The Southeast Asian Movement - SEAM

A Yale student organization that aims to connect students, academics and practitioners together to exchange cutting-edge ideas about Southeast Asia in the US and beyond. in 2015, our vision caught the eye of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders' Initiative, a program launched by U.S. President Barack Obama under the U.S. Department of State. We were one of the 18 winners (out of 850+ applicants) in t

he 2015 Seeds for Future Grant competition under our earlier name, SEARCH. In its present iteration, SEAM envisions to provide a platform for students, academics and practitioners to exchange cutting-edge ideas that equip and advance discussions of Southeast Asia in and beyond the United States. Our mission is to create a multi-media presence at Yale through our online publication, educational videos, and hosting events that bring passionate Southeast Asianists together in inter-disciplinary and inter-regional engagement. Online, SEAM runs a semesterly publication that accepts rolling submissions on creative and critical works about Southeast Asia from graduate and undergraduate students. SEAM also runs SEAMseries, a high-quality and accessible curation of 3-5-minute videos to communicate important concepts by experts on issues in Southeast Asia. Speakers can be anyone from a politician to an academic, so long as they communicate ideas relevant to Southeast Asia. Anyone can submit questions to be answered by an interviewee. Our members write regular reports on Southeast Asian events and happenings at Yale, such as the Brownbag Lecture Series held by the Council for Southeast Asian Studies. We also organize events in close collaboration with the Asian American Cultural Centre (AACC) and Alliance for Southeast Asian Students (ALSEAS) at Yale to build a strong Southeast Asian student community on campus.