Dr. Ei Thin Zar, who completed her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction at UW-Madison at the end of Fall 2024, is currently a recipient of the Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asia sponsored by the …
Year: 2025
COTS 2025: BIG SUCCESS
The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Council on Thai Studies (COTS) was held October 3-5 in our beloved Ingraham 206, presided over by Nathan McGovern, Professor of Asian Religions at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and …
CELEBRATING THE “BOWIENIAN CULT”
The final event of the COTS-53 conference, as noted, was a celebration of the career of recently retired UW-Madison anthropologist, Katherine Bowie. The panel consisted of four of her former doctoral students (Megan Sinnott, Eric …
Luce-Funded Social Justice Initiatives Since Fall 2024
As part of the Center’s Henry Luce Foundation grant, Social Justice in SE Asia (now in its fifth year), the Center has sponsored a wide variety of activities that have involved our students and faculty, …
CSEAS Obtains Grant from Philippine Consulate to Support Research in the Philippines
Early in the Spring 2025 semester, the Center was approached by the Office of the Philippine Consular General in Chicago inviting us to submit a proposal to fund various activities related to the Philippines. In …
Earthquake Relief for Myanmar and Thailand
Donation information for Ma Ei (Ei Thin Zar): Option 1) Zelle: +13605101116 / Ei Thin Zar / People’s Radio Myanmar Option 2) Wise account name: Ei Thin Zar / Email: nayungchy@gmail.com Option 3) Venmo: @Ei-Zar …
CFP: 8th International Conference on Lao Studies
New Justice in Translation is out! Anchana Wachiraasakon’s translation of “With Faith and Trust in the Masses of Women” by the Voice of the People of Thailand (VOPT)
New translation from Justice in Translation from the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab! This manifesto, issued on the commemorative occasion of International Women’s Day by the Voice of the People of Thailand (VOPT) in the …
New Justice in Translation Out! Arnon Nampa’s collected letters from his first year in prison in Thailand
New translation from Justice in Translation from the Justice in Southeast Asia Lab! Letters from Prison: Year 1, by Arnon Nampa, translated by the Article 112 Project 25 September 2024 marked the first anniversary of …
Call for participation! ANTI/AUTHORITARIAN: Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Workshop at UW-Madison, 24-26 April
Call for participation! ANTI/AUTHORITARIAN Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Workshop at UW-Madison 24-26 April 2025 Keynote Speakers: Erik Martinez Kuhonta (McGill University), Tuong Vu (University of Oregon), Tyrell Haberkorn (UW-Madison) As authoritarianism rises throughout Southeast Asia …