CSEAS Weekly Newsletter
April 27th-May 1st
Dr. Reuven Pinnata ENGL 474
šāØ Looking for a unique course this Fall 2026?
Check out ENGL 474 ā The International Short Story with Dr. Reuven Pinnata! š
Dive into powerful short stories from around the world, with a special focus on Southeast Asian literature, and explore how storytelling responds to political and cultural moments.
š When: Monday & Wednesday, 9:30ā10:45 AM
š Where: RH 210
š Coursework:
ā¢ One midterm essay
ā¢ One final project
If you’re interested in global voices, culture, and literature that reflects real-world issues, this class is for you.
POLS 376 Political Violence Summer course Available
Ā CFPs: Council on Thai Studies Annual Meeting, November 6-8, 2026Ā
TheĀ Council on Thai Studies (COTS) invites students, scholars,Ā andĀ practitionersĀ to attend its 2026Ā Annual Meeting,Ā which will beĀ hosted by theĀ Center for Southeast Asian StudiesĀ atĀ Northern Illinois UniversityĀ (NIU).Ā The meeting will be held in-personĀ atĀ NIUāsĀ Holmes Student Center.Ā COTSĀ 2026Ā isĀ freeĀ and open to the public.
More Details and the Call for Proposals @Ā https://www.niu.edu/cots/index.shtml
Submit your proposalĀ onlineĀ no later thanĀ August 1, 2026Ā (July 1,Ā 2026Ā for those who need an invitation letter to obtain funding or an entryĀ visa).Ā Notifications of acceptance will be sent by August 15, 2026.
Exploring Southeast Asiaās cultures and unity in diversity
Fall SEAS Area Studies Courses
UNDERGRADUATE AREA STUDIES
ANTH 333 – 0001 The Art of Living and Dying: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (Morton, face to face)
EAE 330 – 0001 Global Cycles (Lenczewski, face to face)EAE 359 – 0001 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (Luo, hybrid)
EAE 430 – 0001 Population, Society, and the Environment (Wilson, face to face)
EAE 460 – 0001 Remote Sensing of the Environment (Luo, hybrid)
HIST 343 History of SEA Since ca. 1800 (Jones, face to face)
HIST 402 – 0001 Gender and Sexuality in History (Jacobsen Gidaszewski, face to face)
HIST 443 – 0Y01 History of Islamic Southeast Asia (Jones, online asynchronous)
MUHL 421 – 0001 Topic Studies in Ethnomusicology/Intro to Enthnomusicology (Wang, face to face)
MUHL 427 – 0001 Survey of World Music (Wang, face to face)
MUSE 321 – 0002 Mixed Ensemble – Thai Music Ensemble (Sripraram, face to face)
POLS 260 – 0001 Introduction to Comparative Politics (Hamayotsu, face to face)
POLS 285 – Y002 Introduction to International Relations (Glas, online asynchronous)
POLS 327 – 0001 Digital and AI Governance (Tran, face to face)
POLS 370 – Y001 Ethnicity, Religion, and Global Politics (Hamayotsu, online asynchronous)
POLS 381 – 0001 Regional Security (Glas, face to face)
SEAS 225 – 0001 Southeast Asia: Crossroads of The World (Crail, face to face)
SEAS 490 – 00P1 Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – Global Communications and Multilingualism in the Digital Age (Aoyama, ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS)
SEAS 490 – 00P2 Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – The International Short Story (Pinnata, face to face)
GRADUATE AREA STUDIES
EAE 530 – 0001 Population, Society, and the Environment (Wilson, face to face)
EAE 545 – 0Y01 Fundamentals of Mapping (Wilson, online asynchronous)
EAE 560 – 0001 Remote Sensing of the Environment (Luo, hybrid)
HIST 502 – 0P01 Gender and Sexuality in History (Jacobsen Gidaszewski, face to face)
HIST 543 – 0YP1 History of Islamic Southeast Asia (Jones, online asynchronous)
MUHL 521 – 0001 Topic Studies in Ethnomusicology (Wang, face to face)
MUSE 621 – 0002 Mixed Ensemble – Thai Music Ensemble (Sripraram, face to face)
SEAS 590 – 00P1 Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – Global Communications and Multilingualism in the Digital Age (Aoyama, ONLINE SYNCHRONOUS)
SEAS 590 – 00P2 Advanced Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies – The International Short Story (Pinnata, face to face)
SEAS 690 – 00P1 Workshop in Teaching Southeast Asian Studies (Lenczewski, face to face)
SEAS 691 – 00P1 Seminar in Southeast Asian Studies – Colloquium (Lenczewski, face to face)
SEAS 691 – 00P2 Seminar in Southeast Asian Studies – Public Facing Scholarship in Southeast Asian Studies (Thepboriruk, face to face)
