Cornell Southeast Asia Program
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The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) is an interdisciplinary program of Cornell University
that focuses on the development of graduate training and research opportunities on the languages and cultures of Brunei
, Burma, Cambodia
, Indonesia
, Laos
, Malaysia, the Philippines
, Singapore
, Thailand
, and Vietnam
. Cornell is known for being one of the world's greatest centers for the study of Southeast Asia
. The SEAP at Cornell is designated as a National Resource Center
(NRC) by the United States Department of Education 2010 – 2014. Therefore, the SEAP is nationally prominent in promoting advanced foreign language training, area and international knowledge in the liberal arts and applied discipline focused on Southeast Asia.
The George McTurnan Kahin
Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia
is located in the historic "Treman House". The house was built by Robert Henry Treman, the son of an enterprising local family and the first member of that family to attend Cornell University and be elected to its board of trustees. George McT. Kahin Center is home to SEAP graduate students, visiting fellows and scholars, faculty members, and SEAP's Publication and Outreach offices.
The SEAP Publications at Cornell publishes and distributes academic books and a semi-annual journal on Indonesia. It aims to make scholarship on Southeast Asia widely available to interested readers and researchers. Books are divided into four main series. The Studies on Southeast Asia Series (SOSEA) is made up of substantial scholarly books, essay collections, and monographs, usually in the fields of history, anthropology, or political studies. The Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, which was initiated in 1956, publishes many translations of primary source materials, along with original studies of the nation's contemporary political events and the evolution of its government through the twentieth century. SEAP offers instructional language textbooks for students of Indonesian, Cambodian, Filipino, Thai, and Vietnamese. SEAP also publishes Indonesia, a semi-annual journal, that deals with Indonesia's politics, economics, language studies, literature, and the arts.
Cornell's Kroch Library has the largest collection of books on Southeast Asian Studies in North America. The Southeast Asia Collection, named in honor of John M. Echols, has been a joint undertaking of the university, the library, and the Southeast Asia Program with the goal of acquiring a copy of every publication of research value produced in the countries of Southeast Asia and publications about the region published in other parts of the world.
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
that focuses on the development of graduate training and research opportunities on the languages and cultures of Brunei
Brunei
Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...
, Burma, Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, Malaysia, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. Cornell is known for being one of the world's greatest centers for the study of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
. The SEAP at Cornell is designated as a National Resource Center
National Resource Center
The National Resource Center Program of the U.S. Department of Education provides funding grants to American universities to establish, strengthen, and operate language and area or international studies centers that will be national resources for teaching any modern foreign language.Also known as...
(NRC) by the United States Department of Education 2010 – 2014. Therefore, the SEAP is nationally prominent in promoting advanced foreign language training, area and international knowledge in the liberal arts and applied discipline focused on Southeast Asia.
The George McTurnan Kahin
George McTurnan Kahin
George McTurnan KahinSometimes referred to as George Kahin or George McT. Kahin. Some, but fewer, sources may also cite him as George M. Kahin. was an American historian and political scientist. He was one of the leading experts on Southeast Asia and a critic of United States involvement in the...
Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
is located in the historic "Treman House". The house was built by Robert Henry Treman, the son of an enterprising local family and the first member of that family to attend Cornell University and be elected to its board of trustees. George McT. Kahin Center is home to SEAP graduate students, visiting fellows and scholars, faculty members, and SEAP's Publication and Outreach offices.
The SEAP Publications at Cornell publishes and distributes academic books and a semi-annual journal on Indonesia. It aims to make scholarship on Southeast Asia widely available to interested readers and researchers. Books are divided into four main series. The Studies on Southeast Asia Series (SOSEA) is made up of substantial scholarly books, essay collections, and monographs, usually in the fields of history, anthropology, or political studies. The Cornell Modern Indonesia Project, which was initiated in 1956, publishes many translations of primary source materials, along with original studies of the nation's contemporary political events and the evolution of its government through the twentieth century. SEAP offers instructional language textbooks for students of Indonesian, Cambodian, Filipino, Thai, and Vietnamese. SEAP also publishes Indonesia, a semi-annual journal, that deals with Indonesia's politics, economics, language studies, literature, and the arts.
Cornell's Kroch Library has the largest collection of books on Southeast Asian Studies in North America. The Southeast Asia Collection, named in honor of John M. Echols, has been a joint undertaking of the university, the library, and the Southeast Asia Program with the goal of acquiring a copy of every publication of research value produced in the countries of Southeast Asia and publications about the region published in other parts of the world.