Southeast Asia Program
SEALC-GETSEA Language Tuition Support Application 2025-2026

Application Deadline July 14
With support from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Southeast East Asian Language Council (SEALC) and the Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies (GETSEA) consortia awards financial assistance to students who incur tuition fees when studying a Southeast Asian language via synchronous distance learning during the academic year at an institution other than their home institution.
This award is intended to facilitate cross-institutional collaboration and increase access to Southeast Asian language instruction. Eligibility requires that the proficiency-oriented course is credit-bearing at a North American institution and that the applicant is a full-time student at a North American institution. Priority will be given to graduate students, but all are encouraged to apply. SEALC and GETSEA encourage applicants to consider attending the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) which serves as an excellent resource for summer language instruction. This award is intended to improve access during the academic year so that students can obtain multi-year instruction in a timely manner.
What does the assistance cover?
The award provides tuition reimbursement, minus a modest contribution from the student, for synchronous distance learning of a SE Asian language taught by a lecturer at a North American institution. Applications for tutoring arrangements or courses taught by FLTAs will not be accepted.
Application Deadline: The deadline for the 2025 – 26 academic year is July 14, 2025. Applications will only be considered complete once the SEALC has received 1) the online application and 2) a letter of recommendation from the applicant’s advisor, submitted via email to southeastasialanguagecouncil@gmail.com. Please direct your questions to southeastasialanguagecouncil@gmail.com.
Link to Application: tinyurl.com/getsealc25
Additional Information
Exposed - Forthcoming

Exposed tells the story of the orchestrated mass violence of 1965–1968 in Indonesia and its aftermat. By highlighting visual imagery, Geoffrey Robinson and Douglas Kammen fill a void in existing accounts, challenge distorted official narratives, and establish a basis on which new social memories and interpretations might be formed.
Book
53.95
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Type
- Book
Publication Details
Publication Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781501780592
Indigenous Dialectics - Forthcoming

In Indigenous Dialectics, Timo Duile explores the history of indigeneity as a political force in Indonesia, considering how it came into existence in relation to the state and political economy. Duile sheds light on indigeneity in the national context and analyzes how it developed dialectically from late colonialism to the post-reformasi era in its relation to the state.
Book
31.95
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Type
- Book
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Publication Year: 2026
ISBN: 9781501784903
Small Revolutionaries - Forthcoming

In Small Revolutionaries, Mai Anh Nguyen analyzes the life histories of young Vietnamese who participated in the military struggle against the US and its South Vietnamese allies from 1955–1975. Their contributions took many forms: intelligence gathering; camp care and maintenance; even the building and destruction of roads using simple tools. Through these activities and others, young people contributed to the victory of the Vietnamese revolutionary forces.
Book
31.95
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Type
- Book
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Publication Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781501783968
Desiring Thai Men - Forthcoming

Desiring Thai Men traces the transformative influence of vernacular Thai-language media on Thailand's gay communities from the 1980s through the 2010s. Narupon Duangwises and Peter A. Jackson analyze dramatic changes in the visual representation and languaging of masculine desire and sexual identity among Thai gay men that were reflected in Thai gay magazines and gendered practices in Bangkok's gay bars, fitness centers, and video chatrooms.
Book
34.95
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Program
Type
- Book
Publication Details
Publication Year: 2025
ISBN: 9781501783630
Charlotte (Char) Marie Chadwick

Visiting Scholar
Charlotte Marie Chadwick (Char) is a Visiting Scholar at SEAP during the Fall semester. They will be working under the guidance of Professor Arnika Fuhrmann.
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Cornell Atkinson Awards Catalyze Solutions in Food, Climate, Clean Energy

Sarosh Kuruvilla, SEAP/SAP
With support from the Cornell Atkinson Center, Sarosh Kuruvilla and Jason Judd are leading a project to test and estimate costs of factory-level heat interventions. “Climate change is already negatively impacting worker livelihoods and industry sustainability,” says Sarosh Kuruvilla, acting director of the Southeast Asia Program. “The global fashion industry urgently needs to adapt, to protect worker health and long-term earnings.”
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Fishing Supports Social Well-being for Myanmar Refugees

Nicole T. Venker and Katie Fiorella
A Migrations-funded study draws from interviews to examine the importance of access to environmental resources for migrants and to understand how fishing supports multiple dimensions of social well-being.
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Translating Communities in Culture & Conservation Through Picture Books

Southeast Asian Children’s Literature Workshop Series
This interactive workshop is designed for K-12 educators seeking to integrate Southeast Asian literature into their teaching. In this workshop, participants will explore how picture books convey themes of cultural identity, environmental conservation, and community values across Southeast Asia.
This workshop is part of an online workshop series hosted by the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, the University of Hawai’i Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and the Michigan State University Asian Studies Center. Each session highlights different children’s books and explores ways to use literature to engage students with Southeast Asian cultures, languages, and themes.
Workshop #1: Lutung & the Bees
June 15, 10:00–11:30am (HST) | 4:00–5:30pm (EDT)
Workshop Leaders: Kirstin Pauka & I Made Moja
Register here: bit.ly/3GOKnJS
Workshop #2: Two Friends, One World
June 15, 1:00–2:30pm (HST) | 7:00–8:30pm (EDT)
Workshop Leader: Pia Arboleda
Register here: bit.ly/4iWFr31
Workshop #3: The Orphan’s Harp
June 15, 3:00–4:30pm (HST) | 9:00–10:30pm (EDT)
Workshop Leaders: Ben Fairfield, Karese Ka-wuh, & Chi Suwichan
Register here: bit.ly/4kd9CUF
Workshop #4: Translating Communities in Culture & Conservation Through Picture Books
June 19, 9:00-11:00am (HST) | 3:00-5:00pm (EDT)
Workshop Leaders: Kaja McGowan, Jolanda Pandin, Hannah Phan
Register here: bit.ly/3GOVOkJ
Workshop #5: Teaching Southeast Asian Children’s Literature in K-12 Classrooms
June 26, 9:00-11:00am (HST) | 3:00-5:00pm (EDT)
Workshop Leaders: Jeevan Karki, Doctoral Student, College of Education, Michigan State University
Register here: bit.ly/4dw98a3
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Program
Training of Language Teachers - Languages of Myanmar

Virtual Workshop June 13-15
The Training of Language Teachers specializing in the Languages of Myanmar is jointly organized by Cornell University’s Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Asia Center, the Saint Paul Public Schools’ Karen Language Program, and the Inya Institute.