SEAS Research

Under the supervision of its Curator, and with Council contributions, Yale maintains one of most extensive Southeast Asia library collections in the United States, located primarily in Yale's Sterling Memorial Library and affiliated schools. Materials in the Southeast Asia Collection are in both western and vernacular languages of the countries covered, and primarily emphasize the social sciences and humanities.

SEAS LIBRARY COLLECTION

SEAS STUDENT RESEARCH
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

YALE STUDENT RESEARCH
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

The Yale University Library began collecting material on Southeast Asia in 1899, when a teaching program focusing on the region was initiated. It was due to this early start that the library was able to acquire many of its now out-of-print serials, especially from the Dutch East Indies. Yale participates in cooperative acquisitions programs through the Library of Congress, collecting materials from Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The library also has benefited from agents in Cambodia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand. Two distinctive collections that have come to the library are the Maurice Durand Collection, which is particularly strong in the literature, history, and civilization of Indo-China, and the Yeh Hua Fen Collection, which consists mainly of books on Malaysia and Singapore.

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS: The Council provides limited financial support for research-related purposes of Yale students with a demonstrated commitment to the field of Southeast Asian Studies. Fellowship assistance may be provided for pre-dissertation or masters thesis field work, supplemental language training, or other academically relevant projects as merited. Research funding for Yale students is also available from numerous other sources within the University. See Grants to Students for details.