Advanced Thai Abroad at Chiang Mai University
Dates for 2010 TBA

An intensive eight-week course for students with at least intermediate-level study of Thai language (or the equivalent) offered by the Consortium for Advanced Study of Thai in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, from Dates for 2010 TBA.

For information about the Advanced Study of Thai program, the program fee, and the availability of fellowships, go to http://jsis.washington.edu/seac/ast/ or contact:

Southeast Asia Center
JSIS Box 353650
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3560
Phone: 206.543.9606
Fax: 206.685.0668
e-mail: seac@u.washington.edu

Application deadline: To Be Announced

The Advanced Study of Thai Program (AST) is an intensive eight-week course of instruction in advanced Thai language to be conducted in Thailand with instruction provided by members of the faculty of Chiang Mai University (CMU), Chiang Mai, Thailand. Equivalent to a full year's academic work and providing benefits far beyond increased foreign-language proficiency, this overseas program will be offered to approximately 12 exceptional individuals selected nationally on the basis of their need for and ability to absorb additional, advanced training in Thai, their readiness to benefit from in-country experiences, and their commitment and potential to become the next generation of Thai language and area-studies scholars in the U.S. The intensive, competency-based classroom study is accompanied by guided exercises outside the classroom setting that closely approximate real field work. AST is sponsored by the Consortium for the Advanced Study of Thai

Sponsoring Institutions: Arizona State, California (Berkeley), California (Los Angeles), Cornell, Hawai’i, Michigan, Northern Illinois, Ohio, Washington, Wisconsin, Yale