Call for Submissions: SEADL Undergraduate Paper Award 2025

Deadline: July 31, 2025

The Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL) invites undergraduate students from affiliated institutions to submit original research papers in Southeast Asian Studies for the 2025 SEADL Paper Award.

Prizes

• First Place: Choice of two books from Cornell University Press
• Publication: Both first- and second-place winning papers will be published on the Southeast Asia Digital Library

Eligibility Requirements

• Applicants must be current undergraduates at a SEADL-affiliated institution at the time of submission.
• Papers must:
  • Focus on Southeast Asia
  • Reference primary sources
  • Be written between Spring 2022 and Spring 2025
  • Be 2,000–10,000 words, excluding references
  • Include a cover page with name, title, affiliation, and contact info
  • Be submitted as a blind PDF (no identifying info in the paper)

How to Submit
Send your submission packet via email to seadl@cornell.edu by July 31, 2025.

Increased consideration will be given to papers using materials from SEADL collections.

Affiliated Institutions Include:
Arizona State University; The City University of New York; Columbia University; Cornell University; Duke University; Harvard University; Indiana University, Bloomington; King’s University College at Western University; McGill University; Michigan State University; Northern Illinois University; Ohio University; The State University of New York; Université de Montréal; Université Laval; University of British Columbia; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Los Angeles; University of California, Riverside; University of Hawai’i at Manoa; University of Michigan; University of Saskatchewan; University of Toronto; University of Victoria; University of Washington; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Yale University; York University