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2026 Spring Colloquium Book Talk: The Trade-Offs of Legal Status: Safe Migration, Documentation, and Debt in Southeast Asia
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 3:00–4:30 PM HST | Online Register https://go.hawaii.edu/D59 Join us for a conversation with Maryann Bylander, Professor at Lewis & Clark College, as she discusses her latest book, The Trade-Offs of Legal Status (University of Hawai’i Press). About the book: The Trade-Offs of Legal Status explores the costs, risks, and unfreedoms produced […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
2026 GETSEA event: Simulcast Film Screening
Monday, April 6th , 2026, 11:00–1:00 PM (HST) | Moore Hall 155A Join us for the 2026 GETSEA Simulcast Film Screening on Sotong (2022) & Against The Messy World (2023). These two short films highlight the challenges to art and expression in Malaysia’s complex political, legal, and societal landscape. Date, Time & Location: About the […]
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Announcing LuceSEA Spring 2026 Webinar Series
Join us for four thought-provoking webinars this Spring, bringing together scholars and practitioners to explore critical issues shaping Southeast Asia today. LuceSEA Spring 2026 Webinar Series Schedule 1) Facing Nature: Disaster Preparedness, Responses and Innovations 2) Arts and Resistance: Cultures of Expression, Censorship, and Resilience 3) Smart Cities? Present Realities and Future Ventures 4) Imagining […]
UH System Common Scholarship Application (2026–2027)
Open for applications until March 2, 2026
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 […]
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 […]