The Southeast Asia Council (SEAC)

The Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) is one of four regional councils operating within the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Created in 1970, these councils represent the interests of scholars working in their respective geographical areas.

Collectively, the four area councils and the Council of Conferences serve as the major policy body for the Association of Asian Studies, providing liaison between the Board of Directors and the members at large.

The Southeast Asia Council administers three book prizes for Southeast Asia scholars—the Harry J. Benda Prize, the George McT. Kahin Prize, and the A.L. Becker Southeast Asian Literature in Translation Prize.

ATTN STUDENTS: The Southeast Asia Council administers a prize for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the AAS Annual Conference.

SEAC Council Members

Chair: Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania, jmcdan@sas.upenn.edu

Jeffrey Hadler, University of California, Berkeley, hadler@berkeley.edu
Chie Ikeya, National University of Singapore, seaci@nus.edu.sg
Kheang Un, Northern Illinois University, kun1@niu.edu
Celia Lowe, University of Washington, lowe@u.washington.edu
Tuong Vu, University of Oregon, thvu@uoregon.edu
Patricio Abinales, Kyoto University, abinales@gmail.com
George Dutton, UCLA, dutton@humnet.ucla.edu
Andrew Willford, Cornell University, acw24@cornell.edu

SEAC Committees

Country Specific Groups

• Burma Studies Group
  F. K. Lehman, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, f-lehman@uiuc.edu
• Indonesia and East Timor Studies Committee (Publisher of Antara Kita)
  Contact (Co-Chairs): Nancy J. Smith-Hefner, Boston University, smhefner@bu.edu or Jim Hoesterey, jbhoesterey@gmail.com.
  
• Malaysia/Singapore/Brunei Studies Group
  Publisher of Berita
  
• Philippine Studies Group
  For information contact Paul A. Rodell at rodell@georgiasouthern.edu.
• Thailand/Laos/Cambodia Group
  For membership information contact Justin McDaniel at jmcdan@sas.upenn.edu
• Vietnam Studies Group

Related Committees

• Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA)
  Chair: Jeffrey Shane, Southeast Asian Librarian, Ohio Univeristy; shane@ohio.edu
• Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages (COTSEAL)
  Publisher of the Journal of Southeast Asian Language Teaching and COTSEALETTER
• Translations Project
  Judith Henchy, Head, SE Asia Section
  Box 352900, University of Washington
  Seattle, WA 98195
  Tel: (206) 543-3986; E-Mail: judithh@u.washington.edu

SEAC PRIZE FOR BEST GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER

The Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies announces the 2012 competition for the best paper on a Southeast Asia topic presented by a graduate student at the AAS Conference in Toronto.

The prize will recognize emerging scholarship in the field and foster intellectual exchange among junior and senior scholars. The award of $200.00 and a certificate will be presented at the 2013 AAS Conference Graduate Student reception in San Diego.

The Council encourages graduate students who present papers at the March 2012 Conference in Toronto to submit their papers for consideration (approximately 7,000 words maximum). Papers on any aspect and region of Southeast Asia will be considered. Students must be registered in a doctoral program in order to be considered for the Prize.

Please submit your 2012 conference paper, proof of current doctoral program registration, and panel abstract in PDF format by March 18, 2012 to Prof. Justin McDaniel: jmcdan@sas.upenn.edu. Papers received after March 18, 2012 will not be considered.