Over the summer, Christian Novetzke, professor in the Jackson School, became the director of the Center of Southeast Asia and its Diasporas. We recently spoke with him to get an insight into his background and hopes for the upcoming school year. What sparked your interest in religion in South Asia? I was an undergraduate at

In this Q&A, we speak with Cari An Coe, a recent graduate of the University of Washington and a Center for Southeast Asia and its Diasporas affiliated student. We asked Cari about her love of Southeast Asia, and her time as a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellow studying Khmer at the UW.   

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Application Period Reopened for Southeast Asia Undergraduate Awards FLAS Fellowships support students from all UW departments and schools in acquiring modern foreign languages and area studies competencies.  Eligible Undergrads who will study Intermediate or Advanced Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog, Thai, or Vietnamese throughout the 2020-21 academic year can receive:

This week our TWISEA editor and MA student Kasey Rackowitz is going to talk about the FLAS and her trip to Malaysia to get you excited about applying for the FLAS. Midterms are (hopefully) wrapping up, the sakura tree leaves in the Quad have fallen and Winter Break is upon us. What better way to