“Transnationalizing Buddhism: Cambodian Temples, Student Monks, and Pilgrims in Sri Lanka and India” John Marston Professor of Asian and African Studies Colegio de Mexico Friday, November 10, 2017 12:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Free and open to the public.
“Sacred Spaces, The Art of Merit Making, and the Trans Asian Trade: Looking Beyond the Glass of Buddhist Mainland Southeast Asia” Catherine Raymond Professor of Art History School of Art and Design Northern Illinois University Friday, November 3, 2017 12:00-1:00 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
“US-Philippine Relations: An Insider’s View of Diplomacy During the Marcos Years and Beyond” Ambassador (Ret.) John F. Maisto Former Director of the State Department’s Office of Philippine Affairs Friday, October 27, 2017 12:00-1:30 PM 206 Ingraham Hall Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
“Asia Rising” Come hear UW–Madison History faculty Judd Kinzley, Al McCoy, and Charles Kim at Asia Rising, a panel discussion on the presence of Asia in global politics and economics. A reception for alumni and friends of the department will follow in Lee Lounge. We look forward to seeing you there! Thursday, October 19, 2017 …
“Rethinking the Tet Offensive: 50 Years Later” Lien-Hang T. Nguyen Dorothy Berg Professor in the History of the United States and East Asia Columbia University Friday, October 20, 2017 12:00 – 1:00 PM 206 Ingraham 3rd Annual Judith Jadinsky Lecture Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
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 shoals of the South China Sea are arguably the only place on the planet where there is a risk of …
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, the United States is, in one way or another, involved in so many more conflicts from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and …
In the last twenty years, language documentation of endangered languages has emerged as a new field of linguistics with contemporary priorities and procedures.
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 or communism. Histories of the First Indochina War – predominantly authored by diplomatic historians – offer a distinct periodization of …
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, UW Session Two: – 2:00-4:30 – East Asian Regionalisms Sayuri Shimizu, Rice University Shelly Chan, UW Anne Hansen, UW Kim …