Peggy Choy, Associate Professor for the Dance Program and Asian American Studies, as well as a CSEAS faculty, is one of six recipients of the UW Division of the Art’s Creative Arts Awards this year. Read the …
New book by Anna Gade: Muslim Environmentalisms – Religious and Social Foundations
How might our understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift if we incorporate Islamic perspectives? In this book, Anna M. Gade explores the religious and cultural foundations of Islamic environmentalisms. She blends textual and …
New book by Mary McCoy: Scandal and Democracy
Successful transitions to enduring democracy are both difficult and rare. In Scandal and Democracy, Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about …
Spring 2019 Course List Now Available
The list of Southeast Asian Studies courses to be offered in Spring 2019 is now available. Please visit our Courses page for more information.
Latest Libraries Issue Features Larry Ashmun, Unique Thailand Collection
The Fall 2018 issue of Libraries features the “unique” Thailand collection managed by Larry Ashmun, CSEAS bibliographer for Southeast Asian and Hmong studies. Click the image below to read the article.
Ian Baird granted Vilas Associates Award
Ian Baird, Asssociate Professor of Geography, was granted the Vilas Associates Award by UW–Madison. The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Recipients are chosen competitively by the …
Dan Doeppers awarded the Philippine National Book Award for Best Book in History: Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945
The National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle are pleased to announce the winners of the 36th National Book Awards. Daniel F. Doeppers’s Feeding Manila in Peace and War, 1850-1945 has been awarded …
New book by Alfred McCoy: In the Shadows of the American Century – The Rise and Decline of US Global Power
Congratulations to UW-Madison Professor of History Alfred McCoy on the recent publication of In the Shadows of the American Century – The Rise and Decline of US Global Power, Haymarket Books, 2017. ~ A meticulous, eye-opening account of …
Katherine Bowie named Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Katherine Bowie, Anthropology Professor and Past Director of the CSEAS, was honored with a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. Click here to …
New book by Katherine Bowie: Of Beggars and Buddhas
Congratulations to UW-Madison Anthropology Professor Katherine Bowie on the recent publication of her book Of Beggars and Buddhas: The Politics of Humor in the Vessantara Jataka in Thailand, University of Wisconsin Press, 2017. ~ An exploration of the subversive politics of …