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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 fourth ICLS with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA in 2013...MORE


Lao LadySUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN LAOS (SAIL) NEW PROGRAM DATES: 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

2012 Application Now Available


INang ThevadaNTERNATIONAL LAO NEW YEAR FESTIVAL (ILNYF) UN Plaza, San Francisco, CA    April 28, 2012

The Center for Lao Studies will host the 4th annual International Lao New Year Festival in San Francisco, CA on Saturday April 28, 2012. Please come out and join us. Sabaydii Piimay 2555 (Happy New Year 2555)...MORE



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of Lao refugees in the US through audio and video media and create an on-line archive of interviews, videos, and historical documents ...MORE