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Genocide Studies November 25, 2022

Anthropological Witness

Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal

Alexander Laban Hinton

Hosted by Jeff Bachman
Anthropological Witness: Lessons from the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Cornell UP, 2022) tells the story of Alexander Laban Hinton's encounter with an accused architect of genocide and, more broadly, Hinton's attempt …

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Interviews with scholars of Southeast Asia about their new books hosted by Michele Ford, Patrick Jory, Duncan McCargo, and Faizah Zakaria.

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SSEAC Stories November 24, 2022

Public Participation and Contested Hydropower Development in the Mekong River Basin

Ming Li Yong

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Regional demand for renewable hydropower from the Mekong River and its tributaries in Laos is on the rise. In June 2022, Laos exported one hundred megawatts of hydropower to Singapore …
Asian Review of Books November 17, 2022

In Asian Waters

Oceanic Worlds from Yemen to Yokohama

Hosted by Nicholas Gordon
In the nineteenth century, one group of American merchants reported an odd request from the Vietnamese emperor. An envoy asked if the traders could help procure a commodity brought by …
SSEAC Stories November 15, 2022

Belitung

The Afterlives of a Shipwreck

Natali Pearson

Hosted by Michele Ford
In 1998, the Belitung, a ninth-century western Indian Ocean–style vessel, was discovered in Indonesian waters. Onboard was a full cargo load, likely intended for the Middle Eastern market, of over …
Southeast Asian Studies November 14, 2022

(Im)mobile Homes

Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media

Earvin Charles B. Cabalquinto

Hosted by Nicole Curato
How do transnational Filipino families remain connected through mobile media technologies? In (Im)mobile Homes: Family Life at a Distance in the Age of Mobile Media (Oxford UP, 2022), Earvin Charles …
Nordic Asia Podcast November 11, 2022

U.S. Determinization of Genocide in Myanmar: Part Two, What’s Next?

A Conversation with Kyaw Zeyar Win

Kyaw Zeyar Win

Hosted by Terese Gagnon
In March 2022 the U.S. government announced its determination that genocide was committed by the Myanmar military against Rohingya communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in 2017. What will this mean …
SSEAC Stories November 10, 2022

Sustainable Peatland Management and Transboundary Haze in Southeast Asia

A Conversation with Rini Astuti

Rini Astuti

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Indonesian citizens, and those of neighbouring Southeast Asian countries, have long suffered recurring haze pollution caused by peatland fires in Indonesia. To avoid these forest fires, and reduce the environmental …
Anthropology November 2, 2022

Subversive Archaism

Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage

Michael Herzfeld

Hosted by Iqra Shagufta Cheema
In Subversive Archaism: Troubling Traditionalists and the Politics of National Heritage (Duke UP, 2022), Michael Herzfeld explores how individuals and communities living at the margins of the modern nation-state use nationalist …
SSEAC Stories October 27, 2022

Civil Society, Capitalism, and Political Regimes in Southeast Asia

A Discussion with Garry Rodan

Garry Rodan

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Working on Southeast Asia, one thing we tend to hear a lot of is the notion that civil society is shrinking, and that authoritarianism is on the rise. In fact …
Indian Ocean World October 24, 2022

Under Empire

Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775–1945

Michael Francis Laffan

Hosted by Ahmed Almaazmi
Michael Francis Laffan’s Under Empire: Muslim Lives and Loyalties Across the Indian Ocean World, 1775–1945 (Columbia University Press, 2022) traces a tapestry of historical actors, empires, and ideas across the …
SSEAC Stories October 13, 2022

Ethics, Utopia and Materiality

Glimpses of Everyday Creativity and Hope in Indonesian Papua

Roberto Costa

Hosted by Natali Pearson
The Asmat are an indigenous people of Indonesian Papua and are renowned for their artistic carving flair and complex life-cycle rituals. They also have big ambitions that reach as far …
Nordic Asia Podcast October 7, 2022

U.S. Determinization of Genocide in Myanmar: Part One, Roots

A Discussion with with Kyaw Zeyar Win

Kyaw Zeyar Win

Hosted by Terese Gagnon
In March of 2022 the U.S. government announced its determination that genocide was committed by the Myanmar military against Rohingya communities in Myanmar’s Rakhine State in 2017. What will this …
Southeast Asian Studies October 3, 2022

The Road to Dien Bien Phu

A History of the First War for Vietnam

Christopher Goscha

Hosted by Patrick Jory
The Vietnamese victory over the French forces at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, which ended almost a century of French colonial rule in Indochina, is one of the most famous …
Nordic Asia Podcast September 30, 2022

Beyond Meat?

Dietary Shifts and Meat Contestations in China, India and Vietnam

Helene Ramnæs, Marius Korsnes, Kenneth Bo Nielsen, and Arve Hansen

Hosted by Nordic Asia Podcast
What explains the uneven meatification of diets in three of Asia’s core ‘emerging economies’? How and why is meat consumption changing today, and what role have American fast-food chains played …
Japanese Studies September 30, 2022

Okinawan Women's Stories of Migration

From War Brides to Issei

Johanna O. Zulueta

Hosted by Jingyi Li
The phenomenon of “war brides” from Japan moving to the West has been quite widely discussed, but this book tells the stories of women whose lives followed a rather different …
SSEAC Stories September 29, 2022

Social Media and Political Participation in the Philippines

A Discussion with Maria Elize Mendoza

Maria Elize Mendoza

Hosted by Natali Pearson
We are all familiar with the spread of disinformation on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. But just when we thought we’d seen the worst of it …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast September 26, 2022

The Aesthetic Cold War

Decolonization and Global Literature

Peter J. Kalliney

Hosted by Mark Klobas
How did superpower competition and the cold war affect writers in the decolonizing world? In The Aesthetic Cold War: Decolonization and Global Literature (Princeton UP, 2022), Peter Kalliney explores the …
Nordic Asia Podcast September 16, 2022

Transcendence and Sustainability

Asian Visions with Global Promise

Mette Halskov, Amita Baviskar, and Lu Chen

Hosted by Kenneth Bo Nielsen
Can spiritually and religiously inspired environmental movements in Asia help reach the global goal of environmental sustainability? This question lies at the heart of the research project “Transcendence and Sustainability …
Southeast Asian Studies September 15, 2022

To Remain Myself

The History of Onghokham

David Reeve

Hosted by Michele Ford
To Remain Myself: The History of Onghokham (ASAA Southeast Asia Publications Series / NUS Press, 2022) is a particularly vivid biography of a remarkable individual, an Indonesian historian and public …
SSEAC Stories September 15, 2022

Material Matters

Reflections on the History of Settlement Development Across Mainland Southeast Asia

Ben Dharmendra

Hosted by Natali Pearson
Despite decades of research into the historic settlements of Mainland Southeast Asia, our understanding of the region’s long-term settlement history remains incomplete. We know, for example, that mainland Southeast Asia …