Category: Scholarships and Funding

December 18, 2024

Announcement: Apply Now for the 2025 Political Ecology Field School in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Deadline: January 3 at 11:59 PM (HST) Are you ready to step out of the classroom and into the field? The 2025 LuceSEA Environmental Transition Field School offers a unique, expenses-paid opportunity to gain hands-on research experience in Southeast Asia. Where: Chiang Mai, ThailandWhen: May 24 – June 27, 2025 (exact dates subject to change)Who: […]

October 11, 2024

Why Apply for a FLAS Scholarship? Hear from Our 2024-2025 FLAS Awardees!

Are you interested in learning Southeast Asian languages and exploring the region’s rich cultural heritage? Or are you passionate about deepening your understanding of Southeast Asian studies? The FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) could be the perfect opportunity for you! Check out what some of our current awardee have to say about how FLAS […]

September 25, 2024

FLAS Fellowships Available for All Year 2025-2026! | January 31, 2025

Application Close Date: Friday, January 31, 2025 The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is pleased to announce that applications are now beingaccepted for AY 2025-2026 and summer 2025 Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships for the study of Southeast Asia and one of the following languages: Tagalog (Filipino), Cambodian (Khmer), Indonesian, Thai, and Vietnamese. The fellowship is open […]

December 19, 2023

SEASSI Summer 2024 applications open!

The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and non-traditional students. Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities.

December 14, 2023

Congratulations, Yi-Yu Lai!

Please join us in congratulating Yi-Yu Lai for receiving the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Paper Prize from the Society for East Asian Anthropology (SEAA)!

November 2, 2023

Congratulations, Erin McConkey!

Please join us in congratulating Erin McConkey for receiving a Soroptimist Founder Region PhD fellowship!

September 28, 2023

Congratulations Olivia Meyer!

Congratulations to UH Geography and Environment PhD candidate and two-year Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship recipient Olivia Meyer for being awarded a Fulbright-Hays award to conduct her dissertation research in Bangkok. Her project, “Plastic Panacea- ‘Circular Economies’ and the Political Ecology of Plastic Waste in Thailand” proposes a year of ethnographic research in Thailand. […]

November 14, 2022