Andrew Hollister (AH), UW second-year MA in Southeast Asian Studies student, sits down with fellow student colleague, John Tran (JT), to discuss his research travels during the summer of 2022 in Cambodia. Andrew received funding for the trip from the Henry Luce Foundation through the Southeast Asia Center and was also a recipient of the

CAMBODIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF WASHINGTON (CACCWA) – Assistant Program Coordinator Cambodian American Community Council is a grassroots community organization started in 2015 with a mission to strengthen Cambodian American communities and organizations by promoting multi-ethnic community unity, preserving culture, leveraging partnerships, advancing collaboration, and supporting capacity building for its member organizations. CACCWA is a

Earlier in 2022, after an extensive call for applications, the University of Washington Libraries awarded Cari Coe, Ph.D., the Southeast Asia Luce Foundation Archives Fellowship and Libraries Trainee appointment. This 2-year professional SE Asia librarianship training program is made possible by the Henry Luce Foundation’s $1 million grant titled “Tracing Authoritarianism: Linking Southeast Asia and

In the summer of 2022 Jackson School M.A. student Teshan Laucirica traveled to Thailand and Laos, where she visited the former homes of the Emerald Buddha, learning local histories of the Emerald Buddha along the way. In this interview John Tran speaks with Teshan about her experience, and what its done for her research. Teshan’s trip

In the summer of 2022 John Tran traveled to Vietnam for an intensive Vietnamese language program. John received funding for the trip from the Southeast Asia Center’s Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship program. Below, John reflects on his experience as a FLAS Fellow, volunteer, and study abroad participant. It is 11 pm Sunday, my final

  Jackson School Alumna Elizabeth Becker has received the Harvard University Goldsmith Book Prize: Trade category and Fordham University Sperber Prize for her recent book You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War. The book tells the stories of three female journalists reporting on the Vietnam war from the field. From the publisher,

The Southeast Asia Center and Viet Nam Studies community in Seattle is mourning the passing of our dear friend and cherished colleague Joseph “Joe” Hannah, at 61, after a courageous battle with cancer. Joe is survived by his loving wife, Dr. Hoàng Thị Diệu Hiền and their two sons, Ian and Bảo-Ân, as well as