Category: Students
Webinar Recording Now Available: “Revitalizing Traditional Arts: Innovations & Agency in Response to Environmental Change”
Final Session – LuceSEA Spring 2025 Webinar Series In Southeast Asia, the intersection of the arts and environmental change is a lived reality for many communities whose cultural practices rely on natural resources. Climate change, migration, and environmental degradation are transforming the way traditional arts are practiced, preserved, and passed on. This webinar brings together […]
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 […]
Cambodian American Experiences: Summer 2025 Professional Development Course for K-12 Educators
Application Deadline: May 30, 2025, Apply Here Dates: June 24-26, 2025Location: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities CampusApplication Deadline: May 30, 2025Apply: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8uoweitKM7UysUT8keq2rSbrlKsuj6nFXECzGMx281FzG-g/viewform This course is developed to support teachers in understanding their Cambodian students and communities. Participants will explore Cambodian history and culture through this engaging in-person course. In it, you will learn how to integrate […]
Student Spotlight: Sara Loh, Ph.D. Student, Department of Anthropology
Our second student spotlight of Spring 2025 is Sara Loh, Ph.D. student at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Read Sara’s story here: Research Focus For her PhD research, Sara conducted ethnographic fieldwork with a peri-urban Temuan Orang Asli community, a subgroup of the original Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, with support […]
Luce SEA 2024 Fall Webinar Recording Now Available: “Promoting Community-Centric Tourism Economy in Southeast Asia”
Tourism has long been a key driver of economic growth in Southeast Asia, but how can we ensure that this growth benefits local communities rather than displacing them? This webinar brings together leading experts in tourism governance, community-based tourism, and economic development to explore ways to create a more equitable and sustainable tourism economy. Watch […]
Book Talk Recording Now Available: “Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Production, 1860–2010”
The recording of the webinar “Emplacing East Timor: Regime Change and Knowledge Production, 1860–2010” is now available! This virtual book talk features a recent publication (May 2024) by Dr. Kisho Tsuchiya, in which he examines the relationship between regime change and knowledge production in East Timor, offering an alternative framework for understanding its history from […]
Join SHAFR and Unlock Graduate Student Opportunities!
The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) offers a wide range of support and resources for students and scholars in the field of American foreign relations. However, membership is required to access these benefits — and the membership application will close within the next two weeks. At a low student membership rate of […]
Panel Discussion: James C. Scott’s Scholarship on Southeast Asia and Beyond
Date: Monday, May 5, 2025 / 3:00 – 4:30 PM HSTVenue: Moore Hall 258, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and the Asia Working Group invite you to a special panel discussion honoring the intellectual legacy of Professor James C. Scott (1936–2024). Scott made profound contributions to the study […]
Pau Hana at UH Mānoa – Celebrate Music and Dance from Asia and Hawaiʻi!
Sunday, May 4, 2025 | 3:00 – 5:00 PM | Orvis Auditorium, UHM Music Department Join us for an inspiring afternoon of music and dance at the Pau Hana Concert, featuring informal performances by students in Asian and Hawaiian music and dance classes at UH Mānoa. This end-of-semester celebration showcases the vibrant cultural heritage explored […]
Fall 2025 Southeast Asia Course List is Live!
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies has compiled a list of Fall 2025 courses across departments that offer a strong focus on Southeast Asia. These courses span a range of disciplines including history, politics, anthropology, languages, arts, and more. Students interested in deepening their understanding of Southeast Asia—whether for general education requirements, the Certificate in […]
