makes the film more authentic." more info
Seminar: Climate Change and Climate Adaptation in Central Vietnam East-West Center Research Program Brown Bag Seminar Presented by Lam Thi Thu Suu John A. Burns Hall, Room 3012 1601 East-West Road Honolulu, HI USA 12:00 - 1:00pm, 18 May 2011 Vietnam is one of the countries significantly affected by climate change and climate variability. According to climate change scenario officially approved by the Minister of Natural Resource and Environment, Vietnam in June 2006 (MONRE, 2009), the climate in many regions throughout the country will change dramatically. The presentation will mainly focus on adaptation efforts made in Vietnam in context of changing climate condition. more info
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Featured Events
Around the World
Film Series: Blissfully Thai Presented by Asia Society in association with Cineaste Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Avenue New York, NY USA 13 May - 17 June 2011 The Thai film industry is buzzing with excitement these days. The emergence of some of the world's most original cinematic voices since the late '90s, notably Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, and Wisit Sasanatieng, has put Thai cinema on the international map. This series presents works made since 2000 by six filmmakers, all born in the '60s and '70s, and provides New York audiences with a rare opportunity to sample a diverse group of films from Thailand. more info 
Java Rap Stars Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY USA 7:00pm, 14 May 2011 The collective of artists founded by Marzuki Mohammad, aka "Kill the DJ," appeals to both the young and the old, as a relentless booming bass underpins vocal hooks about societal issues and Javanese poems and literature. Their songs that speak out about corruption have been used as anthems in public demonstrations and rallies. more info 5th Annual Children's Festival Meridian International Center Washington, DC USA 10:00am - 3:00pm, 21 May 2011 The Festival is an interactive and educational celebration that promotes cultural exchange and understanding among children of all ages and all nations. The Festival is organized and designed specifically for children and families to 'travel around the world,' in the confines of Meridian's historic grounds. Participating Embassies: Australia, Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Saudi Arabia, St. Kitts and Nevis, Turkey. more info 
Announcing the Renewal of the Journal Southeast Asian Studies
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, would like to announce the renewal of the website for its quarterly bilingual journal Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS). Published since 1963 SEAS reflects the center's principle of dedicated fieldwork based, multidisciplinary, and contemporary approaches toward research. It publishes work from various fields of study on Southeast Asia including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. more info   For the latest events, news and postings related to SEA become a Facebook fan or follow us on Twitter.
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Educational Programs
FEATURED: Kapi'olani Community College Culinary Arts Program Honolulu, HI USA Thai Basics I Course No. 112LRCB4 Fee: $65 1:00pm - 5:00pm, 25 June 2011 If you are the type of person who craves bursts of flavor, spikes of chili pepper and the sweet salty tang of Thai food, then you need to take Chef Grant's Thai Basics class. Thai Basics II Course No. 112LRCB5 Fee: $65 1:00pm - 5:00pm, 16 July 2011 Once again, Chef Grant will offer a complete menu of amazing, authentic Thai dishes. We'll be making chicken in pandanus leaf, spicy glass noodle salad, fried fish with chili basil sauce, Thai fish cakes, and to cool off a bit, black sticky rice pudding. To enroll please call (808) 734-9211 more info 15TH SEAPAVAA Conference and General Assembly
The National Archives
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
6 -10 June 2011
With the theme of "Archive Management," the 15th Southeast Asia-Pacific Audiovisual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) Conference in Kuala Lumpur seeks to address the concerns and meet the challenges that face film archives today in light of rapid developments in technology, the heightened need for access of information, and the maintenance and preservation of archives around the world. The conference includes a symposium, roundtable discussions, a one-day workshop, archival gem screenings, institutional visits, the General Assembly, and a retreat-excursion. Alongside the conference is a parallel event, the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA) meeting hosted by SEAPAVAA. more info  For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni & Community Linkedin group.
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| Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Public Relations Coordinator
Center for Southeast Asia Studies
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Honolulu, HI USA
Deadline: 18 May 2011
CSEAS is looking for a graduate student in Southeast Asian Studies or humanities/social science/language related disciplines to fill a student position as Public Relations Coordinator. Desirable skills would include knowledge of Constant Contact email marketing software, experience with survey development and managing social media user data for program assessment, ability to use recording equipment (sound & video) to produce streaming video and podcast programs, experience working with WordPress web hosting tools and a good design eye for developing on-line materials to be used in Center public relations efforts. more info
Burmese Language Instructor
Northern Illinois University
Location: DeKalb, IL USA
Deadline: 27 May 2011
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies seek an instructor of Burmese language beginning August 15, 2011 for one year. The successful candidate will teach lower and upper level Burmese language courses each semester. Native or near-native fluency in Burmese; an M.A. degree or equivalent in an appropriate field; evidence of teaching experience. The ability to teach a proficiency-based curriculum is highly desired. more info
Coordinator, Club and District Support - Asia/Pacific
Rotary International
Location: Evanston, IL USA
Deadline: 27 May 2011
The Coordinator provides support and training to Rotary clubs and district leaders in Southeast Asia on Rotary resources, policies, administrative procedures, meetings, and RI's online administration portal. Provides administrative support to Club and District Support (CDS) staff in RI's offices in Brazil, South Asia, Southern South America, South Pacific and Philippines as well as occasional assistance to staff serving Europe/Africa, Japan, Korea, and Rotary International in Britain and Ireland (RIBI). more info
President
Raffles University Iskandar
Location: Iskandar, Malaysia
Open until filled
Raffles Education Corp (REC) seeks the services of an experienced senior academic manager to fill the position of President of Raffles University Iskandar (RUI). The position of President RUI will initially be located in Johor Bahru but will finally be located on a new campus in Iskandar. REC has some 35 colleges in 13 countries with over 31,000 students in its programs and a further 36,000 students occupying facilities owned by the company. more info
Program Assistant
Mekong River Commission
Vientiane, Lao PDR
Deadline: 19 May 2011
The Mekong River Commission (MRC) was established by the 1995 Agreement on Co-operation for the Sustainable Development of the Mekong River Basin, between the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Viet Nam.Under the supervision of the Chief of Section, ICCS and the day-to-day supervision of the program officers, the program assistant will assist in preparation and maintaining of information, meetings and reports mainly related to MRC Donors unit under the ICCS. more info
ECPAT Youth Partnership Program
Global Coordinator
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: Two years, renewable
Deadline: 13 May 2011
The Coordinator will lead in the implementation of ECPAT International's Global Youth Partnership Project for Child Survivors of Commercial Sexual Exploitation (YPP). The Project Coordinator will be responsible for supervising the Global YPP with a high degree of accountability and ensuring that the project is implemented properly, fully adhering to the principles of child protection and child participation standards. more info
Web Programming Project Manager
Passerelles Numériques
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Start date: 15 July 2011
Deadline: 15 May 2011
Passerelles Numériques (Digital Bridges in French) is an NGO which enables the most underprivileged to access employment in the IT field and to break the circle of poverty for families in Cambodia, in Vietnam and in the Philippines. Passerelles Numérique believes that education is the best approach to help escape poverty, because it holds a unique quality: Education provides long-lasting results. For this specific reason, Passerelles Numeriques has chosen to focus on providing as many underprivileged youths as possible with solid training, allowing them to access a qualified job in Information Technology (IT). more info
Thailand Academic Director
Webster Thailand Campus
Bangkok, Thailand
Deadline: 20 May 2011
Webster University is seeking a full-time Academic Director for Webster University's Thailand programs who will be the senior academic officer of Webster University Thailand and will report directly to the Webster University Thailand Director (Rector). more info
Assistant Professor
Comparative History
Asian and African Studies
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C.
División de Historia
Location: México City, México
Deadline: 30 May 2011
The División de Historia at CIDE invites applications for the equivalent of a tenure track assistant professorship in comparative history to begin in August 2011. Research specialization, period and country expertise are open to Asian and African Studies. The applicant should already hold a Ph.D. degree, show outstanding research potential, have classroom experience and be prepared to teach Master's-level courses in comparative history as part of a graduate program. more info
Program Director - Gender, Sexuality
and Identity
Amnesty International
London, UK
Deadline: 1 June 2011
In this influential role, you'll shape and develop our strategies, policies, research and advocacy on gender, sexual orientation and other forms of identity-based discrimination - making us the recognised authority on human rights abuses grounded in such discrimination. Doing this successfully means working with people across Amnesty International (AI), strengthening our research methodologies and managing a team of dedicated staff as they advise us on how to how to research, advocate and campaign on equal rights. more info
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Fellowships Scholarships
FEATURED: Post-doctoral Fellow in Musicology in the School of Humanities
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Deadline: 16 May 2011
Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF) in Musicology in the School of Humanities (Music), from as soon as possible for a period of 19 months. Applicants should have obtained a Ph.D. degree within the last 6 years and should specialize in popular music, Chinese music, or Asian music. Preference will be given to candidate with (1) a record of research in the relationship between popular music and Chinese ethnicities/diasporic communities, (2) a demonstrated commitment to inter-disciplinary work, (3) a research profile that will contribute to the University's leadership in the study of cultural exchanges between East and West. more info Postdoctoral Fellowship International Institute for Asian Studies Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Location: Singapore Deadline: 15 May 2011 The positions are intended for outstanding recent doctoral graduates (within 6 years of receiving Ph.D. degree) from around the world, to work on an important piece of research in the social sciences or humanities. The proposed project should relate to the ways in which Asian polities and societies have interacted over time through religious, cultural, and economic exchanges and diasporic networks. more info
Fellowship in Intra-Asian Interactions Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre (NSC) Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Location: Singapore Deadline: 15 May 2011 The NSC in Singapore, which pursues research on historical interactions among Asian societies and civilizations, is accepting applications from scholars who wish to undertake research and writing in the area of intra-Asian historical interactions prior to the 16th century. more info
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Call for Submissions
FEATURED: Book Proposals & Individual Papers
AAS-ICAS Conference
Amsterdam University Press
Deadline: 15 August 2011
ICAS invites individual scholars and conveners of panels that participated in the AAS-ICAS conference to submit individual papers or panel papers for submission in the ICAS Publications Series. Once the paper is accept it will go through an editing process. more info SHIFT 2011: The Future of International Politics
Institute of Political Economy
University of Asia ad the Pacific
Pasig City, Philippines
Deadline: 30 May 2011
Shaping Insights and Forecasting Trends in Politics is an international conference for graduate students, young scholars, and industry practitioners whose works would be the bedrock for future imperatives in the study of international politics. SHIFT recognizes that, together with lessons learned from the past, the future of international politics rests on the present dynamics of relations between nations. The conference aims to bring together brilliant young minds around the world to address the implications of the most pressing issues as we approach the second decade of the 21st century. more info Crossing Borders, Traversing Boundaries: Bridging the Gap between International and Internal Migration Research and Theory Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore Location: Singapore Conference dates: 13 - 14 October 2011 Deadline: 31 May 2011 Given this complexity and the growing importance of migration in the contemporary world, this conference will provide an important forum for bridging the persistent academic "gap" between these two migration literatures and for working towards more nuanced and theoretically rich research of migration that crosses disciplinary and categorical boundaries. The primary aim of this workshop is to provide an important intellectual space for scholars working on internal and international migration in the region to come together to exchange knowledge, share research findings, explore theoretical points of convergence and divergence within migration studies, and to map possible pathways for future collaboration. more info Call for Contributions Paris International Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Hosted by Analytrics Hotel Concorde La Fayette Location: Paris, France 24 - 28 July 2012 Deadline: October 2011 The congress will bring together humanities and social sciences (HSS) researchers, scientists, academicians, experts, engineers, developers, administrators and other HSS research-related professionals and practitioners from all over the world. The aims are to promote multidisciplinary dialogue and mutual cross-fertilization of ideas and methods; to offer a place for participants to present, discuss, and showcase innovative recent and ongoing HSS research works and their applications or development. more info 7th Angkor Photo Festival Festival dates: 19 - 26 November 2011 Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia Deadline: 15 June 2011 Consistent with the festival's mission of highlighting emerging Southeast Asian photographers, of the 110 photographers exhibiting in 2010, fifty were from Asia. The work is curated by two well-known figures in photography, Yumi Goto and Antoine d'Agata, as well as by Françoise Callier, the Program Director of the Angkor Photo Festival. more info 4th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA 2011)Department of Southeast Asia Studies University of Malaya Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Conference dates: 6 - 7 December 2011 Deadline: 15 June 2011 The objectives of ICONSEA 2011 are to create awareness of the challenges of regional as well as global contemporary issues facing Southeast Asian countries of today and promote SEA as a region of diverse political, economic, cultural and social characteristics. All proposals should be based on substantial fieldwork experience and/or textual consideration. more info Grant Opportunity
National Endowment for the Humanities
Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics
Deadline: 29 June 2011
The Bridging Cultures through Film: International Topics program supports projects that examine international and transnational themes in the humanities through documentary films. These projects are meant to spark Americans' engagement with the broader world by exploring one or more countries and cultures outside of the United States. Proposed documentaries must be analytical and deeply grounded in humanities scholarship. more info The Inaugural International Young Scholars Conference Current Research on Southeast Asia Monash University Location: Sunway, Malaysia Conference dates: 14 - 15 November 2011 Deadline: 6 July 2011 The Inaugural International Young Scholars Conference provides a platform for PhD students, at various stages in their PhD journey, to present and discuss their research on Southeast Asia before fellow researchers, academics and peers from various disciplines.
The conference aims to bring young researchers and academics together to meet and network on various pertinent issues affecting the region. Being multi-disciplinary, it allows young researchers from a myriad of fields to engage in professional and academic discussions across disciplines. more info For the latest SEA-related call for submissions become a Facebook fan or follow us on Twitter.
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Web Resources
 University of Hawaiʻi Southeast Asia Collection
Association for Asian Studies
 Asia Research Institute
ISLAMOPEDIA  Charity Navigator
Digital Library of Lao Manuscripts 
Indonesian Census Data 
Malaysia My Second Home Program 
NIU CSEAS Online Course Offerings 
South & Southeast Asia Art and Archeology Index 
Southeast Asia Digital Library 
Southeast Asian Images & Texts 
SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research
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