Who are the candidates? JOKO WIDODO, presidential candidate The 57-year old incumbent is the first Indonesian leader without links to the military, political, or religious elites. He served as mayor of Solo and governor of the capital, Jakarta. He won the 2014 presidential election on a platform of tackling corruption and investment in infrastructure. During

Please note that these translations from the original Indonesian were made by Southeast Asia Center staff for the educational benefit of our readers but without official approval from the news outlets.  The original articles, with attribution, are also included on this page.  While the translations were made by bilingual staff, thus minimizing the chance for

Disaggregation of demographic data has been an important goal for activists and students of Southeast Asian heritage because grouping all ethnicities into the broad category “Asian American and Pacific Islander” (AAPI) obscures disparities in educational outcomes and economic conditions.  Community advocacy prompted Washington State legislators to fund an achievement gap study in 2008 which recommended

DATE: Saturday, Nov. 17 2018 LOCATION: UW-Seattle Campus REGISTRATION 2018 Rising SEAs is a FREE one day conference organized by the Southeast Asian American Education (SEAeD) Coalition in collaboration with local, state, and national partners. The purpose of 2018 Rising SEAs is to civically engage, culturally empower, and educationally invest in the long term development

Award-winning Vietnamese-American musician Vân-Ánh Võ visited Seattle this past weekend, a trip organized by the Seattle Art Museum’s Gardner Center for Asian Art and Ideas and co-sponsored by the Southeast Asia Center.  On Friday, Võ visited UW Ethnomusicologist Christina Sunardi’s Music Cultures of the World class in the morning and held a performance later that

The Fulbright Commission of Indonesia is seeking applicants for its 2019-2020 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) program. Applications are due October 9th, 2018.  Applicants can find an informational video here, and more information here.

The Southeast Asia Center is hiring!  We’re looking for a UW student assistant who is proficient in Adobe Photoshop, In-Design, Illustrator, or any basic graphic design or publishing software and who has some experience with video editing software.  For more information about the position and how to apply, click here: UW Student Assistant Employment Type: On-Campus

By: Imam Subkhan When we win, it’s an achievement When we fail, don’t be frustrated When we win, show solidarity Let’s show sportsmanship (Via Vallen, “Reach for the Stars,” the 18th Asian Games official theme song)   While politicians, sports federations, and professionals often repudiate the link between politics and sports on behalf of neutrality, sportsmanship,

This is the transcript of Prof. Celia Lowe’s original welcome speech given at the SEAC Fall Reception & Showcase, November 4, 2016 We’ve gotten off to a great start this academic year. We’ve hosted Ko Ko Thet, a writer of Burmese poetry; an amazing conference organized by Pauli Sandjaya and sponsored by the Consulate of