In a new essay for the National Bureau of Asian Research titled "What's Past is Prologue: The Geopolitical Significance of COVID-19 for Southeast Asia," WEAI Research Scholar Ann Marie Murphy discusses the impact of COVID-19 on Southeast Asia, focusing particularly on relations between the US, China, and the countries of the region. "In Southeast Asia, COVID-19 is likely to … [Read more...]
Interview: Duncan McCargo discusses his new book, Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand
Throughout his academic career, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Director Duncan McCargo has closely followed Thailand’s coups, political protests, and periods of stability. In his new book Fighting for Virtue: Justice and Politics in Thailand, McCargo takes a closer look at one understudied branch of Thailand’s “network monarchy”--the judiciary. “The judicial system really … [Read more...]
CANCELLED – Thailand Update 2020: Beyond Elections?
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a conference with: Duncan McCargo, Director, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies; University of Copenhagen Shenghua Zhang, SOAS, University of London Saowanee Alexander, Ubon Ratchathani University Joel Selway, Brigham Young University Penchan Phoborisut, California State University Fullerton Tyrell Haberkorn, … [Read more...]
CANCELLED – LGBTQ Representation in Contemporary Vietnamese Film: A Screening of Song Lang and Chat with Director Leon Le
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a film screening with: Leon Le, Filmmaker and Director and Ying Qian, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University Takuya Tsunoda Assistant Professor of Japanese Film and Media, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University … [Read more...]
CANCELLED – Blue-Water Horizon: One Thousand Years of the Sino-Southeast Asian Embrace
Weatherhead East Asian Institute Event Please join us for a lecture with: Eric Tagliacozzo, Professor of History Cornell University Moderated by: Lien-Hang Nguyen, Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia Columbia University This presentation takes a macro-historical look at how diasporas, trade, … [Read more...]
