The Asia Foundation seeks a Legal Advisor in Timor-Leste. The Legal Advisor will be primarily responsible for providing technical and coordination support for the Access to Justice Program’s paralegal component with the goal to increase access to free quality legal aid services for Timor-Leste citizens, including vulnerable groups such as women, youth and rural populations. As such the Legal Advisor will be responsible for assessing, reviewing and refining the curriculum, training materials, and pedagogy for educating paralegals; monitoring and evaluating paralegal program activities; coordinating an internship program for paralegals between university law faculties and legal aid organizations; coordinate. The Legal Advisor will be responsible for engaging paralegal professional networks in other countries in the region, particularly in countries where the Foundation has existing paralegal programs.

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Wednesday, November 25
6:30 p.m. – Korean Studies Auditorium

The Siam in the title refers to Siam Square, a shopping district in Bangkok where teens hang out to shop, dine, meet, and have fun. In this blockbuster film with an award winning soundtrack, the popular venue is not only the setting for the reunion of the two young male leads Mew (Witwisit Hiranyawongkul) and Tong (Mario Maurer), but also numerous other events in the story that represent the unpredictability of love which the film so intricately paints. Through the interconnected lives of two boys who are on the verge of self-awareness amidst their own individual conflicts and the people surrounding them, Director Sakveerakul notes that love survives notwithstanding the dilemmas that pervade the world. The Love of Siam dominated Thailand’s 2007 film awards season, winning the Best Picture category in all major national film award events. Bangkok Post film critic Kong Rithdee called the film “groundbreaking”, in terms of being the first Thai film “to discuss teenagers’ sexuality with frankness.” – Tip ‘o the hat to Oggs Cruz for the review

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De La Salle University at Dasmariñas
11 June – 7 August 2010

This program is a highly intensive eight-week program offered to students with at least intermediate level study of Filipino (Tagalog) language (or the equivalent). An applicant must be a graduate student, or a junior or senior in an institution of higher education at the time of the 2010 AFAP Program, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

more info | Deadline: 8 February 2010

Jakarta, Indonesia
4 – 12 December 2009

The Society of Indonesian Films was established in Jakarta at the beginning of 1999 by several young Indonesian filmmakers & JIFFest, concerned about the future of the local film industry. This year’s opening night selection is Sang Pemimpi (The Dreamers), the sequel to Laskar Pelangi (The Rainbrow Troops).

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75th Anthropology Anniversary Colloquium Series Fall 2009 – Museums, Anthropology and the Work of Culture in Contemporary Vietnam: The Politics of Memory in the Exhibit “Hanoi Life under the Subsidy Era” at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Co-Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
Thursday, 19 November 2009, 3:00 PM at Crawford 105, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Presented by Margaret Bodemer, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology

A recent exhibit at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology (VME) titled “Hanoi Life under the Subsidy Era” enlisted Hanoi residents – “ordinary citizens” – to document and discuss their experiences through a critical period in recent Vietnamese history. In this presentation I draw on 12 months of fieldwork at the VME in Hanoi to explore the significance of the exhibit, and the museum practices that produced it, for longer historical transformations in Vietnamese national identity. In the exhibit, people talked about their experiences and life strategies under the postwar, subsidy economy in Hanoi (1975-1986). In effect, the exhibit provided an alternative narrative, “a view from below,” in contrast to the official national history of Vietnam, which posits the state as the main actor in important events. In this presentation I argue that the exhibit constitutes a new emerging perspective on the relationship between people and the state in contemporary Vietnam. The presentation is part of a larger dissertation project that explores the transformations of Vietnamese ethnology and museums in the context of shifting visions of Vietnam from a colony without an indigenous civilization to a modern, independent, multi-ethnic nation state.

Maggie Bodemer is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at UH Manoa. Her work in cultural anthropology focuses on issues of culture, national identity and the state. Her publications include articles in Asian Ethnology (Japan), Asian Anthropology (Hong Kong), and Explorations in Southeast Asian Studies. With museum director Nguyen Van Huy, she co-edited the volume Faces, Voices, and Lives: My Experiences in Building a Museum for Communities, published in 2008 by The Gioi Publishers.

Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
Washington, DC

The Communications Director is responsible for developing SEARAC’s key communications and marketing campaigns and executing the necessary strategies to increase awareness about SEARAC’s work and the issues SEARAC prioritizes. In addition, the Communications Director will develop public relations materials for the organization and will develop and maintain relationships with media contacts.

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USINDO
Jakarta, Indonesia
Begins January 2010

The Jakarta Representative is expected to play a pro-active role in developing and proposing new USINDO programs, strategies for outreach to new audiences and members, and the day-to-day management of Indonesia-based activities. In addition, the Representative follows current Indonesian events; informs the Washington office of Indonesian developments; and builds contacts with relevant organizations, individuals, and government bodies in Indonesia to expand USINDO’s knowledge, role, and impact.

more info | Deadline: 30 November 2009

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
14 June to 6 August 2010

The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) is an intensive eight-week course of study in advanced Vietnamese conducted at Vietnamese Language Studies Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. VASI is equivalent to a full year’s academic work.

more info | Deadline: 1 February 2010

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences Conference Centre, Hanoi, VIETNAM
29 November – 5 December 2009

The 19th Conference of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association is supported in part by: the Australian National University, Canberra; Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Hanoi); Vietnam Institute of Archaeology (Hanoi); Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research (New York); Granucci Fund for Archaeology in Indonesia and Timor Leste (Australian National University, through IPPA); Luce Foundation (via the University of Pennsylvania Middle Mekong Archaeological Project).

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Nationwide
16 – 20 November 2009

International Education Week is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. In honor of International Education Week, CSEAS will be screening a special movie as part of its SEA Film Series on Wednesday, 18 November 2009 at 6:30 PM in the Center for Korean Studies Auditorium.

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