Tricia Seow
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“EDUCATION AND SINGAPORE’S CLIMATE TRANSITION – CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND PATHWAYS” Tricia Seow Senior Lecturer National Institute of Education – Humanities & Social Studies Education Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore is a low-lying tropical …
Dandhy Laksono
Virtual Talk @ 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 @ 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 @ 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 …