Adrian de Leon
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“DIASPORA’S BOONDOCKS: HINTERLANDS IN FILIPINO AMERICAN HISTORY” Adrian de Leon Assistant Professor of History New York University How were the native people from the margins of empire, from Christianized lowlands peasants to sovereign indigenous …
Sally Tyler
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
As a policy practitioner and executive for an American labor union, Tyler is immersed in US politics and domestic policy. As a keen observer of Southeast Asia, she is adept at comparing political and social …
Nathan McGovern
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“HOLY THINGS IN THAILAND AND THE SPECTRE OF SYNCRETISM” Nathan McGovern Associate Professor of Asian Religions University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Contemporary Thai Buddhists worship a variety of “holy things” (sing saksit), including spirits, gods, and …
Alfred McCoy
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“COLD WAR ON FIVE CONTINENTS: ADVENTURES IN EMPIRE AND ESPIONAGE” Alfred W. McCoy Harrington Professor of History University of Wisconsin-Madison
Eunsook Jung
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“QUO VADIS CIVIL SOCIETY?: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN INDONESIA” Eunsook Jung Assistant Dean in the College of Letters and Science University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dan Jackson
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“GHOST PLANES: CROSS-CULTURAL COOPERATION AND THE DISCOVERY OF LOST WORLD WAR II WARPLANES IN THAILAND” Dan Jackson Lieutenant Colonel, USAF Department of History University of Wisconsin-Madison In November 1944, two American warplanes from …
Tamara Loos
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“SPECULATING ON SEXUALITY: GENDER, SEXUALITY AND SUBVERSION IN COLD WAR THAI STUDIES” Tamara Loos Chair and Professor of History, Cornell University Studies of the cold war in Thailand have focused on the …