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 two book prizes for Southeast Asia scholars—the Harry J. Benda Prize and the George McT. Kahin Prize.

SEAC Council Members

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

Meredith Weiss, University at Albany, SUNY, mweiss@albany.edu
Penny Edwards, UC-Berkeley, pennyedwards@berkeley.edu
Eric Tagliacozzo, Cornell University, et54@cornell.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

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
  
• 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)
  Raymond Lum, rlum@fas.harvard.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