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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

Spring 2022 Gatty Lecture Series

News

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Bringing Fiction Writer Rattawut Lapcharoensap to My English Class through the Community College Internationalization Fellowship Program

by Stephen Pierson, Professor of English, Onondaga Community College

GETSEA Spring Mini-Courses

Apply by February 4!

How Ithaca Became a Haven for Refugees

Helping refugees from Myanmar and beyond

Events

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Gatty Lecture: Pro Environmental Behavior Consumption of Indonesian Consumers

8:00 pm

Kahin Center

"Thich Nhat Hanh and the Invention of Zen in Vietnamese Buddhism"

2:00 pm

Virtual

Info Session: Summer Language Programs and Funding Opportunities

4:45 pm

Virtual

Gatty Lecture: History from the Hills: Collectivized Agriculture and the Erasure of the Past in Cambodia's Northeast Highlands

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

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!

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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