The Southeast Regional Conference of the Association for Asian Studies (SEC/AAS) is a non-political, non-profit scholarly organization dedicated to promoting the study of Asia in the southeastern region of the United States. To that end, the SEC/AAS holds an annual three-day meeting featuring scholarly panels, teacher workshops, and book exhibits; sponsors undergraduate and graduate student paper prize competitions; annually publishes the Southeast Review of Asian Studies to highlight the scholarly activities of Asianists in the Southeast; and publishes occasional papers.