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For over two decades, our Center has been the major host for Royal Golden Jubilee Scholars from Thailand. The program was launched in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in the late 1990s and …

The Asian American Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor whose scholarship and teaching focus on Hmong/HMoob Americans. The position will be 50% in the Asian …

The Southeast Asian Studies core course list has been posted for Fall 2022! Head to our Courses page for more information or check it out here.

Congratulations to Christopher Hulshof and Kurt Kuehne, who were awarded in recognition of their outstanding teaching this year! Both Chris and Kurt are graduates of the MA program in Southeast Asian Studies, going on to pursue PhDs in their respective fields of History and Sociology. Chris received the Exceptional Service Award, which recognizes TAs who, in addition to their regular duties, perform exceptional service related to the educational mission of their department and our university (volunteerism, committee work, mentoring, etc.). Kurt received the Capstone PhD Teaching Award, which recognizes TAs who have performed as outstanding teachers throughout their UW–Madison tenure. This category honors TAs who are dissertators at the end of their graduate program and planning to defend their dissertations by the end of the academic year.

Led by four leading scholars, activists and artists, the reading group will collectively think about the events of the past year, histories of dictatorship and opposition in Myanmar, and possible futures of justice. Topics will include ethnic politics, the role of artists and journalists, and the meanings of the past in the present. Held once a week for four weeks in February 2022 [Wednesdays/Thursdays: 9 am Thailand (Thursday)/11 am Tokyo (Thursday)/1 pm Canberra (Thursday)/6 pm Berkeley (Wednesday)/8 pm Madison (Wednesday)], the twenty participants in the reading group will reflect and exchange ideas about state repression and peoples’ struggle in Myanmar. Participants will be asked to read, watch or otherwise engage with selected materials prior to each meeting and to commit to attending all four sessions. The reading group will be held online via Zoom and is free and is open to anyone, anywhere in the world. There is a maximum of 20 participants, so apply soon!

The Center is saddened to hear of the passing of UW-Madison alumna, Nurul Almy Hafild (or Emmy, as she was more familiarly called) on July 3, 2021 in Jakarta, Indonesia. She received a Fulbright Master’s …

The Southeast Asian Studies core course list has been posted for Spring 2022! Head to our Courses page for more information or check it out here.

Recognizing Imelda Djatirman and Sri Pratiwi For nearly two years—a time largely dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Center has benefitted from the dedicated efforts of two program assistants who have given exceptional services to …