Center for Southeast Asia & its Diasporas

Please join us tomorrow for the CSEAD Student Conference and Keynote. The conference will feature panels by current UW undergraduate and graduate students across a wide range of topics and disciplines in Southeast Asian studies, followed by a keynote presentation from Kathleen Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Lunch will be served.

Full conference schedule and presentation details:
https://jsis.washington.edu/csead/spring-2026-student-conference/

Center for Southeast Asia and its Diasporas
Spring 2026 Student Conference and Keynote Presentation

Friday, May 1, 2026
9am–5pm
Thomson Hall Room 317

9:00–9:15am – Welcome

9:15–10:45am – Panel 1
Colonial legacies and contemporary discourses on Southeast Asian environments

11:00am–12:30pm – Panel 2
Past, present, future: Nationalisms and national identities in Southeast Asia

12:30–1:30pm – Lunch

1:30–3:15pm – Panel 3
The sights and sounds of Southeast Asia

3:30–5:00pm – Keynote from Kathleen Gutierrez
The B-Sides of Unmaking Botany: Labor and the Archive of the Bereaved in the Colonial Philippines

Please join us for the CSEAD Student Conference and Keynote this Friday, May 1. The conference will feature panels by current UW undergraduate and graduate students across a wide range of topics and disciplines in Southeast Asian studies, followed by a keynote presentation from Kathleen Gutierrez, Assistant Professor of History at UC Santa Cruz. Lunch will be served.

Full conference schedule and presentation details:
https://jsis.washington.edu/csead/spring-2026-student-conference/

Center for Southeast Asia and its Diasporas
Spring 2026 Student Conference and Keynote Presentation

Friday, May 1, 2026
9am–5pm
Thomson Hall Room 317

9:00–9:15am – Welcome

9:15–10:45am – Panel 1
Colonial legacies and contemporary discourses on Southeast Asian environments

11:00am–12:30pm – Panel 2
Past, present, future: Nationalisms and national identities in Southeast Asia

12:30–1:30pm – Lunch

1:30–3:15pm – Panel 3
The sights and sounds of Southeast Asia

3:30–5:00pm – Keynote from Kathleen Gutierrez
The B-Sides of Unmaking Botany: Labor and the Archive of the Bereaved in the Colonial Philippines

TOMORROW

Please join CSEAD and UW Libraries for a lecture on April 2 with Cindy Nguyen.

Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam
Thursday, April 2, 1:30-3pm
Petersen Room, Allen North Odegaard Undergraduate Library

Learn more: https://bit.ly/Bibliotactics

Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions. Bibliotactics examines the Hanoi and Saigon state libraries in colonial and postcolonial Vietnam, uncovering the emergence of a colonial public who reimagined the political meaning and social space of the library through public critique and day-to-day practice. Comprising government bureaucrats, library personnel, journalists, and everyday library readers, this colonial public debated the role of libraries as educational resource, civilizing instrument, and literary heritage. Moving beyond procolonial or anticolonial nationalism framings, Bibliotactics advances a relational theory of power that centers public reading culture contextualized within the library infrastructure of the colonial information order. As the first comprehensive history of the colonial and national library in Asia, this book contributes new insights into publicity, colonial and postcolonial studies, and the histories of Vietnam, libraries, and information.

About the speaker:
Cindy Anh Nguyen is assistant professor with appointments in Information Studies department, Digital Humanities program, and Asian Languages & Culture at University of California, Los Angeles. Her book, Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam (UC Press, 2026) uncovers how libraries functioned as both instruments of colonial dominance and an experimental space of public critique.

At the Jackson School, opportunities and events are open to all eligible persons regardless of race, s*x or other identity.

Join CSEAD and Getsea - A Consortium of Centers for Southeast Asian Studies for a screening of two short films: "Sotong" & "Against This Messy World"

Monday, April 6, 2-3pm
Allen Auditorium

Learn more: https://bit.ly/GETSEA-Apr-6

From Myanmar’s collapse to Thailand’s hidden tensions and Cambodia’s lingering past, JSIS A 343/POL S 343: Politics and Change in Southeast Asia will dive deep into the politics shaping Southeast Asia. Students will read fascinating biographies, Zoom with major authors, and use AI tools to explore the region’s challenges

More details online via MyPlan | See more courses on Southeast Asian Studies at bit.ly/jsis-csead

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Asian Languages and Literature - University of Washington
University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences
University of Washington

Next quarter, spring into topics on recent and ongoing human rights issues in South, Southeast, and East Asia with JSIS A 245/HSTAS 245: Human Rights in Asia

This course will focus on how human rights politics have played out in domestic political arenas and delve into the historical context in which human rights claims, abuses, and debates arise

More details online via MyPlan | See more courses on Southeast Asian Studies at bit.ly/jsis-csead

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Asian Languages and Literature - University of Washington
UW Center for Human Rights
University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences
University of Washington

Join a vibrant community of scholars and explore diverse courses & languages with a master's in Southeast Asia Studies at University of Washington.

Learn more at https://bit.ly/4rncp1N

Did you know the University of Washington is one of only seven universities in the U.S. where someone can learn to read, write, and speak the Khmer language? Join us Wed., Dec. 10 to celebrate and learn more!

6-7:30 p.m. | UW Othello Commons
More details: https://bit.ly/khmer25

KhSA UW
Jackson School of International Studies at University of Washington
Cambodian American Community Council of Washington
Khmer Community of Seattle King County
Simpson Center for the Humanities at UW
Asian Languages and Literature - University of Washington
University of Washington College of Arts & Sciences