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? …
Featuring Dr. Melissa Borja, Associate Professor, Department of American Culture, University of Michigan
In-person, 206 Ingraham Hall @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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
Juliet Lu
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“LETTING LAND GO: SHIFTING STRATEGIES OF CHINESE CONTROL IN LAOS” Juliet Lu Department of Forest Resources Management School of Public Policy & Global Affairs University of British Columbia In the 2000s, Laos …
Tony DelaRosa
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“TEACHING THE INVISIBLE RACE: EMBODYING A PRO-ASIAN AMERICAN LENS IN SCHOOLS” Tony DelaRosa (he/siya) Author of Teaching the Invisible Race PhD Student in Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis University of Wisconsin-Madison Introduction by …
Mai See Thao
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“THE CHRONIC REFUGEE: HMONG AMERICAN AFTERLIVES IN EMPIRE” Dr. Mai See Thao Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Asian American Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Mai See Thao will be presenting on her book manuscript …
Darin Bielecki
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“INDONESIA – A THRIVING DEMOCRACY OR DEMOCRACY IN DECLINE?” Darin Bielecki International Republican Institute
Ratri Istania
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“AUTHORITARIAN NOSTALGIA AND DEMOCRATIC DECLINE IN CONTEMPORARY INDONESIA” Ratri Istania Associate Professor, NIPA School of Administration Jakarta Senior Researcher, Populi Center for Public Opinion and Policy Research Jakarta AIFIS-Luce Research Fellow, Cornell University …