Opens: November 15, 2025 | Deadline: February 15, 2026 The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is pleased to announce the Tria Kerkvliet Southeast Asia Studies Graduate Fellowship for the 2026–2027 academic year. This endowment fund provides support to PhD students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa whose research focuses on Southeast Asia in the […]

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 3:00–4:30 PM (HST)Registration: https://go.hawaii.edu/Uur The final webinar of the 2025 Fall LuceSEA series features faculty and student researchers from the LuceSEA Field School, sharing insights from fieldwork conducted in Thailand and Indonesia. This session explores applied research approaches in political ecology and critical environmental studies, highlighting how ecological systems, political […]

Saturday, November 2, 2025, 7:00 PM (Pre-concert talk at 6:30 PM)Mae Zenke Orvis Auditorium, University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaFree Admission The Center for Philippine Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa proudly presents Mga Himig ng Kapuluan: The Art and Heritage of Filipino Song, a special concert celebrating the depth and diversity of the […]

Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 3:00–4:00 PM (HST)Moore Hall 319 (Tokioka Room)Light refreshments will be provided. Join Online: https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/88154759021 The talk story panel is both a retrospective and forward-looking conversation that highlights the future of Southeast Asian studies as told in various perspectives of University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa faculty and students from and outside Southeast […]

The recording of our LuceSEA Webinar – “Southeast Asia Facing the U.S. Tariff Turbulence” is now available online.Part of the 2025 LuceSEA series Southeast Asia in Transition: Memory, Governance, and Regional Challenges in a Turbulent World, this session brought together regional experts Jayant Menon (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore), Herawati (ASEAN Studies Program, The Habibie Center, […]

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is excited to share our Fall 2025 lineup of webinars, colloquia, book talks, film screenings, and community gatherings. Please see the flyers below for dates, times, and event details. September 2025 October 2025 November–December 2025 For the most up-to-date information and to subscribe to our newsletter:

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) is pleased to highlight a new exhibition, Environmental Biographies of Southeast Asia: Collaborative Learning in the Field. This exhibition brings together stories from forests, rivers, paddy fields, and fish ponds in Chiang Mai (Thailand) and South Sulawesi (Indonesia), created through collaborative fieldwork by undergraduate and graduate students from […]