Southeast Asia Program
Information Session: Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Program
October 7, 2025
5:00 pm
Uris Hall, G02
The Laidlaw Scholars Leadership and Research Program promotes ethical leadership and international research around the world—starting with the passionate leaders and learners found on campuses like Cornell. Open to first- and second-year students, the two-year Laidlaw program provides generous support to carry out internationally focused research, develop leadership skills, engage with community projects overseas, and become part of a global network of like-minded scholars from twenty universities worldwide.
At this session, we'll share more information about the program, including Cornell's cohort-based intercultural community-engaged learning summer experience in Ecuador, and tips for writing a successful application. Applications are due January 12, 2026.
Applicants are also strongly encouraged to attend a Q+A webinar about the summer experience in Ecuador. Q+A webinars are scheduled for November 5 and November 6.
Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.
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Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Liang Wu
SEAP Postdoctoral Associate
Dr. Liang Wu is a Postdoctoral Associate of Environmental Humanities in the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) as part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. He is also affiliated with the Department of Science & Technology Studies and the interdepartmental consortium Cornell Oceans. Dr. Wu received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit
Assistant Professor, Music
Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit's research focuses on music, race, and imperialism in nineteenth-century Siam. He is interested in issues of aesthetic commensurability in colonial encounter, comparativism and the production of knowledge about non-European musics, and opera as a racializing global-colonial form.
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Information Session: Global Internships
December 3, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G02
Go global in summer 2026! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications are open now.
Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
Information Session: Global Internships
November 13, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2026! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications are open now.
Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
Information Session: Global Internships
October 23, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2026! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications are open now.
Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.
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The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
Information Session: Global Internships
October 2, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Go global in summer 2026! Global Internships give you valuable international work experience in fields spanning global development, climate and sustainability, international relations, communication, business, governance, and more.
Applications will open in the fall.
Can’t attend? Contact programs@einaudi.cornell.edu.
***
The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies hosts info sessions for graduate and for undergraduate students to learn more about funding opportunities, international travel, research, and internships. View the full calendar of fall semester sessions.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for African Development
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Information Session: Graduate Student Opportunities at the Einaudi Center
September 18, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join us to learn about opportunities for graduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies. This session will discuss how to discover or strengthen global interests, including research and travel grants, guest lectures, fellowships, and more!
Can't attend? Email programs@einaudi.cornell.edu for more information.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Institute for African Development
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
Information Session: Undergraduate Opportunities at the Einaudi Center
September 9, 2025
4:30 pm
Uris Hall, G08
Join us to learn about opportunities for undergraduate students with the Einaudi Center for International Studies. This session will discuss how to discover or strengthen global interests, including academic minors, guest lectures, summer research and travel experiences, and more!
Can't attend? Email programs@einaudi.cornell.edu for more information.
Additional Information
Program
Einaudi Center for International Studies
Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies
East Asia Program
Southeast Asia Program
Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Institute for European Studies
South Asia Program
Migrations Program
Institute for African Development
Southwest Asia and North Africa Program
GETSEA Receives $1 Million Luce Grant
Led by Southeast Asia Program
The Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA) consortium has been awarded a $1 million grant.
Launched in 2020, GETSEA is a national consortium dedicated to advancing Southeast Asian studies through resource sharing, coordinated programming, and developing innovative ways to support graduate students across U.S. institutions. The four-year Henry Luce Foundation grant supports the creation of an adaptive infrastructure to sustain the field amid mounting federal challenges.
Current partner institutions include the University of California–Berkeley; University of California–Los Angeles; University of Hawai'i at Mānoa; University of Michigan; Northern Illinois University; University of Washington; and University of Wisconsin–Madison. GETSEA partners hope to expand the consortium to include other institutions actively engaged in graduate education in Southeast Asian studies.
Grant principal investigator Abigail Cohn, professor of linguistics in the College of Arts and Sciences and a founding member of GETSEA, said, “I am gratified by this very tangible recognition of the work and collaborative framework that GETSEA has accomplished, and I look forward to furthering these innovative collaborations over the life of the grant and beyond, especially as we navigate a new era beyond Title VI.”
Since its inception, GETSEA has launched a suite of virtual initiatives, including graduate mini-courses, professional development workshops, a simulcast documentary screening series, and collaborative programming designed to support early-career scholars and sustain language and regional expertise. With the new funding, the consortium will deepen these efforts, expand access to shared resources and courses, and build new pathways for interdisciplinary research and training.
SEAP is part of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell’s hub for global area and thematic studies. Area studies programs in the United States are under increasing pressure as universities face budget constraints, federal funding cuts, and critiques from both ends of the political spectrum. At the same time, the need for deep regional expertise has never been greater.
“The Luce grant not only recognizes Cornell’s leadership in Southeast Asian studies, but also supports a project that should serve as a model for programs focused on other regional areas,” said Einaudi Center director Ellen Lust. “It fosters collaboration across the country and shows the power of working together in the face of increased constraints.”
As universities confront questions about the value of global research, GETSEA’s new phase represents an opportunity to create a model for sustaining capacity in the most rarely taught languages and provide meaningful networking opportunities for early-career scholars as teaching modalities shift.
Founded in 1950, SEAP is one of the oldest and most distinguished centers for Southeast Asian studies in the United States. As GETSEA’s administrator, SEAP will take a leading role in charting the future of area studies.
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