With Max Lane and Faiza Mardzoeki’s visit next week, we are all looking forward to the screening of the videorecording of Ms. Mardzoeki’s critically-acclaimed play, Nyanyi Sunyi Kembang Genjer (Silent Song of the Genjer Flower). But before that, we wanted to learn more about the Genjer flower, its song, and why it was so important

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

This week we are featuring our very own custom playlist of Southeast Asian music with songs recommended by our own faculty, staff and students.  The end of the year is approaching and finals are right around the corner. If you’re feeling stressed over finals, worried about what is happening in the world or just want

This week in TWISEA we feature an article written by our MA student Kasey Rackowitz about her Indonesian language debate at the Embassy of Indonesia in D.C. “Now when you see your island’s hand sign, shake your angklung as much as you can.” Playful karaoke music started playing from the speakers. The woman in the

This week we are featuring an article written by Malaysian Student Association member and Malaysian international student Farhanah Faizal about their latest event. Since the spring of last year, the Malaysian Student Association at UW (MASA UW) holds an annual cultural night – also famously known as Malaysian Night among Malaysian students all over the

This week in TWISEA we are featuring an article by our MA student Dimas Romadhon in response to Dr. Giora Eliraz’s article “Ahok, Islamism and Indonesian Democracy.” Petruk suddenly becomes king. He leads rudely, but he is correct. He bulldozes the dilapidated system of the existing government. He challenges old rulers and elites, strips down

This week we are featuring an article written by History PhD student and SEAC affiliate Lin Hongxuan. On 23 and 24 March 2017, the University of Washington Southeast Asia Center organized and hosted a graduate student conference, entitled “The Palimpsestic Past and Present of Southeast Asia: Rewriting Lives Beyond Boundaries.” The conference theme was formulated

This week we asked JSIS faculty member Jonathan Warren about his book Cultures of Development: Vietnam, Brazil and the Unsung Vanguard of Prosperity.  1. How did you get interested in this topic? Economic development is one of those universal issues – almost every person I’ve ever met in the US, Germany, Brazil, Vietnam, and elsewhere all

This week we are featuring an article written by our affiliated graduate student from the Department of History, Katia Chaterji.   [Singing in Javanese] – Speak English, Hanuman. – Oh, I should speak English? – Ya, you are in front of your children who only know English. So you should speak English.   — Midiyanto,