UH Center for Southeast Asian Studies

at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

2025 Fall LuceSEA Webinar #4 – Political Ecology in Practice: Findings from the LuceSEA Field School in Southeast Asia November 14, 2025
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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 […]
Two Public Talks on Land, Inheritance, and ʻĀina – November 19 November 14, 2025
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- Students
The Asian American and Pacific Islander Environmental Humanities and Environmental Justice (AAPI EHEJ) initiative will co-host two public talks on Wednesday, November 19, bringing together perspectives on inheritance, land, and collaborative conservation in Hawaiʻi and beyond. Talk 1 – A Theory of Inheritance Drawing on more than a decade of work in the middle hills […]
2025 Mānoa International Education Day November 7, 2025
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Thursday, November 20, 2025, UHM Campus Center Courtyard Join us in celebrating the rich cultural diversity of performance courses and student groups across the UH Mānoa campus! Enjoy live performances representing Asia and the Pacific through music, dance, and chant. Co-sponsored by the Office of Global Engagement, Asian Studies, the Ethnomusicology Program, and the Center […]
Vietnamerica — Simulcast Film Screening & Discussion November 7, 2025
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- Students
Tuesday, November 18, 12:00 PM, Hamilton Library, Room 306 Discover the story of the Vietnamese “boat people” through Vietnamerica. The film follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa fled Vietnam by boat in […]
Discover Mānoa! College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL) November 7, 2025
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- Students
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Discover what makes UH Mānoa truly #UHMazing at our annual open house event — Discover Mānoa! Join us for a fun-filled day featuring campus tours, faculty meet-and-greets, student activities, live music, and more! Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PMLegacy Pathway, Campus Center, Quad, […]
Film Screening: The Promise (2025) October 30, 2025
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Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 1:00–4:00 PM (HST), Hamilton Library, Room 306 A documentary film by Director & Writer, Daan Veldhuizen A forgotten struggle, a lost future. In the 1960s, West Papua was on the path to independence. But international interests, geopolitical power struggles, and economic motives dictated otherwise. Through uniquely restored and colorized 35mm archival […]
Mga Himig ng Kapuluan: The Art & Heritage of Filipino Song October 30, 2025
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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 […]

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Two Public Talks on Land, Inheritance, and ʻĀina – November 19

The Asian American and Pacific Islander Environmental Humanities and Environmental Justice (AAPI EHEJ) initiative will co-host two public talks on Wednesday, November 19, bringing together perspectives on inheritance, land, and collaborative conservation in Hawaiʻi and beyond. Talk 1 – A Theory of Inheritance Drawing on more than a decade of work in the middle hills […]
- Students
Vietnamerica — Simulcast Film Screening & Discussion

Tuesday, November 18, 12:00 PM, Hamilton Library, Room 306 Discover the story of the Vietnamese “boat people” through Vietnamerica. The film follows Master Nguyen Hoa as he returns to former refugee camps in Southeast Asia after three decades to search for the graves of his wife and two children. Hoa fled Vietnam by boat in […]
- Students
Discover Mānoa! College of Arts, Languages & Letters (CALL)

Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Discover what makes UH Mānoa truly #UHMazing at our annual open house event — Discover Mānoa! Join us for a fun-filled day featuring campus tours, faculty meet-and-greets, student activities, live music, and more! Saturday, November 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PMLegacy Pathway, Campus Center, Quad, […]
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- Students
MAESTRO RYAN CAYABYAB: Up Close and Personal (Nov 5)

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m., Korean Studies Auditorium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Free and open to the public A Conversation with the Philippine National Artist for Music with Dr. Pia Arboleda Special performances by Ryan John Mercado, Kaelyn Howard, and Angeli Callo
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Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies? A Talk Story and Perspectives from Inside and Outside Southeast Asia

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 […]

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- Students
MAESTRO RYAN CAYABYAB: Up Close and Personal (Nov 5)

Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m., Korean Studies Auditorium, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Free and open to the public A Conversation with the Philippine National Artist for Music with Dr. Pia Arboleda Special performances by Ryan John Mercado, Kaelyn Howard, and Angeli Callo
- Faculty
- Students
Where Are We Going, Southeast Asian Studies? A Talk Story and Perspectives from Inside and Outside Southeast Asia

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 […]
- Faculty
- Students
Book Talk Recording Now Available: He Who is Made Lord: Empire, Class, and Race in Postwar Singapore

The recording of Book Talk with Muhammad Suhail Mohamed Yazid (Harvard University Asia Center) is now available online. In this talk, Suhail discussed his new book He Who is Made Lord (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute), which revisits late colonial Singapore to uncover the politics of empire, class, and race surrounding the island’s titular office. The conversation, […]
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Fall 2025 Southeast Asia Potluck Gathering: Mingle, Mix & Munch!

Friday, September 19, 2025, 5:00 – 7:30 PM Ethnomusicology Courtyard, UHM Music Department (near the Barbara B. Smith Amphitheatre), 2411 Dole Street Join us for our Fall 2025 CSEAS Gathering! This event brings together students, faculty, and researchers interested in the languages, cultural traditions, and communities of Southeast Asia. This semester, we’re excited to partner […]
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Meet Dr. Gillian Bogart, Our Newest Asian Studies Faculty and CSEAS Affiliate

Aloha and welcome to Dr. Gillian Bogart, our newest Asian Studies faculty member and CSEAS affiliate. She joined UH Mānoa in Fall 2025. Read her story here: Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Gillian Bogart Where she’s from Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Dr. Bogart most recently came to Hawaiʻi from Santa Cruz, California. She joined […]