Talk Story Recording Available: Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies? A Talk Story and Perspectives from Inside and Outside Southeast Asia

The talk story panel was both a retrospective and forward-looking conversation that highlighted 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 discussed 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 aimed 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 highlighted 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.

Hosted by: Southeast Asia ʻOhana, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Co-sponsored by: The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS)