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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

Postdoctoral Fellow, Southeast Asia Social Sciences Initiative

Application Deadline: March 13, 2023

Spring 2023 Gatty Lecture Series

View the full listing of this semester's talks here

News

All news in this program

CU in Cambodia 2023

Blogs from our students in the field here

GETSEA Spring Mini-Course

ASEAN Regionalism in a Global Perspective

Golay Lecture: Transnational Families and the Temporary Migration Regime in Southeast Asia

Recording now available

Events

All events in this program

Cakravartin Kingship: Between Theory and Practice in Medieval Sri Lanka

12:15 pm

Uris Hall, G02

Info Session: Einaudi Center Minors Open House

4:30 pm

Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, 163 Uris Hall

Gatty Lecture: Sex and Gender in the Ethnographic Encounter in the Highlands of the American Colonial Philippines

12:30 pm

Kahin Center

"Buddhist-inflected Sovereignties Across the Indian Ocean: A Pali Arena, 1200–1550," a talk by Anne M. Blackburn

12:00 pm

Virtual

Academics

All academics in this program

Heritage, History, and Identity in Cambodia

Study Abroad Opportunity
Journey to Cambodia during winter session.

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.

Publications

All publications in this program

Between War and the State - Forthcoming

Van Nguyen-Marshall

Southeast Asia Program

Incomplete Conquests - Forthcoming

Stephanie Joy Mawson

Southeast Asia Program

The Drama of Dictatorship - Forthcoming

Joseph Scalice

Southeast Asia Program

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