Northern Illinois University's Web Site
Home Academics Events People Publications Outreach Contact Us

Other Resources
SEAsite: Interactive Learning Resources for Southeast Asia
Center for Burma Studies
Library Resources
Southeast Asia Digital Library
Southeast Asian Links
Philippine Youth Leadership Program  
   (Access Philippines Program)
ARMM Program (Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Program)
Cultural Citizens & North-South Dialogue Project
 

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies was established in 1963 at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Located 65 miles west of Chicago, Northern Illinois University is a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate university with approximately 23,000 students. A federally funded National Resource Center since 1997, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies provides leadership, focus, and coordination for Southeast Asian studies at the university. It also provides outreach and K-12 teacher training for communities throughout northern Illinois.








One of our most unique resources is SEAsite, a comprehensive and varied set of interactive learning resources for studying Southeast Asian languages, literatures and cultures on the world wide web - all developed here by faculty and students and accessible from our home page.

CURRENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies is pleased to announce that the new director will be Dr. James Collins. Dr. Collins is a linguist with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He comes to us as a Professor of Malayo-Polynesian Linguistics at Institut Alam dan Tamadun Melayu, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, where he has been since 1995. Prior to that, he was a Professor of Indo-Pacific Languages at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. In addition to his accomplishments as a linguist, Dr. Collins brings considerable experience as a center director, conference organizer and author of successful grant proposals. He brings a wealth of first-hand experience in the region, while also an Illinois native that we're happy to welcome home.

The Mandala Newsletter - Spring 2008 

The Center for Southeast Asian Studies hosted a delegation of librarian professionals from Southeast Asia on June 23-24, 2008. More...

CSEAS is very proud to announce that Anies Baswedan (Ph.D. Political Science, NIU 2007) has been listed by Foreign Policy Magazine as among the 100 Top Public Intellectuals world-wide. Anies is currently president of Paramadina University in Jakarta, Indonesia, and a noted political analyst. He studied with Dr. Dwight King and played a leading role in the student movements in Indonesia in the late 1990s.  Foreign Policy Magazine

PHILIPPINE CULTURE NIGHT, Friday, April 25th in Wirtz Hall 100. 
See a slide show (Press Page Down to go to next slide)

Fall 2008 Courses available for SEA minor or graduate concentration in SEA studies

Spring 2008 Brown Bag Lecture Series

Study Abroad Program in Malaysia this summer. Read about it here.  Click on picture to see You Tube Video.Study Abroad - Malaysia

Study Abroad Program in Thailand this summer.  Read about it here.

Exhibit Opening and Reception for the NIU Anthropology Museum exhibit, Cambodia Born Anew: Kamnoet Khmae Tmey -- Chicago Tribune Article

A new grant entitled "Cultural Citizens and North-South Dialogue: Building the National Identity and Civic Participation in the Philippines" was awarded to CSEAS members Dr. Sue Russell (Anthropology) and Dr. Lina Davide-Ong (International Training Office) by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State.  The grant begins September 1, 2007 and ends December 2009.  More...

Congratulations to Julia Lamb, our Outreach Coordinator, for being selected to receive the 2007 SPS Presidential Award for Excellence. Full story...

Please view a PowerPoint presentation about our Center.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the NIU Center for Southeast Asian Studies a $1.7 million grant for its continued program and worldwide outreach efforts. Full Story...

Full Details on our NRC Grant

Northern Illinois University Libraries, along with a consortium of U.S. institutions represented by Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA) and several international partners have won a grant from the US Department of Education to create the Southeast Asia Digital Library. Full Story...


A federally funded National Resource Center since 1997, the Center for Southeast Asian Studies provides leadership, focus, and coordination for Southeast Asian studies at the university. cseas@niu.edu