The list of Southeast Asian Studies courses to be offered in Spring 2019 is now available.  Please visit our Courses page for more information.

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, 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 …

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 …

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, 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 …

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 …

Larry Ashmun, CSEAS bibliographer for Southeast Asian and Hmong studies, was featured in the Fall 2016 issue of Libraries for his outstanding service to the Wisconsin Idea.  Click the image below to read the article.

Fall 2017 Courses Updated 8-14-17