Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of the Vietnam War at the Friedman Symposium "“Rethinking the Tet Offensive, 50 Years On” at Baruch College on Thursday, March 15, 2018. Baruch College's event description follows: "The Tet Offensive of 1968 was the … [Read more...]
March 5 Event: “Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from March 5, 2018 event "Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok." The event featured Claudio Sopranzetti, Postdoctoral Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University and author of Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok (University of California Press, 2018). His talk and … [Read more...]
March 1 Event: “Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from March 1, 2018 event "Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited." The event featured Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and Ayse Zarakol, Reader in International Relations, University of Cambridge. Professors McCargo and Zarakol talked about the striking similarities in the history … [Read more...]
“Thailand Update 2018: Towards Thailand 4.0?”
Panel Discussion “Thailand Update 2018: Towards Thailand 4.0?" Petra Desatova, PhD Student at University of Leeds Allen Hicken, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Arwiphawee Srithongrung, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Wichita … [Read more...]
Lien-Hang Nguyen to Speak about Vietnam on March 5 & 9 at the New-York Historical Society and at Vassar College on March 7
Lien-Hang Nguyen, the Dorothy Borg Associate Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia at Columbia University, will discuss the history of Vietnam at the New-York Historical Society on Monday, March 5, 2018 and Friday, March 9, 2018, and at Vassar College on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Professor Nguyen will discuss the 1968 Tet Offensive on March 5 with Max … [Read more...]
