Welcome

Welcome to the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies! Since 1999, CSEAS has been critical to sustaining and expanding Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA, serving to strengthen the discussion and dissemination of scholarly work on this important region.

UCLA CSEAS staff are currently working remotely. Please contact us at cseas@international.ucla.edu for virtual office hours.

For latest updates on CSEAS activities:

CSEAS Announcements 11/13/24

CSEAS 2023-2024 Year-in-Review


Upcoming Events

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Loy Krathong Festival

Thursday, November 21, 2024
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive Courtyard

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News & Announcements

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Apply to the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship program!

Summer and Academic Year FLAS Fellowships are available to support undergraduate and graduate students to study in modern foreign languages and area studies.

Monday, November 18, 2024

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Stephen Acabado wins National Book Award of the Philippines

Stephen Acabado, director of the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies, wins book prize for new reader “Plural Entanglements: Philippine Studies."

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

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Refugee Material Culture Initiative preserves refugee histories through digital humanities

In partnership with the Vietnamese Heritage Museum, the launch of this digital archive with artifacts made and/or used by Vietnamese refugees will make the history of refugees more accessible.

Monday, October 7, 2024

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Supeena Adler wins Hugo and Christine Davise Fund for Contemporary Music grant

The grant will invite Thai musicians, descendants of Mon music families, to the UCLA to teach Mon techniques, traditions, and contemporary repertoire to UCLA students and community practitioners.

Monday, April 1, 2024

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