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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.

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Events

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Binding Contestation: How Party-Military Relations Influenced Democratization in Indonesia and Paraguay

12:40 pm

Virtual

Global Challenges to Democracy: Perspectives from Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America

11:00 am

Virtual

Dynamics of Tamil Urban Ethnoterritories in Diaspora (Kuala Lumpur, Paris and Singapore), by Delon Madavan, with Sharika Thiranagama

11:15 am

Virtual

Conceptualizing Migrant Farmworker Rights in Asia

3:00 pm

Virtual

Academics

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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 Southeast Asian Studies

Minor
A minor in Asian Studies is an excellent way for students of all backgrounds to supplement their main course of study.

Global Citizenship and Sustainability in Borneo

Study Abroad Opportunity
Study global citizenship and sustainability in the indigenous communities of Malaysian Borneo.

News

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Global Public Voices: Apply Today!

New Faculty Opportunity Promotes Public Engagement

'Thailand's Inconvenient Truth.' Why This Billionaire is Risking It All to Back Reform of the Monarchy

Fall 2020 Gatty Lecture Series

Publications

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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

The Republic of Vietnam, 1955–1975: Vietnamese Perspectives on Nation Building

Tuong Vu and Sean Fear, eds.

Southeast Asia Program

Activists in Transition: Progressive Politics in Democratic Indonesia

Thushara Dibley and Michele Ford, eds.

Southeast Asia Program