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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 group of students pose for a photo in Cambodia.

Global Internships in Southeast Asia

Apply for a Global Internship in Southeast Asia by December 15. Interns receive an award totaling at least $3,000.
A photo of a mosque. Lubuk Minturun, Padang City, West Sumatra, Indonesia.

Fall 2025 Gatty Lecture Series

Thursdays at 12:15pm, Kahin Center.

News

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Golay Lectures Now on YouTube

Five previous lectures available for viewing.

Cold War: The Mysterious

Exhibition now at the Johnson Museum by Thasnai Sethaseree.

13th Frank H. Golay Memorial Lecture: Restitution in the Making of Southeast Asia Today

November 6, hybrid lecture.

Events

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World in Focus: Drone Threats in Europe

4:00 pm

Uris Hall, G08

Information Session: Laidlaw Scholars Leadership & Research Program

5:00 pm

Virtual

Commodification and Revival of Kalinga Tattoos in Northern Philippines

12:15 pm

Kahin Center

Stoikov Lecture on Asian Art: Thasnai Sethaseree

5:15 pm

Johnson Museum of Art, Robinson Lecture Hall

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!

Teaching of Indonesian (COTI) Summer Intensive Language Program

Study Abroad Opportunity
Study Indonesian language and culture in Salatiga, Indonesia.

Asian Studies Minors

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

Publications

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Indigenous Dialectics - Forthcoming

Timo Duile

Southeast Asia Program

Small Revolutionaries - Forthcoming

Mai Anh Nguyen

Southeast Asia Program

Exposed - Forthcoming

Geoffrey Robinson and Douglas Kammen

Southeast Asia Program

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