Friday Forum – Jonathan Pollack

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Cost-cutting vs. Community: The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching Southeast Asia at a Community College” Dr. Jonathan Z. S. Pollack Chair of the Department of History Coordinator of the Arts and Humanities Pre-Major Madison Area …

Friday Forum – Diana Kim (Keynote Speaker JSEALab)

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Colonial States and their Legacies across Southeast Asia: Through the Lens of Japan’s Wartime Empire Diana S. Kim Assistant Professor Georgetown University School of Foreign Service What are the institutional legacies of European colonial rule …

Friday Forum – Paul Hutchcroft

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Mobilizing for Elections: Patronage and Political Machines in Southeast Asia” Paul D. Hutchcroft Professor of Political and Social Change Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs Australian National University Across Southeast Asia, as in many …

Friday Forum – Mai Na Lee

336 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“The Making of Pa Chay Company and the Hmong Communist Revolution” Mai Na M. Lee Professor of History and Asian American Studies University of Minnesota The role of the Hmong in the communist revolutionary struggle …

University Lectures Committee Lecture and CSEAS Friday Forum: Kevin Fogg

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

The University Lectures Committee in partnership with The Center for Southeast Asian Studies The Department of History & The Southeast Asian Research Group presents… “Mainline Islam: Islamic Associational Life in Indonesia” Kevin W. Fogg Associate …

Friday Forum – Alex Hopp

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Qhuab Ke as Method: Rethinking Southeast Asian History through the Historiography of the HMoob Diaspora” Alexander Hopp Ph.D. Candidate in History University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Lecturer in Asian American Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison …

Friday Forum: Tyrell Haberkorn

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“A Jurisprudence Against Coups in Thailand” Tyrell Haberkorn Professor of Southeast Asian Studies Department of Asian Languages and Cultures University of Wisconsin-Madison On the first anniversary of the coup by the National Council for Peace …

Friday Forum and Asian Languages & Cultures Job Talk: Courtney Wittekind

336 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Real Farmers, Dream Cities: Agrarian Change, Demonstration, and the Politics of Visibility in Myanmar” Courtney T. Wittekind Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University Program in Agrarian Studies, MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies This presentation examines …

Friday Forum and Asian Languages & Cultures Job Talk: Lailatul Fitriyah

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Border Theologies: God and Resistance in a Southeast Asian Diaspora”   Lailatul Fitriyah Assistant Professor of Interreligious Education Claremont School of Theology This talk will examine Islamic and Christian theologies from the lives of Indonesian …

Friday Forum and Asian Languages & Cultures Job Talk: Claire-Marie Hefner

206 Ingraham Hall
@ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

“Religious Authority in Action: Women, Islamic Education, and Everyday Activism in Indonesia” Claire-Marie Hefner Visiting Assistant Professor Interdisciplinary Study of Religions Program Bard College Islamic schools are often imagined as spaces of restrictive rules and …