Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities
Dates: July 29-August 9, 2024
Format: Residential Summer Institute
Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Application Deadline: March 12, 2024
Directors: Peter D. Hershock (East-West Center) and Ehito Kimura (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Political Science)
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities is a two-week residential institute for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). The institute will examine Southeast Asia in its broad geographical and historical context as a distinctive cultural crossroads that was subject to competing colonial interests from the 17th to the early 20th century and that remains one of the most linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse regions of the world. Emphasis will be placed on providing pedagogically useful insights into Southeast Asian responses to external forces, highlighting the striking persistence and transformative force of local traditions that inform the region’s complex contemporary social and political identities.
Week One of the program will include sessions on Southeast Asian history, literature, and art. Week Two will include sessions on 20th and 21st century social, economic, political, and cultural transformations.
The institute will provide nearly 30 hours of learning engagement, including lectures and discussions led by area studies experts in both humanities and social science disciplines; pedagogical sessions aimed at developing strategies for infusing institute content into existing core courses; and pedagogy-focused film viewings and discussions. During the institute, participants will meet in small groups with ASDP staff and the Institute Co-Directors to discuss both faculty curriculum projects and campus strategies for building Asian studies initiatives.
Participants will have studio room lodging reserved in the East-West Center faculty guesthouse, Lincoln Hall, for the dates of the Institute (check-in July 28 to check-out Saturday, August 10) as well as air travel support of up to $800 and up to an additional $100 for airport transfers.
Plans should be made to arrive on Sunday, July 28 and depart on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Participants are required to attend all institute sessions. We will end with an optional final dinner on Friday, August 9, so an evening departure is possible if necessary. Participants wanting to arrive early/extend their stay can do so at their own expense on a space available basis at Lincoln Hall, or off campus.
All participants are responsible for all other costs during the Institute (July 29-August 9, 2024), including meals and incidentals, and local ground transportation.
This Institute is part of an initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation to enhance undergraduate Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, especially at institutions that serve Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Preparation
Prior to the institute, participants will receive a list of books that are suggested to establish a shared foundational knowledge base and will be provided with a bibliography of works to consult for further reading. Each of the presenting faculty will also assign required and optional readings for their individual sessions. These will be made available to the participants through a password protected file sharing system prior to the institute.
Outcomes
Individual participants will be responsible for developing one or more course modules suitable for infusing institute content into existing courses or for developing a new course with significant Southeast Asia content. Each institutional team will be responsible for framing short-term and medium-term institutional strategies for advancing Asian studies on their campus. Throughout the program, the Institute Director and key presenting faculty will be available to meet with participants individually and in small groups to assist in formulating and developing these projects. The Institute Directors will also schedule meetings with small groups of participants before the final presentations to discuss project ideas. The final two sessions in the Institute program will be devoted to sharing these projects. Teams interested in hosting a campus workshop (in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025) will be invited to propose tentative dates and themes.
Campus Workshops
After the 2024 Summer Institute, there will be three campus workshops. These workshops will feature lecture-presentations open to both students and faculty, meetings with interested faculty and administrators, and sessions to discuss course and course module designs and implementation. Organized in collaboration with hosting campuses, the programs will serve to sustain faculty involvement in the project and to foster student interest in and administrative support for Asian studies.
The themes and content of each workshop will be developed in collaboration with hosting campuses. In addition to sustaining faculty involvement and fostering administrative support for the project, these public workshops will serve as opportunities both to introduce large numbers of students to Asian studies and to engage the local community.
Contact Us
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities
Dates: July 29-August 9, 2024
Format: Residential Summer Institute
Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Application Deadline: March 12, 2024
Directors: Peter D. Hershock (East-West Center) and Ehito Kimura (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Department of Political Science)
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities is a two-week residential institute for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). The institute will examine Southeast Asia in its broad geographical and historical context as a distinctive cultural crossroads that was subject to competing colonial interests from the 17th to the early 20th century and that remains one of the most linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse regions of the world. Emphasis will be placed on providing pedagogically useful insights into Southeast Asian responses to external forces, highlighting the striking persistence and transformative force of local traditions that inform the region’s complex contemporary social and political identities.
Week One of the program will include sessions on Southeast Asian history, literature, and art. Week Two will include sessions on 20th and 21st century social, economic, political, and cultural transformations.
The institute will provide nearly 30 hours of learning engagement, including lectures and discussions led by area studies experts in both humanities and social science disciplines; pedagogical sessions aimed at developing strategies for infusing institute content into existing core courses; and pedagogy-focused film viewings and discussions. During the institute, participants will meet in small groups with ASDP staff and the Institute Co-Directors to discuss both faculty curriculum projects and campus strategies for building Asian studies initiatives.
Participants will have studio room lodging reserved in the East-West Center faculty guesthouse, Lincoln Hall, for the dates of the Institute (check-in July 28 to check-out Saturday, August 10) as well as air travel support of up to $800 and up to an additional $100 for airport transfers.
Plans should be made to arrive on Sunday, July 28 and depart on Saturday, August 10, 2024. Participants are required to attend all institute sessions. We will end with an optional final dinner on Friday, August 9, so an evening departure is possible if necessary. Participants wanting to arrive early/extend their stay can do so at their own expense on a space available basis at Lincoln Hall, or off campus.
All participants are responsible for all other costs during the Institute (July 29-August 9, 2024), including meals and incidentals, and local ground transportation.
This Institute is part of an initiative funded by the Henry Luce Foundation to enhance undergraduate Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, especially at institutions that serve Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
Preparation
Prior to the institute, participants will receive a list of books that are suggested to establish a shared foundational knowledge base and will be provided with a bibliography of works to consult for further reading. Each of the presenting faculty will also assign required and optional readings for their individual sessions. These will be made available to the participants through a password protected file sharing system prior to the institute.
Outcomes
Individual participants will be responsible for developing one or more course modules suitable for infusing institute content into existing courses or for developing a new course with significant Southeast Asia content. Each institutional team will be responsible for framing short-term and medium-term institutional strategies for advancing Asian studies on their campus. Throughout the program, the Institute Director and key presenting faculty will be available to meet with participants individually and in small groups to assist in formulating and developing these projects. The Institute Directors will also schedule meetings with small groups of participants before the final presentations to discuss project ideas. The final two sessions in the Institute program will be devoted to sharing these projects. Teams interested in hosting a campus workshop (in Fall 2024 or Spring 2025) will be invited to propose tentative dates and themes.
Campus Workshops
After the 2024 Summer Institute, there will be three campus workshops. These workshops will feature lecture-presentations open to both students and faculty, meetings with interested faculty and administrators, and sessions to discuss course and course module designs and implementation. Organized in collaboration with hosting campuses, the programs will serve to sustain faculty involvement in the project and to foster student interest in and administrative support for Asian studies.
The themes and content of each workshop will be developed in collaboration with hosting campuses. In addition to sustaining faculty involvement and fostering administrative support for the project, these public workshops will serve as opportunities both to introduce large numbers of students to Asian studies and to engage the local community.
Contact Us
Please contact us at [email protected] with any questions.