This week we say farewell to our Thai language instructor, Dr. Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs, who is retiring. We also celebrate our MA students who graduated this week and the recipients of our endowed fellowships. With mixed emotions, the Southeast Asia Center would like to announce the retirement of Dr. Wiworn Kesavatana-Dohrs. We are saddened by her

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

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

As Burma begins to open up, there is great interest in doing research, both as foreign researchers doing their own projects, and as working with local researchers. Since 2010, many foreign governments and universities have tried to engage with local universities, but have found challenging an environment of low educational standards resulting from decades of