UHM CSEAS News
Aloha and welcome to your UHM CSEAS e-newsletter! We're proud to be your premiere source of Southeast Asian studies news. This week be sure to check out our featured books on marriage in SEA! The documentary People Inside the Frontier can now be viewed on the CSEAS website. Enjoy this newsletter's offerings of events, resources, and more. Mahalo for your continued readership and support!
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People inside the Frontier - Part 1
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People Inside the Frontier USA 2007, 9 Parts; 60 min
A Documentary Video by Sapril Akhmady MA Thesis, Asian Studies, UHM People Inside the Frontier can now be viewed on the CSEAS website. The story begins at a time when the Ammatoa people, of Sulawesi, Indonesia are feeling deeply disturbed about ongoing changes in their community. They feel as if they are facing currents of transformation that will fundamentally affect their culture and their traditional way of life. more info  Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts A lecture by Scholar in Residence, Dr. Linda Komaroff Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art Location: Honolulu, HI USA 1:30pm - 3:30pm, 30 July 2011 Reservations are required and seating is limited Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts is a ground breaking exhibition currently on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Dr. Linda Komaroff will discuss the exhibition and some of the spectacular works of art associated with the great Islamic courts from Spain to India, where gift giving was a fundamental activity. more info 
Siamese Connection 2011: Rediscover The Invisible Dog Arts Center Location: Brooklyn, NY Exhibition dates: 28 - 31 July 2011 As New York's largest Thai arts showcase, Siamese Connection was first conceived in 2010 to provide a much needed platform for emerging Thai artists based in New York. This year's theme of "rediscover" was selected to prompt artists to take another look at themselves, their identity and their surroundings, finding new meaning, significance and perspective in familiar or forgotten things. more info  A New Beginning in Thailand? Read East-West Center President Charles E. Morrison's commentary on Thailand's recent elections. more info  Explorations Graduate Journal 2011 available online !
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| Featured Events
Around the World
Suek Maiyarap
Thailand Cultural Centre
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Performance through 7 August 2011
Following its previous success in traditional khon performances, the Support Foundation launched a spectacular production of the Ramayana's Suek Maiyarap (The Battle of Maiyarap) that will elevate Thai theatrical standards to a new level. more info
Women, Gender and Islam
Presentation by Zarina Nalla
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Location: Singapore
3:00 - 4:30pm, 25 July 2011
The presentation will touch upon several related topics, such as the Qur'an's treatment of women, the role of Muslim women in the public sphere historically, the current image of Muslim women internationally, and their present status in the region. Common myths about gender in Islam will be discussed. more info
Night Festival 2011
The Substation
Location: Singapore
7pm-2am, 26 - 27 August 2011
Admission: Free
This year the Night Festival takes its inspiration from the histories and cultures of the Black Sea, retelling stories of the cultural crossings and maritime journeys that have fed our own cultures and imaginations. The Substation presents a diverse range of contemporary and experimental film, dance, performing arts and music programs. more info
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Educational Programs
FEATURED: Internship United Nations
Office of Legal Affairs
Location: New York, NY USA
Deadline: 13 August 2011 The Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) is recruiting interns for its five divisions located in New York. We are seeking highly motivated graduate students who wish to gain professional experience in international law within an international organization in order to supplement their studies. This internship is practical educational experience and will provide interns the opportunity to work in a multicultural, intergovernmental organization. more info Internship
Stockholm Environment Institute
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Established on 1st January 2004, the SEI Asia Centre coordinates SEI activities in Asia. It currently focuses on three research themes: water resources and sanitation, coastal resources and development, and adapting to climate change. Other two themes being developed are sustainable energy and atmospheric environment. The internship opportunity is for young researchers or students who wish to gain more knowledge and experience in environmental research. 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  For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni & Community Linkedin group.
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| Employment Opportunities
FEATURED: Assistant Director - Academic Initiative
Council on Foreign Relations
National Program and Outreach
Location: New York, NY USA
Open until filled
The Assistant Director, Academic Initiative, will manage CFR's efforts to connect educators and students at the high school, college, and graduate-school levels with CFR's research tools-this includes planning student briefings, academic conference exhibitions, and higher education workshops; developing academic modules; and creating the monthly Educators Bulletin e-newsletter. more info
Program Associate
United Nations
Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
Location: New York, NY USA
Deadline: 1 August 2011
The Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific (RBAP) sets the vision for UNDP activities in the Asia and the Pacific region and advocates through the Asian Human Development Reports. The overall purpose of the Program Associate is to ensure that in his/her functions as the Chief of Staff as well as additional roles on regional support, the incumbent receives administrative and operational support to enable him/her to concentrate on his/her core functions. more info
Associate Professor - Asian Studies
University of Tokyo
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Deadline: 15 September 2011
International applications are invited for the position of Associate Professor, to be based in the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. The successful candidate will belong to the Department of Pioneering Asian Studies, newly created on 1 April 2011, the aim of which is to develop new perspectives in the field of Asian Studies through challenging and innovative approaches. more info
Assistant Professor - Transnational Asian History University of Wisconsin - Madison
Location: Madison, WI USA
Deadline: 1 November 2011
The Department of History at the UW-Madison invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position beginning August 2012 at the rank of Assistant Professor in transnational Asian history since 1500. Applicants should hold a doctorate or anticipate its completion by the time of the appointment. Candidates should demonstrate evidence of creativity and excellence in research dealing with transnational exchange or interaction among cultures, societies, regions or states within Asia. more info
International Experiential Educators
Where There Be Dragons
Location: Indonesia
Open until filled
Where There Be Dragons is currently accepting applications for instructors for their fall semester 2011 programming in Indonesia. The fall semester focuses on indigenous communities and their relationships to the natural environment in three very unique regions - Bali, Sulawesi and the Moluccas. Candidates with strong language skills and regional fluency in Sulawesi and Maluku (eastern Indonesia) are encouraged to apply. more info
Research Assistant/Associate
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Location: Singapore
Deadline: 24 July 2011
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies is a regional research centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The assistant/associate will work with the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre fellows and ISEAS administrative staff to help organize NSC conferences and seminars as well as having many other responsibilities. more info
Program Assistant - Cultural Programs
Asia Society
Location: New York, NY USA
Open until filled
The Program Assistant for Cultural Programs (PA) works closely with responsible staff to formulate, develop and coordinate performances, panel discussions, lectures, films and other events, including all aspects of production, coordination and marketing through print, email and social media. The PA assists with other departmental administrative responsibilities as needed. more info
Head of Department of Asian and International Studies
City University of Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Deadline: 31 July 2011
The Department of Asian and International Studies offers undergraduate programs in the areas of East and Southeast Asian Studies/International Studies and postgraduate programs in the areas of Development Studies/Asian and International Studies. Teaching and research in the Department include studies of globalization, social and political trends, and the impacts of various types of economic development. more info Research Associate or Visiting Faculty
Harvard Divinity School
Location: Cambridge, MA USA
Deadline: 15 October 2011
Harvard Divinity School announces five full-time Research Associate and Visiting Faculty positions for 2012-13 in its Women's Studies in Religion Program. Proposals should utilize both religion and gender as central categories of analysis. They may address women and religion in any time, place, or religious tradition, and may utilize disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches from across the fields of theology, the humanities, and the social sciences. more info Asia Advocacy Director
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Location: Washington, D.C., USA
Apply Immediately
HRW is seeking highly-qualified applicants for the position of Advocacy Director with its Asia Division. The Advocacy Director will work with staff from HRW's Asia Division and its thematic divisions (women's rights, children's rights, international justice, refugees, etc.) to design and implement strategies to promote and protect human rights in Asia. more info For more employment and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni Community Linkedin group. Return to top |
Fellowships Scholarships
FEATURED: Research Positions Zentrum Moderner Orient
Location: Berlin, Germany
Deadline: 15 September 2011 Within its research program Muslim Worlds - World of Islam? Concepts, Practices and Crises of the Global, ZMO announces the opening of five research positions for PhD holders who will be expected to reside in Berlin. ZMO wishes to particularly encourage applications with a regional focus on Africa and Southeast Asia. In addition to the disciplines already represented at ZMO, we encourage specialists from other disciplines such as Sociology, Cultural Geography and Economic History/Economic Anthropology to apply. more info Lee Kong Chian NUS - Stanford Initiative on Southeast Asia Location: Singapore and California, USA Deadline: 1 September 2011 Two candidates may be awarded fellowships to spend up to six months between 15 October 2011 and 30 June 2012, divided between residences at NUS and at Stanford, writing and conducting research on, or related to, contemporary Southeast Asia. Fellows will also have opportunities to speak and take part in seminars and workshops organized by relevant campus units. In determining the overall length of the fellowship and the sequencing and lengths of the stays at each campus, the preferences of the fellow concerned will be taken into account. more info Research Fellow National University of Singapore
Centre for Maritime Studies
Location: Singapore Open until filled The Centre for Maritime Studies at NUS seeks a meticulous and dynamic individual to join the Centre as Research Fellow. An aptitude for and relevant experience in collaborative as well as independent research, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills is required as part of the position. more info Fulbright U.S. - Indonesia Initiative
Deadline: 1 August 2011
Due to a recent expansion of the Fulbright program with Indonesia, several new grant opportunities are available for U.S. scholars interested in visiting Indonesian universities during the 2012-2013 academic year. U.S. scholars who have reached their lifetime limit on Fulbright scholar grants are eligible to apply for additional grants to Indonesia. The American Indonesian Exchange Foundation (AMINEF) will be pleased to assist U.S. scholars who do not have prior experience in Indonesia in finding appropriate placements at Indonesian universities. more info Scholarship in Agriculture Southeast Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research Deadline: 30 July 2011 The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) invites applications for its graduate scholarship (MS and PhD) in agriculture and related fields (including biological sciences, social sciences, economics and statistics, forestry and fisheries, environmental sciences, agro-industrial technology and engineering, biochemistry, and development management) for school year 2012-2013. more info AAA Research Grant
Asia Art Archive
Deadline: 10pm Hong Kong Time, 31 July 2011
The AAA Research Grant supports focused research projects on art in Asia. AAA's definition of 'Asia' and 'Asian art' is not restrained by geography and includes artists of Asian descent living around the world, as well as artists of non-Asian decent living in Asia. AAA will award a total of HK$80,000 (approx. US$10,000) to one project. more info Fellowships National University of Singapore
Asia Research Institute
Location: Singapore
Deadline: 1 September 2011
Applications are invited for Senior Research Fellowships, One-Year Visiting (Senior) Research Fellowships and Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Asia Research Institute (ARI) for commencement between April 2012 and September 2012. The positions are intended for outstanding active researchers from around the world, to work on an important piece of research in the social sciences and humanities. Interdisciplinary interests are encouraged. Up to three months of a 12-month fellowship may be spent conducting fieldwork in the Asian region. 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 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
University of Pennsylvania
Deadline: 15 October 2011
Five (5) one-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships are available for the 2012-2013 academic year for untenured scholars in the humanities who received or will receive their PhD between December 2003 and December 2011. The programs of the Penn Humanities Forum are conceived through yearly topics that invite broad interdisciplinary collaboration. For the 2012-2013 academic year, we have set "Peripheries" as the theme. more info Boren Fellowship
Deadline: 31 January 2012
Boren Fellowships provide up to $30,000 to U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency. 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. 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 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Lotus - Erasmus Mundus Action 2
Call 4 for applications is open
Lotus is an Erasmus Mundus Action Two Partnership (EMA2) of European and Southeast Asian Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and Associations aiming at fostering mutual enrichment and better understanding between the EU and Southeast Asia (China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand), through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills at higher education level. This project is to give Southeast Asian students and staff the possibility to go to a European University to improve, enrich and learn. more info For more funding and networking opportunities, join the CSEAS Alumni Community Linkedin. Return to top
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Call for Submissions
FEATURED: Asian Cinema Studies Society Conference
Hong Kong and Asian Cinema: Creativity and Culture in an Era of Globalization
Conference dates: 18 - 20 March 2012
Deadline: 31 December 2011 This meeting of the Asian Cinema Studies Society welcomes paper, poster, workshop and panel proposals covering all aspects of Asian film and media. Although proposals related to the conference theme of Hong Kong and Asian cinema in the era of globalization may be given priority, proposals on all aspects of Asian film and media are welcome. more info Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture Cambridge Journals
If you're a scholar in Asia, and/or a scholar working in Asian studies, Cambridge Journals would like to consider your work for publication. The editors invite submissions in all areas of the history of Christianity, including its non-Western expressions. They request that contributions be grounded in original research, inform specialists, interest historians of Christianity in general, and defend a clear thesis. more info Association for Asian Studies 2012
Location: Toronto, Canada
Conference dates: 15 - 18 March 2012
Deadline: 4 August 2011
On behalf of the Program Committee for the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2012 Conference to be held at the Sheraton Centre in Toronto, Canada, we are pleased to invite colleagues in Asian studies to submit proposals for organized panels, roundtables, workshops, and individual papers for sessions to be created by the Committee. The Committee seeks sessions that will engage panelists and audiences in the consideration of ideas, information, and interpretations that will advance knowledge about Asian regions and, by extension, will enrich teaching about Asia at all levels. 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 accepted it will go through an editing process. more info 17th Colloquium of the Malaysia and Singapore Society of Australia
Deakin University and La Trobe University
Location: Melbourne, Austrailia
Deadline: 30 August 2011
The theme of the colloquium is "Malaysia, Singapore and the Region". Our sense of "the region" encompasses the Asia-Pacific rim in general and Southeast Asia in particular; Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam; "the Malay world," including Brunei and Southern Thailand and, of course, Australia, China and the US. Sub-themes include, but are not limited to government, politics and international relations, ASEAN, ARF and APEC, Economic Relations, social and economic development, the arts, literature and culture, and religious ideas and communities. 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 highlighted alternative cultures of cinema. more info European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists (EurASEAA)
14th International Conference
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Conference dates: 18 - 21 September 2012
The conference brings together archaeologists, art historians and philologists who share a common interest in Southeast Asia's past from prehistoric to historic periods. EurASEAA invites sessions and papers on any topic or theme related to the interests of EurASEAA. As 2012 is also the year that Dublin is European City of Science, the organizers have proposed the theme "Science, Archaeology and Heritage in Southeast Asia." more info 2nd Biennial Sarah M. Bekker Prize for
Best Academic Paper on Burma/Myanmar
The Burma Studies Foundation
Deadline: 31 January 2012
Up to two awards of US$500 will be given for the best research paper, essay, or article of no more than 10,000 words on a subject dealing with Burma/Myanmar. The prize is open to students in any academic field, graduate or undergraduate, who are currently registered at a university or college; there are no citizenship or residence requirements. more info International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS)
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science (IJHSS) is an open access and peer-reviewed journal published by Centre for Promoting Ideas (CPI), USA. The main objective of IJHSS is to provide an intellectual platform for the international scholars. IJHSS aims to promote interdisciplinary studies in humanities and social science and become the leading journal in humanities and social science in the world. IJHSS is inviting papers for Vol. 1 No. 10 which is scheduled to be published on 31 July 2011. more info
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Alumni Spotlight
 William M. Owens
(MA, Asian Studies - Thai, 2006)
William M. Owens 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
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Film Series
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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 
South & Southeast Asia Art and Archeology Index 
Southeast Asia Digital Library 
Southeast Asian Images & Texts  SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research
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English Language Film Review & Resource Sites
SOUTHEAST ASIA 
CritiCine.org
 Film Asia
Southeast Asian Film Studies Institute
 Synergy Europe-Asia Images
INDONESIA
MALAYSIA Book 
120 Malay Movies PHILIPPINES  Queer Eye for Queer Things in the Philippines
The Persistence of Vision - Philippine Cinema in Focus
Oggs' Movie Thoughts
Critic After Dark
SINGAPORE 
A Nutshell Review
THAILAND
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal
General Film Archive 
Icarus Films |
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