GETSEA

Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies

SEAP is a founding member of the Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies consortium. 

GETSEA was formed with the mission of enhancing graduate education in Southeast Asian studies across North America through innovation and collaboration. The consortium launched in 2020 with a $275,000 grant by the Henry Luce Foundation through its Luce Initiative on Southeast Asia. GETSEA received an additional $1 million Luce grant to expand our activities in July 2025.

As a cross-institutional network led by the eight current and recent National Resource Centers (NRCs) on Southeast Asia, GETSEA is working to expand the collaborative infrastructure between the centers of Southeast Asian studies, including a virtual speaker series, specialized online mini-courses, a mentoring network, professional development workshops for graduate students, and the creation of a framework for shared language instruction. 

This collaboration between Southeast Asia centers will be critical as we continue to adapt to federal budget constraints. We hope you will take advantage of the expanded curricular and networking opportunities afforded by GETSEA.

GETSEA Receives $1 Mil Luce Grant

Grant principal investigator Abigail Cohn, professor of linguistics (A&S) and a founding member of GETSEA, said, “I look forward to furthering these innovative collaborations over the life of the grant and beyond, especially as we navigate a new era beyond Title VI.”

Read the Press Release

GETSEA Mini-Courses

If you are a faculty member at a GETSEA institution and are interested in offering a mini-course for students across the GETSEA institutions, please email us at getsea@cornell.edu to request an application.

GETSEA offers free and virtual mini-courses on topics in Southeast Asian studies, open to graduate students from a wide range of backgrounds. These courses do not offer credit, although students are encouraged to work with a faculty member at their institution to count the course toward an independent study credit. 

Explore the GETSEA website for information on the latest mini-courses.

Consortium Partners

The Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University serves as the administrative lead for GETSEA. 

• Cornell University (host)
• The University of Michigan
• Northern Illinois University
• University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
• University of Washington
• University of Wisconsin, Madison
• University of California, Los Angeles
• University of California, Berkeley

Questions?

Email GETSEA