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Southeast Asia Program

Cornell University

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

A stylized image of Angkor Wat

Spring 2026 Gatty Lecture Series

Thursdays at 12:15pm, Kahin Center.
A photo of a Thai-style pavilion at the Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin

Applications open for the Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute (SEASSI)

Priority deadline March 1, 2026, and funding is available from SEAP!

News

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Mobility and Circulation across Southeast Asia

Spring GETSEA Mini-Course, apply by Feb 13

Conference on Myanmar's Borderlands

Call for Papers

Funding for Faculty

Apply now for Einaudi research support!

Events

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Information Session: South Asia Summer Language Fellowships

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Using Archaeology, History and Geology to Build a Paleo-tsunami History for Southeast Asia

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Allure and Ambivalence: The Indian Aesthetic in Contemporary Thai Religious Worlds

12:15 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Information Session: Graduate Student Opportunities at the Einaudi Center

4:30 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Academics

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Junior Resident Fellows Program: Summer in Cambodia

Study Abroad Opportunity
Engage in advanced research and cultural exchange in Cambodia with the Junior Resident Fellows Program.

Southeast Asian Summer Studies Institute (SEASSI)

Program
Earn two semesters of language credit at SEASSI this summer!

Asian Studies Minors

Minor
Minor in East Asian studies, South Asian studies, Southeast Asian studies, or Sanskrit studies—with support from Einaudi's programs.

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

Publications

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Rightless Resistance

Ward Berenschot, Ahmad Dhiaulhaq, Afrizal, Otto Hospes, Daniel Peterson and Adriaan Bedner

Southeast Asia Program

Indigenous Dialectics

Timo Duile

Southeast Asia Program

Small Revolutionaries

Mai Anh Nguyen

Southeast Asia Program

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