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Speaker: Jonathan Victor Baldoza (Department of History, Princeton University) Title: “The Rising Generation”: Filipino Scholars Before the Second World War Abstract: Drawn from the dissertation-in-progress entitled Making Filipiniana, the talk explores the early generation of Filipino scholars educated and trained under U.S. colonial institutions. Focusing on selected individuals including linguist Cecilio Lopez, anthropologist Marcelo Tangco, sociologist Serafin Macaraig, and historian Nicolas Zafra, it examines the ways in which they deployed their scholarship to analyze Philippine history, culture, and society. At…

Environmental degradation including climate change and global warming, is a daunting issue that needs a swift response and concerted efforts by the international community. Global warming is worsening due to rising temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions. The urgent mitigation efforts are crucial. At the ASEAN regional level, the issue of environmental degradation has become a major concern. The ASEAN Secretariat publication states that ASEAN is "home" to 20 percent of the world's species and is the center of the world's…

Date: 7 – 16 February 2025 We are pleased to announce we will soon open for applications for the next Angkor Photo Workshops. The 20th edition of our annual tuition-free workshop will be held from 7 – 16 February 2025 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We invite photographers of all Asian nationalities aged 21 and above to apply. A group of 20 participants will be selected by our tutors. The 20th Angkor Photo Workshop will be led by 6 tutors and alumni facilitators, who will guide the…

We invite applications for the Development Studies & Social Research special certificate program, scheduled from October 2024 to April 2025. This fully online program offers lectures and materials in both English and Burmese. Program Overview The program links social theories with real-world research practice, equipping participants with essential academic and practical skills. These skills are crucial for addressing the challenges currently facing Myanmar, empowering you and your community with new knowledge. The program aims to train a new generation of…

ETHNIC POLITICS, MOBILITY AND BORDER, NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS, REGIONAL INTEGRATION, RESOURCE GOVERNANCE Date of the workshop: July 17-19, 2025 In recent years, there has been increased interest in various aspects of the “decolonization of Southeast Asia Studies”. However, “decolonization” can take on many forms, and can be imagined in an array of different ways. In the United States, the focus has often been on putting more emphasis on increasing the number of Southeast Asian faculty and Southeast Asian diasporic communities.…