(From SEARC via CamNews:)

1. Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
2. Advanced Study of Khmer

Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Program Dates: June 14 to August 6, 2010
Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to apply to SEASSI for
scholarships!

Application Deadlines:
February 19, 2010:

1) Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships (full tuition plus
stipend)
2) SEASSI Heritage Language Fellowships (full tuition plus stipend)

April 16, 2010:

1) SEASSI Tuition Scholarships (partial tuition)
2) General SEASSI Application Deadline

Website: http://seassi.wisc.edu/

SEASSI is an eight-week intensive language training program for
undergraduates,
graduate students and professionals. Instruction is offered for academic
credit
in nine languages at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year levels.

Languages offered:

Burmese
Filipino
Hmong
Indonesian
Javanese
Khmer
Lao
Thai
Vietnamese

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Advanced Study of Khmer (ASK)
Royal University of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia
14 June – 6 August 2010
This project is Fulbright-funded and coordinated through the
University of Hawai?i-Manoa. Generous financial aid including airfare
is available.
Deadline: 1 March 2010

Website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ask

A/S : Vernissage de l’exposition “Images d’Asie du Sud-Est : Cambodge, Laos,
Vietnam. Illustrations extraites de livres anciens des années 30″.
Bibliothèque
nationale du Cambodge (BNC), vendredi 11 décembre à 17h

Adresse : rue 92 (Christopher Howes), arrondissement de Daoun Penh
(face au Lycée français Descartes et à droite de l’Hôtel “Le Royal”).

INVITATION
Madame, Monsieur,

J’ai l’honneur de vous inviter, de la part de la directrice de la BNC, Mme
KHLOT
Vibolla, à participer au vernissage de l’exposition en objet, organisée
par la BNC
et l’ambassade de France au Cambodge (projet VALEASE).
Cette manifestation sera aussi l’occasion de vous présenter l’album
photographique éponyme, son DVD-R d’accompagnement riche de 30.000 images,
la base
de 500 livres numérisés de la BN ayant trait au Cambodge “Bibliotheca
Khmerica” et
les dernières acquisitions de la BNC.

Nous espérons avoir le plaisir de recevoir votre visite et de prendre un
verre
ensemble au cocktail qui clôturera la manifestation.

Avec mes salutations distinguées,

Jean-Jacques DONARD
Fonds de solidarité prioritaire de Valorisation de l’écrit en Asie du
Sud-Est (FSP
VALEASE)
Bibliothèque nationale du Cambodge / Service de coopération et d’action
culturelle
près l’Ambassade de France au Cambodge. Courriel :
jean...@yahoo.fr.
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INVITATION

Opening of the exhibition ” Images of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos,
Vietnam.
Illustrations extracted from old books of the 30s “.
National library of Cambodia (NLC), on Friday, December 11th at 5 pm
Address: street 92 (Christopher Howes), district of Daun Penh (in front of
French
High school Descartes and to the right of the Hotel ” Le Royal “).

Madam, Sir,

I have the honor to invite you, on behalf of the director of the NLC, Mrs
KHLOT
Vibolla, to participate in the opening of the exhibition in object,
organized by the
NLC and the embassy of France in Cambodia (VALEASE project).
This cultural demonstration will also be the opportunity to present you
the eponymic
photographic album, its DVD-R of accompaniment rich in 30.000 images, base
of 500
books digitized by the concerning NL in Cambodia ” Bibliotheca Khmerica ”
and the
last acquisitions of the NLC.
We hope to have the pleasure to receive your visit and to take a glass
together in
the cocktail which will enclose this little ceremony.

Best regards

Jean-Jacques DONARD
VALEASE project

Final call for proposals:
A window until the rains come: albb Open Studio program 2010
application deadline: Tues 15 Dec, 2009

This project is open to visual artists, photographers, designers, architects, musicians and other creative people who want to share their work and their thoughts on creativity in an unusual, interactive way.

In a bustling part of downtown Ho Chi Minh City, a 2nd-floor cafe will be turned into a flexible, open, creative studio. While participating artists go about their daily creation, members of the general public can drop by at any time to watch, chat or perhaps even take part.  Unexpected friendships and relationships may form, new thoughts on creativity emerge, as everyday worlds and artistic worlds meet.

For artists living overseas or in other parts of Vietnam, this is a flexible and alternative way to do something here, right in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City.

Please kindly forward this email to anyone who you feel would be interested in participating in this project.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Tuesday 15 Dec, 2009

Click link for detailed project information and the application form.

Relevant information and forms in English and Vietnamese can also be found on albb’s weblog: http://albbsaigon-2010.blogspot.com/

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact Dung (Vietnamese) or Sue (English) via email on:  albb.openstudio@gmail.com

regards,

Sue Hajdu, albb artistic director & Luong Tu Dung, program manager, albb Open Studio

A little blah blah (albb) is an artists’ initiative that since 2005 has operated as a platform for contemporary art through a wide range of channels including projects, exhibitions & events, screenings, talks, a residency program, internships and an open-access archive of art books & catalogues. Our program has evolved in a pioneering spirit, in response to the gaps and needs of the Saigon art scene. Since 2008 albb has re-focussed its program to presenting one major project each year, capacity building, and the ongoing running of albb Reading Room.

Please see our weblog for a detailed history of our activities.