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 …
Dan Jackson
206 Ingraham Hall @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
“GHOST PLANES: CROSS-CULTURAL COOPERATION AND THE DISCOVERY OF LOST WORLD WAR II WARPLANES IN THAILAND” Dan Jackson Lieutenant Colonel, USAF Department of History University of Wisconsin-Madison In November 1944, two American warplanes from …