September 2019
Friday Forum: Alfred W. McCoy
“Beyond Empires: The Succession from Washington’s World Order to Beijing’s Global System” Alfred W. McCoy Harrington Professor of History UW-Madison
Find out more »Friday Forum: Keith Barton
Your Question Doesn’t Make Sense: How Southeast Asia Complicates U.S. Teaching about World Religions Keith Barton Professor of Curriculum and Instruction Indiana University - Bloomington Most U.S. students learn about “major world religions” as…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Geoff Robinson
“The Mass Killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia: Questions of Responsibility” Geoff Robinson Professor of History University of California - Los Angeles This lecture is made possible by generous support from the University Lectures Committee. Co-sponsors:…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Jefferson Fox
Expansion of Rubber and Its Implications for Landscapes and Rural Communities in Mainland Southeast Asia Jefferson Fox Research Director for East-West Center University of Hawaii-Manoa Since about 2000, large-scale investments in land for plantation crops…
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Friday Forum: Puttaporn Areeprachakun
"The Construction of Othering: The Study of Migrant Workers from Myanmar in Thailand" Puttaporn Areeprachakun Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison
Find out more »Friday Forum: Janet Steele
The Journalisms of Islam: Contending views in Muslim Southeast Asia What is Islamic journalism? It depends on where you stand. In Indonesia or Malaysia, journalism and Islam can have many different faces. At…
Find out more »Friday Forum: Dr. Prajak Kongkirati
Fragile Authoritarianism: New Ruling Network and Struggles for Hegemony in Thailand COTS - Dr. Prajak Kongkirati Department of Political Science Thammasat University, Thailand
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