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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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Seeking Origins of the SEAP Brown-Bag Lectures

Five Years After Sweden’s Gui Minhai was Kidnapped we Must Keep Fighting for His Release

Magnus Fiskesjö, EAP, SEAP, PACS

GETSEA Consortium Picks Up Steam

Events

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Beauty Regimens: Disciplining Filipina Labor Under U.S. Empire 

12:40 pm

Virtual

“Why Study Buddhism in a Liberal Arts Education?” (Jane Marie Law, Cornell University)

4:00 pm

Virtual

Lingua Mater Alumni Competition Deadline

5:00 pm

Virtual

Lingua Mater Student 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

The Critical Language Scholarship Program

Study Abroad Opportunity
Attend a fully-funded summer overseas language program via CLS.

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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