Missed our full-day workshop series on Southeast Asian children’s literature? Recordings of all three engaging sessions are now available on our YouTube channel! The “Enlivening Southeast Asian Children’s Literature” series brought together storytellers and artists to explore creative, culturally rich ways to bring Southeast Asian stories into K–12 classrooms through shadow puppetry, comic book creation, […]

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) NRC grant funded the purchase of a rare and historically significant 1478 map—one of the earliest printed representations of Southeast Asia. The map, from a Rome edition of Cosmographia by Claudius Ptolemy and engraved by pioneering printer Konrad Sweynheim, was acquired with funding […]

Graduate Certificate Overview A Graduate Certificate in Southeast Asian Studies enables students to gain (and demonstrate evidence of) cutting-edge knowledge of the Southeast Asian region in Asia. A Graduate Certificate can serve as a valuable tool in career development for graduate students in discipline-based programs (e.g., PhD or MA students in sociology, political science, music, […]

Dr. Ashok Das, — Professor, College of Social Sciences, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), College of Social Sciences Congratulations, Dr. Das! The Center for Southeast Asian Studies congratulates Dr. Ashok Das on his promotion to Full Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. This promotion recognizes his deep commitment to teaching, research, […]

Final Session – LuceSEA Spring 2025 Webinar Series In Southeast Asia, the intersection of the arts and environmental change is a lived reality for many communities whose cultural practices rely on natural resources. Climate change, migration, and environmental degradation are transforming the way traditional arts are practiced, preserved, and passed on. This webinar brings together […]

Our second student spotlight of Spring 2025 is Sara Loh, Ph.D. student at the Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Read Sara’s story here: Research Focus For her PhD research, Sara conducted ethnographic fieldwork with a peri-urban Temuan Orang Asli community, a subgroup of the original Indigenous peoples of Peninsular Malaysia, with support […]

Tourism has long been a key driver of economic growth in Southeast Asia, but how can we ensure that this growth benefits local communities rather than displacing them? This webinar brings together leading experts in tourism governance, community-based tourism, and economic development to explore ways to create a more equitable and sustainable tourism economy. Watch […]