Greetings from Athens, Ohio.  Thank you for visiting the Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS) Program web site.  Here you will find information on SEAS academic programs, campus events, global partnerships, and community outreach, as well as profiles of many of our faculty, administrators, and students.  For more than forty years, Ohio University (OHIO) has supported research and study of every country in Southeast Asia, with particular focus on the island and peninsular portions of the region, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, along with Thailand and Cambodia.  We are particularly proud of our extensive library collection on Southeast Asia, which houses tens of thousands of monographs, journals, newspapers, and government documents related to the region. 

I write this message having just returned from a month-long journey throughout Southeast Asia, meeting with our current partner institutions and associates and exploring possibilities for future collaboration.  As during my previous travels, I was once again overwhelmed by the beauty of Southeast Asia’s varied rural landscapes, the dynamism of its urban communities, and the generosity and wisdom of the myriad individuals and groups I had the good fortune to meet. I return to Athens and OHIO with renewed enthusiasm and commitment to strengthen our program and to continue to work toward fulfilling the Center for International Studies’ mission to serve as a “catalyst for interdisciplinary and experiential engagement among faculty and students across the institution,” and across the globe.  

I look forward to serving the SEAS community, and hope you will join me in both celebrating our program’s existing strengths as well as encouraging new growth and meeting new challenges.   

Please feel free to email me at suc@ohio.edu or to call me at (740) 593-1841 with any comments or suggestions throughout the year.

With all best wishes,

Christine Su, Ph.D.
Interim Director
Summer 2011