Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Weekly Announcements Spring 2015 April 22, 2015 SEAP SEAP Weekly Lunchtime Lecture Series APRIL 23, 2015, 12-1:30pm, Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave, Ithaca, NY Rebakah Daro Minarchek, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Cornell University and Associate Director of the American institute for Indonesian Studies "Negotiating Customary and Statutory Laws: Indonesian Adat Communities and the Struggle for Land Rights." APRIL 30, 2015, 12-1:30pm, Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave, Ithaca, NY Gabriel Fauveaud, Post-Doctoral Fellow and Lecturer, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada "Phnom Penh : the production of urban spaces in an emerging metropolis" Check out the full list of speakers for Spring 2015 here. The spring e-bulletin from SEAP is going to dazzle you The "unfolding foment and richness of the program" is captured in stories such as Professor Arnika Furhmann’s feature on the course/study trip “Flux Navigations: Envisioning the Southeast Asian City” and in articles on Indonesian and Cambodian art by Anissa Rahadiningtyas and Pamela Corey. New partnerships with community colleges and the Center for Khmer Studies are highlighted in articles about the new winter session CU in Cambodia program. And you can get glimpses of the emerging Myanmar Initiative, along with updates on language programs, Publications, outreach, and more. Events Weekly Language Conversation Tables Indonesian Conversation Hour Every Thursday, 4:30PM - 5:30pm, Big Red Barn Topics discussed: Indonesia, SEAP, Cornell relations, Singapore, and immigration Come join Cornell Indonesian Association in informal casual conversations in Indonesian! This is a great way for Indonesian language learners to practice with native speakers and learn more about each other! If you can't find the table with a mini Indonesian flag, text or call Bagas at: (607) 379-3274. Free coffee, tea, biscuits and snacks! Ngobi, yuk! Burmese Conversation Hour Tuesday conversation tables by request Friday, 11:30am-12:30pm at Physical Sciences Atrium For more information, contact Hein Tun at: [email protected] Vietnamese Conversation Hour Every other Thursday, 4:00pm-5:00pm, Big Red Barn Next conversation hour: May 7 For more information, contact Yen Vu: [email protected] Alvin W. Yeo: “Engaged Learning in ICT [information and communications technology] for Development in Malaysian Borneo: Reflections and Lessons Learnt Employing a Systemic, Holistic, Interdisciplinary and Participatory (SHIP) Approach” Date: Friday, April 24, 2015, 12 - 2 pm Location: Room 423 Mann Library The State of Vietnam: 40 Years After the Vietnam War In inauguration of the series, we invite you to join TWO LEADING EXPERTS, Professors Keith W. Taylor and Fredrik Logevall, who will share their latest research and thoughts on the current state and future prospects of the VIETNAM HISTORY field. Date and Time: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015, 12pm Location: 374 Rockefeller Hall For more information: [email protected] Movie Screening: Journey from the Fall Date: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015, 6 - 9pm Location: Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave, Ithaca, NY For more information, contact: Yen Vu ([email protected]) Cornell Gamelan Ensemble Saturday, May 9, 2:00pm, Barnes Hall Director: Christopher Miller Job Opportunities and Funding Apply Today! Global Environmental Community-Based Research Opportunity, Malaysia! Interested in community-based research? Want to gain real-world knowledge of global environmental issues around climate change? Application Due: Monday, May 4, 2015. Contact: Professor Shorna Allred at [email protected] or Amy K. Somchanhmavong at [email protected] Translator-Interpreter Program Translator-Interpreter Program (TIP) is a program of the Cornell University Public Service Center. TIP provides volunteer translators and interpreters to community agencies in emergency and non-emergency situations. In particular, volunteers for Thai, Indonesian, Khmer, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Burmese are needed. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer or you want to learn more about the program. Contact: 100 Barnes Hall or email: [email protected]. LOOKING FOR SUMMER WORK EXPERIENCE TO GAIN A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE and COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH SKILLS? Department of Natural Resources and Public Service Center are looking for dedicated students that are interested in community-based research and working together with visiting students and faculty members from Mahidol University, Thailand. Helpful Resources International Students and Scholars Office Mailing List The ISSO has three different electronic mailing lists, each with a distinctly different purpose: ISSO-NEWS-L requires all current international students to register. The ISSO uses this list to send students important immigration-related updates and reminders, as well as our monthly electronic newsletter. iPrograms-L - Join this e-list if you are interested in receiving announcements specifically about ISSO trips, programs, and non-immigration services. International-L - This list has been established by the International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO) to facilitate communication and camaraderie within the international community at Cornell. For more information on how to join the list, please visit: http://www.isso.cornell.edu/about/interl.php Beyond Cornell Events 3rd Global Academic Meeting: "Health, Climate Change and Environment-Global Societal Challenges" Location: Manhattan, New York Date: 17-19 September 2015 Contact: [email protected] Full Paper Submission Deadline: 1 September, 2015 New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2015 October 16 – 17, 2015 at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY “Global Asia: Social, Cultural, and Political Spaces.” Deadline for Proposal Submission: May 1, 2015 Groups of Universities for the Advancement of Vietnamese in America (GUAVA) Workshop Date: May 15-16, 2015 Location: University of California - Los Angeles We invite abstracts for a 20-minute presentation on any issues related to researching and teaching Vietnamese language. Topics of interests are, but not limited to, language structure, acquisition, teaching, methodology, curriculum, issues on heritage language learners and identity, and language teaching in the digital age. Submit abstracts to: [email protected] Funding and Job Opportunities Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Grant Competition Deadline: Tuesday, April 28th, 2015 The Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowship Program provides opportunities to doctoral candidates to engage in full-time dissertation research abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies. Careers at Pew Research Center Applicants should send a complete resume, cover letter (indicating where you learned of the opening) and salary expectations to: Human Resources Department, Pew Research Center 1615 L Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20036. Responses can also be e-mailed to [email protected]. Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology Early Career Award ISEAA announces establishment of a new award of $1000 for early career Southeast Asian archaeologist. Nominees must have defended their dissertations and received their Ph.D. degree within the five year period from August 31, 2010 to September 1, 2015. For more information, please visit http://www.iseaarchaeology.org/award-committee-announcement Submission Deadline: December 1st, 2015 Asian American International Film Festival 2015: Call for Interns Are you looking for that summer in the city experience? Asian CineVision (ACV) is seeking spring and summer interns to help organize the 38th Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) in New York City. AAIFF'15 is scheduled for July 23 - August 1, 2015. For more information about AAIFF, visit the ACV website or contact [email protected]. Beyond United States Call for Papers/Conferences Chinese Natural Resource Extraction in Southeast Asia: Cooperation or Conflict? Date: May 25-26th, 2015 Location: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore ISEAS will convene a Writers’ Workshop with a view to developing a set of high quality research papers for joint publication in a relevant peer-reviewed journal and/or an ISEAS book volume. The main purpose of the Workshop will be for participating writers to discuss and provide constructive feedback on each other’s paper. Myanmar (Burma) Update 2015: Making Sense of Conflict Date: 5-6 June, 2015 Location: Australian National University, Canberra The Myanmar (Burma) Update conference aims to address the breadth and depth of conflicts in Myanmar from a range of angles, offering perspectives of people working on the ground and those studying the country abroad. It presents an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to draw on their research and work in studying and addressing conflict in Myanmar to probe its many layers, and consider the means by which conflict might be resolved. Symposium: "The Emergence of Theravada Buddhism in Cambodia: Southeast Asian Perspectives" Date: July 3, 2015 Location: SOAS University of London, England SOAS will be bringing together scholars from across the region, and across disciplines, to break new ground on early Cambodian Theravada and, in turn, shed light on mainland developments as a whole. 1st International Conference on Burma/Myanmar Studies - Burma/Myanmar in Transition: Connectivity, Changes and Challenges Date: July 24-25, 2015 Location: Chiang Mai University, Thailand Abstracts and panel proposals should be sent by 15 April 2015 to [email protected]. Details of the papers accepted will be announced on 20 May, and the deadline for submission of full papers is 20 June. 5th Congress of Asian and the Pacific Studies: Transition and margin(s) in Burma/Myanmar Date: September 9-11, 2015 Location: Paris, France Our panel is an invitation to elucidate and to work on this question of margins: territories of margins at all scales; social groups who undergo fights or claim their marginality; emerging or declining cultural and religious practices, etc. Our panel aims to take a view as large and multidisciplinary as possible at this transition including the country's borders so as to grasp the quick mutations of Burma as best we can. Fifth International Conference on Lao Studies: Lao PDR in the ASEAN Context Dates: Friday, July 8, 2016 to Sunday, July 10, 2016 Location: Thammasat University; Bangkok, Thailand The Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University and the Center for Lao Studies (CLS) are pleased to announce that the Fifth International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS V) will be held from July 8 to 10, 2016 on the Tha Phrachan campus in Bangkok, Thailand. The main objective of the conference is to promote Lao studies, broadly defined, by providing an international forum for scholars to present and discuss various aspects of Lao Studies. Political participation in Asia: Defining and deploying political space We invite papers from across disciplines, focused on these and related questions in the context of East, Southeast, and South Asia, for a conference to be held at Stockholm University on 2224 November 2015. Abstracts are due to Eva Hansson via email, [email protected], by 1 June 2015. Decisions on acceptance will be announced by 1 July 2015. Full papers (6-8,000 words) will be due by 1 November 2015. Funding/Fellowship/Job Opportunities Charles Wallace Trust Visiting Fellowship for Burma If you would like to apply for the Charles Wallace Trust Visiting Fellowship for Burma please complete the application form and send it, along with a current copy of your Curriculum Vitae, to Matthew Kennedy at [email protected] by Friday 10th April 2015. New Summer Program with ISDSI: Culture and Ecology of Northern Thailand Date: June 1 to July 10, 2015 (6 weeks) Summer Course at the Ifugao Archaeological Project Date: June 15 - August 7, 2015 Location: Philippines To determine the impacts of Spanish colonialism on Philippine highland populations, the 2015 and 2016 field seasons of the Ifugao Archaeological Project (IAP) focus on the Old Kiyyangan Village, an abandoned settlement in the town of Kiangan, Ifugao. The field site is a fascinating part of the Philippines and the field school would appeal to those interested in archaeology, ecology and agrohistory, health and food, Asian studies, and more. Deadline: April 18, 2015 Southeast Asia Analyst Vacancy Allan & Associates is recruiting a postgraduate candidate with expertise on Southeast Asia seeking a career in the private security sector. Indonesia Overseas Program Indonesia Overseas Program provides an intensive semester or academic year overseas immersion experience in Malang, Indonesia at the Universitas Negeri Malang (University of Malang). The program is open to undergraduate and graduate students as well as working professionals. Rebuilding Civil Society in Cambodia As a volunteer in Cambodia, you’ll be met with unending warmth, generosity and kindness – a national character that has endured through decades of brutal civil war and genocide. For more information, visit http://globalservicecorps.org/site/cambodia-service-learning-programs/ Join GSC in Cambodia for your Service-Learning Semester Program of a Lifetime In collaboration with the State University of New York (SUNY) and Pāññāsastra University of Cambodia (PUC), GSC’s 15-credit Cambodia Semester Program focuses on social development in post-conflict societies, Emotional Intelligence (EQ), Buddhism, and supporting the Cambodian NGO and civil society. This program combines an intensive three-week foundations course, nine weeks of field work, and a final three-week Capstone project. Careers at RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests There are a number of positions available in Southeast Asia with RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests. For the listing of opportunities, please visit: http://www.recoftc.org/basic-page/careers. CGIAR RTB-University Gender Integration Partnership The CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) invites graduate students and researchers in the social sciences to conduct gender analysis research on a postharvest cassava project in Vietnam. The agricultural project is titled, "Driving livelihood improvements through demand-oriented interventions for competitive production and processing of RTBs." Contact Catherine (Kayte) Meola at [email protected] for more information. Southeast Asia Program 180 Uris Hall Ithaca, NY 14853 http://seap.einaudi.cornell.edu/
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