[Brian Bernards]

“Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity?”:

The call for applications for the 47th Southeast Asia Seminar, organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) and co-organized by the Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (SMRU), is now open: https://kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.<wbr />ac.jp/seas47/

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University, welcomes applications from early-career researchers (who received their PhDs within the last five years), with fields of specialization relating to the seminar topic, to participate in the 47th Southeast Asia Seminar on “Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity?” The seminar will be held along the Thai-Myanmar border, during December 7-14, 2023.

For more information on CSEAS Kyoto University’s long history of convening annual Southeast Asia Seminars, please visit: https://kyoto.cseas.kyoto-u.<wbr />ac.jp/seas47/#pas

Seminar Fee:

• There is no registration fee.
• Airfares: Successful applicants will be required to cover their travel costs from their respective countries to and from Bangkok (and, where necessary, visa cost). Round-trip flight tickets between Bangkok and Mae Sot will be (partially) covered by the organizer.
• Accommodation, along the Thai-Myanmar border, will be covered by the organizers.

 

Application requirements:

Application should be submitted online by filling out the online form. The application must include:

• A statement of research background and interests: Maximum 450 words, explaining how their research background and interests relate to the Southeast Asia Seminar topic, “Health, Border, and Marginality: Toward Transdisciplinarity?”. Please note that the statement will be circulated among the core seminar participants.
• Curriculum Vitae
• One writing or publication sample (the topic of which need not be directly related to the seminar topic).                                                                                                                                                  (Note: Any applicant who does not submit a writing sample will not be qualified to apply.)

 

Participation Requirements:

The format is an on-site seminar with a series of lectures and excursion trips to visit various stakeholders along the Thai-Myanmar border. Selected participants are expected to read a set of assigned readings before the seminar and actively take part in discussions during the full eight-day seminar. In relation to their research, participants will also be expected to:

• Give a presentation reflecting on the whole trip on Dec. 13, 2023.
• Submit a reflection paper (600-800 words) on the whole trip before leaving the Thai-Myanmar border.
• Submit a 2,000-word reflection paper on the whole trip – to be submitted by January 31, 2024.

 

Application deadline: August 31, 2023 (JST).

Selection: The seminar committee will select participants based on the application forms, and ONLY accepted applicants will be informed by the end of September, 2023.

For inquiries: Please email <seaseminar47@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp>. Please indicate your inquiry and name in the subject line of your e-mail; e.g., SEA Seminar_change request_your name

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