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Southeast Asia Program

The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) was founded in 1950 to promote the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge about countries, cultures, and languages of the region. Since 1958, the U.S. Department of Education has continuously recognized SEAP as a Title VI National Resource Center. It is one of the world’s greatest concentrations of expertise on Southeast Asia.

Highlights

Fall 2021 Bulletin Now Available

Fall 2021 Gatty Lecture Series

News

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Faculty: Apply Now

Seed Grant Applications Due Oct. 29

Former Myanmar Parliamentary Candidate to Speak on 2020 Elections in Gatty Lecture Series

By the Cornell Sun

Meet Our New Program Directors

New Directors Take Helm at LACS, IES, SEAP

Events

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Rare Islamic Books in the Olin Library Collection, with Ali Houissa

3:00 pm

Virtual

Gatty Lecture Series: Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar's Failing Democratic Transition

12:15 pm

Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave

Lyndsey Deaton: No Place to Play? Studies of How Adolescents Use Public Space in Dispossessed Communities

12:25 pm

Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium

Lingua Mater Alumni Competition Deadline

5:00 pm

Virtual

Academics

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M.A. in Asian Studies

Master's
This program is designed for students who did not major in Asian Studies as undergraduates or who want more work in language and area

Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute (SEASSI)

Program
Earn two semesters of language credit at SEASSI this summer—now virtual!

Major in Asian Studies

Major
A major in Asian Studies is rewarding for students of all backgrounds, as the global presence of Asia becomes ever more visible. This degree offers students career opportunities in law, business, government, journalism, arts, education, post-secondary education, and more.

Minor in Asian Studies

Minor
A minor in Asian studies is an excellent way for students in any major to supplement their main course of study.

Publications

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Uneasy Military Encounters: The Imperial Politics of Counterinsurgency in Southern Thailand

Ruth Streicher

Southeast Asia Program

SEAP Bulletin Fall 2020

Cornell University Southeast Asia Program

Southeast Asia Program

Fifty Years in the Karen Revolution in Burma: The Soldier and the Teacher

Saw Ralph and Naw Sheera; Stephanie Olinga-Shannon, ed; Martin Smith, intro.

Southeast Asia Program

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