This week we remember Ade Suparman and Nurrika’s teaching visit last spring quarter with an article written by our MA student Shannon Bush. Over the spring quarter, UW’s School of Music, in cooperation with the Southeast Asia Center, hosted artist in residence Ade Suparman and his wife, choreographer and dancer Nurrika. Ade, a master musician,

This week we are featuring one of our first-year students in the MA program in Southeast Asia Studies, Adrian Alarilla.  Could you tell me about yourself? How did you become interested in studying Southeast Asia? I grew up in Metro Manila. I was working on my BA in Film and Audiovisual Communication at the University of

This week we are featuring one of our first-year students in the MA program in Southeast Asia Studies, Dimas Iqbal Romadhon. Could you tell me about yourself? How did you become interested in studying Southeast Asia? My name is Dimas Iqbal Romadhon (This is my given name. My family does not follow the tradition of

  Join us on October 5, 2016, and hear ko ko thett read some of his poetry and talk about the politics of poetry, research and writing as a Burmese and as a global citizen. ko ko thett is joining us as part of the prestigious International Writing Program at the University of Iowa.

Last week, the International Arbitral Tribunal released its findings on a case filed by the Philippines, against China, with regard to disputes in the South China Sea. The five-member Tribunal ruled on the merits of the Philippines’ case, which was based on international law as described in the United Nations Conventions on the Law of

After many years as Director of the Southeast Asia Center, Professor Laurie Sears is stepping down from that position and passing the torch to UW’s own Celia Lowe. Laurie will continue with her teaching and research pursuits here at UW, so she is not going to disappear from our sphere. Celia Lowe has joint Associate

University of Washington faculty members are collaborating with colleagues in Indonesia in fields as diverse as bioethics, dance, library collections, gamelan music, and human-wildlife interaction. At a presentation on April 28, 2016, five faculty members reported on the collaborations they seeded while travelling in and around Jogjakarta, Indonesia over the summer of 2015. Their travel

During Spring quarter, the Southeast Asia Center and UW School of Music were honored to host Visiting Artist Ade Suparman, an instrumentalist and composer from West Java, Indonesia. Pak Ade specializes in Sundanese music. We also welcomed Nurrika, a Sundanese choreographer, who dances in the Jaipongan and Ketuk Tilu folk style. Both Ade and Nurrika taught UW

Leila Chudori, noted Indonesian journalist and author, visited the Southeast Asia Center for two days in April 2016. Her book Pulang (Home) was recently translated and published in English (John McGlynn (The Lontar Foundation), who translated the novel, also visited the Southeast Asia Center in early April). Leila read from her book, which delves into the lives

In April, the Southeast Asia Center, along with the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, welcomed Professor Muhamad Ali (UC Riverside, Religious Studies) and Giora Eliraz (Harry S. Truman Institute, University of Jerusalem) for a colloqium about Indonesian perceptions of the Middle East and Middle Eastern perceptions of