The Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley promotes Southeast Asian Studies at the university, as directed by its core faculty, by presenting lecture series, cultural programs, and international conferences, and by hosting visitors and scholars from around the world. This blog supplements the Center’s mission by posting news, links, videos and photos that highlight items and stories of general interest to help expand understanding of the peoples and countries of Southeast Asia.Tumblr (3.0; @cseasucb)http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/704c700014f393414b0774f19673614f/tumblr_mmslgtmLvB1rypoxwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Going home from work at the shoe factory. Outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. </span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50662127135http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50662127135Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:57 -0700Cambodiafactorieswomen at work<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/UhSmRBJIEiM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>‘Swinging Phnom Penh’ - a short video celebrating the arts and youth culture in Cambodia.</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50661175631http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50661175631Fri, 17 May 2013 10:12:50 -0700CambodiaPhnom Penh<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01d2244628553a2ff822150b6ffb8f74/tumblr_mlpllyVmsO1qatpcmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Afternoon tea in Yangon</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50428103199http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50428103199Tue, 14 May 2013 09:58:13 -0700RangoonBurmaMyanmar<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b27fd7458d610c9c4903c04dc14a30a6/tumblr_mh647gkmW51rz6n87o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/54087c4c0f9cf37b4b54228886c2db93/tumblr_mh647gkmW51rz6n87o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Photo exhibit of Rangoon’s heritage buildings by Jacques Maudy and Jimi Casaccia in Australia.</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427944765http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427944765Tue, 14 May 2013 09:55:14 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bb229a5cf788585bb99e574e35f259ac/tumblr_mhbob9oWy91qzd91uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427770470http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427770470Tue, 14 May 2013 09:51:54 -0700Burma<iframe frameborder="0" width="400" height="230" style="border:none;" src="http://www.channelnewsasia.com/starterkit/servlet/fragment?id=673706&view=embed"></iframe> <br/><br/><p>Channel News Asia report on heritage buildings in Yangon, Myanmar</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427457364http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50427457364Tue, 14 May 2013 09:45:00 -0700YangonRangoonBurmaurban planning<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b093b27e956bae299e9e2a108d3558bc/tumblr_mmqg01hEeb1s7vj3bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Jeepney drivers in the Philippines, on the day of the country’s midterm elections, 13 May 2013.</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50374075196http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/50374075196Mon, 13 May 2013 15:51:14 -0700PhilippinesManilajeepney<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/78d09530fa07d0570ce570a0dec8dfbb/tumblr_mmddaiclo61qkphoho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49780950985http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49780950985Mon, 06 May 2013 09:25:28 -0700MalaysiaKL<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cf633ee44fcb09731c0d5d4c479a4ee5/tumblr_mm8f7yiJEa1qdtzovo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Khmer dancers</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49535411552http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49535411552Fri, 03 May 2013 13:53:28 -0700Cambodia<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JK1STGOia88?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Rare clips of Cambodian classical dancers performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1971</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49535324562http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49535324562Fri, 03 May 2013 13:52:16 -0700KhmerCambodiaTraditional Dance<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/33eb2ea01745f6b6a8046d15ebbe009a/tumblr_mm2a4h357e1ql320ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lobster, <span>Black Rock, Mergui Archipelago, Burma</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49470217099http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49470217099Thu, 02 May 2013 16:27:59 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d6a9131ec4fc30844a4b84936472182e/tumblr_mm3uscWHrj1r62359o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Mount Bromo, East Java, Indonesia [Photo: George Boe]</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49457782008http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49457782008Thu, 02 May 2013 13:37:18 -0700JavaBromovolcano<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/64643317?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>VIDEO: ‘We Never Agree’, a poem by U Ant Maung - a protest against the Letpadaung copper mine in Burma.</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49457645061http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49457645061Thu, 02 May 2013 13:35:24 -0700BurmaLetpadaungenvironmental issues<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/057ff350cd4853bca4a553390e78cc2b/tumblr_mm49r6qgEx1rfbqv5o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Making traditional kites in Malaysia. The country is preparing for a General Election to be held on May 5.</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49365039993http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49365039993Wed, 01 May 2013 09:08:26 -0700Malaysia<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/37b42b3664e1b2c317d00ac5cd2209ba/tumblr_mm2jqdiJX71qzz630o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hue, Vietnam</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49295305231http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49295305231Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:37:28 -0700Vietnam<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a338c09befe971b3c24bce7daf1fa6a9/tumblr_ml0vkmxGj31qivon6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Street scene, Saigon, 1968. April 30 is Liberation Day in Vietnam.</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49212867719http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/49212867719Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:13:36 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ca3219ff4aa29933e405829d61fa84c3/tumblr_mlo6lxp08J1rwb0rio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Luang Prabang, Laos</span></p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48938893491http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48938893491Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:27:12 -0700Laos<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bnXgojgzddI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Trailer for ‘The Rocket’, a new Australian film set in Laos, about a boy whose family is displaced by a new dam. The film won the Founders Award for best narrative at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival and the best actor award for Sittiphon Disamoe who plays the young boy.</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48938667821http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48938667821Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:22:55 -0700LaosThe RocketTribeca<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7bbfa39e22a2aad008233dcfb05b19da/tumblr_mlohkrh5Oh1r2ybvio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Street art, Cambodia</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48715221771http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48715221771Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:32:58 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/zmwnAhhAHXM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Kong Nay, Cambodia’s legendary master of the long-necked guitar, presents a song in a warm-up to his April 2013 New York concert. Kong Nay, who survived Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge period, is also featured in the documentary <a href="http://www.itvs.org/films/flute-player" target="_blank">The Flute Player</a>, about Cambodian-American musician and human rights activist Arn Chorn-Pond.</p>http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48714969646http://cseasucb.tumblr.com/post/48714969646Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:29:46 -0700CambodiaCambodian Living ArtsSeason of CambodiaKong Nay