Asian Studies OU

01/28/2016

2016 Baker Peace Conference to Focus on Middle East, March 24-25
The 2016 Baker Peace Conference at Ohio University has been scheduled for March 24 & 25. This conference will focus on the Middle East, from World War I to the present time.

Bohemian patternDr. Rashid Khalidi will be the keynote speaker on Thursday evening in Nelson Commons. Khalidi is Chair of the Department of History at Columbia University, as well as Editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He served as an adviser to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. Khalidi is the author of six books on various aspects of the history of the Middle East. Hislatest book, Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East (2013), won the Lionel Trilling Book Award.

Three panels will convene on Friday in Baker Ballroom A.

The first panel will address the Middle East during the world wars, and will feature:

Dr. Melanie Shultz Tanielian, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Dr. Sherene Seikaly, University of California at Santa Barbara
Dr. Eric Schewe, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
The second panel will address the Middle East in the Cold War, and will feature:

Dr. Rosie Bsheer, Yale University
Dr. Arbella Bet-Shlimon, University of Washington
Dr. Nathan Citino, Rice University
The third panel will address the current state of the Middle East, and will feature:

Dr. Asli Bali, University of California at Los Angeles
Dr. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University
Professor Noura Erakat, Esq., George Mason University
A detailed program with presentation titles and panel chairs will be made available during the 2015-16 academic year.

2016 Baker Peace Conference to Focus on Middle East, March 24-25
The 2016 Baker Peace Conference at Ohio University has been scheduled for March 24 & 25. This conference will focus on the Middle East, from World War I to the present time.

Bohemian patternDr. Rashid Khalidi will be the keynote speaker on Thursday evening in Nelson Commons. Khalidi is Chair of the Department of History at Columbia University, as well as Editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He served as an adviser to the Palestinian delegation to the Madrid and Washington Arab-Israeli peace negotiations from October 1991 until June 1993. Khalidi is the author of six books on various aspects of the history of the Middle East. Hislatest book, Brokers of Deceit: How the U.S. has Undermined Peace in the Middle East (2013), won the Lionel Trilling Book Award.

Three panels will convene on Friday in Baker Ballroom A.

The first panel will address the Middle East during the world wars, and will feature:

Dr. Melanie Shultz Tanielian, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Dr. Sherene Seikaly, University of California at Santa Barbara
Dr. Eric Schewe, Ph.D. from the University of Michigan
The second panel will address the Middle East in the Cold War, and will feature:

Dr. Rosie Bsheer, Yale University
Dr. Arbella Bet-Shlimon, University of Washington
Dr. Nathan Citino, Rice University
The third panel will address the current state of the Middle East, and will feature:

Dr. Asli Bali, University of California at Los Angeles
Dr. Bassam Haddad, George Mason University
Professor Noura Erakat, Esq., George Mason University
A detailed program with presentation titles and panel chairs will be made available during the 2015-16 academic year.

03/07/2015

Hi everyone,

I hope you all have a wonderful Spring Break. I would like to inform you that there will be SEA Languages Awareness Week from March 9 -14. I would appreciate it if you can spread the words to your friends and classmates.
I hope to see you all in event next week.

09/05/2014

Welcome to the new grad students at the Department of Asian Studies. Join us for a WELCOME party today Gordy Hall from 6 pm to 8 pm.

01/17/2014

PERMIAS (Indonesian Student Association) of Ohio University proudly present their biggest annual event, Indonesian Night 2014, Friday January 31 2014.

11/15/2013

Sunday Movie

11/13/2013

Join the talk on November 26 for a great talk with one of our OHIO alums!

11/11/2013

Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian History, tenure-track

The Department of History at Ohio University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in the history of modern Southeast Asia. Applicants must have a strong record of research, high proficiency in at least one Southeast Asian language, and an agenda for future scholarly achievement. The successful candidate will be expected to teach upper-division courses in Southeast Asian History and survey courses in World History, as well as teach and advise History MA and PhD students and MA students in the Asian Studies Program. Teaching load is two courses per semester. Ohio University was the first U.S. institution to teach Southeast Asian history and is home to one of North America's preeminent Southeast Asia library collections.

The position will remain open until filled. For full consideration, please apply by December 1, 2013. Please direct inquiries to Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer, [email protected].

11/11/2013

Sixth Annual Cambodian Conference to be held Match 14-16, 2014

Ohio University is pleased to host the Sixth Annual Khmer (Cambodian) Studies Forum from March 14-16, 2014. The Forum has as its theme, "Cambodia at a Crossroads." We are currently accepting abstracts for individual papers, panels, and other presentations (such as short film screenings), and welcome topics that address any aspect of "crossing"--border crossing, political changes, societal watersheds, artistic innovations. For more information, contact the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at [email protected]. Updates about the Forum will be posted at www.seas.ohio.edu/ksf2014.html. and on this page...

The 6th Annual Khmer Studies Forum will be held at Ohio University, in Athens, Ohio, U.S.A. on Friday, March 14, Saturday, March 15, and Sunday, March 16, 2014. The Sixth Khmer Studies Forum (KSF) has as its theme, "Cambodia at a Crossroads.”

11/11/2013

11/11/2013

Spring 2014 SEAS Courses

For a list of the courses available for Southeast Asian Studies students for Spring 2014, click here:http://www.seas.ohio.edu/pdfs/Spring%202014%20Course%20Descriptions.pdf