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 …
Wen-Qing Ngoei
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The Enablers: Singapore, the United States, and Pax Americana in Southeast Asia Wen-Qing Ngoei Associate Professor of History Singapore Management University From the late Cold War into the present, Singapore and the United States …
Chris Hulshof
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Words as Weapons: British Black Propaganda and Psychological Warfare in Indonesia, 1963-66 Chris Hulshof PhD Candidate in the Department of History University of Wisconsin-Madison Following nearly a decade of failed covert operations targeting Indonesia, …
Juan Fernandez
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“What Strange Woman is Here?”: Laura Benedict’s Fieldwork among the Bagobos of the Southern Philippines, 1906-1908 Juan Fernandez Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian History University of Wisconsin-Madison For fourteen months between 1906 and 1908, the …
Daphne Weber
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“Gendered Karmic Consequence: Meditation Sickness and Resolution in a Thai Bhikkhuni Temple” Daphne Weber Program Officer of Buddhist Studies at the American Council of Learned Societies Institutions of Theravāda Buddhism do not socially recognize women …
Christina Schwenkel
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
The 2025 Judith L. Ladinsky Lecture: “Sonic Governance and the Art of Medical Listening in Pandemic Vietnam” Christina Schwenkel Professor of Anthropology University of California-Riverside During the early months of the pandemic, public health responses …
Megan Sinnott
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Friday Forum/Council on Thai Studies (COTS) Conference Keynote Lecture: Megan Sinnott
“Market Transformations and the Possibilities of Desire within the Spirit World in Thailand” Keynote Lecture for the 2025 Council on Thai Studies (COTS) Conference Megan Sinnott Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Georgia …