Month: April 2026
2026 Spring LuceSEA Webinar #4: Imagining Borders: Nationality, Mobility and Belonging in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, April 29, 2026, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/7AD Join us for the second webinar of the 2026 Spring LuceSEA Webinar Series on Imagining Borders: Nationality, Mobility and Belonging in Southeast Asia. The webinar discusses how Southeast Asian borderlands live, negotiate, and challenge national boundaries. From disputes to statelessness. By discussing Stateless populations, informal […]
UH Mānoa Students and Faculty highlight Southeast Asia Research at the 2026 Association for Asian Studies Conference
Last March, the 2026 Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference was held in Vancouver, Canada. The CSEAS is delighted to share the participation of two UH Mānoa students, Areerat Worawongwasu and Xiaoyun Neo, who joined others to present Southeast Asian research at the AAS. In Summer 2025, the pair joined a group of students from […]
2026 Spring Colloquium on ‘Operation Babylift’ featured on UH News
On March 3, CSEAS hosted a colloquium on Operation Babylift, a U.S-led effort to evacuate children from Vietnam at the end of the war. Devaki Murch, a Vietnam War adoptee and raised in Hawai’i shared how this experience have shaped how history of Vietnam War is remembered. Drawing from her work building the Operation Babylift […]
2026 Teacher Training Program: Pamana Ng Lahi
Join us for the 2026 Pamana Ng Lahi Teacher Training Program hosted by Markee Angelo Micu and Pia Arboleda. This program is a collaboration among UH Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Pamana ng Lahi Project, Mindanao State University General Santos Departamento ng Filipino, and the UH Mānoa Filipino and Philippine Culture Program. Register for […]
2026 Spring Colloquium: ‘Exiled!’ documentary by Pollie Bith-Melander(In-person)
Friday, April 17th, 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM (HST) | Hamilton Library Room 306
Javanese Gamelan Ensemble in Concert at UH Mānoa
Join us for an evening of Javanese gamelan music performed on Gamelan Kyai Gandrung, presented by Javanese Gamelan Ensemble at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Date: Saturday, April 25, 2024Time: 7:30 PMVenue: Barbara Smith Amphitheater, UH Mānoa Music DepartmentTickets: $15 | $10 | Students Free (Bring Student ID) Don’t miss this unique opportunity to […]
2026 Spring Talk: Songs from the Ruins: Music, Memory, and the Reconstruction of a Nation in the Philippines’ Historical Data Papers, 1951 -1953
April 24, 2026, 2:00 – 4:30 PM (HST) | Center for Korean Studies Auditorium, UH Mānoa
2026 Balinese Wayang Listrik: Panji & The Lost Princess
April 17 – 26, 2026 | John F. Kennedy Theatre Mainstage Co-Directed by Kirstin Pauka and I Madé MojaAdapted from a traditional Balinese folktale by Ketut Wirtawan and Madé Moja Panji and the Lost Princess is a large-scale Balinese shadow puppetry performance in the tradition of wayang listrik. The story is based on the Balinese interpretation […]
Support Friends of Southeast Asia on UH Giving Day, April 8
Aloha ‘Ohana & Friends of Southeast Asia, Wednesday, April 8, is Giving Day for the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. This year, UHCSEAS is focusing our Giving Day efforts on raising funds to support programs and events that will benefit the SEA faculty, students and community. CSEAS has faced severe reductions due to the recent […]
Kani Ka ‘Ōpala: Take a Sad Song & Make it Better Exhibition
Dates: April 6, 2026-August 10, 2026 Location: Bridge Gallery, Hamilton Library, UH Mānoa Kani Ka ʻŌpala logo with simplified human shape holding a long stick above a trashcan made into a drum. The ʻoʻ in ʻŌpala is a recycling symbol. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) is delighted to highlight a new exhibition, ‘Kani […]
