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November 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS - Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2010
Monday November 30, 2009
The 2nd Inter-Asia Popular Music Studies Conference 2010
New Asia College, Hong Kong
Submission deadline: 30 Nov 2009
We are pleased to announce the 2nd Inter-Asia Popular Music Conference
in Hong Kong in collaboration with School of Journalism and Communication in the Chinese University of Hong Kong at 22-23 June 2010. After having the first conference at Osaka in 2008, we move forward to having the next one at Hong Kong, the birthplace of one of the most popular and most globalized sounds of Asia: Cantopop. Learn more...
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December 2009
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Assistant Professor (tenure-track), University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tuesday December 1, 2009
Application deadline: 01 Dec 2009
The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks candidates for an assistant professor (tenure-track) position with a specialization in Hmong studies or related highland societies in Southeast Asia and/or adjacent regions. Lean more...
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Three Cups of Tea: Islam and Schooling in Asia - Islam, Asia, Modernity Professional Development for Educators Workshop
Tuesday December 8, 2009
5:00-8:00 PM
Thomson Hall, University of Washington, Seattle
This workshop is now full.
Muslim societies in Asia are fast changing, and often at the crossroads of global social, economic and geopolitical conflicts. Long standing educational systems and traditions are evolving in multiple ways as these societies became more integrated into the global economy. Local institutions, national bureaucracies, international non-governmental organizations, and other actors are influencing how schools educate both male and female students.
This workshop will focus on Pakistan, Indonesia and Xinjiang, China, and how different influences are coming to bear on educational systems in these areas.
Join us for this engaging 3 hour workshop intended for educators of grades 6-12.
Each attendee will receive at least 20 copies of Greg Mortenson's award winning book
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
Space is limited, so register early.
Date: Tuesday, December 8
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Thomson Hall, UW Campus, Seattle
Cost: $25.00
Dinner will be provided.
Clock hours available at no extra charge
This workshop is now full.
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CALL FOR PAPERS - 3rd International Conference on The History of Medicine in Southeast Asia
Wednesday December 30, 2009
National University of Singapore
Submission deadline: 30 December 2009
The theme “New Medicines, Markets, and the Development of Medical
Pluralism” intends to explore how both local and metropolitan actors in
Southeast Asia have contributed historically to the growth and
development of medical markets throughout the region, here implying both
traditional pharmacopeia as well as the arrival of newer pharmaceuticals
in colonial and post-colonial settings. Learn more...
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January 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS -- Tourism in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region
Friday January 15, 2010
6th European Association for South East Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Submission deadline: 15 January 2010
The countries of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region have experienced
extraordinary growth in international tourism with the contribution of
tourism to the GMS economy significantly increasing in recent decades. Covering the countries of Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Lao
People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, this panel
seeks to uncover ‘host’ experiences of, and responses to, tourism-generated opportunities, challenges and changes. Learn more...
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GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS/FUNDING -- Academia in the Public Sphere: Islamic Traditions and Muslim Societies in World Contexts
Monday January 18, 2010
Application deadline: 18 January 2010
The SSRC is pleased to announce the availability of grants to support public engagement by academic experts on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies. The grants program seeks to encourage projects permitting the dissemination of academic research on Islamic traditions and Muslim societies to targeted constituencies, with particular emphasis on media and policymakers. With this program the SSRC looks to nurture the public relevancy of area studies research by promoting strategic partnerships that will break down barriers and build connections between academic researchers, journalists, policymakers, and practitioners. The SSRC also seeks to assist faculty in developing the necessary skills they require to be able to engage specialized nonacademic audiences on the topic of Islam in the world. Application
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CALL FOR PAPERS -- Space, Movement and Place in Southeast Asia
Tuesday January 19, 2010
University of California, Berkeley
Submission deadline: 19 Jan 2010
Spatial relations in Southeast Asia have long underpinned, stimulated and framed key works on political organization in the region, from Stanley Tambiah’s ‘galactic polity’ to to Thongchai Winichakul’s ‘geo-body’ to Benedict Anderson’s ‘imagined communities’ to James C. Scott’s ‘zomia’. This conference proposes to re-examine these formulations, while exploring new research and new understandings about space, landscape and human impact in Southeast Asia. Learn more...
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CALL FOR PAPERS -- Party Politics in Southeast Asia: Theoretical and Comparative Dimensions
Sunday January 31, 2010
26-28 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden
Submission deadline: 31 January 2010
Panel accepted for the 6th EUROSEAS Conference. This panel seeks to explore the possibilities of comparing parties and party systems across the region by critically investigating the usefulness of a number of relevant theoretical tools such as, for example, party and party system institutionalization theory or the social cleavage model developed by Lipset and Rokkan. Furthermore, the panel will also examine other aspects of party politics in Southeast Asia, including the organizational dimension of parties, the role of institutions such as electoral or party laws, coalition theory, party typologies, the impact of political culture on party dynamics etc. Learn more...
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February 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS -- EUROSEAS 2010: Coping with Climate Change in Southeast Asia
Monday February 1, 2010
Goteburg, Sweden
Submission deadline: 01 Feb 2010
A panel is being convened on the consequences of global climate change for Southeast Asia at the EUROSEAS conference in Goteburg, Sweden, Aug 26-28, 2010. Organizers are seeking papers from scholars working in the area of impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to these forecasted climate changes, in both contemporary and historical perspective. Interested authors should send a title, 250 word abstract, and brief bio for consideration to the panel's co-organizers no later than Feb 1, 2010. Learn more...
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LANGUAGE PROGRAM -- Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI)
Monday February 1, 2010
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Applications deadline: 01 February 2010.
The Vietnamese Advanced Summer Institute (VASI) is an intensive eight-week course of study in advanced Vietnamese conducted at Vietnamese Language Studies Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City. VASI is equivalent to a full year's academic work. Learn more...
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LANGUAGE PROGRAM -- Advanced Filipino Abroad Program
Monday February 8, 2010
De La Salle University-Dasmarinas
Application deadline: 08 Feb 2010
The Advanced Filipino Abroad Programis a highly intensive eight-week program offered to students with at least intermediate level study of Filipino (Tagalog) language (or the equivalent). The site of the program will be at De La Salle University-Dasmarinas. Learn More...
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March 2010
FILM SCREENING -- "Berbagi Suami"
Thursday March 11, 2010
7:00pm
Kane Hall, 210, University of Washinton, Seattle
BERBAGI SUAMI [Love for Share]
Introduced by Francisco Benitez, Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature
120 minutes
Polygamy in Indonesia goes under the microscope in this drama about three wives in three different marriages, each from vastly different backgrounds and places. Salma, a gynecologist, is married to a successful television host who takes a second, and then a third wife. Initially crushed by this discovery, Salma decides to accept her lot as a good Muslim wife, but when her husband falls ill, she is forced to confront his other wives and the absurd reality of her situation. Siti, a small-town girl, understands too late the real intentions of her “uncle,” who brought her to Jakarta with the promise of putting her through beauty school. An unexpected and intimate bond with one of her uncle's two wives, however, emboldens her to pursue her freedom. Finally, Ming is the prettiest waitress at a popular roast duck stall, where she carries on a surreptitious romance and eventually becomes the second wife of the stall's chef. Unaware of one another's stories, these three women cross paths as they contend with the trials and injustices of polygamy. Indonesian with English subtitles. Learn more...
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| Southeast Asia Center | |
| University of Washington | |
| 303 Thomson Hall | |
| Box 353650 | |
| Seattle, WA 98195 | |
| (206) 543-9606 tel | |
| (206) 685-0668 fax | |
| ► | seac@u.washington.edu |
| Laurie Sears, Director |
| Rick Bonus, Director of Graduate Studies |
| Sara Van Fleet, Associate Director |
| Tikka Sears, Outreach Coordinator |
| Marjorie McKinley, Program Coordinator |
| McKay Caruthers, Graduate Student Assistant |