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Welcome to the UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies! Our Center has been critical to sustaining and expanding Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA for 20 years, serving to strengthen the discussion and dissemination of scholarly work on this important region.

COVID-19 UPDATE: UCLA CSEAS faculty and staff are currently working from home. We will be offering virtual programming through August 2021.

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Read our e-newsletter for latest updates: 

  New! CSEAS 2020 Newsletter  

  CSEAS Announcements 4/19/21 


Upcoming Events

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Giving Back: Filipino American and the Politics of Diaspora Giving

Thursday, April 29, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
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Everyday Speculation in the Remaking of Peri-urban Jakarta

Wednesday, May 5, 2021
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
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Radical Storytelling: A Workshop with 140 LBS Creator Susan Lieu

Wednesday, May 12, 2021
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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News & Announcements

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Statement on Stop Asian Hate

We at the UCLA ALC Department, Center for Chinese Studies, Center for Korean Studies, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and Asia Pacific Center categorically condemn these acts of violence and incidents of hate speech.

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

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2021 Small Grant for Research on Indonesia

Indonesian Studies Small Grants are available to UCLA graduate and undergraduate students for research for Spring/Summer 2021. The application deadline is May 3, 2021.

Monday, April 5, 2021

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Andrew Le appointed to the 2021 GETSEA Graduate Student Council

Andrew N. Le will serve as the UCLA CSEAS representative on the first GETSEA Graduate Student Advisory Council, formed under the consortium for Graduate Education and Training in Southeast Asian Studies.

Thursday, April 1, 2021

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Pursuing community-engaged research as a scholar of and from the Philippines

UCLA alumna Stephanie Santos (Ph.D. 2018) speaks about her path into academia and why she brings feminist, queer theories into her work in Southeast Asian Studies.

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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