With eleven countries and nearly 700 million people, Southeast Asia is a rich and complex region of the world. To understand this region requires an appreciation for the long historical experiences of the different societies and an in-depth engagement with their complicated current-day realities.

“We at CSEAR are committed to serving as a place where all studies related to Southeast Asia, from the sciences to the arts, can find a home.”

It is where UBC students and faculty members working on Southeast Asia currently hold interdisciplinary discussions and learn from one another. It is also where Southeast Asians in the Vancouver area can become acquainted with academic studies about the region and contribute their own views to the ongoing debates about its past, present, and future.

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Welcome to CSEAR!

Dr. John Roosa

Director, 2023-24