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CSEAS News
EXPLORATIONS 2011
Graduate Journal of
Southeast Asian Studies
This year, the EXPLORATIONS editorial staff is happy to announce a Philippine focus as a sign of our gratitude to the two departing directors of the Center for Philippine Studies, Drs. Belinda Aquino and Ricardo Trimillos. Coupled with our Philippine focus, we are proud to say that nearly the entire geography of Southeast Asia, in one way or another, is included within the covers of our journal. more info
Sakamaki Extraordinary Lectures 2011
"Global Sounds/Asian and Pacific Bodies: the International Circulation of Music"
by Dr. Ricardo D. Trimillos, UHM School for Pacific & Asian Studies
Architecture Auditorium
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
7:00 pm, 15 June 2011
There are a number of different kinds of music that we can consider "global," that is, a music genre heard in many parts of the world. Pop or commercial music is a type that most often comes to mind when we think of a global reach today. This lecture aims to look at a number of issues related to music and to our musical experiences in Hawaiʻi-what constitutes a global music? more info
Alumni Spotlight
William M. Owens, (MA, Asian Studies - Thai, 2006) has been working as a professional writer and editor based in New York City. In addition to professional writing contracts with IT and telecommunications firms, he has been studying and writing about the development of contemporary Thai art cinema as an independent scholar. more info
Song of the Week Survey
Do you enjoy our weekly musical pick from Southeast Asia? Have a favorite musician or group from Southeast Asia you'd like to see featured on the CSEAS website? Want to comment on our past selections? Let us know the answers to these and other questions by taking the poll. more info
Featured Publication: Reimagining Chinese Indonesians in Democratic Indonesia by Ray Hervandi Asia Pacific Bulletin, No. 109 Publication Date: 10 May 2011 Indonesia's initiation of democratic reforms in May 1998 did not portend well for Chinese Indonesians. Scarred by years of discrimination and forced assimilation under Suharto, many Chinese Indonesians were uncertain-once again-about what the "new" Indonesia had in store for them. Ray Hervandi, Project Assistant at the East-West Center in Washington, argues that Indonesians need to "restart a civil conversation that examines how (Chinese Indonesians fit) in Indonesia's ongoing state- and nation-building project. In the process, this conversation will have to reconsider Chinese Indonesians' locus in the nation." Download publication here.
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Hawaiʻi
Rhyme and Reason with
Zakariya Amataya and Kealoha
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Orvis Auditorium
7:30pm, 25 June 2011
Zakariya Amataya, Thailand's award-winning, Ginsberg-inspired, Sunni hipster poet joins local slam poet favorite Kealoha in an evening of poetry from the edge. Joining Kealoha and Zakariya onstage will be ukulele virtuoso Taimane Gardner. more info
Around the World
Film Series: Blissfully Thai Presented by Asia Society in association with Cineaste Asia Society 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 
6th Sabah International Folklore Festival 2011
Sabah Cultural Centre
Penampang, Malaysia
17 - 26 July 2011
The state government of Sabah Malaysia emphasises the importance of culture in its development agenda. One of the government efforts to promote, preserve and develop traditions and cultures of Sabah is by organising the Sabah International Folklore Festival (SIFF). 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: Fall 2011 Internship
The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program
Location: Washington, D.C. USA
Deadline: 30 June 2011
Selected interns will be provided with an office space equipped with a computer, phone, access to Smithsonian collections, libraries, and other resources, as well as advice and research guidance from the APA Program and other Smithsonian staff. Smithsonian interns have the opportunity to develop both research and professional skills and to participate in numerous intern activities and events at the Smithsonian. more info Online Website Intern
Asia Society
Location: New York, NY USA
Open until filled
Asia Society Online is looking for a reliable, detail-oriented, internet-savvy intern who can help on a range of tasks associated with maintenance and production on a large, high-volume website. This internship will focus primarily on helping the Asia Society Online team with basic administrative tasks and site maintenance, which will include such areas as monitoring comments, tagging content, and other duties to be determined. more info Angkor and Its Global Connections: An International Conference
Location: Siem Reap, Cambodia
Dates: 10-12 June 2011
The aim of the conference is to examine the history of the Khmer polities which were centered in and around the Angkor region, the development of their urban centers, and the links between these polities and other political and cultural center in Southeast Asia, East Asia and beyond. It is hoped that the papers presented, selections of which will be subsequently published in an edited volume, will offer a state-of-the-field overview of Khmer polities, their urban development and their relations with other polities and cultural centres, including Tai, Thai, Cham, Viet, and Chinese polities, the Arab and Persian worlds and maritime Southeast Asia. more info  For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni & Community Linkedin group.
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| Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Professor or
Associate Professor
Monash University
School of Arts and Social Sciences
Location: Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Deadline: 31 July 2011
The School of Arts and Social Sciences is seeking an outstanding appointee to lead the school's research and education strength "Social Transformation in Southeast Asia". The school would be particularly interested in applicants working on socio-cultural issues. more info Assistant Professor of International Relations
Mount Holyoke College
Location: South Hadley, MA
Deadline: 1 November 2011
The International Relations Program invites applications for a tenure-track position in transnational social movements and organizations. The position would be offered at the assistant professor level beginning in Fall 2012. We particularly welcome candidates with research agendas focusing on Southeast Asia or Africa and with strong quantitative methods. more info Associate Director
University of Rochester College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering Location: Rochester, NY USA
Open until filled
The associate director represents the College of Arts, Sciences and Engineering of the University of Rochester to all constituents seeking information about undergraduate and graduate admission processes and programs, prospective students, parents, school/university officials, and others. S/He serves as the university's primary representative in East and Southeast Asia (specifically China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Laos, Singapore, Vietnam, and the Philippines) but is not restricted to traveling elsewhere. more info Tenure-Track or Visiting Professor
University of Bridgeport
Location: Bridgeport, CT
Open until filled
Political scientist with regional expertise (preferred areas: Japan, Korea or Southeast Asia). Successful candidate will be expected to teach political and social science courses at graduate and undergraduate levels and may also teach courses in East Asian and Pacific Rim Studies. Candidates with an earned Ph.D. and a successful record of university teaching are preferred. Applicants are asked to submit copies of recent course evaluations and publications in support of their applications. more info Research Associate (Southeast Asia)
Council on Foreign Relations
Location: New York, NY USA
Open until filled
CFR's Studies Program is one of the country's largest foreign policy think tanks, with a widely respected and influential research staff. The Studies Program's aim is to advance the discussion of American foreign policy and international affairs through its writing, publications, public outreach, and discussionsThe Council also publishes Independent Task Force reports.The Research Associate will primarily support a fellow whose work examines U.S. policy toward Southeast Asia, in addition to CFR's Task Force Program. more info For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni Community Linkedin group. Return to top |
Fellowships Scholarships
FEATURED: Senior Research Fellow/ Associate Director
National University of Singapore
Middle East Institute Location: Singapore
Open until filled
The Middle East Institute (MEI), National University of Singapore, seeks to recruit a Senior Research Fellow, who will hold the title of Associate Director, to assist the Director in developing the Institute's research, publications and events agenda, in generating a fruitful and collegial research environment, and in contributing to the Institute's research and analysis output. more info Bernard Schwartz Resident Fellows Program
Asia Society
Applications now being accepted
The Bernard Schwartz Fellows Program seeks to contribute to a better understanding of policy challenges related to the growing importance of Asia in the international political arena and global economy. The program selects highly qualified professionals to serve as resident Fellows at Asia Society's headquarters in New York City or its office in Washington, D.C. for up to one year. During the course of their residencies, fellows direct a policy initiative, such as a task force, study group, or policy research project. more info Fellowships - The Culman Center
The New York Public Library
Deadline: 30 September 2011
The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers offers fellowships to people whose work will benefit directly from access to the research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (formerly the Humanities and Social Sciences Library). Renowned for the extraordinary comprehensiveness of its collections, the Library is one of the world's preeminent resources for study in anthropology, art, geography, history, languages and literature, philosophy, politics, popular culture, psychology, religion, sociology, and sports. more info
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Call for Submissions
FEATURED: DEADLINE APPROACHING 4th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA 2011)
Positioning Southeast Asia in the Globalized World
Location: University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Conference dates: 6 - 7 December 2011
Deadline: 15 June 2011
The Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya is pleased to announce that the Fourth International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA 2011) will be held from 6th to 7th of December 2011 at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur. 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 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 Grant OpportunityNational 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: Petaling Jaya, 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 Council on Thai Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Ingraham Hall)
University of Wisonsin-Madison
Conference dates: 7 & 8 October 2011
Deadline: 9 September 2011
The Council on Thai Studies announces its annual meeting to be held at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Ingraham Hall), the University of Wisconsin-Madison on 7 - 8 October 2011. We invite students, faculty, and other scholars of Thailand and Tai peoples to submit papers for this conference. This is a premier opportunity to exchange ideas and present new and on-going research. We welcome all topics at this conference. This is a small conference. It is an ideal venue for presenters and attendees to share and test ideas. more info Call for ContributionsParis International Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences Research Hosted by Analytrics Hotel Concorde La Fayette Location: Paris, France Conference dates: 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 Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference
The Politics, Practices and Poetics of the Archive
Location: Singapore
Conference dates: 19 - 22 June 2012
Deadline: 30 November 2011
The 7th Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference (2012) emphasizes the politics, practices, and poetics of the archive. Each year, the conference has included film practitioners in recognition of the crucial role they have played in increasing film education and discourse in the region. We have previously provided space for independent filmmakers and screenings of their works, focused on curriculum development, and highlighting alternative cultures of cinema. more info
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Podcasts
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Radio
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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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