[Tlc] SEASSi

[justinm at ucr.edu]

The Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (SEASSI) offers
beginning, 
intermediate and advanced level instruction in Burmese,
Filipino, Hmong, 
Indonesian, Khmer, Lao,  Thai and Vietnamese.  Javanese may be
offered 
if enrollments are high enough.  Advanced level instruction at
all 
levels is dependent upon sufficient enrollments.  In addition,
Heritage 
language instruction is offered in Filipino, Hmong, Khmer, Lao
and 
Vietnamese.  Heritage students are students who grew up
speaking or 
understanding one of these languages in their home, but who
may not be 
able to read, write or speak the language formally.

The deadline for Heritage Fellowships at SEASSI is past, but
note that 
applications are still being accepted for the new "Undergraduate 
Scholars Fellowship," until April 16, 2007.

This scholarship will provide, for 20 undergraduate students
studying 
Southeast Asian languages, full tuition for SEASSI 2007, up to
$200 
travel allowance for qualifying students, and a $1,800 living
stipend.

If you missed the Heritage Fellowship deadline, or if you
otherwise put 
off applying for financial reasons, consider taking a shot at
this new 
fellowship, funded by the Henry Luce Foundation.

Note that the General Application deadline for SEASSI and the
Tuition 
Fellowship deadline has also been extended until April 16.  Award 
announcements will be made by May 1.  SEASSI takes place this
year from 
June 18 to August 10.

You can read more about the scholarship (and about applying to
SEASSI in 
general) here:

http://seassi.wisc.edu/Admission/SEASSIundergradscholarsfellowship.htm

And you can read about Heritage language classes at SEASSI in
Filipino, 
Hmong, Khmer, Lao and Vietnamese here:

http://www.seassi.wisc.edu/heritage/index.html

Please forward this message to any interested parties.  If you do 
forward it, please forward the entire message.

Frank Smith
Heritage Language Facilitator
Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu