Organizer: UHCSEAS, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies; UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology; UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies; UCLA Department of Anthropology; Center for Taiwan-Philippines Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and Sustainable Studies (CTPILS), National Chengchi University, Taiwan.

Southeast Asian archaeology programs are underrepresented in the US higher education system. Although Southeast Asian groups now comprise one of the largest immigrant groups in the country, only five institutions have a distinctly Southeast Asian archaeology program. This panel brings together early and mid-career US-based archaeologists to discuss ways to strengthen Southeast Asian archaeology and to help address issues of access, gender disparity, and representation. The panelists will also talk about how their respective research in Southeast Asia facilitates the inclusion of Southeast Asian archaeological observations to archaeological theory and method.

Panelists:

Alison Carter, University of Oregon

Nam C. Kim, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Ben Marwick, University Washington

Mitch Hendrickson, University of Illinois-Chicago

Stephen Acabado, UCLA

Piphal Heng, University of Hawaii-Manoa

Moderators:

Peter Lape, University of Washington

Miriam Stark, University of Hawaii

Click here to register.