ProfessorPh.D., Yale University, 1999lowe@uw.eduFields of Interest Science and Technology Sociocultural Anthropology Southeast Asian Multispecies EthnographyIndonesiaBackground and ExperienceSummaryCelia Lowe is Professor of Anthropology and International Studies and Director of the Southeast Asia Center at the University of Washington. Her work in Indonesia concerns the travels of scientific knowledge, expecially biological knowledge, between EuroAmerica and Southeast Asia. Her first book, Wild Profusion: Biodiversity Conservation in an Indonesian Archipelago, published by Princeton in 2006, examined the role of Indonesian's conservation biology in the creation of a new national park. She is currently working on a book on the recent H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in Indonesia and is interested in the way new forms of biosecurity and risk were in play in relation to the disease. She contributes to work in the fields of science and technology studies, environmental humanities, and Southeast Asian studies. Affiliated Departments: Arts & SciencesSocial SciencesJackson School of International Studies Research Projects Lowe, Celia. Avian Influenza in Indonesia: An Ethnography of a Virus. N.p., n.d. Web. (Ongoing) Research Advised: Graduate Dissertations Sutrisno, Evi. Negotiating the Confucian Religion in Indonesia: Invention, Resilience and Revival (1900-2010). Diss. U of Washington. 2018. Huang, Yu. Vibrant Risks Scientific Aquaculture and Political Ecologies in China. Diss. U of Washington, 2012. Rivera, Rebeca F. Living Our Values, Living Our Hope Building Sustainable Lifestyles in Seattle Intentional Communities. Diss. U of Washington, 2012. Siscawati, Mia. Social Movements and Scientific Forestry Examining the Community Forestry Movement in Indonesia. Diss. U of Washington, 2012. Unnō, ʻAnusō̜n. We Love 'Mr. King': Exceptional Sovereignty, Submissive Subjectivity, and Mediated Agency in Islamic Southern Thailand. Diss. U of Washington, 2011. Alipio, Cheryll. Libidinal Economies: Child Debts, Devotions, and Desires in Philippine Migrant Families. Diss. U of Washington, 2009. Sievanen, Leila. Social Seascapes, Political Landscapes: Conflict and Cooperation within an Indonesian Marine Park. Diss. U of Washington, 2008. Research Advised: Graduate Predissertation Pilot Awards Romadhon, Dimas. Digital Health Knowledge Seeking Behavior within Nahdlatul Ulama Community in East Java Province, Indonesia. Pilot Research. 2019. Courses Taught Winter 2021 ANTH 460 A: History of Anthropology Spring 2020 ANTH 399 A: Junior Honors Seminar ANTH 491 A: Honors Colloquium Winter 2020 ANTH 207 A: Class and Culture in America ANTH 460 A: History of Anthropology Summer 2019 B-term ANTH 207 A: Class and Culture in America Spring 2019 ANTH 378 A: Sustainability, Resilience, and Society ANTH 399 A: Junior Honors Seminar ANTH 491 A: Honors Colloquium Summer 2018 B-term ANTH 210 A: Introduction to Environmental Anthropology Spring 2018 ANTH 399 A: Junior Honors Seminar ANTH 491 A: Honors Colloquium Winter 2018 ANTH 378 A: Sustainability, Resilience, and Society ANTH 469 A: Special Studies in Anthropology Summer 2017 A-term ANTH 210 A: Introduction to Environmental Anthropology Spring 2017 ANTH 399 A: Junior Honors Seminar ANTH 491 A: Honors Colloquium Winter 2017 ANTH 460 A: History Of Anthropology ANTH 473 A: Anthropology Of Science And Technology Summer 2016 A-term ANTH 473 A: Anthropology Of Science And Technology Summer 2016 B-term ANTH 315 A: Southeast Asian Civilization: Buddhist And Vietnamese Spring 2016 ANTH 399 A: Junior Honors Seminar ANTH 460 A: History Of Anthropology ANTH 460 B: History Of Anthropology ANTH 491 A: Honors Colloquium News & Events Related News Faculty | Staff News 2015 May 1, 2015 Faculty | Staff News 2014 May 1, 2014 Faculty | Staff News 2013 Apr 1, 2013 Share: Print PDF