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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:
From Transmission to Tradition: Noisy Hegemonies in Vietnamese Music History
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 3:00 – 4:30 PM, Tokioka Room, Moore Hall 319 The Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Ethnomusicology Program at UH Mānoa are pleased to host a talk by Professor Alexander M. Cannon (Professor of Ethnomusicology, University of Birmingham, UK). Synopsis: Tradition is enriching, perplexing, beautiful, and uncomfortable. In many ways, […]
Global Asia Working Group Talk
From Japanese pioneers to Igorot Nikkeijin pioneers: Tracing migration across generations Friday, September 12, 2025, 12:00–1:00 PM, Saunders Hall 624, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Speaker: Haruka Kei Waseda, Masters in Asian StudiesDiscussant: Dr. Ben Kerkvliet, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University This talk examines the histories and lived experiences of the Igorot Nikkeijin—descendants of Japanese […]
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 […]
Environmental Biographies of Southeast Asia: Collaborative Learning in the Field
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) is pleased to highlight a new exhibition, Environmental Biographies of Southeast Asia: Collaborative Learning in the Field. This exhibition brings together stories from forests, rivers, paddy fields, and fish ponds in Chiang Mai (Thailand) and South Sulawesi (Indonesia), created through collaborative fieldwork by undergraduate and graduate students from […]
Book Talk: He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class and Race in Postwar Singapore
Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 3:00–4:30 PM HST | 8:00–9:30 PM EST | 9:00–10:30 AM SST (Oct 9) Moore Hall 258 and Online Register: https://go.hawaii.edu/rhr Join us for a conversation with Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid, Fellow at the Harvard University Asia Center, as he discusses his latest book He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class and […]
Announcing the 2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar Series
Theme: Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World Join us for four thought-provoking webinars this fall, bringing together scholars and practitioners to explore critical issues shaping Southeast Asia today. Fall 2025 Schedule Times vary by region – see flyer for details.Free & open to the public.Registration: A registration link […]
11th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA2025): 50 Years of Southeast Asian Studies – Regional Contour, Global Trajectories
December 11–12, 2025, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia The Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya will host the 11th International Conference on Southeast Asia (ICONSEA2025) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from December 11 to 12, 2025. In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Southeast Asian Studies at Universiti Malaya, […]
New Publication Announcement: Cambodian: An Essential Grammar by Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry
We are pleased to share the release of Cambodian: An Essential Grammar (Routledge, 2025), authored by Dr. Chhany Sak-Humphry, Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Khmer Language/Culture Program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This accessible and comprehensive guide introduces key grammatical structures of the Cambodian (Khmer) language across 14 chapters, drawing on real-world […]
