Category: Center-Hosted Event
Public lecture ‘Saints, Companions, and Sinners’ by Dr. Teren Sevea (Harvard Divinity School) featured on Manoa Mirror
On February 5, CSEAS and Department of Religion hosted a public lecture, titled ‘Saints, Companions, and Sinners’ by Dr. Teren Sevea, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School. The lecture explores interspecies histories from Islamic Asia, learning from communities’ narratives about the entangled relationships among animals, humans and trees. Highlights […]
2026 Spring Colloquium: On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices (In-person)
Tuesday, 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 […]
Spring 2026 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch!
Friday, January 23, 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Ethnomusicology Courtyard RSVP for headcount: https://go.hawaii.edu/DPQ Join us for our Spring 2026 CSEAS Gathering! This event brings together students, faculty, and researchers interested in the languages, cultural traditions, and communities of Southeast Asia. This semester, we’re excited to partner with the Ethnomusicology Program, who will host […]
Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture: Public Lecture
As part of the Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture, CSEAS will host two events featuring Teren Sevea, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. The Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture is a public lecture series hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies […]
Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific: Afternoon Tea with Students
As part of the Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture, CSEAS will host two events featuring Teren Sevea, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard Divinity School. The Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture is a public lecture series hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies […]
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 […]
Book Talk Recording Now Available: He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class, and Race in Postwar Singapore
The recording of Book Talk with Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid (Harvard University Asia Center) is now available online. In this talk, Suhail discussed his new book He Who is Made Lord (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute), which revisits late colonial Singapore to uncover the politics of empire, class, and race surrounding the island’s titular office. The conversation, […]
Halo-Halo Ecologies: A Virtual Book Launch
Hawai‘i: Friday, October 3, 2025, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (HST) | Online | Register Here The UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Mama Sita’s Foundation, and the Philippine Consulate General in Honolulu cordially invite you to: Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments Behind Filipino Food About the Book Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments Behind Filipino […]
Fall 2025 LuceSEA Webinar #2: Southeast Asia Facing the US Tariff Turbulence
Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) | Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/reN CSEAS invites you to the first event in our Fall 2025 LuceSEA Webinar Series, exploring the theme Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World. This webinar explores how Southeast Asian states are responding to the economic, political, and social […]
CSEAS Fall 2025 Events
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is excited to share our Fall 2025 lineup of webinars, colloquia, book talks, film screenings, and community gatherings. Please see the flyers below for dates, times, and event details. September 2025 October 2025 November–December 2025 For the most up-to-date information and to subscribe to our newsletter:
