Category: Faculty
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 […]
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, […]
LuceSEA webinar recording available: Who Tells the War? Community Memory and the Vietnam War’s Enduring Legacies
The recording of the first webinar in the LuceSEA Webinar Series: Southeast Asia in Transition is now available! Featuring Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Dan “Fig” Leaf, Dr. Long T. Bui (UC Irvine), Dr. Thy Phu (University of Toronto Scarborough), and Dr. Barbara Watson Andaya (UH Mānoa), this session explores how the Vietnam War continues to shape […]
Fall 2025 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch!
Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:00 – 7:30 PM Ethnomusicology Courtyard, UHM Music Department (near the Barbara B. Smith Amphitheatre), 2411 Dole Street Join us for our Fall 2025 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 […]
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 […]
Online Series Continues: Southeast Asian Children’s Literature Workshops
Following the in-person workshops held earlier this summer, this five-part online workshop series invites K–12 educators to explore Southeast Asian children’s literature through new and returning sessions. Each workshop features a different book and offers creative strategies for integrating Southeast Asian cultures, languages, and themes into classroom teaching. This series is co-organized by the Cornell […]
Join Us to Explore and Celebrate Philippine Language, Literature, and Culture!
May 23, 2025, Friday / Click Here to Register Mark your calendars for the Pamana ng Lahi Teacher Training Seminar brought to you by the UH Mānoa Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Filipino Language and Culture Program. Designed for educators passionate about Philippine language, literature, and culture, this event brings together renowned experts […]
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 […]
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 […]
Job Opportunity: Open-Rank Professor of Anthropology (Asia Focus) – Columbia University
The Department of Anthropology at Columbia University invites applications for an open-rank faculty position (Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor) in the sociocultural anthropology of Asia. The appointment is expected to begin as early as July 1, 2025. Position Overview The department welcomes applications from scholars with ongoing empirical research programs in Asia and […]