Darshana Mini
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“INDIAN INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE, THE INA AND MIGRANT ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE” Darshana Mini Assistant Professor Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison This talk examines the trade union newsletters and material produced by Indian migrants …
Tuong Vu
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“FIFTY YEARS SINCE THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR: REFLECTIONS ON THE CENTURY-LONG STRUGGLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN VIETNAM” Tuong Vu Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oregon This year marks the 50th anniversary …
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 …
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 …
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? …
Tamara Loos
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“KUKRITOCRACY: ANTI-AMERICAN ANTI-COMMUNISM” Tamara Loos Chair and Professor of History Cornell University In this talk, I swap out the wide-angle cold war lens for a telescoped view of one of Thailand’s cold …
P. Mike Rattanasengchanh
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
“SELLING ANTI-COMMUNISM: USIS AND THAI GOVERNMENT COLD WAR PUBLIC RELATIONS, 1957 TO 1979” P. Mike Rattanasengchanh Assistant Professor of Asian History Midwestern State University