Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute Reports

Abstract

Since its founding in 1970 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison by Toenggoel P. Siagian, the Indonesian Studies Summer Institute (ISSI), and its successor the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) have been at the vanguard of intensive language learning and area studies training in the United States. ISSI was fostered by the University of Wisconsin-Madison until the summer of 1978, when the program moved to the University of California, Berkeley. In 1981, it moved again to Ohio University, where the last ISSI and the first SEASSI were held in 1983 under the leadership of William H. Frederick. From 1984 to 2000, SEASSI rotated across consortium members every two years. The University of Michigan hosted it from 1984 through 1985, Northern Illinois University from 1986 through 1987, and so on. When, in the late 1990s, the consortium decided SEASSI should have a permanent host, the University of Wisconsin-Madison won the bid and has remained its home since 2000. A majority of the reports contain the following five parts: a final administrative report, a language director report, an external evaluation, a financial report, and a list of faculty. These reports may be of use to researchers interested in the histories of the teaching of Southeast Asian languages, of area studies, and of Southeast Asia-America circulations of faculty, students, and staff.