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COLLOQUIUM VIDEOS 

• Journey to the South: Buddhist Connections across the South China Sea (2023) - Jack Meng-Tat Chia (National University of Singapore)
• Archipelago of Resettlement: Vietnamese Refugee Settlers and Decolonization across Guam and Israel-Palestine (2022) - Evyn Lê Espirtu Gandhi (UCLA)
• The Twilight of Philippine Democracy?: A Primer on Philippine Elections (2022) - Lisandro Claudio (UC Berkeley, Patricio Abinales (University of Hawaii-Manoa), and Cesi Cruz (UCLA)
• Making Policies Matter: Campaign Promises in the Philippines (2021) - Cesi Cruz (UCLA)
• Legacies of Political Detention and the Burmese Democracy Movement (2021) - Andrew M. Jefferson, Tomas Martin and Liv Gaborit (Danish Institute Against Torture) and Nay Tin Myint (National League for Democracy Supporting Organization), Kenneth Wong (UC Berkeley) and Seinenu Thein-Lemelson (UCLA)
• Indigenous Musical Responses to U.S. Colonization: The Philippine Constabulary Band and the Continuity of Filipino Tradition (2021) - Mary Talusan Lacanlale (CSU Dominguez Hills)
• Asian Place, Filipino Nation: A Global Intellectual History of the Philippine Revolution (2021) - Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz (University of Cambridge)
• Black Market Business: Selling Sex in Northern Vietnam, 1920–1945 (2021) - Christina Firpo (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)
• Ruling an Empire through Compassion: Angkorian Infrastructure of Public Health and Accommodation (2021) - Piphal Heng (Northern Illinois University)
• Identity Politics in Myanmar: Studying 'Minorities' from the Perspective of a 'Minority Scholar' (2021) - Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung (University of Massachusetts-Lowell)
• Burma/Myanmar After the Coup Roundtable (2021) - Penny Edwards (UC Berkeley), Seinenu Thein-Lemelson (UCLA), Hilary Faxon (UC Berkeley) and Kenneth Wong (UC Berkeley)
• A Thousand Cuts: On Media, Policing, and Authoritarian Brutality (2020) - Maria Ressa (Rappler), Jinee Lokaneeta (Drew University), Gina Dent (UCSC), and Neferti Tadiar (Barnard College) 
• Los Angeles Indonesian Film Festival (2020)
  • Panel 1: The Future of Daily Life on Movie Sets - Joko Anwar (Director), Ernest Prakasa (Director), Susanti Dewi (IDN Pictures), Riri Riza (Miles Film), and Scott Sakamoto (Walt Disney Animation Studio)
  • Panel 2: Innovative Movie Marketing and Promotion Strategies in the New Normal - Manoj Punjabi (MD Pictures), Ivan Makhsara (Poplicist Publicist), Winston Utomo (IDN Media), and Akira Mizuta Lippit (USC)
• Indonesian Food and the Early Modern Period (2019) - Barbara Andaya (UH Manoa), Leonard Andaya (UH Manoa), and Peter Lape (University of Washington)

SHOWS & PERFORMANCES

Khon: Thai Masked Dance and Music Concert (2023) with UCLA Music of Thailand Ensemble

UCLA Indonesian Culture Night

• Imas, the Golden Child (2024)
• Take a Breath (2023) 
• Noise of Silence (2022)

UCLA Vietnamese Culture Night

• The Bridge Between Us (2024)
• Can I Ask You? (2023)

WEBINAR SERIES 

Historicizing Disaster Risk Management: The Ecology of Mt. Isarog and its Environs (2021)

• Panel 1: Research, Training, and Partnerships: Breaking Disciplinary
• Panel 2: Southeast Asia Climate in the Last Millennium
• Panel 3: PSU Research Highlights: Bicol Communities and Ecologies
• Panel 4: Environmental Change and Urbanization in the Early Modern Period
• Panel 5: Environmental and Economic History
• Panel 6: The Future Southeast Asian Archaeology in the U.S.
• Panel 7: Women in Philippine Archaeology
• Panel 8: Decolonizing Southeast Asian Archaeology

Indigenous Peoples, Heritage, and Landscape in the Asia Pacific (2020)

• Panel 1: Defining the terms: Heritage, Landscapes, Indigenous Empowerment
• Panel 2: Wisdom of the Landscapes 1.0
• Panel 3: Wisdom of the Landscapes 2.0
• Panel 4: Weaving and Empowerment
• Panel 5: History and Heritage
• Panel 6: Pacific Histories
• Panel 7: Indigeneity, Identity, and Empowerment
• Panel 8: Indigenous Rights and Heritage Laws
• Panel 9: Preserving Textiles: Indigenous Knowledge and Methods
• Panel 10: Tying Ends Together: Translating Engagement and Empowerment

Click on the links to access the online resources.

K-12 RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS

• Themes in World History K-12 Teacher Resources (2023-2025) - includes curriculum resources and lesson plans from a teacher workshop series that focuses on major themes such as democracy, power, and interconnection in K-12 world history curriculum in California.
• Teaching Histories through the Arts (2023-2025) - This workshop series aimed at fostering a deeper understanding of diverse cultures and regions around the world through the lens of the arts.
• Sites of Encounter in World History K-12 Teacher Resources (2018-2022) - provides curriculum materials, resources, and lesson plans on different history sites around the world for K-12 public school educators to use in aligning with the CA History-Social Science Framework to expand the study of world regions and civilizations in their classrooms. 
• Cotabato Limestone Urns Digital Exhibit (2023) - This exhibit features artifacts that were extracted from Cotabato, Mindanao, Philippines, purchased by Sally von dem Hagen and shipped to the U.S. The limestone urn artifacts will later be repatriated to the National Museum of the Philippines in Manila.
• Food, Feasts, and Ifugao Rice Terraces Digital Exhibit (2022) - This exhibit explores the role of rice and feast in Ifugao resistance against Spanish colonialism, featuring ethnographic materials from the Cordillera Region.
• Our Culture Resounds, Our Future Reveals: A Legacy of Filipino American Performing Arts in California (2020) - Published by UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive and Ube Arte, a SoCal-based collective of musicians, dancers and academics with a shared mission to advance Philippine cultural research, this book features Filipino American artists and scholars in essays, interviews, and photos. 

COVID-19 Teacher Resources (2020) - lists resources for K-14 educators and language instructors.

Teaching and Learning Southeast Asia under COVID-19 (2020) - UCLA CSEAS faculty, students, and alumni share insights about the transition to new remote instruction and learning environments.

LANGUAGE RESOURCES

Oral Proficiency Guidelines for Southeast Asian languages (2021) - Sponsored by the Southeast Asian Language Council with funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, these materials were developed to strengthen Southeast Asian language instruction in the U.S. 

Heritage & Project-Based Learning Lesson Plans for Southeast Asian languages (2021) - Developed by the Southeast Asian Language Council, these lesson plans are designed to provide models for heritage and project-based teaching of Southeast Asian languages in the classroom.

UCLA CSEAS Multimedia - Lecture Videos | Webinars | Podcasts

Lolo Isyo, Plants & Healing (2022) - This short documentary tells the story of how the local practice of healing in Caramoan, Philippines negotiates with modernity.

Asian Performing Arts on Stage and on Screen Symposium (2022)

• Wayang Kulit: Balinese Puppet Performance featuring I Nyoman Wenten (UCLA) and I Nyoman Catra (Visiting Fellow, College of the Holy Cross)
• Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble - "Reframing & Reclaiming Kulintang Music: Countering Written History with Contemporary Reality"
• Sparkling Surabaya: Indonesian dance by Rattana Phoonkasem (Kamneodvid Science Academy, Rayong, Thailand)

The Old Kiyyangan Story: Oral Histories and Archaeological Findings from the Old Kiyyangan Village, Ifugao, Philippines (2020) - Animation video | Director and Filmmaker: Armando Burgos | Script writers: Stephen Acabado and Marlon Martin

Fowler Museum at UCLA: Southeast Asian Music Ensembles (2021)

UCLA Music of Thailand Ensemble

• Music of Thailand Ensemble performs traditional style of Thai music called mahori
• Supeena Adler performs the Thai jakhee
• Lao Joy collaboration with NIU Thai Music Ensemble and Korphai Band
• Nokkhao Khmer (Thao)

K-12 Arts Education: Balinese Gamelan (2018)

LESSON PLANS ON SOUTHEAST ASIA

• Themes in World History California K-12 Lessons (2022-2026)
• Sites of Encounter in World History Lessons for California K-12 History-Social Science (2018-2022)
• K-12 Arts Education Study Guide: Cudamani Balinese Gamelan and Dance (2018)
• Integrating Human Rights into the Curriculum: Case Studies from Asia (2004)

Aside from programs at the UC Berkeley and UCLA, many of California’s other public universities also offer opportunities to study and learn about Southeast Asia. This page highlights the range of expertise currently found at community colleges and other public and private institutions in the state.

Last updated March 2024.

 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 

UC Berkeley
• CSEAS faculty

Languages: Burmese, Filipino, Indonesian, Khmer, Thai, Vietnamese (Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies)

UC Davis
• Alan Klima, Anthropology (Thailand)
• Robyn Rodriguez, Asian American Studies (Philippines)
• Kieu-Linh Caroline Valverde, Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Henry Spiller, Music (Indonesia)

UC Irvine
• Tom Boellstorff, Anthropology (Indonesia)
• Long Bui, Global & International Studies (Vietnam) 
• Dorothy Fujita-Rony, Asian American Studies (Philippines/Indonesia)
• Kathleen Johnson, Earth System Science (Laos)
• Sylvia Nam, Anthropology (Cambodia) 
• Diu-Huong Nguyen, History (Vietnam)
• Linda Vo, Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Bliss Cua Lim, Film & Media Studies (Philippines)
• Fatimah Tobing Rony, Film & Media Studies (Indonesia)
• Hun Kee Kim, Urban Planning & Public Policy (Vietnam, Laos)

Languages: Vietnamese (School of Humanities)

UCLA
• CSEAS faculty

Languages: Filipino, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese (Department of Asian Languages and Cultures)

UC Merced
• Ma Vang, Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts (Laos)

UC Riverside
• Muhamad Ali, Religious Studies (Indonesia)
• David Biggs, History (Vietnamese)
• Charmaine Craig, Creative Writing (Burma/Myanmar)
• Weihsin Gui, English (Southeast Asia)
• Emily Hue, Ethnic Studies (Burma/Myanmar)
• Tamara C. Ho, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Burma/Myanmar)
• Mariam Beevi Lam, Comparative Literature (Vietnam)
• Sally Ann Ness, Anthropology (Philippines)
• Trisha Remetir, English (Philippines)
• Victoria Reyes, Sociology (Philippines)
• Christina Schwenkel, Anthropology (Vietnam)
• Sarita Echavez See, Media and Cultural Studies (Philippines)
• Rican Vue, Education (Asian American)
• Deborah Wong, Music (Thailand)

Languages: Filipino, Vietnamese (Department of Comparative Literature and Modern Languages)

UC San Diego
• Suzanne Brenner, Anthropology (Indonesia)
• Samuel Bazzi, Global Policy & Strategy (Indonesia)
• Dredge Kang, Anthropology (Thailand)
• John Blanco, Literature (Philippines)
• Yen-Le Espiritu, Ethnic Studies (Philippines, Vietnam)
• Hoang Nguyen, Literature and Cultural Studies (Vietnam)
• Simeon Man, Literature (Vietnam/Asia Pacific)
• Claire Edington, History (Vietnam)
• Marc Garellek, Linguistics (Hmong)
• Nico Ravanilla, School of Global Policy and Strategy (Philippines)
• Krislert Samphantharak, School of Global Policy and Strategy (Thailand) 
• Chinary Ung, Music (Cambodia)

Languages: Filipino, Vietnamese (Department of Linguistics)

UC Santa Cruz
• Kathleen Gutierrez, History (Philippines)
• Boreth Ly, History of Art (Cambodia)
• Steve McKay, Sociology (Philippines)
• Danilyn Rutherford, Anthropology (Indonesia) – on extended leave
• Megan Thomas, Politics (Philippines)
• Celine Parrenas Shimizu, Dean of Arts Division (Philippines)
• Anna Tsing, Anthropology (Indonesia)

 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY 

CSU Channel Islands
• Lance Nolde, History (Indonesia)

CSU Chico
• Gwenola Ricordeau, Political Science and Criminal Justice (Philippines) 
• Daniel Veidlinger, Comparative Religion (Thailand)

CSU Dominguez Hills
• Susan Needhan, Anthropology (Cambodia)
• Mary Lacanlale, Asian Pacific Studies (Philippines)

CSU East Bay
• Maria Ortuoste, Political Science (Philippines, ASEAN)
• Jocyl Sacramento, Ethnic Studies (Asian American Studies)
• Michael Schulze-Oechtering, History (Philippines)

CSU Fresno
• Henry Delcore, Anthropology (Thailand)
• Wannasarn Noonsuk, Art and Design (Thailand)
• Mai Der Vang, English (Laos, Thailand)
• Yang Sao Xiong, Anthropology (Laos, Thailand)

Languages: Hmong (Department of Linguistics)

CSU Fullerton
• Sarah Grant, Anthropology (Vietnam)
• Tu-Uyen Nguyen, Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Angela-MinhTu Nguyen, Psychology (Southeast Asia)
• Linh Nguyen, Modern Languages and Literature (Vietnam)
• Eric Estuar Reyes, Asian American Studies Program (Philippines)
• Penchan Phoborisut, Communications (Thailand)
• Davorn Sisavath, Asian American Studies (Laos)
• Laichen Sun, History (Southeast Asia)
• Lisa Tran, History (Vietnam)
• Natalie Tran, National Resource Center for Asian Languages (Vietnam)
• Kenneth Van Bik, Linguistics (Myanmar)

Languages: Vietnamese (Department of Modern Languages and Literatures)

CSU Long Beach
• Lisa Tran, History (Vietnam)
• Linda España-Maram, Asian and Asian American Studies & History (Philippines)
• Leakhena Nou, Sociology (Cambodia)
• Karen Quintiliani, Anthropology (Cambodia)
• Sophea Seng, Asian and Asian American Studies (Cambodia)
• Ann Thuy-Ling Tran, Asian and Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Teri Yamada, Asian and Asian American Studies (Cambodia)

Languages: Khmer, Filipino, Vietnamese (Department of Asian and Asian American Studies)

CSU Los Angeles
• ChorSwang Ngin, Anthropology (Indonesia, Malaysia)
• Joy Sales, Asian American Studies (Philippines)

CSU Monterey Bay
• Phuong Nguyen, Humanities and Communications (Vietnam)
• Kathryn Poethig, Social, Behavioral & Global Studies (Cambodia)
• Angie Ngoc Tran, Social, Behavioral & Global Studies (Vietnam)

CSU Northridge
• Que-Lam Huynh, Psychology (Southeast Asia)
• Gina Masequesmay, American Studies (Vietnam) 
• Chin-Hsin Liu, Anthropology (Philippines)

California Polytechnic State University-Pomona
• Amy Dao, Anthropology (Vietnam)
• Jack Fong, Sociology (Thailand/Myanmar)
• Mary Anne Mendoza, Political Science (Philippines)
• Anthony Ocampo, Sociology (Philippines)
• Jocelyn Pacleb, Ethnic & Women's Studies (Philippines)
• Ann Phong, Art (Vietnam)

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
• Margaret Bodemer, History (Vietnam/Southeast Asia)
• Ryan Buyco, Ethnic Studies (Philippines)
• Christina Firpo, History (Vietnam)

CSU San Bernardino
• Kathleen Nadeau, Anthropology (Philippines) 

CSU San Marcos
• Jason Magabo Perez, Ethnic Studies (Philippines)
• Mikee Inton-Campbell, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Philippines)

CSU Stanislaus
• Steve Arounsack, Anthropology (Laos/Thailand)
• Pollie Bith-Melander, Social Work (Cambodia)

California Polytechnic State University-Humboldt
• Tani Sebro, Politics (Thailand, Myanmar)
• Paul Michael Leonardo Atienza, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies (Philippines)

Sacramento State University
• Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Asian Art History and Curatorial Studies, Asian Studies (Thailand)
• Bao Lo, Ethnic Studies (Laos/Hmong)
• Michael Vann, History (Vietnam)

San Diego State University
• Pierre Asselin, History (Vietnam)
• Gregory A. Daddis, History (Vietnam)
• Erin Riley, Anthropology (Indonesia)

Languages: Filipino (Department of Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages)

San Francisco State University 
• Mai-Nhung Le, Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Martha Lincoln, Anthropology (Vietnam)
• Eric Pido, Asian American Studies (Philippines)
• Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Jessica Elkind, History (Vietnam)
• Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Asian American Studies (Philippines)
• Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, Sociology (Philippines)

San Jose State University
• Binh Danh, Art (Vietnam)
• Peter Chua, Sociology (Philippines)
• Hien Duc Do, Sociology (Vietnam)
• Joanne Rondilla, Sociology (Philippines)

Languages: Filipino, Vietnamese (Department of World Languages and Literatures)

Sonoma State University
• Puspa Amri, Economics (Indonesia)

PRIVATE COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

California College of the Arts
• Viet Le, Visual Arts (Vietnam) 
• Julie Thi Underhill, Writing & Literature (Vietnam)

Chapman University
• Angelica Allen, Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (Philippines)

Loyola Marymount University
• Lan Ngo, Asian and Asian American Studies (Vietnam)
• Melody Rod-ari, Art History (Thailand)

Naval Postgraduate School
• Naazneen Barma, National Security Affairs (Cambodia, Timor Leste)

Occidental College
• Lan Chu, Diplomacy (Vietnam)
• Natasha Sekhon, Geology (Philippines)

Pepperdine University
• Tuan Hoang, Humanities and Teacher Education (Vietnam)

Pomona College
• Hung Cam Thai, Sociology and Asian American Studies (Vietnam)

Stanford University 
• Lisa Curran, Anthropology (Indonesia)
• J.P. Daughton, History (Vietnam)

University of San Diego
• Christopher Adler, Music and Asian Studies (Thailand, Laos)
• David Harnish, Music (Indonesia)
• Josen Diaz, Ethnic Studies (Philippines)

University of San Francisco
• Edith Borbon, Modern & Classical Languages (Philippines)
• James Zarsadiaz, History (Philippines)

University of Southern California
• Adrian De Leon, American Studies and Ethnicity (Philippines)
• Brian Bernards, East Asian Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature (Singapore)
• Janet Hoskins, Anthropology and Religion (Indonesia, Vietnam)  
• Lan Duong, Cinema and Media Studies (Vietnam)
• Rebecca Hall, USC Pacific Asia Museum (Thailand)
• Viet Thanh Nguyen, English and American Studies and Ethnicity (Vietnam)
• Panivong Norindr, Comparative Literature (Southeast Asia) 
• Rhacel Salazar Parrenas, Sociology and Gender Studies (Philippines) 

University of the Pacific
• Kris Alexanderson, History (Indonesia)

Whittier College
• Jason Carbine, Religious Studies (Thailand, Myanmar)

COMMUNITY COLLEGES

City College of San Francisco
• Michael Gonzalez, Philippine Studies (Philippines)
• Maharaj Desai, Philippine Studies (Philippines)
• Lily Ann Villaraza, Philippine Studies (Philippines)

Languages: Filipino (Department of Philippine Studies)

El Camino College
• William Shattuck, Geography (Thailand)

Santa Monica College
• Brandon Reilly, History (Philippines)
• Sri Susilowati, Dance (Indonesia)
• Lakshika Senarath Gamage, Art History (South & Southeast Asia)

San Diego Miramar College
• Bernard Ellorin, Visual & Performing Arts Studies (Philippines)

FACULTY EMERITUS

• Michael Haas, Political Science (Cambodia, Vietnam)
• Hendrik Maier, Comparative Literature (Malaysia, Indonesia)
• Judy Mitoma, World Arts & Dance (Indonesia)
• Bruce Reynolds, History (Thailand)
• Michael Salman, Political Science (Philippines)
• James Sobredo, Ethnic Studies (Philippines)

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• List of UCLA Student Organizations and Alumni Associations
• UCLA Library Guide on Southeast Asia
• Stop Asian Hate Statement 2021
• UCLA STAND Together During COVID-19

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• Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies Consortium (GETSEA)
• Southeast Asian Language Council (SEALC)
• Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)
• Southeast Asia National Resource Centers in the U.S.
• COVID-19 Multilingual Resource Hub