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Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities
Dates: July 29-August 9, 2024
Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities is a two-week residential institute for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). The institute will examine Southeast Asia in its broad geographical and historical context as a distinctive cultural crossroads that was subject to competing colonial interests from the 17th to the early 20th century and that remains one of the most linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse regions of the world. Click here to learn more about the Summer Institute.
Application Information
Deadline to Apply:
Applications must be submitted by March 12, 2024
Applications are sought from humanities and social science teachers committed to infusing institute content into their undergraduate courses and to developing Southeast Asian studies offerings on their campuses. Twenty participants will be selected with a target of including five to seven institutional teams, supplemented with a small number of individual participants. Preference will be given to applications from individuals and teams from minority-serving institutions.
Applications should include (1) an institutional letter of support, (2) current CV and (3) an essay (up to 1,500 words) providing relevant information about your personal and academic background; your reasons for applying to this program; how you anticipate the Institute will impact your teaching and/or research; and a statement about how participating in the program will help further the growth of Asian studies at your school.
Team Applications: Each member of an institutional team must submit an individual application as described above, which should include a paragraph identifying fellow team members and the institutional goals of participating in the program.
Note: Institutional teams that submitted applications for both the 2023 and 2024 institutes this past year should resubmit the relevant team member applications to ensure consideration for the 2024 program.
The Application Process
Please fill out the application and submit your documents through Submittable: Application Closed
Create a Submittable account to see the full application and apply:
- Read the instructions for each item carefully before entering your information.
- Submittable does not log you out automatically when you exit your browser. Therefore, it is important that you sign out from your Submittable account.
- Since you will not be able to edit it afterward, make sure to review your application before submitting it. If your application is not ready, you can save it as a draft and submit it at a later time. The saved drafts of your application can be found in your account under My Submissions (or Submissions).
- If after submission you need to change something in your application, contact the Institute staff at [email protected].
Program Costs
Successful applicants will receive housing on the East-West Center campus and travel support of up to $900 (air and ground). For more details see the Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities 2024 Summer Institute homepage.
Participant Expectations
Participants are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. Individual participants will be responsible for developing one or more course modules suitable for infusing institute content into existing courses or for developing a new course with significant Southeast Asia content. Each institutional team will be responsible for framing short-term and medium-term institutional strategies for advancing Asian studies on their campus.
This Institute is part of ASDP's multiyear project on Enhancing Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum. This project, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, seeks to enhance Asian studies offerings at undergraduate-serving colleges and universities, with a focus on minority-serving institutions.
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities
Dates: July 29-August 9, 2024
Location: East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai‘i
Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities is a two-week residential institute for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP). The institute will examine Southeast Asia in its broad geographical and historical context as a distinctive cultural crossroads that was subject to competing colonial interests from the 17th to the early 20th century and that remains one of the most linguistically, ethnically and religiously diverse regions of the world. Click here to learn more about the Summer Institute.
Application Information
Deadline to Apply:
Applications must be submitted by March 12, 2024
Applications are sought from humanities and social science teachers committed to infusing institute content into their undergraduate courses and to developing Southeast Asian studies offerings on their campuses. Twenty participants will be selected with a target of including five to seven institutional teams, supplemented with a small number of individual participants. Preference will be given to applications from individuals and teams from minority-serving institutions.
Applications should include (1) an institutional letter of support, (2) current CV and (3) an essay (up to 1,500 words) providing relevant information about your personal and academic background; your reasons for applying to this program; how you anticipate the Institute will impact your teaching and/or research; and a statement about how participating in the program will help further the growth of Asian studies at your school.
Team Applications: Each member of an institutional team must submit an individual application as described above, which should include a paragraph identifying fellow team members and the institutional goals of participating in the program.
Note: Institutional teams that submitted applications for both the 2023 and 2024 institutes this past year should resubmit the relevant team member applications to ensure consideration for the 2024 program.
The Application Process
Please fill out the application and submit your documents through Submittable: Application Closed
Create a Submittable account to see the full application and apply:
- Read the instructions for each item carefully before entering your information.
- Submittable does not log you out automatically when you exit your browser. Therefore, it is important that you sign out from your Submittable account.
- Since you will not be able to edit it afterward, make sure to review your application before submitting it. If your application is not ready, you can save it as a draft and submit it at a later time. The saved drafts of your application can be found in your account under My Submissions (or Submissions).
- If after submission you need to change something in your application, contact the Institute staff at [email protected].
Program Costs
Successful applicants will receive housing on the East-West Center campus and travel support of up to $900 (air and ground). For more details see the Modern Southeast Asia: Colonial Legacies, Lasting Diversities 2024 Summer Institute homepage.
Participant Expectations
Participants are expected to remain during the entire period of the program and to participate in its work on a full-time basis. Individual participants will be responsible for developing one or more course modules suitable for infusing institute content into existing courses or for developing a new course with significant Southeast Asia content. Each institutional team will be responsible for framing short-term and medium-term institutional strategies for advancing Asian studies on their campus.
This Institute is part of ASDP's multiyear project on Enhancing Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum. This project, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, seeks to enhance Asian studies offerings at undergraduate-serving colleges and universities, with a focus on minority-serving institutions.