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Southeast Asia Program

Cornell University

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

Spring 2025 Gatty Lecture Series

The Spring 2025 Gatty Lecture poster is now available here.

Applications open for the Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute (SEASSI)

Priority deadline March 15, 2025, and funding is available from SEAP!

News

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Borrowing Paradise: A Balinese Ritual Story

Review of Kaja McGowan's new children's book

Deadline Extended for Select Global Internships

Apply by Jan. 15

How scientists are using behavioral studies to help solve elephant-human conflict in Thailand

Joshua Plotnik featured on CBS 60 Minutes

Events

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Information Session: Latin American Studies Undergraduate Minor

5:00 pm

Virtual

Desiring Distinctions: Totalizing Images and Coercions of Community in Multiracial, Multilingual Singapore

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Bodies that (Un)Bind: The Production of Tomboy and Transgender Knowledge in Thailand

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Heading Into Bangkok: Transnational Dialectics of Queerness and Race in Cold War Thailand

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Academics

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Junior Resident Fellows Program: Summer in Cambodia

Study Abroad Opportunity
Engage in advanced research and cultural exchange in Cambodia with the Junior Resident Fellows Program.

Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute (SEASSI)

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

Teaching of Indonesian (COTI) Summer Intensive Language Program

Study Abroad Opportunity
Study Indonesian language and culture in Salatiga, Indonesia.

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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For the Sake of Forests and Gods - Forthcoming

Wolfram H. Dressler

Southeast Asia Program

Communication against Capital - Forthcoming

Rianne Subijanto

Southeast Asia Program

Chasing Archipelagic Dreams - Forthcoming

David R. Saunders

Southeast Asia Program

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