Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies? A Talk Story and Perspectives from Inside and Outside Southeast Asia
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 3:00–4:00 PM (HST)
Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)
Light refreshments will be provided.
Join Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/88154759021
The talk story panel is both a retrospective and forward-looking conversation that highlights the future of Southeast Asian studies as told in various perspectives of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty and students from and outside Southeast Asia.
The panel discusses how Southeast Asia (SEA) has been significant as a space for conceptual (re)thinking but also as a crucial region in current cultural and geopolitical discussions within and outside SEA. It aims to weave narratives from diverse perspectives in how to navigate engaging and studying Southeast Asia in institutional settings in the United States and a wider network along with emphasis on past, present, and future challenges and opportunities.
This panel also highlights experiences of the speakers and outstanding circumstances and positionalities they possess that influence the way they work and engage with communities, bureaucracies, and governments in Southeast Asia.
Moderator:
- Dr. Ricardo Trimillos – Professor Emeritus, Music and Asian Studies
Speakers:
- Dr. Krisna Suryanata – Professor, Geography and Environment
- Dr. Miriam Stark – Professor, Anthropology
- Yi-Yu Lai – PhD Candidate, Anthropology
- Ruizhi Choo – PhD Candidate, History
Hosted by: Southeast Asia ʻOhana, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Co-sponsored by: The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)