e Cmter for Sowtl1ust Asia'" Stubi~s Mandala no. 24 (2005 Fa is Vttfv~...It\i, ~1m1ber 21t, f'aU 20M Receipt Oat : 3/9/~6 . .. • Northern I nois Umverslty lIbranes - Cambodian The first Americans actually to live in the Inside this Issue kingdom for extended periods of time were Relations missionaries from the Christian and Missionary Alliance who arrived in 1923. Kenton Clymer, The United States and Their primary concern was evangelization. Displaced Lao, Khmer, and Cambodia. 1870-1969: From Curiosity to but they had relatively little success until the Vietnamese of Confrontation (London and ew York: 1970s. In the colonial year they often 3 Routledge, 2004) objected to the hostile attit ude they encountered from the ruling French officials. Kenton Clymer, The United States and They, like other American observers did. Cambodia/US Scholarship Cambodia. 1969-2000: A Troubled nevertheless feel that the French had broug ht Relationship (London and ew York: important improvement to colonial society. 3 Routledge, 2004) and few of them thought that independence should be con idered. New Faculty Take n together. the e two book constitute a general history of the United State ­ Only after World War II did the United States 4 Cambodia relationship from 1870 to 2000. take much offic ial interest in Cambodia. In They were recentl y awarded the Robert H. the immediate postwar period, many Ferrell Book Prize for 2005 from the Society American diplomats with Asian experience Faculty News for Historians of American Foreign criticized the French for not making 4 Relati ons. sufficient concessions to the Cambodian s, which explained the growing unrest in the The United States-Cambodian relationship kingdom. notably that of the Khmer Issaraks. onference has been studied quite inten ively during the American diplomats in the region reported in 6 period of the war in Vietnam . Thi study fact that there was con iderable anti-Frenc h gives considerable attention to tho e year a sentiment in Cambodia. Yet conce rn at the Outreach Update well, but it goes well beyond that. In fact. pread of "international communi rn" soon together the e books constitu te the first overwhelmed anticolonial attitudes. and the 6 comprehensive history of the relation hip. United State began to provide aid to They begin with the first American contact Cambodia through the French. In 1950 the Speaker Serie with Cambodia in the late nineteenth century American al 0 extended low-level 8 and conclude in 2000 . diplomatic recognition to the qua i­ independent government of King orodom The first Americans to have contact with Sihanouk. Scholar hips Cambodia arrived hortl y after a French 9 expedition "rediscovered" the Angkor ruin The United State wa uncomfortable with in the I860s. The y traveled by eleph ant. Sihanouk' increa ing re istance to French boat, and bullock cart to reach the fabulou rule. but in 1953 and 1954 Sihanouk Exhibit and fabled temples, once home to the might y ucceeded in wresting genuine independence 9 Khmer Kingdom. All who encountered from France. and the nited State upgraded Angkor were moved by its grandeur. But it repre entation in Phnom Penh to the given nineteenth- and early twenti eth­ ambassadorial level. Sub equently the FLAS Awards century perceptions of colonial people as Ameri cans extended significant military aid 10 lazy and incapable - perception that were to Cambodia. but they also became well nigh univer al among white Westerner increa ingly uncomfortable with Sihanouk's of that age - there was considerable debate neutral, nonali gned posture. By the late Student ews about who had built the temple . Almost all 1950 it became official American policy of the early American visitors expre sed under certain circum tances to assist 10 serious doubts that anyone related to the oppo sition forces in the country. and the current population could have built them. United States was unquestionably connected to the Dap Chhuon plot in 1958-59. Publication Assyrian s, Persians. Indian , and even Greek s were ugge ted as the actual 12 builders. 2

After ihanouk qui ckl y crushed Dap Chhuon argues that. at the very least. orne of Rouge in the Coalition Government of and proudly displayed clear evidence of Sihanouk's action. provided an added Democratic Kampuchea. Eve ntually this South Vietnamese invol vement in the rationale to those who wanted him removed , policy carne under attack in the United State rebellion . the United Stat es revised its parti cularly American military officials in because it appeared. and wa. to an extent anitud and concluded that there really was Vietn am . In any event. the ixon true, that the United State wa upporting no altern ative to ihanouk. Indeed. administration wa not sad to see Sihanouk the murderous Khmer Rouge. The George American policy co uld so metimes be rem oved. and hortl y thereaft er ixon se nt H. W. Bush admin i tration re ponded with a surprising flexible despite the harsh old Am erican and outh Vietnamese troops into parti al change in policy, makin g it clear that War rhetoric. evertheless. tensions Ca mbodia. Thi s resulted in outrage d protests its first priority wa to prevent the Khmer rem ained. and in ovcrnber 1963 -. hortl y at home. including those at Kent State and Rouge from returning to power. after th assassinations of Ngo Dinh Diem in Jackson tate uni ver ities, where student. Vietnam and John -. Kennedy in Dallas ­ were killed. Am erican troops withdrew. but Th e Bush administration then began to work Sihanouk denounced the United States and Nixon and Henry Kissinger threw their full with the other permanent memb ers of the slopped accepting Am erican aid. In May weight behind the Lon Nol government, and U.N. Security Council. as well as with 1965. after a parti cularly lethal cross- borde r assisted his milit ary forces with air pow er. Indonesia and others, to help craft a air raid on a ambodian village. he brok e permanent settlement. Thi re ulted, finally, diplomatic relati ons. Th e book argues that the main tragedy of in a democratic election in 1993 that Am erican policy in the years from 1970 to discred ited the Khmer Rouge. who had Th e deterioration in relations was due in 1975 was the unwillingnes of the refu sed to part icip ate. The United State good part to the war in neighb orin g Vietnam. administration to talk with Sihanouk. then extended dipl omatic recognition to the a war that result ed in num erous attac ks on Wh ether such a negotiation might have new government, headed by orodom ambodian bord er village • along with prevented the horrors of Khmer Rou ge rule Ranarridh and Hun en, the latter having eland es tinc American and South Vietn amese is not certain. but it i clear that Sihanouk head ed the PRK. For the re t of the 1990 incursion s into ambodia. These incidents desperately wanted to negotiate with thc the United Stat es was generally upportive of onl y increased during the four year. of no Am ericans. and the Am erican ambassado r in the Cambodi an government and op tirni tic dipl om atic relat ions. But in January 1968 Phnom Penh. John Gunther Dean. kept about its future. efforts were made to improve th ' urging his government to engage the prince. relationsh ip. and hester Bow ie traveled to As it was. the United States ag reed only in Still. since Hu n Se n ha emerged a. the mo I Phnom Penh . The discussions were 1975. by which time it was much too late to powerful per on in the government. orne in producti ve. but dipl omatic relation s were not acc omplish anything. the United State have been wagi ng a restored until Richard Nixon became campaign to unseat him . T he stronge t presid ent in 1969. In 1975 thc Khm er Rou ge took over opposition in recent yea rs has corne from the ambodia and turned the nation into one office of Senator Milch McConn ell (R-KY). Nixon made the necessary concession to large slave labor camp. In the end , an who has managed 10 limit American restor' the relationship (namely a declaration estimated 2.2 million people died (out of a economic assistance to nongovernment respectin g ambodia's borders). But he also population of not much more than seven groups working in Cambodia. Onl y in very initialed the sec ret bombing of ambodia ­ million). Th e United States was of course lim ited way s can Am eri can fund go dire ctly bombing that administration offic ials not at all supportive of the Khmer Rou ge to the Cambodia governme nt. McConn ell co ntended Sihanouk privatel y approved . Th e regime. but there was an inchoate sense that ha 411 0 been opposing Am erican fundin g of book argues such approval is not at all clear. perhap the regime serve d an Am erican a tribunal 10 try the Khmer Rouge officia ls. Sihanouk was willing to accept "hot pursu it" purpose: co ntaining Vietnam, with which the into unpopulated areas of arnb odia (he United rates was not on good terms, - Kenton Clymer deepl y r .sented Viet ong and orth Vietn am esc occupa tion of parts of his Following Vietnam's inva. ion of Cambodia co untry). but the bombing was not related to late in 1978, whi ch drove the Khmer Rouge "hot pursuit. " out of mo t of ambodia, what had been implicit in the American approach to In any event. early in 1970 Lon Nol and ambodia now became explicit (if highly irik Matak removed , ihanouk from office •ecret): The United States encouraged in a "constitutional coup." To what degree Thailand and China to resu scitate the Khmer the nited Stat es was involved in this Rouge so that it could oppose the operation remains murky. Most sc holars do Vietnamese-dominated new government. the not think there was high-le vel involvement. People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK). but at the same time it . ccrn s likely that For the next decade. the United States military intelli ren ee offi cial s ba. cd in . ecretly supported the non -Communist Vietnam had at least foreknowledge of the resi stance movement. that sprang up and coup and perhaps more than that. The book encouraged them to join with the Khmer Katrina and the Displaced be. One had ju t paid off his 160.000 loan. Lao, Khmer, and Vietnamese They were clearly in a state of post-traumatic NIU CambodialUSA of New Orleans stress. The evacuees had their lives haltered 30 years ago when they fled Indochina for Scholarship extended stays in refugee camps and Over the weeks of September 9-18, 2005, the Cambodia is a country emerging from thirty eventual resettlement in the U.. Many had Elgin and Rockford Lao communities in year' of revolution. war. and devastation. moved from job to job before corning to Illinois came together to assemble food and There are reasons to believe that the years of Louisiana to work as welders. shrimpers. or necessities to deliver to Louisiana where a poverty and hopelessness might be receding menial laborers. The tombstone placed in group of 150 Lao and Cambodian evacu~e~ and . tability and an improved standard of the wall surrounding the temple record the from Hurricane Katrina were gathered, living living might be possible after the "killing name of tho e who . in general. did not live at the temple in Brou ssard, LA we t of Baton fields." These rea. ons include the clearing of long once they settled in the area . A life t.hat Rouge. During the weekend of September land mine . . the rebuilding of infrastructure. was hard has been made harder once again 16-18, three Lao-American NIU grads and and economic growth. Perhaps one of the by Katrina. Putting one of their friends most hopeful signs is that a new generation is live together once and I drove down in graduating from high school and college. If more will take a long two van to deliver given marc educational opportunities in time and much 80 bags (2 tons) of Cambodia and abroad. Cambodia can replace assistance. glutinous rice. a the /:>acncration of educated people lost in war. ince 1997. six ambodians have variety of dried and For tho e who would received graduate degrees from orthern canned food tuff. like to contribute to Illinois niversity. It i. our goal to rai. e the and other e. ential the relief effort, you funds neces sary to bring additional students to the temple that can send a check to NIU for advanced studies. The student serves as shelter. directly to the temple will be chosen from those screened each year There we found at the address below. by the American Embassy in the competition entire fami lies Make your check making a temporary for Fulbright fellowships. Each year perhaps payable to Wat home o n queen-sized mattresses donated by a dozen students are selected through a very Thammarattanaram. In the memo write local c hurc he and resid ents. ARed Cross competitive process. but only about half can "Evacuees of Hurricane Katrina." The temple worker. who found them by chance after the usually be funded to attend merican has establi. hed an account at a local bank for fir t week following Katrina, referred to universities through thi. program. the evacuee . them as "the forgot ten" because neither the committee at the IU en ter for outhcast Red Cross nor FEMA had come to their aid Wat Thammurattanaram A. ian Studies will selec t the recipient of this unt il she discovered them, By the time of our 79 13 Cham pa Avenue new ambodia/USA cholarship from the list de livery. a team of doctors and nurses had Broussard. Lou isiana 705 18 of Fulbright alternatives. matching the come in to treat rashes on the skin of Tel.: (337) 364-3403 stude nt's interests and background with children who had been expo ed to the flood Donation received will di rectly benefit the avai lable programs at I . The cos ts for this wa ters and elders who had dia betes. high Lao. Cambodia n and Vietnamese evacuee. new program arc minima l bcca u e the I blood pressure and other medical pro blems, tak ing refuge there. Grad uate chool has agreed to provide a so me of which required hospitalization. One tuition waive r to the stude nt. However. funds elde rly ma le had to have his foot am putated - John Hartmann will be needed for health insura nce. becau e of an infection. transportation cos ts. and living e:pens s. If you are interested in assisting with Many of the evac uees are from the "bottom this new program. please send your tax­ of the bowl" at the lowest point in ew deductibl e co ntribution to: Orl ean s. and made their living a. shrimpers. orthern Illinois University Fou ndation With their boat: de. troyed and not having ttn: Jon alva ni the funds to insure their shrimp boats. they Divi. ion of niversity Advance ment and arc not at all certa in where the next step will Development Altgeld Hall DeKalb. lIIinoi 601 15 Please be sure to note in the memo 'Nnv W~b Coun~ m1 £ast Timor line that your contribution is for the " ambodia/USA cholarship Fund." You - ew Web Course by Prof. Andrea K. Molnar, Anthropology may also use the form found on page II of East Timor: All Introdu ction to the History, Politics and Culture ofSoutheast this new letter. Asia's Yo ungest .ation twww. seasite.niu.cdu/easuimor/} fan 200S'

the mural paintings at Sisaket temple in f acuIt\i Ne\VS central Vientiane, the only historical wall paintings remaining in Vientiane. The J udy Ledge rwo od (Anthropology) is training involved twelve Laotian officials serving as Chair of the Department of and was financed by the U.S. State Anthropology. She published a review of Department's Ambassador' Fund. Welcome to J ames Ockey who joins the Justin Corfield and Laura Summers' Susan Russell (Anthropology) is enter and the Department of Political Historical Dictionary ofCambodia, for the spearheading the Southern Philippine Science beginning Spring semester 2006 Journal ofAsian Studies 2004, 63(3): 842­ Conflict Resolution Projects. The Center for from Canterbury University in New Zealand. g43. She is involved in a number of writing Southeast Asian Studies and International He is accompanied by his spouse Naimah projects. including co-editi ng a volume in Training Office conducted a second year Talib (Ph.D.), who will leach courses in honor of David Chandler, acclaimed (2004-05) of the ACCESS Philippines history and political science, and Southeast Asia historian and an essay on program of the Youth Exchange Division. their daught 'r. Aminah. He obtained his current Buddhist practice in rural Cambodia Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair , M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from orncll in honor of May Ebihara (who passed away U.S. Department of State. Funded by a grant University, Department of Government in 2005). It will be presented at the of $200.000 per year for a period of three (1992). His dissertation dealt with the ways conference. Reconfiguring Religion, Power years, the ACCESS Philippines project i in which different groups in Thailand had and Moral Order in Cambodia, in Sweden . designed to recruit and train Muslim, begun to support the parliamentary form of The Henry Luce Foundation ha Christian and indigenous Lumad youth age ' government. One of his recent publications is awarded a grant of $115,000 over three years 15-17 years from Mindanao, Basilan, Tawi Making Democracy: Leadership. Class. to NlU in support of the Cambodia Cultural Tawi and Sulu in the southern Philippine. in Gender and Political Participation in Heritage Project. directed by Judy inter-ethnic and inter-faith dialogue as well Thailand. His current research concerns the Ledgerwood and Ann Wright-Parsons as conflict re olution. Joining Ru ell a history of popular participation in Thailand, (director of the NIUAnthropology ). project co-director is Lina Da vide-Ong including the political integration in the NIU will collaborate with the Cambodian (International Training Office). The in­ southernmost provinces. American Heritage Museum and the Killing country coordinato rs are Dr. Nagasura Liz Popp ens Denius is the part-time Fields Memorial in Chicago to produce Madale and Dr. oemi Medina. both of Assistant Editor in the Center's Publications several new museum exhibits and a Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro City in Program during aca de mic ycar 2005- 06. collection of oral histories from survivors of Mindanao. A diverse group of 26 youth and During this year's analysis and renovation of the killing fields who now live in Illinois. 7 adults attended a one-month institute at the program, Liz has been providing Under the direction of Ledgerwood, NIU orthern Illinois University from April 3 to invaluable assistance in a variety of ways: graduate students will be enlisted to work May 6, 2005. In addition to a wide variety getting the publications back on schedule; with museum volunteers on collecting the of training activities held on campus, revamping the business operations; updating stories of survivors of the killing fields. Also participants interacted with representative ' inventory of books and journals; and as part of the project, Wright-Parsons and a of the Peace Learning Center in IndianapoIi coordinating book reviews with rossroad:s representati ve from the Cambodian and the Inter-Faith Youth Core of Chicago. new book review editor, John Marston. Liz American Heritage Museum will travel to They also spent time with. tudent from arnbodia to purchase artifacts that will holds a B.. in Journalism from the various high schools in the nearby region and University of Illinois/Urbana and has been a bolster the collections of both institutions. visited different religious places of worship . Dwight King (Political Science) professional writer, editor, and copy editor Y. Student and adult leaders also stayed with since 1977. Liz has stepped into the breach published "East Timor's Foundin g Elections host famil ies in DeKalb County during the to assist the Publications program in the past. and Emerging Party System." in Asian last two weeks of their stay. A follow-on 2004 Survey 2003, 43(5): 745-757. He also In summer she updated the index for the program was held from July 28 to August 3 second edition of lark Neher 's textbook. contributed a chapter "Political reforms, in Davao City, Mindanao, where participan t Southeast Asia: rossroads ofthe World. decentralization and democratic from both the Year I and Year 2 ACCESS This past summer of 2005. Liz took on the consolidation in Indonesia," to James Aim et program presented their various action plan al (cds) Reform ing Intergovernm ental Fiscal challenging task of learning and performing and peace-related activities to program taff the program's complicated business Relations and the Rebuilding ofIndonesia and a range of experts from civil ociety, operations to such a proficient level that she ( dward Elgar. 2004). He was appointed local gove rnment and the Government of the Acting Director of the Center for Southeast was then able to train the new Publications Republic of the Philippine peace negotiating Business graduate assistant. We arc Asian Studies for the period July 1, 2005 team with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. extremely glad to have Liz on board to help through June 30. 2006. Participating partners in the project include the Publications program in its transition to a Catherine Raymond (Art Hi tory/ the Interna tional Visitor Program ­ more ' fli .icnt and professional publishing enter for Burma Studies) and Alan Potkin Philippines (IVP-Phils) Alumni Foundatio n, arm of the enter, ( SEAS Associate) traveled to Vientiane, Inc., and the U.S.Embassy in Manila. The Laos, in August to assist in launching a one­ program has been funded for a third year. month training course for the restoration of f'a112OM

Russell and Davide-Ong have also The virtual library's resources will Danny Unger (Political Science) been awarded a new, second grant focusing include: rare early-printed works in is on sabbatical doing research in Thailand o n Mindanao by the Bureau of Educational languages of the region and historical (and possibly Cambodia) during the 2005­ and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of photographs covering a century of life in 2006 academic year. He is teaching State. This second project concerns Cambodia, which is being developed by Philosophy of Social Sciences in Bangkok at majo rity-minority conflict resolution in Judy Ledge rwood (Anthropology) and the National Institute of Development Mindanao, and is being conducted in Kheang Un (Political Science). A video Administration (involving a rather lengthy co llabora tion with Eric Jones (History), the archive. known as the Living Memory and fragrant commute on a long-tailed canal International Visitors Program-Philippines Project, with interviews of former political taxi) and Current Political and Socio­ (IVP-Phils) Alumni Foundation, Inc., the prisoners in East Timor will also be included. Economic Issues of Thailand', Development Caucus on Muslim Mindanao Affairs, and Rare images of fragile palm-leaf manuscripts at Tharnrnasat University. He will b> living the U.S. Embassy in Manila. The project is from northeastern Thailand will also be opposite Thammasat, on the Chao Phraya funded for $167.560 and is designed to build digitized. Palm leaves were used for River, with a view of The Temple of Dawn the capacities of local leaders in the centuries throughout much of Southeast Asia and, across the river, the Royal Palace. His Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao so as a writing material to record Buddhist research is focused on political participation as to strengthen the foundation of peace and scriptures, law, and literature. in Thailand, particularly among development through a comparative Top U.S. centers on the study of "marginalized" (poor, ethnic minority, and understanding of majority and minority Southeast Asia will provide support for the geographically remote) populations. cultures and religions in the U.S. The Southeast Asia Digital Library. Participating Kate Wiegele (Anthropology) was project will run from August 2005 through institutions include the University of invited as one of five speakers to a one-day May 2007. California at Berkeley, UCLA, the conference in Manila. Philippines Greg Green (Curator, Donn V. Hart University of Wisconsin, the University of sponsored by the Institute of Philippine Southeast Asia Collection) and Drew Michigan, Cornell University, Harvard Culture (IPC) at Ateneo de Manila VandeCreek (Founders Memorial Library) University and Yale University. International University on eptcmbcr 16. Kate gave two are co-projec t directors for a U.S. partners will include the University of San presentations at the conference which had Department of Education (DOE) awarded Carlos in the Philippines and Khon Kaen the overall theme of "Pentecostalism and grant of $780,000 over four years to University and Thammasat University both Charismatic hristianity in the Philippines." orthern Illinois University Libraries, which of which are in Thailand. She was also invited to have her book will lead a consortium of institutions from Online digitization projects reach republished in the Philippine by Ateneo de across the world in the creation of an audiences inside and outside of academe. In Manila University Press. Internet-based digital library on Southeast its simplest terms, the digitization process Ann Wright- Parsons Asia. The grant is being distributed through requires scanning or photographing artifacts (Anthropology) has just received word that the DOE's Technological Innovation and and research documents. Special software is the Anthropology Museum was awarded a Coo peration for Foreign Information Access used to put text into searchable word­ major Illinois Humanities ouncil grant Program. which supports projects that use processing files and to catalogue materials, (total funding is 9.800) to install an exhibit innova tive electronic technologies to collect which are then downloaded into databases on titled "Islam in Southeast Asia" for 2006. the Web site. information from foreign sources. The Dr. Nagasura Madalc is the co-planner of Southeas t Asia Digital Library is expected to Khea ng Un (Political Science) the exhibit. debut online as a project in development published "Patronage Politics and Hybrid Rohert Zerwe kh ( omputer early next year. It will give researchers, Democracy: Political Change in Cambodia. Science) and Geo rge Henry ( omputer students and the general public free access to 1993-2003," Asian Perspective 2005, 29(2): Science) presented a paper entitled 203-230 and "Beliefs and Perceptions in a unique and rare materials related to "Language Learning oftware with Post-conflict ociety: Cambodia in 2004," in Southeas t Asian history, scholarship and Microsoft .N T' at the LI 02005 contemporary culture. Asia Barometer (University of Tokyo) (in Annual Symposium held May 17 - 2 1, The virtual library will cover the countries of press). He presented three papers, "State, 2005 at Michigan tate University. Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Society and Democratic Consolidation: The Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Case of Cambodia." at the Midwest Political Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam . Science Association meetings in Chicago, The initial goal of the project is to April 2005; "Political and Economic Trends collect information from Southeast Asia that in Contemporary Cambodia." at the Chicago would otherwise be difficult for most Council on Foreign Relations, February researcher. and students to access. As Green 2005; and "Political Trends and Po sibilities New Book point s out,"digitizing the materials provides in Cambodia," at a briefing seminar Harold E. Smith, (Professor Emeritu , worldwide access, promoting research and organized by the U.S. State Department for Sociology), Gayla S. Nicminen and May understandin g. Rather than travel the globe Ambas ador to Cambodia, Mr. Joseph Kyi Win, Historical Dictionarv oj in search of these rare materials, researchers Mussorneli, August 2005. Thailand , Second dition. Scarecrow Press will be able to simply log onto the Internet.' 2005, 4 14 pp. 6

2007. Vetted papers from the conference scholar with a venue for reporting will be published. A CD of conference preliminary finding, opportunitie to rece iv presentations is available upon request. prepublication feedback and a forum to discu s field and archi ve challenge . T he In ternational Ramayana Conference T he inth lnternation al onference on was held at rl U on June 4-5.2005. Thi s was In 2006 and 2007, the Center for outheast Thai Studies was held at IU on April 3 - 6, a joint project of the IU-CSEAS and the Asian Studies at the Univer ity of 2005 and was attended by over 300 scho lars Illinois-based community organization, Wi consin-Madi on will ho t COTS. For from around the world. The conference was International Ramayana Institute of orth more information, plea e contact Larry organized around a broad definition of Thai America. Keynote speakers included Sally Ashrnun, 2006 COTS chair at studies with 185 papers submitted for the Sutherland Goldman, Univer ity of lashmunselibrary.wisc.edu. event. Kasit Piromya, the Thai ambas. ador California, Berkeley, who spoke on 'The Not to the nitcd rates and Darryl John 'on, So-Perfect Wife: Valmiki's Construction of former U. S. ambassador to Thailand were Gender" and Kathy Foley, University of Vl'baus among the auendces. The conference also California, Santa Clara who spoke on Faculty Developmen t Se minar drew nearly two dozen NIU alumni who hold "Churning the Sea of Milk and Masking the NIU-CSEAS hosted a one-day faculty scholarly posts in Thai studies here and Monkey: Permutations of the Ramayana in development seminar in ovember entitled abroad. Organization ' providing funding Southea t Asia and Indian Repercussions." "Building Bridges to A ia: Integrating included the Rockefeller Foundation, Toyota Other highlights included performance by Southeast Asia into Your Curriculum." Foundation, The Asia Foundation. the U. S. dancers from the Thai Cultural and Fine Art Eleven faculty from I and other Department of Education, the Association for Institute. the Anila Sinha Foundation, and the universitie and college attended the Asian Studies at the University of Michigan. Consulate of Indonesia - Chicago. The seminar which wa co- pon ored with rIU ', the University of Wiscon. in at Madi son and conference drew 85 scholars, student and Faculty Development & In tructional De ign the Royal Thai onsulate General in teachers from the United rates. India. Center and the U.S. Department of Education hicago. (The Tenth International Thailand. Trinidad, and Indonesia. Title VI ational Resource grant program. (Inference will be held at Tharnmasat Uni versity, Thailand. in 2008.) Religious Resurgence and ew Religious The seminar was designed to offer idea and Movements was the topic examined in a practical uggestions on how to integrate The First Interna tional ' onfcrencc on L~IO co nference on which IU and Ohio Southeast Asia into new or exi ting cour e . Studies took place at IU on May 19-2 1, University collaborated and which was held The seminar featured a pre entation by 2005. Over 350 people registered for the on the au campus March 4-5, 2005. Friday's C lar k D. ehe r (Political Science. emeri tu.) meet ing: 8091 were from the U.S.; 20 % were session foc used on new religious movements on "Geopolitical and Current I sue in internatio nal scho lars. Of the latter. hal f and sec ts, power and leadership, nationalism, Sou theast Asia." Another ses ion al 0 were from Laos itself, including Mrs. identity and co nflict. Saturday's sessions focused on the unique Southeast A ian Douangdcuane Boun yavong who has become co nce rned social development and civi l language and culture resources availab le On the six teent h reci pie nt overall and the first society, media and commun ication. Susan the web through SEA ite and through the Lao tian rec ipient of the Fuk uo ka Asian Rus ell, represe nting IU. observed "that Center's website. liltlire Prizc for her artistry in weaving and the intertwi ned and ever-shifting te tile. The Laotians' participation was relationsh ips between religious movements, During pring and ummer, C EA fund ed by gra nts from the Hen ry Luce ethnic co nflic ts. the state and civ il society in organized faculty development eminar and Foundation, the As ia Founda tio n. the U. S. the very culturally diver e co untries of this works hops on bringing Sou thea t ia into Embassy in Vienti ane. and the nited region require interdi scipl inary perspectives the community college curriculum at two Laotian ommuni ty Development . Inc. Over and intern ational view that area stud ie local community college ,lIIinoi alley 100 scho lars gave presentation . The lin program in the nited State are uniquely Community College and Joliet Junior eve ning was d 'voted to a film festiva l. The qualifi ed to provide." Co llege. Both college are key feeder eve ning of the second day. co nference choo ls for undergraduate tran ferring to parti cipants were bussed to the nearby town The Council on Thai Studies (COTS) held IU. Faculty, staff, and graduate tudents of Elgin where they enjoyed a lavish buffet its annual co nference at IU on ovember affi liated with the CSEA provided of authentic Lao dishes prepared for a crowd 4-5. 2005. Kevin Hewi son , profe sor of resources and they will provide continuing of over 600 by the Lao-Am erican co mmunity Asian Studies at the Universit y of orth ass istance throughout the yea r. who live the re. A culture show fea turin g a Carolina, hapel Hill, wa: the keynote trad itional performance of khaen (reed speaker. Professor Hewison spoke on "The Advisors Workshop mou th organ) and 11/oh!a11/ (courtship songs) Exp loita tio n of Migrant Workers in In an effort to ass i t on-ca rnpu advi or til closed the evening. The next conference will Thailand." OTS is an info rma l advi sing about the variou international he hosted by Ari zona State Uni versity in organization of scholars interested in all options available at Hl, the C EA. aspects of Thai studies . COT provides International Program Divi ion and the Fan 20M 7

Foreign Languages and Literatures International High School Initiative. Rotary Department hosted a one-day workshop International, and the Council on the emphasizing the importance of early Teaching of Foreign Languages. advi ement of students concerning international study opportunities. Eleven So utheast Asia Tou r advisor from the College of Liheral Arts and IU (CSEAS and LAS External Programs) Sciences, the College of Business, the pon ored an educational tour of Vietnam College of Health and Human Science, and and Cambodia in August 2005. The faculty the College of Education attended the leader was Presidential Teaching Professor, work hop. The workshop included Clar k D. ehe r (Political Science, emeritus) presentations by Susan Russell, Deborah and highlights of the tour included Pierce (International Programs), and Anne Vietnam's central highlands (Da ang, China Birberick (Foreign Languages and Beach, ha Trang) and Angkor Wat. There Literatures). Another high light was a student were 25 participants. panel including three students affi liated wit h IV graduate stude nt. Dom Pelletie r CSEAS: J ennifer Gelman, graduate student Asia Fo undatio n Study Tour de mo nstrates Ind onesian sha dow puppets in the College of Law (Burma); Jennifer The Center for Southeast Asian Studies at J efferson Eleme nta ry chool. Weidman, graduate student in anthropology hosted a delegation of eight emerging (Thailand); and Joseph Perkovich, religious and lay leaders from Thailand and undergraduate student in anthropology the Philippines in ovember 2005. ( Indone ia). Delegation members included a journalist, student activist and univer ity professor from IU tudents, staff and faculty visited Thailand as well as a Catholic priest, MIllE Conference Presentation Jefferson Elementary chool in DeKalb for a CSEA faculty and staff gave presentations community health worker, Chamber of day of puppets, . torie s. music, language and at the 12th annual conference of the Midwest Commerce director and community organizer food from South and Southca: t Asia. It was Institute for International/Intercultu ral from the Philippines. Tours included visits to part of a program honoring Jeffcr. on Ed ucation (M il lE) in April 2005. MillE is a a local mosque, Hope Haven Homeless Elementary chool students who raised self-funded consortium of two-year colleges Shelter, the I enter for Southeast Asian funds for the Red ross to help children located in the Midwest. Studie:, the IU Center for Burma Studies, affected by the December 2004 tsunami in the NIU Anthropology Museum, and the Its primary objective is to support curriculum Asia. I graduate students participating Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection at and professional development by organizing were Dom Pelletier (A nthropology), Founde rs Memorial Library. The visit from curricu lum workshops, fall and spri ng Jennifer Gelman (Law), hia-Puo Hsu the delegation was part of the Observation confe rences, overseas projects for faculty (Music Educa tion) and visiting FLT in Study Tour on Rel igion and Soc iety in the and students, assistance wit h grant Indonesian , Franciscu Ivonc. Professor United States arranged by the Asia dev elopment , provide facu lty mentoring and .Judy Ledgerwood (Anthropo logy) read Founda tion, a non-profit, non-governmental pro fessional netwo rking. Community ou thcast sia n children's books. Outreach orga nization committed to the development college facu lty members from throughout the oordinator .lulie Lamb also brought toy. , of a peaceful. pro. pcro u and ope n Asia­ Midwest attended the work hops which were maps and books from outheast . ia to sho -, Paci fic region. The Asia Founda tion has foc used on internationalizing the community to the children. The 450 students and 20 arranged a series of exchanges for selected teac her in the schoo l rai .cd over 700 for college curriculum. So utheast A ians and Ame ricans to examine tsun am i relief through their Read for Rel ief GlobalFe t 2005 the role of religion in soc iety. Program . 2005 marked the third year CSEAS has parti cipated in GlobalFes t. GlobalFe. t i a statewide ce leb ration of the languages and cu ltures of the inhabit ants of Illinois, gea red Vpcomms TQChm; mstitwk towards stude nts studyi ng foreign languages The Genocide and Human Rights ummer In titute for Iiddle chool and High and intern ational affairs at the junior high School Educators will be held at I and Washington, D Jun e 19-30, 2006. This and high chool levels. GlobalFest pro vides in titute introduces teachers to the intertwined issue of genoci de and hum an rights. opportunities to experience culture and Although the term s were not coined until the 20th century, there is a long-standing languages from around the world. Francisca historical and philosophi cal heritage to both . Explore the historical and p litical Ivon e, visiting Fulbright Teachin g Assistant dim ensions of genocide and human rights, investigating the causes, courses, and in Indonesian at NIU, provided beginning con sequ ences involving Armenia, , Nati ve American s, Nativ e Hawaiians, Indonesian immersion classes throughout the Cambodia, Indonesia, , Bosnia, Rwanda, udan, and others. Signifi cant attention will two-day Fest . Over 1000 students and be devoted to the complex methodological i sue concerning the integrati on of these teachers from throughout Illinoi s tudies into the K-12 curriculum, as recentl y required by the Illinois legislature, participated. GlobalFest is sponsored by the For more information, see www.lIiu.eduJc/aseplgellocidelilldex.!Itl1l / lIIinoi State Board of Education, the Illinois B fan 20M

November 12 FALL 200S Danilyn Rutherford, Anthropology, September 9 University of hicago: " Why Papua Wants Stephen Asma, Philosophy and Cultural Freedom: Third Person Nationalism and the Studies, Co lumbia College: "The Gods Drink Media of Merdcka" Whiskey: Reflections on Spirituality in Southeast Asia" Septem ber I() November 19 icolaus Harjantu, Graduate Student, oel Morada, Political Sc ience, nivcrsity Sep tember 16 Political Scie nce, I : " Indonesia n of the Phil ippin 'S, Di ll man: " Phili ppinc-Ll.S. Kenton Clymer, History, NIU:"American R ' lations and the Post-Election Political Presidential Electio ns" Relations with Cambodia in Historical Environm .nt" Perspecti ve" SPRI G 200S Scprcmb 'r 17 Febru ary 4 September 23 Buskuru Wardaya, Visitin ' Fulbright agasura Madale, apitol University, Debra Mubashshir Majeed, Philosophy and Scholar, Sana ra Dharm a Universi ty c' agayan de Oro ity, Philippines: "On the Religious Studi es, Beloit ollege: "Teaching iadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta , onccpt of Bangsa/Bansa, Mindanao Gender and Islam in Island Southeast Asia" Indon " ia: 'T he old War and Its Impact on onflict and Filipino Nationhood " Washin 'ton 's Indon 'sia Policy" September 30 February II Grant O lson, Foreign Languages and Se ptember 24 ' raig Etcheson. Foreign Policy Institute, Literatures, NIU and Chalermsce O lson, bdul Rahman Omar, Visitin g Research John s Hopkins University, S.A.I.S.: Founder 's Library, NIU: " ataloging Scholar, Mala ysia: "" HIM or the Malaysian "The Politics of til Khmer Rouge Tribunal" rcmation Volumes at Wat Bovorniv es: A Islamic Youth Movem ent" osmology of Thai Biographies" I' .bruary 25 o .roh 'I" I Saroj n Dorairajno. Anthropology, National October 7 Br ce Becm -r, iraduate Student, orne II nivcrsity of Singapore: "IDon 't Know Baocai (Francis) Wu, hina Association for Univ .rsity: "'I he Buddh a That Loves Its Whal MSG Means but I Know What NGO International Unders tanding in Beijing, Country" Mcans: I is 'ours ' of Enviro nmentalism and Associate Director of Division on Southeast 111 ' Socio-Politics of Muslims Living in Asia: "The Relationship of hina and Ocrob 'r X South ern Thailand" Southeast Asia" udduthir bdel-Rnhim, Politi .al S 'i .nc ' and Islami ' Studi ' S, Th ' lnt .rnational March 4 October 2 1 lslami c niv .rsity, Malaysia : .Ienn , eid ma n. Graduate ' tudent, Michael Feener, Religious Studies, "The Islam ic Roots of Malaysian Pluralism" nthropology, NIU:"Working Together? University of alifornia, Riverside: Exami nation Results from a Multicultural " Religious Legitimacy and Political October 15 Thai orne," Auth ority: Modern Indonesian Islami st Chullhira Satyawadhna, Ran 's il Tran sformations of a lassical Sunni niv .rsity, Thailand: " Mahac ho n and March 25 Paradi gm" It 'l'I lC1 liv 'N'w Political Parties" Hoike Rehbein, Sociology, nivcrsity of Frcihurg. lerrnan y:" onfiguration of October 28 Ocrob 'r _ Globa lization in Laos and ambodia " Priwan anongkham, lraduate Student , Sldllht.~r~ , I)avicl Asian Studies, Musicology/E thnomusicology, Kent State " (1(" I '(ow n niv .rsity: "Burma/ M anmar pril 15 University,"Aesthetics in Khaen Music of and the Di lemmas of For 'i rn Policy" William .umm ings. History, nivcrsity of Lao ulture in orth cast Thai land" South I' lorida: " Emhody in ' Islamization: 'lob 'r 29 o rcarinu an lslami ' Social Order in Early November 4 Ta ~liat.'flz:w , Erit.' History, 'orncll Mod .rn lakassar" Ke in Howison. Director, aro lina Asia University, "South 'ast Asian s and the enter, Asian tudi cs , University of North Pilgrima ' ' to M .cca: The E .onomics of pril 22 aralina at .hapcl Hill: "Organized Labour Ilajj" ( iraduat c 'olloquium Sp .nk .r) Michael Ros s, Political , cicnce, LA: Under Thak sin" " Rcsourc 's and Reo ' Ilion in Acch, Nov 'III!> 'I' 5 Indon .siu' (Graduate olloquium pcaker) November II C ou r tn 'Y Juhnson, Spa nish c Portu gu 'S " Delegates from Southeas t Asia,Asia nivcrsit y of Wiscon sin -Madi son. April 29 Foundation Observation Study Tour on " R ' n 'win ' th ' Futur ': La lndepcndrnria Abdul Rahman Omur, Visitin ' Research Religion and Society in the United States: and (Anti) .olonial Writin ' in the Philippin s Scholar, Malaysia:"Tabung Haji: the "Public Policy and Religion in outhcast ( I Hl) . / H9X )" Pilgrim's hllld" sia" Fan 20M 9

(~r Novemb er 18 The Art ofBurma World Burmese Buddhism Shaun Levine, Graduate Student, Political Science, NIU:"Why Indonesia? A Look into Military Financing and the Uneven U. Role"

S~kolarskips Foreign Language and Area Studies Scholarship (FLAS) In September and October 2005, selections This c hihit. whi .h was housed in the newI from the vast Burmese collections of r 'novated Altgeld Iiall on th ' I J) iKulb Denison University, Ohio and the enter for camp us, e .amincd the diversity and Pending fundin g. awards will be given for the Burma Studies at NI were featured at the co mplc ity of Burmese Buddhism through 2006-07 academic year for thc Foreign NIUArt Museum in hicago. The exhibit artworks made both for the palace and Language and Area Studies Scholarships highlighted sculpture and tapestries, dating monastery invironm 'nt and dating from Ih . (H .AS) for graduate students as part of its from the seve nth through the nineteenth seve nth through the nin 'te 'nth century. Title VI National Resource enter grant from centuries, that examined the transmission, athcrine Raymond , Director of the 'enler the U.S. Department of Education. The protection and sponsorship of Burmese for Burma Studies and urator presented Southeast Asian languages that are taught at Buddhism and the nature of collecting seve ral different lectures which included: NIU and for which FLAS awardces may cultural art and artifacts in the nineteenth and "Donors and Protectors," "Trca: ures from th ' enroll arc Burmese, Indonesian, Khmer, twentieth ourt of Mandalay," "Burmese Buddha Tagalog. and Thai. All applicants must centuries. The Images," and "Treasures from Manuscript to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents NIU collection xhibit October who arc accept .d into a graduate Tapestry." Th ran from _004 was on exhibit progralll at NIU. Each award will carry to Jun ' 2005. for the first time a stipend of $ 15,000 for a nine month in hicago period. as well as payment of tuition thanks 10 UPCOMI G and fees. FLAS applications arc due generous support Islam ill Southeast SIO March I , 2006. provided by the Sally tcvcn s Fund for In late February 2006, an exhibit on Islam in Excellence in the Arts. Clark and Arlene Neher Southeast Asia will open in the nthropolog Gods and Demons, Monkeys Museum at NI . Focusing on the historical as Scholarship well as cultural asp 'cts of Islam . th exhibit and Men: will c amine the spread of Islam in the rcuion, The lark and Arlene Neher Scholarship for Masks ofSoutheast Asia the tenets of Islam, and current Islamic Southeast Asian Studies provides 2,400 The nthropology Mus .um at Northern practices. The ordinary activiti 'S around towards educational expenses to a graduate Illinois University featured an c hihit of worship and ritual in comrn unit social life student in good standing with the niversity about 80 performan ce masks from Thailand, will h discuss 'd. The exhibit will also who is able to demon: tratc a commitment to a Indonesia, ambodia, and Malaysia. discuss the co mmon clements in Islam 10 the career involving Southeast Asian studies. lad e of wood or papicr-m fl ch , brightly re rion as well as the uniqu e .xpr 'ssion in Thi s award competition is open to any person colored and sometimes beaded , the masks cultural practices in countri ' S of Southeast regardless of national origin. This award depict the people, animal s, clowns, and Asia. shall also be granted without regard to demons portra yed in traditional dance The nthropolog /tus .um at IU is citizenship , race, cthnicity, religion . age, drama s performed during religious riles or as locat xl on th ' first Iloor of th ' Stev 'ns gender, or sexual orientation. This award will entertainment. Most of the masks arc owned Building on th 'main I campus in I ·Kalh. be routed through the Office of Student by guest curator Kathy Foley, a professor of The .xhibit \ ill 11m from Fchruar . to ugust Financial Aid and applied directly to the theatre arts at the nivcrsity of alifornia­ 2006 and is bein ' funded with an Illinois students' Bursar account. Applications arc Santa ruz. Foley interviewed, viewed and Humaniti es ouncil zrant. The exhibit is due March I, 2006. studied performance traditions with major b ring d 'si 'ned throu ih a joint collaboration artists in Southeast sia. The Anthropology betw ' 'n I nthropolog . Mus .um Director Application form s for both sc holarships are Museum added its own collection of Thai Ann \ ri iht-Parsons and I r. a rasura available on thc enter's website at: masks. altar furniture . and costumes to the Madalc from .apitol niversit in 'aga an IVIVW.IIill.edu/cseas/scholarships. slam/ exhibit. The exhibit ran from April 10 June de Oro ity in lindanao, Philippines. 2005. lD

B ~n.iamin David Lemon, Ph.D. student in History (Burmese). Benjamin's main area of inter~s t and study is crime and criminality, Tsunami Benefit Surpasses Goal sp~clfically smuggl ing or "undertrading." The S?utheast Asia Club was the driving ThIS naturally led him to early encounters Sarah Belcarz, M.A. stude nt in force 111 a Tsunami Relief Benefit held at b~tween the Dutch and Portuguese empires Anthropology (Indones ian). She would like NIU on February 27, 2005. The event wltl~ the dyr~asti~s of the Arakan and Tungoo . to teach English in Indonesia. featured authentic Indian and Thai He IS proficient III Dutch and Portuguese and cuisine, traditional dance from India, is studying Burmese under U Saw Tun. Caro lina Bodn er, M.A. student in Art Indonesia, and Thailand, a ilent auction History (Thai). Carolina's area of study is of regional items, a museum display. Shaun Levine, M.A. student in Political religious artifacts and iconography of tsunami information and documentary Science ~ I n d o n e s i a n ) . Shaun is looking for a mainland Southeast Asia She has worked displays. More than 300 people attended career With the U.S. intelligence services alongside Professor Raymond in Vientiane, and $4.747 was raised. easily surpassing abroad. Laos, on a project to inventory and preserve the initial goal of $3,000. All proceed Buddhist sculptures found in Sisaket, She and contributions were donated to Thea Lim, M.A. student in Public Health also dabbles in the Lao language. Habitat for Humanity International, (Khmer). Thea is preparing for a career in which is helping tsunami survivor community service to Cambodians in Mary Byker,M.A. student in Political rebuild their homes and cornmunitie . Cambodia and the United States. Science (Thai). A seasoned world traveler Mary has assisted Khon Kaen University's' Tiffany Reed, M.A. student in 2006 Southeast Asia Student Globalization and Grassroots Development Anthropology (Thai). During her Conference Program in Thai land. Her thesis focuses on undergraduate studies at Trinity Colleze The Southeast Asia Club of orthem the impact of free-trade agreements on the Tiffany studied in Thailand and enga;ed in Illinois University will be holding its Prae Pan Weaving o-opcrative located in anthropological fieldwork . She aspire to annual Southeast Asia Student Khon Kacn, Thailand. join the U.S. Foreign Service. Conference on Saturday, February 25, 2006. All interested undergraduate and J ason Connerly, M.A. student in Kristina Saldi , M.A. student in Political graduate students are invited to ubmit Anthropology (Thai). Jason has spent Science (Indonesian). Kristina aspires to papers on any subject related to considerable time in Southern Thailand work for an international NGO that is Southeast Asia. Monetary awards will be doing researc h and plans to return for the involved with humanitarian issues. given to the best undergraduate and comp letion of his research . graduate papers submitted. Abstract are Suzanne Shovlin, M.A. student in History due January 20, 2006 with final paper Michele Duffy, M.A. studen t in English (Thai). Having already studied Indonesian due January 30, 2006. Keynote speaker Education (Tagalog). Michele is especially both at SEASS I and in Indonesia, she wants for the conference will be Tamara Laos. interested in the oral tradition of the to continue her linguistic educatio n with Associate Professor of History at Philipp ines, specifically the ora l tradition of Thai. Her research will have her scrutinizing Cornell University. Please send Balagtas. The Balagtas is a spontaneous both the Thai and Indonesian governments submissions to: ~e rba l debate in rhyming poetry popularized response to violence. In the colonial and post-colonial periods. Center for Southea t Asian Studie She has taken two year ' of Tagalog at Susan Speigel, M.A. student in 4 12 Adams Hall Northern Illinois and is continuing her Anthr~pol o g y (Khmer). Susan's country of orthern Illinois Univer ity studies. focus ISCambodia, with an intense focus on DeKalb, Illinois 60 115 the changing perceptions of Buddhist monks. FAX: (8 15)753-1776 .Jennifer Gelman is a law student at NIU She hopes to return to Cambodia soon. cseas@ lliu.edu and a former editor of the Law Review. She studied Burmes • under the tutelage of U Saw Gregory Swed berg , M.A. student in History All Southeast Asia Cultural ight will be Tun. Her main interest is in refugee law and (Indonesian). His research interest is held Friday, February 24, 2006 in the sorrowful pli iht of those cast from their colonization and the American role in conjunction with the conference. native lands in So utheast Asia and abroad . Southeast Asia. Michael Hawkins, Ph.D. student in History Jennifer Weidman, M.A. student in (Tagalog). Michael has experience living in Anthropology (Thai). Jenn recently northw estern Luzon , Philippines where he completed her master 's degree with the b zgun learning Tagalog and Ilokano. He is successful defense of her thesis on the especially interested in Philippine nationalist organizational hierarchy of a multinati onal and indep .ndencc movements. Thai office. She is currently employ ed by Rotary International. 11

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