Mayumi Okabe
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“THAI BUDDHISM BEYOND THAILAND: A PERSPECTIVE FROM A MULTI-SITED ETHNOGRAPHY ON BUDDHIST GIVING AND ORGANIZATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD” Mayumi Okabe Associate Professor, School of Contemporary Sociology, Chukyo University Visiting Scholar, Department of …
Wisconsin Historical Society @ 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
A Conversation: What Does It Mean to be Asian in Today’s America? 5:30 – 7:00 pm Diasporic identities continuingly emerge and unfold in the present and the future across generations, borders, and even vanished spaces. …
Kong Pheng Pha, Mai See Thao, Choua Lee, Chundou Her
Wisconsin Historical Society @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm
This panel brings in scholars and educators to share insights on teaching Hmong studies in the state of Wisconsin, as well as offer commentary on the field’s continuing expansion. In light of recent legislation that …
Mai See Thao and Kong Pheng Pha
Wisconsin Historical Society @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Los Tsev: Cia Siab (Hope) in Wisconsin is a community-based exhibit that grapples with the ongoing historical trauma of war and healing. By drawing on HMoob (Hmong) mundane everyday life in Wisconsin, this exhibit invites audience …
Yến Lê Espiritu, Larry Ashmun, Saengmany Ratsabout, Nam Kim
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“PANEL ON REFUGEE EXPERIENCE AS HISTORY” Panelists: Yến Lê Espiritu, Larry Ashmun, Saengmany Ratsabout Moderator: Nam Kim This panel sheds important light on the history of Southeast Asian refugees. The panel brings voices to this …
Tricia Seow
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“EDUCATION AND SINGAPORE’S CLIMATE TRANSITION – CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND PATHWAYS” Tricia Seow Senior Lecturer National Institute of Education – Humanities & Social Studies Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore is a low-lying tropical …
Dandhy Laksono
Virtual Talk @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/94340365646
“DOCUMENTING ENERGY TRANSITION: ADDRESSING NEW WAVES OF STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE IN INDONESIA” Dandhy Laksono Activist, Investigative Journalist, and Filmmaker Made possible by generous funding from the University Lectures Committee. As one of the fastest growing economies …
Paul Chambers
206 Ingraham Hall @ 3:30 pm
Abstract: In 2025, Thailand stands (and has long stood) as an entrenched state of exception (Schmitt 1921). The country possesses a palace-dominated, military-undergirded parallel state. When Thailand has not been under military rule, it has …
Mai Der Vang
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“REFRAMING LANGUAGE: EXPANDING HMONG DISCOURSE THROUGH POETIC INVESTIGATION, FROM YELLOW RAIN TO SAOLA” Mai Der Vang Assistant Professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing College of Arts and Humanities Fresno State University …
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 Why would a democratically elected leader repress civil society? …