Julia and Ken Gouw Undergraduate Scholarship for Study Abroad in Indonesia
The Julia & Ken Gouw Undergraduate Centennial Scholarship funds UCLA undergraduate students to attend an immersion and volunteer program in Bali for summer 2025. Deadline: April 15, 2025
Monday, February 10, 2025
Celebrating 25 Years of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies
CSEAS Director, Stephen Acabado, reflects on the first 25 years of the center's history as it prepares for a yearlong celebration.
Monday, January 27, 2025
The 'Arabicate' World: Conference Summary
The fall 2024 conference explored the concept of an "Arabicate" world as a predicate to the "Persianate" world in Islamic civilization elucidated by historian Marshall Hodgson.
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
UCLA hosts lively, informative International Education Week
IEW 2024 featured an impressive array of events that celebrated international education and exchange.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Stephen Acabado urges "deep history" approach to archaeology & history
Dec 3, 2024. Writing in a SAPIENS op-ed, Center for Southeast Asian Studies Director Stephen Acabado and co-authors argue for dispensing with the Eurocentric "three-age system" to categorize prehistory. Instead, he supports research that "emphasizes the ongoing presence of Indigenous peoples and their diverse oral and cultural traditions... [which] means placing more value on textiles, ceramics, and wood as significant technological objects of innovation."
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Stephen Acabado wins National Book Award of the Philippines
Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, wins book prize for new reader “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies."
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Western Mindanao State University visits UCLA to strengthen academic ties
This visit by a delegation from WMSU established connections between the university and many departments at UCLA to increase collaboration and cultural exchange.
Friday, October 18, 2024
Global Indigeneity Conference
Stephen Acabado and staff of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies attended a conference in Ifugao, the Philippines this past summer that brought together Indigenous peoples from the region and scholars who study the region to address issues vital to Indigenous communities worldwide.
Thursday, October 17, 2024
The Banaue Declaration: Guidelines for Engaged and Ethical Research with Indigenous Communities
This declaration, developed at the Global Indigeneity Conference in Banaue, Ifugao in August 2024, will guide academics and researchers aiming to engage meaningfully with Indigenous communities.
Monday, October 7, 2024
Refugee Material Culture Initiative preserves refugee histories through digital humanities
In partnership with the Vietnamese Heritage Museum, the launch of this digital archive with artifacts made and/or used by Vietnamese refugees will make the history of refugees more accessible.
His Excellency Notonegoro of the Yogyakarta Sultanate hosts CSEAS for partnership discussions
UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies met with His Excellency Notonegoro, Prince of the Yogyakarta Sultanate, to discuss potential collaborations.
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
CSEAS hosts 2024 Global Indigeneity Conference in Banaue, Philippines
The Global Indigeneity Conference will bring together scholars, activists, and practitioners from across the world to engage in dialogues about the experiences, challenges, and contributions of indigenous communities.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Burial jars repatriated to the Philippines
A large collection of ancient Filipino burial jars from Sultan Kudarat was recently repatriated to the National Museum of the Philippines under the custodianship of UCLA anthropologist Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies. Prior to the return of the collection, it was exhibited at the Filipino American Service Group in Los Angeles.
Monday, May 13, 2024
Tokyo Trial: A window onto the forces that shaped post-World War II Asia
The broad international framework used by Gary Bass in “Judgment at Tokyo” brings into focus concepts of international law, war crimes and human rights that remain both salient and contentious in today's postcolonial world.
Friday, April 12, 2024
Supeena Adler wins Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music grant
The grant will invite Thai musicians, descendants of Mon music families, to the UCLA to teach Mon techniques, traditions, and contemporary repertoire to UCLA students and community practitioners.
Monday, April 1, 2024