Welcome to SEASSI!
Summer 2024 session dates: June 17 – August 9
The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) is an eight-week intensive language training program for undergraduates, graduate students, professionals, and non-traditional students. Students learn speaking, reading, listening, and writing skills through classroom instruction and a full range of co-curricular activities.
Languages offered through SEASSI include:
Burmese | Filipino | Hmong | Indonesian | Javanese | Khmer | Lao | Thai | Vietnamese
We are thrilled that you are interested in studying a Southeast Asian Language!
Please review our website for program details, and feel free to call (608-265-2652) or email (seassi@lpo.wisc.edu) for more information.
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Sign up for our mailing list and indicate your language(s) of interest, find out about SEASSI events and programming, including updates on SEASSI 2024, funding, employment, sponsorship opportunities and more!
SEASSI is administered and hosted by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Language Program Office at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
SEASSI is an integral part of a nationwide network of language faculty from the institutions that are members of the SEASSI network.
"I am so happy that I decided to come to SEASSI [...], I was able to make new friends and learn with a great instructor."
SEASSI Alum
All About SEASSI
Each language course is equivalent to two semesters of study, with full academic year credit.
Instruction is given in small individualized groups taught by a team consisting of a coordinator (usually a linguist specializing in Southeast Asian language pedagogy) and teachers who are native speakers of that language.
Instruction is intensive. Students will receive 8 credits and a letter grade (A-F) after completing the program.
SEASSI participants must complete both 4-week sessions for a total of 8 weeks during the summer program. Classes are held from 8am to 12:30pm, Mondays-Fridays. Most students find that they spend an additional three to four hours per day on homework.
Robust History!
SEASSI is proud to have such a long history within the Southeast Asian Languages and Less Commonly Taught Languages communities!
Find out more by clicking the link below!
News and Events
Events
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Sep29
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Oct03
Virtual Event: Intelligence Careers @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Virtual. Register at link in description.
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Mar14
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference - Seattle, WA AAS Website
SEASSI Partners
Wish to sponsor & collaborate with SEASSI? Contact us: seassi@lpo.wisc.edu
SEASSI is sponsored and supported by the following centers, national resource centers, and institutional partners. Our SEASSI community includes:
UW-Madison Affiliated
Stakeholder Network
- Arizona State University
- Cornell University
- Michigan State University
- Northern Illinois University
- Ohio University
- University of California-Berkeley
- University of California-Los Angeles
- University of Hawai'i at Manoa
- University of Michigan
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Washington
- Yale University