The
SEATRiP Program at the University of California,
Riverside – Southeast Asia: Texts, Rituals, Performance –
brings together faculty and students who share an ongoing interest
in the arts and humanities and are actively engaged with the languages
and expressive cultures of Southeast Asia.
The scholars associated with the Program address regionally-specific texts, rituals and performances. They seek to develop better understandings of the forms and practices through which ideas and ideologies are creatively expressed, shaped and communicated within and among different societies of Southeast Asia (in particular Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines) as well as the Southeast Asian diaspora. Their research interests (ranging from traditional disciplinary themes to transgressive and controversial topics are reflected in the issues and subjects they bring to the courses and seminars developed for the programs in Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Riverside.
The SEATRiP Program’s activities are informed by broader critical
discussions of culturally specific sensibilities. These are understood
to be emerging out of the dialogues involving authors, performers and
audiences, individuals, communities, ideological regimes, local practices
and the global movement of ideas.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Cultural and Literary Translation
- Ethnomusicology
- Performativity and Performance Studies
- Dance Ethnography
- Anthropology of Tourism
- Migration and Asian American Studies
- Tradition and Globalizing Media Technologie
- Music and Technoculture
- Ritual and Religious Discourses
- Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interested students should apply to the above departments.
Vietnam Studies faculty include:
- David Biggs, History
- Lan Duong, Women's Studies, Film and Visual Culture
- Mariam Lam, Comparative Literature
- Christina Schwenkel, Anthropology
- Kim Dzung Pham, Foreign Languages
Thai and Lao Studies facultyinclude:
- Deborah Wong
- Justin McDaniel
Indonesia and Malaysia Studies faculty include:
- Hendrick Maier
- Michael Feener
- Kurt Schwabe
- Citra Schwabe
- Rene Lystoff
Philippines Studies facult include:
- Sally Ann Ness
- Patrick Alcedo
