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CLS publication

CONTEMPORARY LAO STUDIES: Research on Development, Language and Culture, and Traditional Medicine

Available Now! USD $28.00


MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON LAO STUDIES, published by Arizona State University from the Second International Conference on Lao Studies is now available.



Journal of Lao StudiesJOURNAL OF LAO STUDIES (JLS)

Vol. 2, Iss. 2, Nov '11 Available Now!

The Journal of Lao Studies (JLS), published by the Center for Lao Studies, is an exciting new scholarly project which is expected to become the first and most prestigious venue in the many disciplines under the umbrella of “Lao Studies”...MORE


University of Wisconsin, Madison USA
April 19-21, 2013

The International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS) is held once every three years, rotating among various academic institutions around the world.  CLS is proud to co-host the third ICLS with Khon Kaen University in Thailand in 2010...MORE


Lao LadySUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN LAOS (SAIL) NEW PROGRAM DATE: July 1-31, 2012

Do you want to learn the Lao language, Lao history, and Lao culture? What better way to do it than to spend your summer fully immersed in Lao society in Laos!...MORE

2011 Application Now Available


INang ThevadaNTERNATIONAL LAO NEW YEAR FESTIVAL (ILNYF)
The Center for Lao Studies co-hosted the First International Lao New Year Festival 2552 (ILNYF) with the Laotian American National Alliance, and the Lao Heritage Foundation on Saturday April 11, 2009. The 3rd ILNYF will be held on Saturday April 30, 2011 in San Francisco ...MORE



Nang Thevada

LAO ORAL HISTORY ARCHIVE (LOHA)

LOHA documents the untold stories of Lao refugees in the US through audio and video media and create an on-line archive of interviews, videos, and historical documents ...MORE