Southeast Asia

CSEAS Past Events

CSEAS Past Events Fall 2018 - Spring 2022 2018-19 September 18

LECTURE by Valerie Francisco-Menchavez, San Francisco State University

“Together but Apart: Care Work in Filipino Transnational Families in the Digital Age”

October 10

BOOK TALK by Katya Cengel, journalist

“From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back”

October 17

PANEL DISCUSSION...

SEALIVES Small Grants Program

The call for applications for the Year 3 cohort of the Southeast Asian Lives and Histories Small Grants Program is now open.

We invite applications for the third year of the annual UC Berkeley CSEAS Southeast Asian Lives and Histories small grants program. Applicants must be enrolled at or affiliated with UCB, other UCs, CSUs, or institutions located in Southeast Asia. Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to email cseas@berkeley.edu. For examples of projects from the first year cohort of SEALIVES...

Small Grants Program Year One, 2023-2024

Year One Grantees, 2023-2024 Please click the name or project title of each grantee to view their final SEALIVES project abstracts and project materials. CSEAS intends for these materials to be widely accessible as part of research, curriculum or syllabus creation, community initiatives and activities, and more. Kavitha Ganesan

Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Project:...

CSEAS January/February Newsletter

January 28, 2026

Read the CSEAS January/February Newsletter here:

https://conta.cc/3NHpKTk

Philippine Consulate in San Francisco and UC Berkeley Reaffirm Partnership in Promoting Philippine Studies

January 21, 2026

The Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and the University of California, Berkeley signed a grant agreement that aims to promote the University’s Philippine Studies program held at UC Berkeley Institute of East Asian Studies. L-R: Vice Consul Glaiza Quarteros, Ms. Joy Ayson-Yu, Assistant Director, Sponsored Projects Office of UC Berkeley, Mr. Jason Cheung,...

Cambodian Elegist: Rithy Panh in Person

August 20, 2025

We are excited to be partnering with BAMPFA and CSEAS to bring director Rithy Panh to Berkeley. You can check out his in-person screenings in the BAMPFA program, https://bampfa.org/program/cambodian-elegist-rithy-panh-person

Message of Sympathy for the Earthquake in Myanmar

April 1, 2025

Dear Center for Southeast Asia Studies and Institute of East Asian Studies community,

On behalf of the Faculty Chair and Program Director of CSEAS and the Director, Associate Director, and team at IEAS at UC Berkeley, we express our deepest sympathy and support to the people of Myanmar and Thailand and all those affected by the earthquake on March 28.

Our thoughts are with all those in Myanmar and Thailand, and those in exile and diaspora, who have suffered bereavement and injury, who have lost loved ones, and...

CSEAS Faculty Chair Lisandro Claudio Discusses Duterte's Arrest

March 18, 2025

The ex-president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, could soon become the first Asian former head of state to be tried at The Hague.

The populist politician was arrested on Mar. 11, 2025, after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant relating to his “war on drugs.”

Some 6,000-plus people were killed during the crackdown. But despite the controversy surrounding his policies and the end of his presidency in 2022, Duterte remains an influential figure.

The Conversation U.S. turned to Lisandro Claudio, an expert on Philippine politics and history at the...

Call for Papers: 9th Symposium of IASSRT: Beyond the Silk Road, Across the Seas

March 3, 2025

October 9-12, 2025, Banatao Auditorium, UC Berkeley, USA

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CSEAS and the Consulate of the Philippines in San Francisco Sign Historic Grant Agreement

September 5, 2024

Consul General Neil Ferrer and UC Berkeley Vice Provost for Academic Planning & Senior International Officer Dr. Lisa Alvarez-Cohen (San Francisco PCG photo)

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, USA – In a historic first, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco and the Regents of the University of California (UC...