UHCSEAS Spring 2021 Lecture Series
Schedule:
January 27, Wednesday, 2:00pm – 3:30pm HST
Roundtable: Markets for Mekong Commodities
Panelists: Ian Baird (Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison); Ben Belton (Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University); Nathan Green (Geography, National University of Singapore); & Patrick Slack (Geography, McGill University, Montreal)
Moderator: Jefferson Fox (East-West Center)
Watch recording of webinar here.
Part of the Mekong, China & Southeast Asian Transitions Series
February 24, Wednesday, 2:00pm – 3:30pm HST
Roundtable: Migration, Mobility and the Mekong
Panelists: Nga Dao (York University); Heather Peters (Ophidian Research Institute;, Phanwin Yokying (East-West Center); & Ore Huiying (Independent Photographer)
Moderator: Amanda Flaim (Michigan State University)
Watch recording of webinar here.
Part of the Mekong, China & Southeast Asian Transitions Series.
March 3, Wednesday, 12:00pm – 1:30pm HST
Civilizing the South: Colonialism and Cultural Change in Ancient East/Southeast Asia
Speaker: Erica Brindley (History, Pennsylvania State University), with Wensheng Wang (History, University of Hawai‘i)
Co-sponsored with the University of Hawai‘i‘s Department of History, Center for Chinese Studies and International Cultural Studies Certificate Program
March 10, Wednesday, 12:00pm – 1:30pm HST
Sinophone Literary Articulations Across the Borderlands
Speaker: Brian Bernards (US-China Institute, University of Southern California, E.K. Tan (English, Stony Brook University) and Ming-Bao Yue (East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Hawai’i)
Co-sponsored with the University of Hawai‘i‘s Department of History, Center for Chinese Studies and International Cultural Studies Certificate Program
April 7, Wednesday, 2:00pm – 3:30pm HST
Roundtable: The Spirits and Spiritual Life of the Mekong
Panelists: Andrew Johnson (University of California, Berkeley); Hieu Phung (University of Michigan); Holly High (University of Sydney); Benjamin Baumann (Universität Heidelberg, Berlin)
Moderator: Courtney Work (National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan)
Watch recording of webinar here.
Part of the Mekong, China & Southeast Asian Transitions Series
April 22, Thursday, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
An Archaeology of Religious Change: Community Response in 14th-18th Century CE Angkor
Speaker: Heng Piphal (Anthropology Dept. Affiliate, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa)
Co-hosted with the UHM Department of Anthropology.
Watch recording of webinar here.
April 28, Wednesday, 2:00pm – 3:30pm HST
Roundtable: Mekong Dams: Debates and the Politics of Evidence
Panelists: Brian Eyler (Stimson Center, Washington, D.C., USA); Carl Middleton (Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand); Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan (Graduate Institute – Geneva, Switzerland); Pon Souvannaseng (Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA); Apichai Sunchindah (Independent development specialist, Bangkok, Thailand)
Moderator: Wisa Wisesjindawat-Fink (Michigan State University, USA)
Watch recording of webinar here.
Read the EWC Wire summary of the webinar here.
Part of the Mekong, China & Southeast Asian Transitions Series
July 6, Tuesday, 4:00am – 6:00am HST
Plantations for Peace in Mindanao Conflict Areas: Pitfalls, Promise and Prognosis
Panelists: Dr. Cielito F. Habito (Professor of Economics, Ateneo de Manila University); Mr. Senen Bacani (Former Secretary, Department of Agriculture); Dr. Alyssa Paredes (LSA Collegiate Fellow, University of Michigan); Ms. Charlotte Conde (Senior Vice President, Land Bank of the Philippines); Hon. Bai Mariam S. Mangudadatu (Provincial Governor, Maguindanao (to be confirmed); Hon. Datu Abubakar P. Paglas (Municipal Mayor, Datu Paglas, Maguindanao (to be confirmed)
The Mekong, China & Southeast Asian Transitions Series is made possible through funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and is co-organized by University of Hawai’i-Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa-Center for Chinese Studies, East-West Center, Michigan State University-James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, and Chiang Mai University-Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.