The Ithaca Asian American Association invites you to share your story through your lens, as you interpret and express your meaning of "Virus Has No Nationality."

You are encouraged to be bold in challenging issues of racism, sexism, xenophobia, ableism, heterosexism, classism, and all -isms.…

The Einaudi Center’s global racial justice research team presents the inaugural session of Race Matters, a new webinar series that fosters in-depth conversations on colonial questions and racial justice across international relations.

This panel brings together global experts for a candid appraisal of…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture series

Vinh Phu Pham, PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, Cornell University

As a field of study, Vietnamese Francophone literature is a historically specific phenomenon that does not fit neatly within the broader framework of postcolonial literatures…

Join us on Zoom throughout the spring for LRC Happy Hour. Every second Tuesday of the month (third Tuesday in April). We'd love to hear how it’s going! All of it.

Bring your (language instruction) stories whether they be good, bad, amazing, or unusual. It takes all kinds of stories to make a Happy Hour…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Sara L. McClintock, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested, and…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Matthew William King, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested,…

Join us for an interactive teach-in and listen-in on the history and experience of anti-Asian racism in the United States and at Cornell University. Register here.

In the first hour, perspectives and presentations from Cornell students, staff, and faculty will highlight the long history of anti-Asian racism…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture series

Ian Baird, Professor of Geography and Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), University of Wisconsin-Madison

For many Cambodians, the People’s Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) period of the 1980s is seen as a time of intense civil war…

Nobel prize–winning economist Amartya Sen joins Cornell’s Kaushik Basu for the 2021 Bartels World Affairs Lecture, hosted by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

At the turn of the millennium, many would have said that understanding the need for democracy was the most important change in the…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Jay Garfield, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested, and…

***Formerly titled "South of the Clouds, North of the Nagas: Yunnan's Changing Role in the Mekong Region." The title and abstract of this talk have changed slightly.***

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture series

Dr. Juliet Lu, Atkinson Center for Sustainability Postdoctoral…

Learn about studying Indonesian at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9…

A community book read with Sumit Mandal, author of Becoming Arab: Creole Histories and Modern Identity in the Malay World and winner of the 2020 Benda Prize. This read is organized by the consortium for Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA).

Sumit Mandal is a historian at the…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Kristin Scheible, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested, and…

Learn about studying Thai at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes:
1. Download the GooseChase App
2. Enter code 3KX9D9…

Abstract: In this talk, I trace the contemporary circulation of “golden era” 1960s and 1970s Cambodian popular music recordings as a global media archeology. I seek to contextualize and historicize revivals of pre-Khmer Rouge “Cambodian Rock” through the mediated movements of cassette tapes among North American…

Learn about studying Vietnamese at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

Also on April 22:
Khmer Language Table: 2-3pm EDT
Tagalog Language Table: 4-5pm EDT

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a…

Learn about studying Tagalog at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

Also on April 22:
Khmer Language Table: 2-3pm EDT
Vietnamese Language Table: 5-6pm EDT

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a…

Learn about studying Khmer at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

Also on April 22:
Tagalog Language Table: 4-5pm EDT
Vietnamese Language Table: 5-6pm EDT

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a…

Part of the Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture series

Gavin Douglas, Professor of Ethnomusicology and Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, UNC Greensboro

According to the seventh Buddhist precept, participation in musical events in the Theravada Buddhist world is deemed inappropriate for devote laity and…

Learn about studying Burmese at Cornell, with an opportunity to ask the instructor and current students questions!

This event is a part of Southeast Asia Language Month! To participate and compete for a $100 Amazon gift card and other prizes, follow the steps below. This competition is only for current…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Jack Meng-Tat Chia, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested, and…

The global trend of democratic backsliding has reshaped politics around the world, from the United States to Indonesia. Throughout Southeast Asia, a region long marked by contestation between authoritarian and democratic politics, contemporary authoritarian practices interact with local histories to generate…

This virtual conference, sponsored by the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies and Migrations: A Global Grand Challenge, brings together a diverse group of scholars, activists, and practitioners to discuss the role that plantations and plantation agriculture have played in shaping the nature, structure,…

Join us for a panel discussion with SEAP alumni on Life After Cornell, and see where your study of Southeast Asia can take you!

Featured Guests:

Stuart Liventals, Director Citigroup Global Markets, Singapore Pte. Ltd.Gail Fletcher, Photo Editor, National GeographicEthel Roxas, Senior Public Engagement…

"Barriers to Innovation in Language Teaching"
Bill VanPatten

We have all heard about revolutions in language teaching - big leaps in thinking that offer insights and new methods for the classroom (e.g., The Direct Method, ALM, Communicative Language Teaching). Yet, such revolutions wither…

Join us for a panel discussion with SEAP alumni on Life After Cornell, and see where your study of Southeast Asia can take you!

Featured Guests:

Abigail Chen, Analyst, Kobre & Kim LLPJennifer Foley, Deputy Director for Collections and Engagement at teh Georgia O'Keeffe MusuemCole DeVoy,…

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program supports college graduates conducting research or teaching in any field in more than 150 countries. Applications are due in the fall; students who wish to begin the program immediately after graduation are encouraged to start the process in their junior year.

United States…

Keynote Speaker: Nanjala Nyabola
Cornell Students: Critical Reflections

Nanjala Nyabola, author of Travelling While Black-Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move, will be in conversation with professors Rachel Beatty Riedl, Kim Yi Dionne, and postdoc Eleanor Paynter.

Nanjala Nyabola is a writer,…

Please join us for an invited talk by Prof. Alexey Kirichenko, generously co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Studies, History and Philosophy; the South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Religious Studies Programs; and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly. The event is open to all interested, and…