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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

Global Internships in Southeast Asia

Join a project with a global practitioner through the Southeast Asia Program. Global Interns receive an award totaling at least $3,000.

Fall 2023 Gatty Lecture Series

View the full list of talks here.

News

All news in this program

Laidlaw Scholars Build Global Communities

Undergraduate Research and Leadership

Apply for RAD Languages, FLAS

Fellowships Support Students Learning Uncommon Languages

Apply by Jan. 10: Undergraduate Global Scholars

Speak Up for Global Free Speech

Events

All events in this program

The Shadow Image: Transnational Southeast Asian Feminist Practices and Pedagogies

12:20 pm

Rockefeller Hall, 374

Vietnamese Conversation Hour

4:00 pm

Stimson Hall, G25

Fernando Amorsolo: Master Painter of Philippine Sunlight and Elite Conceptions of Nature

12:20 pm

Rockefeller Hall, 374

Thai Conversation Hour

7:00 pm

Virtual

Academics

All academics in this program

Labor Development and Society

Study Abroad Opportunity
Journey to Cambodia during winter session.

Minor in Asian Studies

Minor
A minor in Asian studies is an excellent way for students in any major to supplement their main course of study.

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!

Publications

All publications in this program

The Coalitions Presidents Make - Forthcoming

Marcus Mietzner

Southeast Asia Program

Infrastructures of Impunity - Forthcoming

Elizabeth F. Drexler

Southeast Asia Program

Resource Nationalism in Indonesia - Forthcoming

Eve Warburton

Southeast Asia Program

Social Media