Next week we will be welcoming Professor Woonkyung Yeo from Seoul National University to speak about the origins and politics of the Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) in Indonesia. To prepare for Professor Yeo’s visit, this week we’ll be featuring the keynote address Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia, delivered regarding the genesis

As the academic year begins, we reconnect with friends, familiar surroundings, and favorite diversions (like being the first to correctly answer “Where in SEA?”). At the same time, starting new classes and meeting students and colleagues new to campus provides us the opportunity to expand our knowledge and perspective. In that spirit, we welcome the

August 10, 2019 Odegaard Library, University of Washington Cambodian American Community Council of Washington (CACCWA) The symposium, designed to provide a better understanding of the history of political developments in Cambodia and its implication for the future of the country and the Khmer people, featured government officials-cum-historians and experts on the region. There were introductory

Dr. Randall Kyes and Dr. Pensri Kyes lead research and field training in conservation biology around the world. They recently shared photos and a video from two July 2019 field courses in Conservation Biology and Global Health. The first took place on Tinjil Island, Indonesia, through a long running collaboration with IPB University in Bogor,

Temario Rivera, Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Board of Trustees at the Center for People Empowerment in Governance in the Philippines recently shared an article with the Southeast Asia Center on the Philippine mid-term elections.  Read it at the link.

by Lucky Agung Pratama Compared to its counterparts such as mixed reality and augmented reality, virtual reality (“VR”) offers a different experience in a way that it is capable of visualizing an entirely new environment without any interference from the surrounding environment. Even though VR is essentially an alternative visualization method, it also provides a

by Unaree Taladngoen I know that stepping out of my comfort zone is challenging. However, I keep telling myself that, by exploring the world out there, I can learn a lot of things and gain abundant experiences which I will never get if I insist on staying in my comfort zone. My journey to the

The Origins of the Rising SEAs Delegation Dylan Tran is a graduating senior at the University of Washington. While interning with the Southeast Asian American Education Coalition (SEAeD) as a sophomore, he had the idea of bringing UW Southeast Asian Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) together. To appeal to a broad spectrum of students among over

By Lucky Pratama The national elections last month were regarded as the largest in Indonesia’s history; presidential and legislative elections were held on the same day across the country. The government provided about 809,500 voting centers to accommodate voter turnout, almost twice as many as the 2014 national election.  It was such a grand event