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After 34 years as the associate director of the Center, Michael Cullinane has retired. He will remain in Madison and hope to continue his on-going relationships with students, faculty, and staff and can continue to …

On 26-27 September 2026, the Lao American Archive Project (LAAP), which is based at the Center of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, organized a training workshop regarding Lao American archival materials. Lao …

The 7th Hmong Studies Consortium International Conference will take place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on October 23 – 25, 2026. Read the full article at: https://hmongdailynews.com/uwmadison-to-host-the-th-hmong-studies-consortium-conference-in-october-p1188-168.htm  

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …