SEA Junction

Call for Academic Exchange and/or Lecture tours
2016-01-01 08:00 - 2018-12-20 17:00 (Asia/Krasnoyarsk) | Southeast Asia
Source : http://shapesea.com/about-us/news/call-academic-exchange-lecture-tours/

DAAD Scholarships for Nationals of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam: August 2017 Intake
2016-12-21 - 2017-03-21 | Thailand
Deadline: March 31, 2017
Venue: Thailand
Program Period: 22 months
The Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst – German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is offering 13 scholarships for candidates from Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLV) countries to pursue their Master’s degree at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, for August 2017 Intake.
Study Areas
The scholarships are offering in the following study areas: School of Engineering and Technology (SET) – http://www.set.ait.asia

Transportation Engineering (TRE)
Water Engineering and Management (WEM)

School of Environment , Resources and Development (SERD) http://www.serd.ait.asia.

Agricultural Systems and Engineering
Aquaculture and Aquatic Resources Management
Energy
Environmental Engineering and Management
Food Engineering and Bioprocess Technology
Gender and Development Studies
Natural Resources Management
Regional and Rural Development Planning
Urban Environmental Management

Interdisciplinary Programs

Cleaner Production
Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management
Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management
Integrated Watershed Development and Management
Modeling Tools in Environmental Resources and Management

Eligibility criteria

Be a bonafide national of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar or Vietnam
Hold a Bachelor degree with a minimum GPA of 3.00/4.00 (or equivalent).
Additionally a TOEFL of at least 550 (paper based) or 213 (computer based) or IELTS of at least 6.0 is mandatory. DAAD does not accept institutional TOEFL reports.
Applicants should be not more than 28 years of age when applying
Prospective applicants will apply directly to AIT.
In addition to AIT’s application package, the applicant is to submit a CV (typed, 2 pages at most) and a letter of motivation for the master’s study.

**Notes:

AIT shall forward the eligible application dossiers (pre-selected according to DAAD/ AIT requirements) to DAAD along with a list of applicants ranked according to AIT criteria by first week of April 2015.
The final decision will be taken by DAAD screening committee. The successful candidates will receive an official DAAD Letter of Award as soon as all formal requirements for admission and enrollment at AIT have been met.

Scholarship benefit

Tuition and other academic fees
Living allowances for a 22-month program
The scholarships value is THB 937,800 per scholarship holder, divided in THB 480,400 for the first year of studies (12 months); renewable for the second year depending on satisfactory academic performance at THB 457,400 for the second and last year (10 months).

AIT will contribute 10% tuition fellowship per semester for four (4) semesters.
More Information: http://www.ait.ac.th/admissions/Current_Scholarships/daad-scholarships-for-nationals-of-cambodia-lao-pdr-myanmar-and-vietnam-1/#.WFjipXdh2Rt.

The 5th Asian Academic Society International Conference: “Multidisciplinary Perspective of Local Wisdom: Past, Present, and Future of Asia”
2016-12-21 - 2017-03-23 | The College of Local Administration (COLA) at Khon Kaen University (KKU), THAILAND
Deadline for full paper submission: 23 March 2017
Conference Dates: 26-17 July 2017
Venue: The College of Local Administration (COLA) at Khon Kaen University (KKU), THAILAND
Organizer: Perhimpunan Mahasiswa Indonesia di Thailand
The 5th AASIC aims to provide the answer of complexity problem from sharing knowledge and experience among Asia countries through integrated research from many talented researchers. The aim will bring many benefits to support any policy makers in Universities, Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, and many practical researchers who concern to establish the solving challenging problems in Asia. The continuous program of AASIC can be utilized to expand networking among experts, professionals, practitioners and students in order to keeping updated to the current issues of the multidisciplinary studies on health sciences, business, economics, education, art, social sciences, natural science, engineering, technology and agriculture. The committee believe that all submitted papers are important to spread the knowledge and spread the problem solving through many research’ experiences, afterwards, the committee will publish and share it into the proceeding conference book, CD of full-paper book, whilst selected papers will have an opportunity to be published in the International Journal with DOAJ and Google Scholar index, including to Scopus indexes.
More Information: http://5thaasic.permithakhonkaen.org/index.php.

Art Works Exhibition “Post-Traumatic Art Disorder: Aesthetics and Activism in Singapore”
2017-02-11 11:00 - 2017-02-17 19:00 | SEA Junction, Room 408, BACC, 939 Rama 1 Rd, Pathum Wan, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok, Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand
In this public lecture on 10 February 2017 at 4.30-6.30 PM Singaporean visual artist Seelan Palay speaks on his process as an artist and activist responding to the socio-political context of Singapore and the concerns and complex conditions found in our present-day, globalized society. He aims to elaborate on what it means to practice art and the freedom of expression despite multiple structures of power and control.
The presentation includes images and videos of past works, as well as an exhibition of brand new works. The works will be exhibited for a week until 17 February and will be on offer for donations to SEA Junction.
Seelan Palay (b. 1984) has studied Fine Art at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore and works with mixed media, installation, performance, film and sound. See further http://seelanpalay.com/

Organizer:
SEA Junction, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia
SEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/
