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November 2021
International Relations with H.E. Chan Heng Chee
The Southeast Asia Lecture Hall is a series of 10 virtual lectures from world-class scholars that will be delivered to more than 1000 students from across all 11 Southeast Asian countries. The series will take place starting from August 2021 to March 2022, with each lecture taking place every 3 weeks. Initiated by Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia, the Southeast Asia Lecture Hall is the first program of its kind in the region. The Southeast Asia Lecture Hall was conceived…
Find out more »M.A in Southeast Asian Studies (International Program) is Calling for Application of Spring Semester 2021 Intake
OVERVIEW Southeast Asia has long been the crossroad of civilization, trade, communication, and power due to its strategic geographical location. The region has become a well-known tourist destination, as well as a region of rich biodiversity, economic growth and dynamic political development. It has inspired a great number of studies in various disciplines, contributing to a vast body of knowledge on the region. Southeast Asia avails itself to scrutiny, scholastic challenges, and positive reactions to the new-millennium changes. Through ASEAN,…
Find out more »February 2022
Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in International Development Studies (MAIDS-GRID)
The curriculum integrates academic, technical, managerial, and professional training in the social sciences. The M.A. in International Development Studies program (MAIDS) offers excellent preparation for a career in public or private sector development, or further study at the doctorate level. The core and elective courses, taught in English, address a wide range of topics, including development theory and practice; globalization; research methods; politics of public policy; migration; human rights; environmental politics; conflict resolution; project management; and innovation for inclusive development.…
Find out more »Khmer Language and Culture Program
*The program operation is dependent on the situation with Covid-19. The CKS Khmer Language and Culture Program (KLCP) provides an opportunity for faculty, post-graduate researchers and undergraduates from U.S. universities to participate in an intensive eight-week study abroad program in Phnom Penh, and Siem Reap Cambodia. This program is administered in collaboration with the University of Hawaii, Mānoa. The program is designed for those who wish to develop Khmer language skills and understanding of contemporary Cambodian society for academic and professional purposes,…
Find out more »March 2022
Workshop: Our Collections Matter
If selected, you will participate in bi-monthly online workshops throughout 2022 to learn more about sustainable development, Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We will guide you in setting related aspirations and identifying associated challenges, then help you select tools from the Our Collections Matter Toolkit to address them. Between workshops, you will make use of these tools in your own work and institution. The activities you undertake will depend on you and your local context. As the programme develops,…
Find out more »April 2022
2022 Summer School on Researching Land Governance and Land Relations in the Mekong Region
Since 2016, The Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) and the Mekong Land Research Forum (MLRF) have run annual summer schools on land relations and land governance, involving participants from all six Mekong countries. The purpose of the summer school is to equip participants with a research orientation targeted at a deeper understanding of land relations and land governance in the Mekong Region, including the sharing of experience and perspectives among participants from different countries and different…
Find out more »CKS Field School: Academic Research and an Introduction to Methods in Geography
Center for Khmer Studies (CKS) is pleased to announce the opening of a new field school which aims to introduce Cambodian students to academic research methodologies used by geographers. The field school will run as a series of short workshops as well as field trips. The field school is designed for Cambodian students at the undergraduate / postgraduate level and who have a strong interest in researching social and environmental issues in Cambodia. The aim is to provide students with…
Find out more »Summer School on Social Movements in Contemporary Southeast Asia
The Department of Asian and North African Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Marco Polo Center for Global Europe-Asia Connections are pleased to offer a Summer School on Social Movements in Contemporary Southeast Asia. This Summer School will focus on the specific and distinctive features of collective social actors in the region by illuminating the central roles played by the youth, women, LGBTQ+ activists and religious actors in shaping, resisting, and/or contesting processes of cultural and socio-political change. The Summer School will be…
Find out more »May 2022
Gatty Lecture: Boats, Waters, and Queer Figures in Contemporary Philippine Cinema
Kale Bantigue Fajardo is an Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Fajardo completed his undergraduate studies Cornell (Developmental Psychology/Feminist Studies/Southeast Asian Studies) and his MA and PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Fajardo is the author of Filipino Crosscurrents: Oceanographies of Seafaring, Masculinities and Globalization (2011) and a Co-Editor of Q&A: Queer Voices from Asian North America (2021.) He has been published in books and…
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