Center-Hosted Events
- 2026 Fall Colloquium: ‘The General: Vietnam in the age of To Lam’ documentary by Laura-Bickman (In-person)
Thursday, September 17th, 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM (HST) | Hamilton Library Room 306 - Fall 2026 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch!
Friday, September 11, 2026, 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Ethnomusicology Courtyard RSVP for headcount:https://go.hawaii.edu/Ri4 Join us for our Fall 2026 CSEAS Gathering! This event brings together students, faculty, and researchers interested in the languages, cultural traditions, and communities of Southeast Asia. CSEAS will contribute… Read more: Fall 2026 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch! - 2026 Spring Colloquium on ‘Operation Babylift’ featured on UH News
On March 3, CSEAS hosted a colloquium on Operation Babylift, a U.S-led effort to evacuate children from Vietnam at the end of the war. Devaki Murch, a Vietnam War adoptee and raised in Hawai’i shared how this experience have shaped how history of Vietnam… Read more: 2026 Spring Colloquium on ‘Operation Babylift’ featured on UH News - 2026 Spring Colloquium: ‘Exiled!’ documentary by Pollie Bith-Melander(In-person)
Friday, April 17th, 2026, 12:00–1:30 PM (HST) | Hamilton Library Room 306 - Public lecture ‘Saints, Companions, and Sinners’ by Dr. Teren Sevea (Harvard Divinity School) featured on Manoa Mirror
On February 5, CSEAS and Department of Religion hosted a public lecture, titled ‘Saints, Companions, and Sinners’ by Dr. Teren Sevea, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Harvard Divinity School. The lecture explores interspecies histories from Islamic Asia, learning from communities’… Read more: Public lecture ‘Saints, Companions, and Sinners’ by Dr. Teren Sevea (Harvard Divinity School) featured on Manoa Mirror - 2026 Spring Colloquium: On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices (In-person)
Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 3:00–4:30 PM (HST) @ Moore Hall 319 Join us for the Spring 2026 Colloquium on On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices. This colloquium draws on archival materials, exhibitions, and research related to the 1975 Operation Babylift evacuation. Drawing… Read more: 2026 Spring Colloquium: On Record: Telling the Stories in Our Voices (In-person) - 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