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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.

News

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Call for Papers: SEAP Graduate Student Conference

Information on a Balinese eave hanging

Buddhist Nuns and Their Crusade for Recognition in Southeast Asia

Mary Kate Long, SEAP

Events

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The Police and the Public: Global Perspectives (Lund Critical Debate)

6:30 pm

Virtual

Realism as an Attitude as an Attitude

8:00 pm

Virtual

“Buddhism as Corporate Disruptor: Pre-Modern and Modern Perspectives” (Matthew D. Milligan, Trinity)

4:00 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 of all backgrounds 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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