Past Events

Dandhy Laksono
Virtual Talk
March 21, 2025 @ 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 …

Paul Chambers
206 Ingraham Hall
March 7, 2025 @ 3:30 pm

Abstract: In 2025, Thailand stands (and has long stood) as an entrenched state of exception (Schmitt 1921). The country possesses a palace-dominated, military-undergirded parallel state. When Thailand has not been under military rule, it has …

Mai Der Vang
206 Ingraham Hall
March 7, 2025 @ 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
February 28, 2025 @ 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
February 27, 2025 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Tamara Loos
206 Ingraham Hall
February 21, 2025 @ 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
February 14, 2025 @ 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
February 7, 2025 @ 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
January 31, 2025 @ 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
January 24, 2025 @ 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 …