National Resource Center for Southeast Asian Studies

As a National Resource Center designated by the Title VI grant under the U.S. Department of Education, UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies is committed to expanding Southeast Asian language instruction, improving K-12 and post-secondary teaching training and promoting community outreach.

To read more about our ongoing activities: National Resource Center Programs 2022-2026 

Title VI Grant 2022-2026

UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies and UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies have worked together as a consortium National Resource Center for Southeast Asian Studies since 2000.

Our primary mandate under the Title VI grant for 2022-2026 is to further expand our impact by:

• promoting a Southeast Asian Studies network within the University of California and California State University systems to be developed through faculty speaker series, thematic working groups, and graduate student training;
• support students through the Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship in acquiring advanced Southeast Asian language skills and area studies expertise to pursue careers in academia, non-profit sectors, business, international organizations and other areas of national need;
• holding a series of pedagogy workshops for Southeast Asian language instructors based at universities and community colleges in California as well as nationally through collaboration with UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center, Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages and Southeast Asian Language Council;
• collaborating with teacher education and outreach programs under the UCLA History-Geography Project and the UCLA Fowler Museum to engage an increased number of K-12 teachers in California;
• developing curriculum materials, language teaching resources, and digital resources related to Southeast Asian Studies for educators that are accessible online;
• hosting regular public programs, cultural programs, and community events on campus to deepen understanding about Southeast Asia.

National Resource Center Programs 2018-2022

For a list of ongoing professional development opportunities for educators: 

UCLA Center X

UCLA Fowler Museum

UCLA Berkeley Office of Resources for International and Area Studies

UC Berkeley Professional Development for Educators 

To access our K-12 teacher resources: Curriculum Materials

Past K-12 teacher workshops and outreach programs organized by UCLA CSEAS:

Themes in World History: Democracy & Power (2023)
This K-12 teacher workshop focused on the Mexican Revolution, the Arab Spring, and the August Revolution in Vietnam to align with themes of democracy and power in world history curriculum in California. 

An Exploration of Kulintang Music in the Danongan Kalanduyan Collection (2023)
This symposium celebrated the launch of the UCLA Danongan Kalanduyan Collection with a performance by the Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble and a hands-on community workshop for educators and students.

Music from Northeast Thailand Workshop for SGVCC Youthbuild Charter School (2023)
High school students from the El Monte and Pomona sites of the San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps participated in this special workshop at UCLA, directed by Supeena Adler.

Sites of Encounter in World History: Malacca and Ottoman Empire, 1400-1800 (2021)
This two-day K-12 teacher training webinar focused on sites in Southeast Asia and the Middle East during the 15th-17th centuries to help teachers integrate more area studies into their classroom instruction.  

Sites of Encounter in World History: Gupta Empire and Srivijaya Kingdom, 300-1200 (2019)
This free two-day teacher training pedagogy workshop focused on South and Southeast Asia was developed for K-12 public school educators to align with the CA History Social Science Framework.

Teaching History Conference at UCLA (2019)
This conference explored the question: What can culturally relevant and inclusive teaching look like in history and social studies classrooms across the K-16 continuum?

The Future of Southeast Asia: Exploring Issues of Religion, Politics, and Territories (2018)
UCLA CSEAS Director George Dutton joined the Indonesian General Consul and other international affairs experts on a panel at a workshop for 100+ students and educators at Polytechnic High School in Pasadena. 

Cudamani: Balinese Gamelan and Dance (2018)
In partnership with the UCLA Center for the Art of Performance, UCLA CSEAS brought Cudamani, a Balinese gamelan and dance group, to campus for a workshop for 1500 K-12 students and teachers. 

Bringing Balinese Gamelan to K-12 students and educators in LA (2017)
UCLA CSEAS hosted a lecture demonstration on Balinese gamelan for a group of 80 music students and their teachers from Porter Middle School. 

International Studies K-12 Workshop (2011)
This K-12 teacher workshop teachers focused on the International Studies Advisory curriculum framework for teaching geography and world regions at different grade levels and across the curriculum.

Ongoing opportunities for Southeast Asian language instructors:

Southeast Asian Language Council
SEALC is a national organization that promotes and coordinates activities in the field of Southeast Asian language teaching in the US.

Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages
COTSEAL encourages new language instructors to join as members and attend upcoming workshops and conferences on Southeast Asian language teaching and pedagogy.

UCLA National Heritage Language Resource Center
The National Heritage Language Resource Center holds summer workshops and conferences focused on training cohorts of K-16 and community school instructors of heritage languages in the development of innovative heritage curricula to address the challenge of teaching heritage language students.

Past language workshops sponsored by UCLA CSEAS:

Symposium on Integrating Pragmatics into Asian Language Instruction (2024)

Symposium on Research and Teaching of Endangered/Marginalized Languages in East & SE Asia (2024)

Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages Workshops & Conferences

• COTSEAL 40 Hybrid Conference (2024) 
• Making AI Work for Teachers and Students (2023)
• COTSEAL 39 Hybrid Conference (2023) 
• Exploring the Language Learning Potential of Task-Based Language Teaching (2022) 
• COTSEAL 38 Hybrid Conference (2022)
• Aligning Proficiency-Based Reading Activities to Ensure Success with Reading Assessment (2022)
• Developing Learner's Proficiency with Every Lesson (2021)
• COTSEAL 37 Virtual Conference (2021) 
• Connecting Second Language Acquisition to Language Teaching (2021)
• COTSEAL 36 Virtual Conference (2020)
• COTSEAL 35 Conference (2019)
• COTSEAL 34 Conference (2018)

Southeast Asian Language Council Workshops

• Reading Materials Development Symposium (2023)
• Publication Workshop (2021)
• COTSEAL/SEALC Workshop on Heritage Language & Project-Based Learning (2020-2021)

UCLA NHLRC Virtual Heritage Language Conference (2022)

UCLA NHLRC Heritage Language Research Institutes

• Heritage Speakers as Real World Bilinguals (2024)
• Heritage languages and communities in the post-pandemic world (2023)
• Language similarity and language distance in bilingual/heritage situations (2021)
• Complexity in Heritage Grammars (2020)

UCLA NHLRC Heritage Language Teacher Workshop (2018-2023)

International Symposium on Malay/Indonesian Linguistics (2018)

Vietnamese teacher with a mission (2013)

The Center is committed to providing opportunities for any community college instructor in California to receive training to incorporate more Southeast Asian Studies into their curriculum and instruction.

To receive funding to attend workshops: ntong@international.ucla.edu

Ongoing opportunities for community college instructors:

UC Berkeley ORIAS Summer Institutes for Community College Teachers
The Office of Resources for International and Area Studies hosts a Community College Summer Institute every year, designed for community college and AP-level history and social studies teachers, exploring unique themes in World History and train teachers to incorporate new content into classroom lessons. 

Past community college workshops:

Teaching History Conference at UCLA (2019) 

UC Berkeley ORIAS Online World History Cohort (2018-2022)