Name: 2026 Spring Colloquium – On Record: Telling The Stories in Our Voices
Start: 2026-03-03
End: 2026-03-03
Location: Moore Hall 319

at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

2026 Spring LuceSEA Webinar #2: Arts and Resistance: Cultures of Expression, Censorship, and Resilience in Southeast Asia. February 5, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/ZAD Join us for the first webinar of the 2026 Spring LuceSEA Webinar Series on Arts and Resistance: Cultures of Expression, Censorship, and Resilience in Southeast Asia. This webinar explores how artists across Southeast Asia resist censorship through music, performance, and visual arts. This session highlights […]
Announcing LuceSEA Spring 2026 Webinar Series January 27, 2026
Join us for four thought-provoking webinars this Spring, bringing together scholars and practitioners to explore critical issues shaping Southeast Asia today. LuceSEA Spring 2026 Webinar Series Schedule 1) Facing Nature: Disaster Preparedness, Responses and Innovations 2) Arts and Resistance: Cultures of Expression, Censorship, and Resilience 3) Smart Cities? Present Realities and Future Ventures 4) Imagining […]
The Albert D. Moscotti 2026 Fellowship December 12, 2025
Open for applications until March 6, 2025
UH System Common Scholarship Application (2026–2027) December 4, 2025
Open for applications until March 2, 2026
Tria Kerkvliet Southeast Asia Studies Graduate Fellowship 2026–2027 November 17, 2025
Open for applications until February 15, 2026

- Talks
2026 Spring Colloquium: On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices (In-person)

Wednesday, March 3, 2026, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) @ Moore Hall 319 Join us for the Spring 2026 Colloquium on On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices. This colloquium draws on archival materials, exhibitions, and research related to the 1975 Operation Babylift evacuation. Drawing from the speaker’s work developing Operation Babylift Collection, this talk explores […]
- Faculty
New Co-Authored Article: “Joint Field School: Towards Cultivating Parity in Research Partnerships”

We are pleased to share a new co-authored research article by Dr. Ming Ling Yong (SUSS, Singapore), Dr. Micah R. Fisher (UH Mānoa), Olivia Meyer (UH Mānoa) and Dr. Krisnawati Suryanata (UH Mānoa). The article titled “Joint Field School: Towards Cultivating Parity in Research Partnerships” is published in Journal of Geography in Higher Education. Abstract […]
- Faculty
- Faculty Spotlight
Meet Dr. Gillian Bogart, Our Newest Asian Studies Faculty and CSEAS Affiliate

Aloha and welcome to Dr. Gillian Bogart, our newest Asian Studies faculty member and CSEAS affiliate. She joined UH Mānoa in Fall 2025. Read her story here: Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Gillian Bogart Where she’s from Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Bogart most recently came to Hawaiʻi from Santa Cruz, California. She joined […]
- Faculty
- Faculty Spotlight
Cultivating Connections: Dr. Sothy Eng’s Journey in Mindfulness, Social Capital, and Family Resilience in Cambodia

Research Focus Sothy Eng, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Human Development and Family Science within the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research focuses on Cambodian families, particularly parenting, family relationships, and youth development. His work on Cambodian families […]
- Faculty
- Students
Building Connections Through Culture: Highlights from the CSEAS Spring 2025 Gathering

Last Friday, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Ethnomusicology Program hosted a Spring 2025 Gathering at the Ethnomusicology Courtyard at UH Mānoa. The event brought together students, faculty, and researchers with a shared interest in Southeast Asian focus including cultures, languages, traditions, and sociopolitical issues. Approximately 70 students, faculty, and CSEAS partners […]