Walden Bello is one of the leading critics of the current model of economic globalization, combining the roles of intellectual and activist. The Southeast Asia Center welcomed Mr. Bello in November, in an event co-sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; Departments of History, Geography, and American Ethnic Studies; and, the Simpson Center for the

Early in the fall quarter, the Southeast Asia Center,  the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the Michael G. Foster School of Business Global Business Center, and the University of Washington Office of Global Affairs hosted a panel discussion with the U.S. Ambassadors to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, four of the member

(Original article by Nancy Joseph, 9/2015, from “Perspectives”, UW College of Arts and Sciences) When Matthew Novak set foot on Tinjil Island in Indonesia this summer, it was a homecoming of sorts. Twenty years ago, Novak (BS, PhD, Psychology, 1993, 2002) participated in a month-long field study program on the remote island as a UW

Emily Peterson successfully defended her dissertation titled “Insularity and Adaptation: Investigating the role of exchange and inter-island interaction in the Banda Islands, Indonesia” on March 17. This is an innovative study of changes in social “connectedness” in these small and geographically isolated islands in eastern Indonesia, over the period from initial Neolithic occupation about 3500

CHRISTOPH GIEBEL: I first saw the documentary Last Days in Vietnam in September at a pre-screening and my many misgivings then were only reconfirmed by seeing it recently again online. The documentary has been the subject of a remarkable public relations and media blitz in the US, garnering much mainstream praise along the way, and is currently nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary category.

LAUREN PONGAN: You’ll learn many things at the UW Libraries’ exhibit “Author, Poet and Worker: The World of Carlos Bulosan,” but the main takeaway is that Bulosan shouldn’t just be important to Filipino Americans. True, Bulosan was a voice for Filipino Americans who were being discriminated against in the 1930s – 1950s. But he was also a famous writer and labor advocate that inspired many beyond the Filipino American community.

We are very pleased to announce that the UW Southeast Asia Center once again secured Title VI funding for our Center as well as for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships.  This four-year, 2 million dollar grant will help support UW students studying Southeast Asian languages and will allow us to continue to offer

Perspectives, the newsletter of the The College of Arts and Sciences, published a piece about the Ancient Shores, Changing Tides museum exchange, which the Southeast Asia Center supported. From the article: “When children on Palawan Island in the Philippines gathered earlier this year to practice traditional songs and dances of their Cuyonon culture, their inspiration

Anne Crylen, a doctoral student in the College of Education, received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to spend the coming year in Cambodia conducting research on children’s re-entry into school following traumatic injury. Read more about Anne’s project on the College of Education’s website

A University of Washington field course in Chiang Rai, Thailand explored how to use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in conservation biology. Professor Randy Kyes is pictured demonstrating a UAV and its potential uses/applications in conservation biology and global health for Thai high school students from local villages in Chiang Rai, Thailand. This outreach education program was