Bencharat Sae Chua
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Activist Scholarship and Freedom in Peril in Southeast Asia Bencharat Sae Chua JSEALab Visiting Scholar Southeast Asia Coalition for Academic Freedom (SEACAF) and Mahidol University With a history of strong student movements in Southeast …
Ian Baird
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Returning Home? The New Era of Deporting Hmong and Lao Americans to Laos Ian Baird Professor of Geography University of Wisconsin-Madison American citizen ChongLy Scott Thao taken from his home in St. Paul, MN …
Akarath Soukhaphon
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Dams and Difference in Ethnic Lao Spaces of the Mekong River Basin Akarath (Ake) Soukhaphon PhD Candidate in Geography University of Wisconsin-Madison Beginning in the 1990s, hydropower dam development in mainland Southeast Asia …
Aida Arosoaie
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Dispirited Landscapes of the Anthropocene: Angry Spirits, Uncertain Futures, and the Indeterminacy of Resource Extraction in Malaysia Aida Arosoaie PhD Candidate in Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison To Orang Asli Semelai (an ancestrally forest-dwelling community …
Inigo Acosta
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Leaders and Dealers: Indigenous Land Transactions in Bukidnon, Philippines Inigo Acosta PhD Candidate in Anthropology University of Wisconsin-Madison Under the 1997 Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA), Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines are legally allowed …
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Building an English-Hmong Medical Resource Through a Community Intergenerational Approach Nathen Badenoch Associate Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies Program Director of Asian Studies Villanova University Maichou Lor Helen Denne Schulte Professor of Nursing University …
Alfred W. McCoy
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The Cold War in Southeast Asia: ‘Men on the Spot’ & the End of Empire Alfred W. McCoy Harrington Professor of History University of Wisconsin-Madison During the Cold War (1947-1991), the superpowers soon achieved …
Nathan Badenoch
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“The Poetic Ecology of Northern Laos” Nathan Badenoch Associate Professor of Japanese and Asian Studies Program Director of Asian Studies Villanova University Speakers of the many languages of northern Laos interact daily, creating complex patterns …
Andrew Mertha
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Bad Lieutenants: The Khmer Rouge United Front and Class Struggle 1970-1977 Andrew Mertha Director of the SAIS China Global Research Center Johns Hopkins University Professor Mertha will explore the surprising endurance of the Khmer …
Charles Zuckerman
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Named Kinds in Process: What Two Categories of Gambling in Luang Prabang Laos Help Us See Charles Zuckerman Assistant Professor of Formative Education Boston College An image of a money game of pètanque, which has …