SUNY/CUNY
Southeast Asia Consortium
Welcome
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.
Announcements
February 23: SUNY/CUNY SEAC online webinar “Making Sense of the Myanmar and Thai Elections: Complicated Processes, Fraught Results” 05:00 PM - 06:30 PM EST
March 1: Priority application deadline for 2026 Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI)
SUNY/CUNY SEAC Highlights
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2025-26 SEAC Workshop and Field School in Cambodia & Vietnam
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2024-25 Workshop and Field School
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Webinar: October 10, 2024
Upcoming Opportunities and Events
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Making Sense of the Myanmar and Thai Elections: Complicated Processes, Fraught Results
Online webinar via Zoom on Monday, February 23, 2026 from 05:00 PM to 06:30 PM
Speakers: Joel Sawat Selway & Dr. Kyaw Yin Hlaing with Meredith Weiss as moderator
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WORN WORLDS Exhibition
Fall/Winter 2025
Acts of Repair and Threads of Peace in the Wake of Discard
Virtual exhibition available; also on view in person until end of year at Mindanao State University-Marawi campus in the Philippines
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Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
Program runs June 15–August 7, 2026
Priority application deadline: March 1, 2026
Open to undergraduates, graduate students, adult learners, and high school juniors and seniors.
