Applications Open for Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program (Deadline June 1, 2022)

The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program is accepting applications for U.S. institutions to host an international scholar in the 2023-24 academic year. S-I-Rs work across departments and curricula for one or two semesters to enhance an international program, develop new world area studies programs, or add an international dimension to coursework. Fulbright provides J-visa sponsorship, travel, and living stipends to scholars who further U.S. institutions’ internationalization efforts through:

• Teaching

• Curriculum development

• Developing exchange partnerships

• Community engagement

Interested institutions should join one of the webinars throughout the Spring and weekly office hours, Fridays at 1 pm EST. Application will close on June 1.

More information here: https://cies.org/sir including application forms and guidance on the process.

Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival, April 21-24, 2022

Presented by
MSU Denver Department of Music
Department of Music at Colorado College
Asian Studies Program at Colorado College
Visual and Performing Arts Department at UCCS
BASAbali Wiki
and Sanggar Manik Galih

With generous support from
The American Institute for Indonesian Studies
MSU Denver CLAS Deans Office
Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Los Angeles

The Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival (RMBGF) will be the first of its kind in the United States. This four-day festival features an academic symposium (Moving Mountains: Sustainability and Balinese Arts) with invited keynote speakers David Harnish and I Made Lasmawan, a series of workshops (for beginning and advanced musicians and dancers on topics like composition, dance, vocal music, and technique), performances from gamelans along the Rocky Mountains, and two evening concerts (on Friday and Saturday) featuring Denver-based Gamelan Tunas Mekar and Krama Bali USA (made up of leading artists from Bali). This festival invites students, faculty, and interested community members from the Rocky Mountain region and beyond (including gamelans from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, and South Dakota) to join us for an epic weekend.

Registration for the Rocky Mountain Balinese Gamelan Festival (RMBGF) is now live:

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AAS Announces New Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies

The Association for Asian Studies is offering the new Gosling-Lim Postdoctoral Fellowship in Southeast Asian Studies, made possible by a generous gift from L.A. Peter Gosling and Linda Yuen-Ching Lim.

This fellowship is focused on capability-building in Southeast Asian Studies among scholars who are Southeast Asian nationals based in Southeast Asia and at Southeast Asian institutions. Its goal is to enable such scholars to concentrate on publishing their dissertation research, and/or embark on new post-dissertation research, without the distraction of having to teach, consult, or shoulder administrative burdens, and with the opportunity to expand their scholarly networks and expertise. The intent is that fellowship recipients will develop their careers in Southeast Asia, helping to advance the field of Southeast Asian Studies within the region.

The fellowship provides US$50,000 of funding for postdoctoral research and writing, to be expended over 8-12 months, beginning on September 1, 2022, while the recipient is in residence or otherwise based at an academic institution, in Southeast Asia or abroad, other than their home institution and the institution at which their doctorate was obtained.

The fellowship may be used in any discipline and for any country of Southeast Asia (i.e., Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam). It is intended to be awarded every other year, with the possibility of becoming an annual fellowship depending on the success of its first years of implementation.

All applications must be submitted through the AAS application portal by April 1, 2022. Applicants will be notified of decisions by May 31, 2022, and fellowships will begin on September 1, 2022.

Grad School Application Preparation - Short Course offered by USINDO

Looking to start writing your U.S. graduate school essay? Confused on how to perfect your writing? Stumped about how to prepare for your U.S. graduate-level program? Don’t know how to do any of that?

Join the USINDO 2022 GRASP (Graduate School Application Preparation) Mini Intensive Course for prospective U.S. graduate students now!

This FREE online short course will give you the boost you need to gain admissions into your DREAM U.S. University! USINDO offers an intensive six, 90-minute sessions designed to apply and practice the most important skills for successfully completing your U.S. Graduate School application.

Course dates

14 January - 13 February, 2022.

With a refined focus on critical thinking and digital literacy, you will learn and cultivate strategies to unpack the graduate essay prompt, revise your essay, give and apply constructive feedback, check credibility of online sources, and so much more.

The USINDO 2022 GRASP Mini Intensive Course is designed to be highly-interactive and digitally-rigorous, simulating U.S. graduate-level classrooms–complete with whole/small group discussions, peer review exercises, multimedia group tasks, periodic self-evaluation, reflections, and writing practice.

This course is held in coordination with LPDP and supported by the U.S. Embassy Jakarta.

Application Deadline

Tuesday, January 4, 2022 at 11:59 pm WIB

ELIGIBILITY:

• Applicants must have demonstrated strong interest in applying to U.S. Universities.

• Applicants who have passed the LPDP scholarship's final interview in 2021, 2020, or 2019 are highly preferred, but other qualified applicants will also be considered.

• Applicants must commit to attending all 6 (six) 90-minute sessions of the USINDO 2022 GRASP Course.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact

Nana Siddik, Program Associate

via email at isiddik@usindo.org or WhatsApp (+6281310995488).

Call for ITLSC Travel Awards and Sponsored Panel Grant for AAS in Honolulu

The Indonesia & Timor Leste Studies Committee (ITLSC) is offering three funding opportunities (two travel awards and one sponsored panel award) to participate in the upcoming annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) held on March 24-27 in Honolulu.

(1)   The ITLSC Graduate Student Travel Award:

●      It provides up to $500 in travel funds to assist a graduate student (conventionally an advanced doctoral student) presenting a paper at the conference. Applicants should submit: (a) a current CV; (b) information regarding any other financial support received for attending the conference; and (c) a brief description of their participation in the conference (e.g., presenting a paper, organizing a panel) (approximately 250 words). All materials must be sent to indotimorleste@gmail.com no later than December 27, 2021.

●      Original receipts will be required for reimbursement after the conference. Standard AAS travel/grant policies apply when deciding on eligible travel expenses (https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/register2022/conference-funding-opportunities/). For students already receiving a travel grant from the AAS, receipts cannot be refunded twice.

(2)   ITLSC Fund for Scholars Traveling from Asia:

●      It provides up to $1000 to assist a scholar traveling from Indonesia or Timor-Leste to participate in the conference. Applicants should submit (a) a current CV; (b) information regarding any other financial support received for attending the conference; and (c) a brief description of their participation in the conference (e.g., presenting a paper, organizing a panel, acting in other official capacity) (Approximately 250 words). All materials must be sent to indotimorleste@gmail.com no later than December 27, 2021.

●      Original receipts will be required for reimbursement. Standard AAS travel/grant policies apply when deciding on eligible travel expenses (https://www.asianstudies.org/conference/register2022/conference-funding-opportunities/). For scholars already receiving a grant from the AAS (e.g., LDC travel grant), receipts cannot be refunded twice.

(3)   ITLSC sponsored panel “New Perspectives in Contemporary Indonesian Studies”:

●      It provides a selected panel financial assistance to cover a conference registration fee for a graduate student/untenured junior scholar listed as a panelist. Organizers of accepted panels should submit their panel proposal submitted to and accepted by the AAS and a list of panelists who are eligible for the grant to indotimorleste@gmail.com no later than December 27, 2021.

●      Further information and specific criteria that sponsored panels should meet are attached below.

●      Original receipts will be required for reimbursement. For scholars already receiving a grant from the AAS (e.g., LDC travel grant), receipts cannot be refunded twice.

Please direct any queries and requests for further information to indotimorleste@gmail.com or khamayotsu@gmail.com.

We’re planning new events and networking opportunities. We look forward to seeing you all in Honolulu! 

Executive Board, ITLSC

Kikue Hamayotsu, Ph.D. (chair)

Claire Marie Hefner, Ph.D. (secretary-general)

Rebakah Daro Minarcheck, Ph.D. (treasurer)

Friday Oct 15 CSEAS at MSU presents a Virtual Lecture by Siddharth Chandra, "The 1918 influenza pandemic in Indonesia and comparisons with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic"

Free and open to public. Register at https://myumi.ch/NxPrv

The 1918 influenza pandemic had a profound impact on Indonesia. This presentation highlights research on pandemic impacts on various aspects of key demographic aggregates in Indonesia. These include estimates of the toll of the pandemic in the absence of reliable birth and death registration data, the timing, size, and geographic spread of waves of infection and mortality, and the impacts of the pandemic on health policy in Indonesia. Where relevant, comparisons are made with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

About the Speaker:
Siddharth Chandra is professor and director of the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University. His research interests include pandemics, the intersection of economics, health, and history in Asia, behavior and policy relating to addictive substances, and applications of portfolio theory to fields outside finance, for which the theory was originally developed. Much of his research is spatial and historical in nature. He has received funding from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for his historical research, which has appeared or will appear in a variety of journals including the American Journal of Public Health, the American Journal of Epidemiology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Demography, the Journal of Global History, the Journal of Economic History, and the Journal of Asian Studies. His recent research on the influenza pandemic of 1918-1920 in Asia and the USA has been featured on BBC World as well as in a variety of newspapers and magazines worldwide. Professor Chandra received his PhD in economics from Cornell University, his AM (Ph.D. pass) in economics from the University of Chicago, and his BA (with honors) in economics from Brandeis University. Prior to joining Michigan State University, he was director of the Asian Studies Center and associate professor at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh.

If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact cseas@umich.edu.

Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.

Siddharth Chandra, Michigan State University and Past AIFIS President