Center-Hosted Events
- 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,… Read more: Spring 2026 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch! - 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… Read more: Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific Lecture: Public Lecture - 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… Read more: Muslim Societies of Asia & the Pacific: Afternoon Tea with Students - 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… Read more: Talk Story Recording Available: Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies? A Talk Story and Perspectives from Inside and Outside Southeast Asia - 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… Read more: Book Talk Recording Now Available: He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class, and Race in Postwar Singapore - 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… Read more: Halo-Halo Ecologies: A Virtual Book Launch - 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… Read more: Fall 2025 LuceSEA Webinar #2: Southeast Asia Facing the US Tariff Turbulence - 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… Read more: CSEAS Fall 2025 Events - 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,… Read more: Fall 2025 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch! - Announcing the 2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar SeriesTheme: 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… Read more: Announcing the 2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar Series