Professor Emerita Joanna G. Williams, distinguished scholar of South and Southeast Asian art, passed away at her home in Berkeley on June 16, 2022, at the age of eighty-four. She was one of the foremostscholars of South and Southeast Asian art and architecture and,indeed, one of the…
Read MoreIt was with great shock and sadness that we members of the SSEAS family learned of the sudden and unexpected loss of our former Ph.D. student and cherished colleague Dr. Luis González-Reimann, who passed away as a result of a heart attack while on a…
Read MoreThe Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites application of a pool of qualified temporary non-tenure track lecturer positions to teach language courses in Bengali and Sanskrit Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, should the need arise. Courses may…
Read MoreThe Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, invites application of a pool of qualified temporary non-tenure track lecturer positions to teach to teach Reading and Composition and other courses in South and Southeast Asian Studies for Summer 2022,…
Read MoreDr. Abhijeet Paul Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to India for Researching Kolkata’s Jute Culture and Technology and Teaching in West Bengal State University, India The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board are pleased to announce that Dr. Abhijeet Paul of…
Read MoreThe Department is proud to share this interview with Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, conducted by Professor Claudio.
Read MoreUC Berkeley’s South and Southeast Asia Library celebrates its 50th anniversary with a vibrant exhibit.
Read MoreCheryl Yin is joining the Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies as a 2021-2022 UC Berkeley Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Yin recently received her Ph.D. in Linguistic Anthropology from the University of Michigan, with a dissertation on Khmer honorifics. She is from Long Beach, California…
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