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What is the state of Religious Pluralism in Indonesia?
Cornell Modern Indonesia Program Conference, “The State of Religious Pluralism in Indonesia,” brings together scholars from across the globe to discuss pluralism, intolerance, and nationalism in the...
SEAP faculty Eric Tagliacozzo looks at Southeast Asia in podcast
“Water Connections,” a new episode of the “What Makes Us Human” podcast series, explores the critical role the oceans have played in Southeast Asia. The podcast’s fourth season -- "What Does Water...
Bartels Lecturer Outlines How Developing Countries Can Build Human Capital
“One thing is for sure: To make the best of Industry 4.0, developing countries must continue to improve the quality of human capital,” said Sri Mulyani Indrawati – two-time Indonesian minister of...
Democracy for Sale: Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia
"Democracy for Sale promises to be a major contribution to Indonesian politics, and also a book that will be read, discussed, and cited by authors working cross-nationally." - TOM PEPINSKY, Cornell...
Culture kit success
It's been a busy season at the outreach lending library, and we are excited to share some success stories. From high school culture clubs celebrating the Lunar New Year with calligraphy to Girl Scout...
Afterschool Language and Culture Program Podcast
Brenna Fitzgerald, Arbias Llolluni, and Thamora Fishel speak with Angelika Kraemer, Director of the Language Resource Center, about the Afterschool Language and Culture Program in this podcast. This...
New SEAP Publication!
In "Scandal and Democracy," Mary E. McCoy explores how newly democratizing nations can avoid reverting to authoritarian solutions in response to the daunting problems brought about by sudden change....
Researchers seek alternatives to Mekong River hydropower dam
The Mekong River, flowing from the Tibetan Plateau through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam to the South China Sea, is a hotbed of ecological diversity and roughly 60 million people...
Call for Papers: Sixth International Conference on Lao Studies
SEAP and the Center for Lao Studies (CLS) are pleased to announce that the Sixth International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS6) will be held on June 13-15, 2019 in Ithaca. The main objective of the...
Indigenous Movements and Political Sovereignty in Borderland Zones
Emily Hong is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology, and her research intersects political and legal anthropology, feminist and decolonial epistemology, indigenous media and...
Linguistics major spends summer immersed in the study of Southeast Asian languages
Thanks to a fellowship from Cornell’s Southeast Asia Program, Javier Agredo ’19, spent the summer studying Thai at the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute.
The Undulating Landscape of Lao Cinema
By: Chairat Polmuk, PhD candidate, Asian studies
Cornell faculty and leadership begin to tackle grand challenges
As a pre-eminent research institution and New York’s land-grant university, Cornell is uniquely suited to tackle “grand challenges” like the ones discussed at the Nov. 8-9 Global Grand Challenges...
Shrimp and Development: Why Thailand 4.0 Agricultural Policies Are Unlikely to Benefit Small Farmers
By: Katie Rainwater, Ph.D. candidate in Development Sociology
Visiting Fellow Spotlight: Hang Nguyen
Dr. Hang Thi Thuy Nguyen is a lecturer at the Faculty of International Politics and Diplomacy of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in Hanoi, Vietnam. She will be working on a research project at...
Early Asian alumni website is now live
The Asian Alumni Project is a digital platform with photos, a database, and timeline that spotlights Cornellians who either came from Asia or spent a significant time there after graduation.
October 19 SEAP Book Launch at Kahin
SEAP hosted a book launch event on Friday, October 19 at the Kahin Center to honor faculty authors, especially Thak Chaloemtiarana, a retired professor in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell.
What the US Can Learn from China and India’s Engagement With Myanmar
As U.S. pressure tactics have proven unable to improve conditions for the Rohingya, it is worth considering alternatives. Written by SEAP Undergraduate student Abigail Chen.
Visiting Fellow Spotlight: Darsono Hadiraharjo
Darsono Hadiraharjo is a prominent Indonesian musician and shadow puppeteer who believes in the deep connections of the performing arts.
Improvisational Islam: Indonesian Youth in a Time of Possibility
Improvisational Islam is about novel and unexpected ways of being Muslim, where religious dispositions are achieved through techniques that have little or no precedent in classical Islamic texts or...- 1 of 6
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