Southeast Asia Program
Other Cornell Funding
There are many ways you can find support and funding at Cornell for your research and travel! In addition to Southeast Asia Program and Einaudi Center funding opportunities, you can seek out support for your travel, off-campus experiences, and other projects from a variety of campus sources.
Darren Wan
Graduate Student
Darren Wan is a PhD student in the History Department. His research focuses on the ways South Chinese and South Indian migrant workers articulated claims to citizenship in the early postcolonial states of Burma and Malaya.
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2024-2025
Committee chair/advisor: Eric Tagliacozzo
Discipline: History
Primary Language: Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese), Malay, Tamil
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Connor Rechtzigel
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2025
Committee Chair/Advisor: Marina Welker
Discipline: Anthropology
Primary Language: Indonesian
Research Countries: Indonesia
Research Interests: “Tourism without Tourists: State Performance and Regional Development in Indonesia”
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Sarah Grossman
Managing Editor, SEAP/CMIP Publications
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Thamora Fishel
Associate Director
Thamora Fishel is associate director of the Southeast Asia Program.
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Ava White
Communications and Outreach Coordinator
Ava oversees SEAP's outreach activities, both in the local community and in collaboration with national outreach partners. She also manages SEAP's communications portfolio, including the SEAP website, social media presence, and the biannual SEAP Bulletin. Ava is graduate of John Hopkins University SAIS, where she received an MA in international economics and Southeast Asian studies.
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Asian Studies Study, Research, and Service Travel Grants
Details
The Department of Asian Studies provides funding for travel and living expenses for the study, service, or research, in an Asian country.
Students receiving grants are responsible for managing all aspects of their trip including:
- Making their own travel itinerary.
- Arranging travel and accommodations.
- Managing their own budgets.
At the end of the travel recipients must provide documentation of travel and submit a 3-5-page report summarizing the language and cultural experiences.
Eligibility
Applicants may be from any college or major; their proposed project must relate to their area of study.
Applicants should have a strong cumulative GPA, a well-articulated project, and submit an appropriate budget.
Priority will be given to students who:
- have completed 2 years of language work in the relevant language prior to the intended travel;
- have no prior travel experience in the area of travel;
- and are Asian Studies majors or minors.
Awardees must be enrolled at Cornell in the semester following travel.
How to Apply
Applicants must also complete an application form, and provide the following:
- a 1500-word proposal about the plan of study or service or research (consisting of the title of the project, project summary, project detail, a detailed project timeline, and a detailed budget);
- a list of the current Academic Year Fall and Spring courses;
- two letters of academic recommendation, one from a language teacher (preferably of a language relevant to proposal) emailed to asianstudiesdus@cornell.edu*,
- letter of recommendation from host institution if you are doing a service project emailed to asianstudiesdus@cornell.edu*.
To apply for a travel grant, or to ask for more information, contact Erin Kotmel, undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Asian Studies. You can also find more information in the travel grant frequently asked questions.
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Funding Type
- Travel Grant
Role
- Student
Program
Astara Light
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2025
Committee chair/advisor: Kaja McGowan
Discipline: History of Art and Visual Studies
Primary Language: Indonesian
Research Countries: Indonesia, Singapore
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Anna Koshcheeva
Graduate Student
Anna Koshcheeva researches visual culture of Cold War Laos. She focuses on cultural theories, visual representations of time, and temporality of Asian modernities - socialist, Buddhist, and others. She approaches the Cold War as a vernacular discourse on imagining modernity and national futurity, and she looks at the visual culture as a creative production where this discourse unfolds.
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2026
Committee Chair/Advisor: Arnika Fuhrmann
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Sampreety Gurung
Graduate Student
Degree Pursued: PhD
Anticipated Degree Year: 2025
Committee chair/advisor: Marina Welker
Discipline: Anthropology
Primary Language: Malay, Indonesian
Research Countries: Malaysia
Research Interests: Labor, care, transnational migration, health and well-being, capitalism, urban anthropology