CSAS Newsletter
This semester we are excited to bring two speakers a part of our Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series! Watch the newsletter and our social media for upcoming details!
We are also looking forward to our fall gathering and will share more details soon!
If you are UH Faculty and would like to apply for Spring 2025 to bring a speaker to deliver a talk and workshop/performance related to India, please see the information about the Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series below. These applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
From CSAS,
Anna Stirr, Director
Mari Martinez, Coordinator
CSAS News
Upcoming Events
Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series
Stay tuned for more details about our upcoming Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series speakers. This October we will be welcoming:
Samina Mishra an award-winning public arts practitioner working in different media and across media; documenting the everyday lives of children in South Asia.
In collaboration with the UH Mānoa Department of English
Professor Keya Maitra from the Philosophy Department at University of North Carolina at AshevilleThe Philosophy Department at UH Mānoa
In collaboration with UH Mānoa Department of Philosophy.
More information about the speakers and event details to come!
Accepting Applications for Spring 2025
Rama Watumull Collaborative Lecture Series (UH Faculty ONLY)
If you are a UH Mānoa faculty member and have someone you would like to invite please see details below on how to apply we are not accepting applications for spring 2025!
For more information please vitis our website: https://tinyurl.com/4e39v6ve
Student News
If you were a student involved with CSAS during your time at UH, we want to know what you’re doing now!
Please email us at csas@hawaiil.edu to be featured in our spotlight!
FALL COURSES
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DEADLINES
IMPORTANT REGISTRATION DEADLINES
SEPTEMBER 17:
Drop a course without a “W”
Drop a course with 50% tuition reimbursement
FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
In order by upcoming deadlines.
AIPS Travel Grants
AIPS Conference Travel Grants fund travel to scholarly conferences for the presentation of papers or organization of panels on topics relevant to Pakistan Studies. All travel grant applications undergo a competitive review process and can be used for both domestic and international travel(depending on citizenship).
For more information on how to apply for the travel grant, please see our website.
Applications are now being accepted for the next quarterly deadline on September 15, 2024
2025-26 Fulbright US Scholar Program Applications Open!
Applications for the Fulbright US Scholar Program for 2025-26 are now open! The program offers 16 unique fellowships to US citizens to teach, research, and conduct professional projects in 12 countries throughout South and Central Asia.
For more information: Fulbright Scholar Program website.
Deadline: September 16, 2024
AAAS Annual Conference 2025 – Call for Proposals!
The Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) invites Asian American Studies practitioners, scholars, teachers, artists, activists and beyond to engage broadly with the theme of re-orienting, from their various fields, disciplines and areas of expertise. The conference focus will be Re-Orienting Asian American Studies in a time of resurgent ethnonationalism and fascism. You must have a current and active AAAS membership in order to submit. Individual presenters of your panel/roundtable do not need to be members at the time of submission BUT will need to individually register for the 2024 conference by the early deadline of March 1 if they wish to be included in the program.
For more information: https://sessionize.com/aaas-annual-conference-2025/
Where: This even will be held in person in Boston, MA
When: April 17-19, 2025
Deadline for proposals: October 7, 2024
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference is accepting abstracts from current graduate students, as well as from young professionals and scholars who have completed a graduate degree within the past three years. This year’s conference theme is Our Unique Planet: Navigating Our Shared Future. One of the largest student conferences focused on the Asia Pacific region, we are looking for submissions from all fields of study.
To submit, please visit: https://bit.ly/3LYkeb0
Abstract Deadline: September 30th, 2024, 23:59 HST.
FY24 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Short Term Program – A NON-POLITICAL PROJECT FUNDED BY THE US DEPT. OF EDUCATION – Narratives of Diversity Performed through Storytelling and Encoded in Historical Architectural Sites
A unique opportunity to join a study tour to India’s historical sites, learn its culture, collecting topic based materials, develop and disseminate teaching documents for K-12 Hindi learners.The program pays for all expenses of the study tour for participants. (Participants are not required to have a prior knowledge of Hindi but must be inclined to learn.)
Phase I comprises of a five online pre-study tour orientation/preparation sessions every weekend during December 2024- January 2025. Phase II involves the study tour to India (Feb-March 2025) and phase III will be held online in the weekend during April-June 2025 during which participants will finalize their teaching documents under the guidance of the Academic Director.
Eligible applicants, please go to: https://tinyurl.com/fulbright-hays2024
For more information, please see our website post about this opportunity.Deadline: October 30, 2024
FLEAT 8 Conference – Call for Proposals
The International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT) and the Japan Association for Language Education & Technology (LET) are pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the 8th FLEAT (Foreign Language Education and Technology) Conference in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi.
FLEAT 8 will be sponsored by IALLT, LET, the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) and the Center for Language and Technology (CLT) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Questions regarding the program, proposals, or the submission process may be sent to the Program Chair, Amanda Romjue (programs@iallt.org).
For more information: https://iallt.org/fleat-8/cfp/
DEADLINE for proposal submission: : October 31, 2024.
2024 AIIS Book Prize Competition
Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies awards two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject:
- The Edward Cameron Dimock, JR. Prize in the Indian Humanities
- The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences
A book subvention of $2500 is open to junior scholars who have received the PhD within the last eight years (2016 and after). This must be the first book by the author.
For more information: https://www.indiastudies.org/book-prize/
Deadline: October 31, 2024
2025 Application for The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, we invest in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture, or their academic field. Each Fellow receives up to $90,000 in financial support over two years, and they join a lifelong community of New American Fellows.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/2czj5yp5
Deadline: October 31, 2024
AIPS Conference/Workshop Applications Now Open!
AIPS Conference/Workshop Grants fund the organization of Pakistan-related conferences and workshops in the US as well as a conference or workshop in Pakistan.
For more information to Apply for a Conference/Workshop Grant in Pakistan
For more information to Apply for a Pakistan-related Conference/Workshop Grant in the US
Deadline: November 1, 2024.
2024 AIIS Fellowship Competition
American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) Research Fellowships to India are available for doctoral dissertation research, scholarly research for PhD-holders, and professional development.
AIIS invites applications from scholars, professionals, and artists from all disciplines who wish to conduct research or carry out artistic projects in India in 2025- 2026.
Deadline: November 15, 2024
East-West Center-Graduate Degree Fellowship
The East-West Center Graduate Degree Fellowship provides master’s and doctoral funding for graduate students from Asia, the Pacific, and the United States to participate in educational, cultural, residential community building, and leadership development programs at the East-West Center while pursuing graduate study at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM).
For more information: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/education/ewc-graduate-degree-fellowship
To apply: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/apply/east-west-center-graduate-degree-fellowship-apply-now
Deadline: December 1, 2024
CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship is now accepting applications! This fellowship enables US scholars to carry out transnational research in countries across the network of Overseas Research Centers (ORCs), as well as other countries.
The Multi-Country Research Fellowship has been running since 1993 and supports advanced research in the humanities, social sciences, and allied natural sciences for US doctoral candidates, who are ‘all but dissertation,’ and scholars who have earned their PhD or terminal degree. Scholars must carry out research in two or more countries outside the US, at least one of which must host a participating ORC. Applicants are eligible to apply as individuals or as teams and independent scholars are also eligble to apply. Each award is $12,600.
Each year the highest ranking Multi-Country Fellowship applicant will receive an additional $1,000 toward travel expenses through the Mary Ellen Lane Multi-Country Travel Award. The award is named after CAORC’s founding director, Dr. Mary Ellen Lane.
Deadline: December 5, 2024
Apply here.
Questions: fellowships@caorc.org
2025 Boren Awards for International Language Study
Boren Scholars and Fellows study a wide range of critical languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Portuguese, and Swahili. Boren Awards are available to students of all proficiency levels who are committed to enhancing their skills.
Boren Scholars and Fellows from diverse fields of study immerse themselves in the cultures in world regions underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Boren Awards alumni are committed to public service, working in positions critical to U.S. national security throughout the Federal Government, including the Departments of State, Defense, and Homeland Security, and USAID.
For more information: https://www.borenawards.org/
DEADLINE: Boren Fellowships for graduate students: January 22, 2025
DEADLINE: Boren Scholarships for undergraduate students: January 29, 2025
EVENTS
WATCH THIS SPACE FOR UPCOMING CSAS EVENTS!
[Online]
Global Asia Teaching Workshop on “Global Anti-Asian Racism”
Join us for a workshop on Friday, November 8 from 12:00-1:30pm ET on using essays (or the entire volume) of “Global Anti-Asian Racism” in the classroom. Whether you’ve read the piece, taught parts of it, or are interested in being in conversation with others teaching global Asia content in the classroom, we want you to join us to share strategies for teaching this volume.
We will make the volume available to you if you participate in the workshop, and you can order a copy here: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/global-anti-asian-racism/9781952636400
WHEN: Friday, November 8 from 12:00-1:30pm ET
WHERE: Online
REGISTER: Please RSVP by Sunday, September 15 at this link.
[In Person]
Better Tomorrow Speaker Series – Saket Soni
Recovery to Resilience:
Building the Workforce We Need to Rebuild Community in an Age of Climate Disaster
Labor organizer and human rights strategist Saket Soni is the founder and director of Resilience Force, an organization dedicated to amplifying the voice of workers who rebuild communities after climate disasters. Labeled an “architect of the next labor movement” in USA Today, Soni’s work has been profiled in the New Yorker, TIME, Fast Company, and the New York Times. He is the author of The Great Escape: The True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America.
For more information: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/speakers/saket-soni/
Thursday, October 3, 2024, 6:30 PM
JOBS & POST DOCS
Positions open until filled unless otherwise noted.
United States Army War College – Assistant/Associate Professor of Asian Studies
The United States Army War College is accepting applications for an Assistant/Associate Professor of Asian Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy to begin in the summer of 2025.
For more information: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/802829500
Deadline: September 18, 2024
Mary Lahore University of Management Sciences – Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty Position in Comparative Literature and Creative Arts (CLCA) with a Specialization in Comparative Literature. The program is searching for a candidate with interests in comparative literature that pertain to South Asia and adjoining regions.
For more information: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67488
Deadline: October 31, 2024
Southern Methodist University – Religious Studies Lecturer in South or Southeast Asian Islam
The Department of Religious Studies in Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences at Southern Methodist University invites applications for a non-tenure track, renewable position in South Asian or Southeast Asian Islam at the rank of Lecturer.
For more information: https://apply.interfolio.com/150783
Deadline: November 15, 2024
University of California Berkeley – Lecturer Pool – South and Southeast Asian Studies
The Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites application of a pool of qualified temporary, non-tenure track lecturers, to teach courses in South and Southeast Asian Studies, should a need arise.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/k79b5kr2
Deadline: November 30, 2024
Princeton University – Assistant Professor in South Asian Art History (tenure-track)
The Department of Art & Archaeology invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in South Asian art history before 1850.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/49bzyxaj
Deadline: January 15, 2024
University of California Santa Cruz – Asian History Lecturer Pool
The Department of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an ongoing pool of lecturers with expertise in the fields of history of East Asia, history of Southeast Asia, and history of South Asia.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/58m9apm2
Deadline: June 14, 2025
Yale University – Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in South Asian Politics
The Department of Political Science at Yale University is seeking to hire a faculty member with expertise in South Asian Politics at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, beginning July 1, 2025.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/3sbv3jbx
MIT – Program Manager, India/South Asia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is seeking a program manager for the Center for International Studies-MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), to be responsible for the management and overall development of the India program
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/2s4z5zed
University of Washington – Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Art History
The Division of Art History in the School of Art Art History Design at the University of Washington in Seattle invites applications for a 100% full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the history of art in South Asia and its diasporas from the 19th century to the present.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/4t6tazsj
University of Iowa Department of English – Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
The University of Iowa Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor with specializations in Anglophone South Asian literary studies and creative writing.
For more information: https://tinyurl.com/2p8yb5ub
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