Media Culture & Morality (Center for Southeast Asia Studies)

Southeast Asian Studies, M.A.

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Applicants must be productive scholars of high reputation under 65 years of age at the time of the fellowship appointment; those over 65 may be considered only if they are outstanding. This fellowship is not available to individuals currently pursuing graduate degrees or post-doctoral studies. Only experienced librarians are eligible to apply for the library position. Scholars who have previously held CSEAS fellowships must wait six years after the completion of their fellowships before reapplying.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their application via e-mail. Email applications and letters of recommendations must be sent to this address: They must then submit the above forms, as well as ask their referees to send their sealed letters of recommendation directly to:. Application materials will not be returned. Applications for the fellowships must reach us no later than May 31, regardless of the postmarked date. We regret that we cannot entertain individual queries or follow-ups about the results of selection by email, fax, or telephone. Applicants will be notified of their application status by the end of August The first one was for a full year in right after the 6 October coup.

The second was for nine months in , right after the 22 May coup. I was fortunate to have applied to be there well ahead of time and I must say that I did not expect the coups, especially the one, were coming. I enjoyed living and working in Kyoto, away from troublesome Bangkok and my University Thammasat.

It has good academic staff and good library. In senior sensei like Ishii Y. I was amazed to find out that these Japanese scholars had good, or sometimes even better knowledge of Southeast Asia and my country Thailand. The research library was developing in such a way that by , I could find books and materials for my Thai history research. One must remember that in the s Japan did not have good image in Southeast Asia. I came to appreciate the Japanese way of life, its culture and fresh raw sashimi. On top of that, biking in Kyoto, back and forth to the Center, is beyond description.

Being attached to CSEAS I have opportunity to be more involved in cultural and academic bi-lateral exchanges with Japan and its academics, as well as multi-lateral with other Southeast Asian countries. From here I came to be familiar with the Toyota Foundation, Japan. And my Thammasat became the first Thai university, in the year , to establish a B.

Much thanks and appreciation. My six-month stint as a visiting fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in was a most pleasant, productive, and memorable experience-in part because the city of Kyoto offers the charm and solace perfect for a writing retreat; in part because CSEAS is a quietly supportive, stimulating haven for intellectual work. By offering a fellowship that is well-endowed, flexible in its priorities, and one that is not over-managed, CSEAS offers a rare and vital service to scholarship in the region. By thus becoming a focal point for Southeast Asian scholars to come together, CSEAS nurtures the spirit of intellectual sharing, collegiality, and community.

CSEAS has created an environment perfect for this purpose: It is also rightly-sized, not too big as to depersonalize the kind of work that takes place at the Center. CSEAS is leading the way in turning these aspirations into a reality in the field of scholarship. It is sensitive to the priorities and needs of scholarship in Southeast Asia, yet not agenda-driven; collaborative and region-based not only in its aims but its practices; and respectful and supportive of what, at the heart of it all, is the individual exercise of dedicated and responsible scholarship. My three-month tenure as a foreign visiting scholar at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Kyoto University was between October to Jan and offered a very intellectually productive and culturally rich experience.

I successfully completed my tasks to complete a research project proposal on the comparative study of the tripartite links between the middle class, civil society and democratization in Taiwan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Thailand. At present I am excited to report that all the revised workshop papers will be complied in an edited volume titled, Middle Class, Civil Society, and Democracy in Asia to be published shortly Routledge. In retrospect, I am grateful to the CSEAS fellowship in that it offered me a calm and pleasantly intellectual environment to pursue my proposal writing and develop necessary scholarly networks to build up my research team.

I also had plenty of opportunities to attend lectures and seminars organized by CSEAS and many informal, yet stimulating discussions, with resident scholars and fellows. It was indeed a luxury to indulge myself in such a free spirit exchange with first rate academics in CSEAS. We of course would not miss this rare occasion to explore the culture and beauty of this ancient Japanese cultural capital. This enriched and deepened our understanding of Japanese culture, nature, and the city landscape.

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The fellowship has definitely nurtured and fostered the precious intellectual spirit of freedom and sharing. We visited the Center in when Pasuk was invited to Japan by the Japan Foundation and have been fortunate to have two 6-month fellowships- from September to March when Pasuk was hosted by Professor Shiraishi Takashi, and from November to April , when both Chris and Pasuk for part of the time were hosted by Professor Sugihara Kaoru.

For visiting scholars such as us, the Center offers a unique experience. First, it is an opportunity to devote oneself full-time to a major project. Over our stay, we completed our A History of Thailand, which is now in its third edition, and also began translating the folk epic, A Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen, completed and published seven years later.

Over , we worked mainly on a project about inequality, since published as Unequal Thailand: Aspects of Income, Wealth and Power Singapore: Both the process and the end-product of this pioneering project are very inspiring. A special feature of the Center is the opportunity to meet and discuss with other visiting scholars who come from all over Asia and beyond and who study different parts and different aspects of Asia within many disciplines.

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These encounters offer unplanned and unexpected learning experiences. Finally, the sheer elegance of Kyoto as a city can sometimes be a distraction from academic work but on balance serves as a source of inspiration. Cycling along the Kamo River between the Center and the Shugakuin Hostel through the changing seasons is therapy for the mind. CSEAS has built a pre-eminent position in the world of interdisciplinary scholarship on the Asian region. Its contribution is found in its journals, publications, library resources, databases, conferences, seminars, and projects, but also in its efforts to foster the human contacts and personal academic exchanges which are the traffic of intellectual life.

Pasuk Phongpaichit Professor, Chulalongkorn University. I was at CSEAS from December to May , which was a year with a harsh winter, a huge earthquake and tsunami, and a beautiful spring. I saw the government fail to address radiation dangers adequately, but also the heroism of particular workers who tried to repair the leaks at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. It was a time when the people of Japan were tested by horrific events and showed an admirable fortitude and solidarity.

CSEAS was known to me as a regional studies center which had a distinguished history and was linked to a number of important publications. I was familiar with the work of anthropologists and historians who had been affiliated with CSEAS, but had not realized the links that the Center has to activism and the political transformation of the region. My main goal during the time that I spent at the Center was to finish a book manuscript and to learn more about Japanese religion. Kyoto proved to be a wonderful place to do both of these things.

I was very happy to meet a range of scholars from different countries who study Southeast Asia. I attended a wide range of seminars and workshops, and also went on field trips to monasteries, temples and mountain retreats in the area.

There was a wonderfully congenial atmosphere at the Center which was combined with a serious devotion to scholarship and research productivity. I will always be grateful for her help at that time of pain. Japan is well situated to contribute to our knowledge of Southeast Asia because of its long history of involvement in the region, its educated citizens, and its commitment to scholarship. Globally, there are still language issues in communicating with many Japanese scholars, but publications like the journal of Southeast Asian Studies have made this less of a barrier.

Collaborations with institutions like the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore have also created a context for more inter-Asian dialogue and research collaboration. My initial residence was a three-month stay from mid-July to mind-Oct On the second occasion, it was a similar duration in Kudos to CSEAS for its flexibility in arranging the allotted six-month sojourn into two phases owing to other commitments that were less than accommodating.

Seizing this present opportunity, my gratitude to those managing CSEAS then in demonstrating less than dogmatic observance of rules and regulations. Intellectually, the twin interludes during the Kyoto summer were indeed beneficial.

Seclusion afforded deep contemplation, thoughtful reflection. All the thinking, deep or otherwise, were effectively and readily transformed into words on the notebook screen. In penning a book, solitude was an asset, an ambience of indulgence for the writing craft, thoughts flow into words, words dressed a page, and several pages thereafter, a manuscript for submission. Whether in my assigned office in CSEAS or in my apartment in Shugakuin, the environment nurtured creativity that transferred into completed papers, chapters, volumes in clockwork fashion.

Over the space of two sojourns, the final accomplishment, writing-wise, was laudable, if not, impressive, viz. Admittedly the last mentioned had commenced much earlier in various other venues but was completed at CSEAS. Prolific penmanship and editing work owed much to the minimum of interferences. Again intellectually, I partook and enriched my knowledge and appetite, thoughts and insights in Japanese sociocultural practices, history, and heritage whilst sojourning in the ancient city of Kyoto.

Either enjoying the culinary delights of kaiseki , the traditional multi-course Japanese meal in an old-style restaurant, or simply standing and slurping embarrassingly loudly a bowl of soba buckwheat noodle at a roadside stall manned by an elderly couple, both were deep experiences of the senses.

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Whether one was seeking assistance in the library or in one of the administration offices, staff were attentive, knowledgeable and helpful. My spouse, who spent shorter sojourns with me, was equally impressed, amused, delighted. To have been affiliated with the CSEAS on a Visiting Research Fellowship was my distinct privilege and honor, first during the second half of and then from August to January During the first fellowship I completed an anthology on overseas migration, which was published in as Filipinos in Global Migrations: At Home in the World?

The second fellowship enabled me to work on my book manuscript that saw publication in , Migration Revolution: The research fellowships also gave me the opportunity to work on journal articles that were subsequently published in Southeast Asian Studies vol. The research fellowships offered by the Center are truly valuable in providing the dedicated time and congenial environment to pursue scholarly work.

As an academic based in the Philippines since , I truly appreciate that the Center provides research opportunities free from the complexities of my home institution. By making the visiting research fellowships more competitive, the Center has also enhanced their prestige. Beyond the fellowships for visiting scholars, the Center undertakes numerous activities, such as its program on young researchers and the various intersections with graduate degree programs in Kyoto University, which have contributed immensely to the training of a future generation of scholars and to knowledge production in and of Southeast Asia.

I am honored to be on its International Advisory Board. Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints and Southeast Asian Studies entered into a formal partnership. As a result, the two journals have cosponsored so far two international conferences, both of which were held at the Ateneo de Manila. All these innovative activities may seem like ordinary pursuits that the Center is expected to conduct anyway.

The expansion and growth of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Kyoto University signal in no uncertain terms the continuing relevance of Southeast Asian studies amid changing conditions in both Southeast Asia and the world. The CSEAS has engaged scholars of the region as equal partners and colleagues, unhampered by the ambitions of states and rulers. CSEAS not only deservedly lived up to its reputation, but the Center much exceeded my expectations before arriving in Japan.

And at a time when we are witnessing a disturbing darkening of the political climate across much of Southeast Asia, with repression and restrictions on academic inquiry and expression becoming increasingly commonplace, CSEAS stands out as a bastion of intellectual excellence based on a spirit of unfettered free inquiry into the societies and polities of the region.

However, from a personal perspective the most important and rewarding aspect of my all too brief stay at CSEAS was the unanticipated discovery of the genuinely large numbers of Japanese scholars based at universities across the country who specialise in Thai and Southeast Asian area studies but who publish almost exclusively in Japanese-language journals and monographs.

Over and above its importance as an international standard research centre, CSEAS and initiatives such as the regular SEASIA conferences fulfil a vital role in providing a bridge between Japanese-language Southeast Asian studies and the mainly Anglophone worlds of research and inquiry on the region beyond Japan. The welcoming staff in the CSEAS administration and library were marvellous in helping make the negotiation of the Japanese Government and Kyodai bureaucracies less intimidating.

But over and above their day-to-day roles in helping international visitors such as myself, they and the academic staff of CSEAS provide crucial points of connection between the organisational and scholarly dimensions of the Japanese and international academies. The only regret of my time at CSEAS is the realisation that I should have made the effort to spend time in Japan much earlier in my academic career. I very much hope to make up for past omissions by exploring options for developing future collaborations with the new colleagues I met while based at CSEAS.

This was a very productive and memorable experience allowing me to participate in various seminars, conferences, colloquia, and brown bag lectures, as well as the nice attractions of Kyoto city. The fellowship provided me a great opportunity to prepare a working paper to share and discuss my work with professors and colleagues within CSEAS. I was impressed with the professionalism of CSEAS, and benefited from the facilities that supported my stay. The Center provided space for flexible academic thinking.

This included the permanent staff of the Center, affiliated institutions within the University and students. The relationships I formed with other fellows from various fields of research and countries helped me to broaden my thinking, as well as making me think about ways to collaborate across the region.

CSEAS offers a vital environment for scholarship in the region. I found CSEAS to be perfect for my fellowship, providing an excellent environment in a traditional city. My daily routine of cycling to the Center, focusing on my writing, accessing the many libraries in the University system and joining stimulating seminars was a unique experience. Although we are all studying Southeast Asian studies, being in Kyoto opened up many opportunities to learn from what is going on in Japan.

For me, learning about Satoyama initiatives provided a new perspective on local resource governance. There were many useful comparisons and insights, which I shared with colleagues after I returned to Laos. From my own experience, strong environmental leadership in academia will help influence decision-making processes in various areas. The Center provides many different types of support to make sure that scholars make connections, share ideas and have the right environment for fellows to be productive.

CSEAS has been, is, and will remain as one of most dynamic, innovative leading research centers in global Southeast Asian studies. CSEAS has been successful in inviting local, regional, national and international academic communities to lead, contribute or participate in various public lectures, seminars, conferences, colloquia, workshops, and social events that provide an ongoing international momentum and forum for the research and teaching community to foster global area studies discussions in interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and cross-disciplinary areas within and beyond Asia.

I sincerely extend my heartfelt congratulations and blessings that CSEAS will continue to flourish as the worldclass research institute in Southeast Asian studies with distinguished faculty, researchers and graduate students as well as extraordinary resources to sustain global academic community building and networking to serve the local and global community of Southeast Asian studies in the next few decades to come. I was a three-month visiting fellow at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies in Although I was familiar with the staff and academic facilities of CSEAS, I found discovered new experiences toward academic work as a visiting fellow.

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CSEAS has created a perfect environment for research and I was write an article throughout the day at my personal research office. I had lunch with neighbouring scholars and we shared not only academic matters, but also our experiences from our personal life. During some weekends, we participated in a one-day trip organized by CSEAS and, for instance, went hiking up Arashiyama. What impressed me most is the warm welcome to join a trip even if we had not known each other previously.

I was able to finish writing and at the same time prepare for a new research proposal during the three-month visiting. This was truly a productive time in my life. Apart from the peaceful environment, CSEAS has significantly created an environment for forming academic connections. The special talks and seminars of well-known scholars and newcomers were held at Tonan-tei around twice a month. They treated all of the presenters and participants very well.

As such, I trust that CSEAS can continue to be another principal academic homeland for everyone and not just restricted to former Kyoto University alumni such as myself. Thousands of young men and women joined this movement , many of them sacrificing their lives. And while some of the leaders of this political revolution still survive, their stories remain untold, creating this yawning gap in the history of the period.

Without their stories, the writing of this important part of Philippine history will be incomplete. I propose to write about their very own post-reflections on their work and conviction as top ex-leaders of the CPP, their passion and dedication as they carried out their daily tasks in the political revolution of the long s.

I hope to be able to show how their original concepts of social change and of a national democratic movement have changed or evolved over the 50 years of the CPP. A Very Short Introduction: Biography or life writing is both a historical activity and a literary genre. Yet, it is the genre least studied and theorized, but simultaneously it is the most actively discussed, and more critically, due to the perceived limits of biographical knowledge.

How are claims validated? Shall we pit their accounts against one another? Or is it more important that they all get to their personal truths. There are lessons for individuals and communities over regrets, failures, and sins of commission and omission. Having handled the publication of so many books on martial law, on the heroes and martyrs who fought against it, and even collections of the memoirs of these men and women, I feel that this book would be the logical conclusion of all these early publishing efforts.

I have done, and continue to do via email, more interviews of these individuals. Aihwa Ong is Robert H. Her research interests cover a number of areas, including the role of science and technology in society, issues of neoliberalism and modernity, and the anthropology of citizenship. Her books include Fungible Life: Ong received her Ph. Nancy Lee Peluso is Henry J. Her research, on resource policy and politics and forest and agrarian change, focuses on Indonesia.

She is the author of Rich Forests, Poor People: Her recent journal articles include, with A. Her latest research project, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, is examining labor migration and the effect of remittances on agriculture and forest landscapes in Indonesia. Her research examines the gender dimensions of migration and economic change, with a focus on Indonesia. She recently collaborated with Prof.

The Asian Institute is home to the Asian Pathways Research Lab, which is working to develop theoretical and methodological frameworks to understand human migrations and mobilities with a focus on Asian life histories and experiences. Her research is concerned generally with the politics of space in urban environmental, gender and migration and geographies of health. Her publications include the important study Contesting Space in Colonial Singapore: Doe Library is located in the middle of the UC Berkeley campus.

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