Showdown in the South China Sea: Beijing and Washington Struggle for Dominion over the “World Island” Alfred McCoy Harrington Professor of History, UW-Madison Friday, September 22, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Today, the …
Southeast Asian History
Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, The CIA and Me
When historian Alfred McCoy began his long journey to expose some of the darkest secrets of the U.S. national security establishment, America was embroiled in wars in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Almost 50 years later, …
“Documentation and Revitalization of Indonesia’s Minority Languages: A Tale of Two Projects”
In the last twenty years, language documentation of endangered languages has emerged as a new field of linguistics with contemporary priorities and procedures.
“Before the First Indochina War: Redefining the Origins of Vietnam’s Civil War”
Brett Reilly PhD Candidate, Department of History Friday, April 7, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Debates among historians of the Indochina Wars have centered on the degree to which they were characterized by colonialism …
Histories of the Present: Postimperial Asia in the World
Burdick-Vary Symposium Friday, March 10, 2017 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM Pyle Center Session One – 10:00-12:30 – “Neo-Nationalisms and Empire” Daniel Ussishkin, UW Francine Hirsch, UW Laird Boswell, UW Louise Young, UW Viren Murthy, …
“Histories that Don’t Fit: The Chinese ‘South Seas’ and its End in the Twentieth Century”
Shelly Chan UW-Madison Assistant Professor of History Friday, February 3, 2017 12:00 – 1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall This talk asks how Chinese diaspora histories across the “South Seas” (Nanyang)—a maritime region connecting East and …