SUNY/CUNY

Southeast Asia Consortium

The SUNY/CUNY SEAC is an interdisciplinary initiative to promote research, teaching, and related efforts around Southeast Asia and Southeast Asian Americans in New York’s public universities.

The Southeast Asia Consortium (SEAC) aims to develop institutional infrastructure and robust connections across New York’s public university systems — the 64-campus, 370,000-student State University of New York (SUNY) and 25-campus, 270,000-student City University of New York (CUNY) — with the wider New York public and policy community, and with counterparts in Southeast Asia.

The statewide SEAC links faculty, students, alumni, and surrounding communities.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

GETSEA Southeast Asian Studies Summer Workshop Series

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Luce Scholars Program Info Session Webinars

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Teach a COIL Class

Connect your students with Southeast Asia!

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Call for Abstracts: 29th Cornell SEAP Graduate Conference

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Dates & Deadlines

July 13: GETSEA Southeast Asian Studies Summer Workshop Series Session 4: Professional & Educational Development II (5:30 - 6:30PM CT)

July 15: Luce Scholars Program Info Session: Open to All Webinar (1:30 - 2:30PM ET) + Abstract submission deadline for Breakdown and Reconfiguration: 29th Cornell SEAP Graduate Conference

July 27: GETSEA Southeast Asian Studies Summer Workshop Series Session 5: Music & Culture II (5:30 - 6:30PM CT)

August 5: Luce Scholars Program Info Session: Open to All Webinar (12:00 - 1:00PM ET)

August 24: Luce Scholars Program Info Session: Applicants only – Program review and application Q&A (3:00 - 4:00PM ET)

September 1: Luce Scholars Program Info Session: Applicants only – Application Q&A (1:00 - 2:00PM ET)

October 1: Submission deadline for Spring 2027 “Teach a COIL Class: Connect your students with Southeast Asia!”

October 22 - October 23: Breakdown and Reconfiguration: 29th Cornell Southeast Asia Program Graduate Conference

Testimonials

“It was incredible to participate in the workshop and field school program in Chiang Mai. The entire program was intellectually stimulating, culturally rich, and, most importantly, convivial… To be able to bridge my home institution and my home/research area was a generative experience for me.”

Tenn Joe Lim, The Graduate Center

“In my ten years as a professor, I've never had such an extended, dedicated, and immersive experience with faculty and students… We really formed meaningful connections by doing research in the field together. This is one of the most profound things I've ever done as an academic.”

Benjamin Tausig, Stony Brook University

“I felt enriched by my time in Cambodia and Vietnam… Walking through communities, sharing meals, engaging in conversations and being welcomed into cultural practices offered moments of connection and appreciation that speak to the goodness of humanity - regardless of geography or language.”

S. Marlon Gayadeen, Buffalo State University