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

March 16-19: 15th Annual Southeast Asia Week at SUNY Buffalo State

March 18: Book launch at 05:00PM EST for Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia

March 27: Proposal submission deadline for 2026 AAARI Symposium “The New Asian NYC: Mobilization, Grassroots Power & Pluralistic Futures”

March 30: Application deadline for SEAC Spring 2026 Research & Publishing Grants

April 1: Extended application deadline for Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute

SUNY/CUNY SEAC Highlights

  • Webinar: Making Sense of the Myanmar and Thai Elections (Recording available)

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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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Upcoming Events & Opportunities

  • Spring '26 Research & Publishing Grants

    For faculty and graduate students

    Awardees will be notified by mid-April

    Application deadline: Monday, March 30, 2026

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  • 15th Annual Southeast Asia Week

    “Why Southeast Asia? Groundbreaking Experiences and Knowledge of the Region and Beyond”

    March 16-19, 2026

    Virtual attendance available for Event #4

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  • Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia

    Book launch on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM EST

    In-person and virtual attendance both available

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  • 2026 AAARI Symposium Call for Proposals

    “The New Asian NYC: Mobilization, Grassroots Power & Pluralistic Futures”

    Submission Deadline: Friday, March 27, 2026

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  • GETSEA Simulcast Film Screening: Sotong & Against This Messy World

    April 6, 2026 at 05:00PM EST

    If you are interested in holding a screening at your campus, please reach out to Chris Hulshof at chulshof@wisc.edu

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  • Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute

    Program runs June 15–August 7, 2026

    Extended application deadline: April 1, 2026

    8-week learning courses for nine Southeast Asian languages

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  • WORN WORLDS Exhibition

    “Acts of Repair and Threads of Peace in the Wake of Discard”

    An art exhibition by Ezra Undag and Jaclyn Reyes

    Virtual exhibition available

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