Adnya Sarasmita, doctoral candidate from the Built Environment PhD program in the College of Built Environment, recently presented her paper “Spatial theater: A contested informality in an Indonesian urban public space” at the 2018 Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE). With the theme of “The Politics of Tradition,”

UW PhD students Dimas Romadhon (Anthropology) and Abdullah Habibi (Aquatic and Fishery Sciences) organized an event that investigated the geophysical causes of the September 28th earthquake in Central Sulawesi’s Donggala Regency and the ensuing tsunami.  Held on campus in the Pacific Northwest Seismological Netowrk (PNSN) laboratory, speakers included Dr. Harold Tobin, PNSN’s new Director; Dr.

This week, we are featuring our new PhD student Bernard Loesi, who is currently serving as an official at the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Office of the Directorate General of American and European Affairs. Could you tell us a little bit about your background? I graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international

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,

One City Project is a local non-profit organization that supports language programs that reflect the languages and cultures of the Puget Sound region. One City is currently recruiting UW bilingual undergraduates for internships in the 2018-19 academic year.  Interns explore teaching in the Vietnamese Dual Language Program at Highline School District, building a more representative