The Department of Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages serves as the cornerstone of the UC Riverside's interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate (M.A.) program "Southeast Asia: Text, Ritual, Performance" (SEATRiP). This program brings together world-leading scholars in the field of Southeast Asian Studies with research areas including Literature, History, Religious Studies, Music, Anthropology and Dance. Students interested in SEATRiP should contact the director of the program, Prof. Hendrik M.J. Maier, for more information.