Mary Callahan, an associate professor in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and affiliate of the Center for Southeast Asia and Its Diasporas, was recently featured on NPR’s Next Chapter podcast. In the episode titled “What Myanmar Looks Like Four Years After the Coup“, Callahan provided insight into the ongoing political and social

Last week, the Southeast Asia Center had the honor of being part of The ART of Survival at Seattle City Hall. Adrian Alarilla talks more about what went down.   ‘We thought everything was lost, that we would never hear our music again, never see our dance.’ They could not stop crying; people wept through

Last December, the Southeast Asia Center, in conjunction with the UW Graduate School and the Rajana Society, hosted a number of events revolving around the visit of internationally-acclaimed Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh, including a video installation featuring images from the archive of Elizabeth Becker. Jenna Grant, who spearheaded the organizing efforts of his visit, was featured

Last Saturday evening a group of around 75 people braved Husky football traffic to attend a panel discussion about Ken Burns’ and Lynn Novick’s new documentary series, “The Vietnam War.”  The event was organized by the Seattle chapter of Veterans for Peace and many in the audience were Vietnam vets.  Others had been conscientious objectors

This week we say farewell to our Thai language instructor, Dr. Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs, who is retiring. We also celebrate our MA students who graduated this week and the recipients of our endowed fellowships. With mixed emotions, the Southeast Asia Center would like to announce the retirement of Dr. Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs. We are saddened by her