Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Dr. Su sits down to unpack her lecture titled, "The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin." The episode delves into the divide between Northern Vietnamese and Southern Vietnamese populations in Germany after its reunification in 1975. Beyond going over the contents of the lecture, Dr. Su opens up about her experiences in the field and the job market - sharing her honest advice for graduate students hoping to enter academia.  Lightning Round: 02:52 Research and lecture summary: 06:24 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:43 Dr. Phi Su's Top Recommendations: Under Current Pasts: the 1990s' Silencing of Migrants to the GDR  Lordy Rodriguez's "Territory States" The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Risa Toha, assistant professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University, to unpack her Gatty Lecture titled, "Can National Identity Trump Ethnic Favoritism? Experimental Evidence from Singapore." Throughout the episode, Francine and Mutty propose questions to Dr. Toha about her experiment design, what stood out most from the data collected, and the implications of her findings. Stay tuned for a preview about Dr. Toha's upcoming work, her recommendations, and advice for early career scholars! Lightning Round: 03:30 Research and lecture summary: 08:43 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 33:29 Dr. Toha's Top Recommendations: Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Linna Chhun, Assistant Professor of American Studies at University of Texas - Austin, to unpack her first book manuscript Walking with the Ghost that analyzes memories of the Cambodian Genocide (1975-79) through the lens of personal and familial narratives. Join us for a thrilling conversation on autoethnographies, trauma, militarism, life as a graduate student, and hilarious dog stories! Lightning Round: 02:50 Research and lecture summary: 11:55 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 42:10 Dr. Chhun's Top Recommendations: A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok (link) Ghost Face by Greg Santos (link) Afterparties: Stories by  Anthony Veasna So (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine welcomes Dr. Sean Fear from Leeds University's School of History to unpack his virtual lecture, "Assessing Saigon's "Year of Sand": the 1968 Tet Offensive and Rise and Fall of South Vietnam's Second Republic". Stay tuned to hear Dr. Fear share his work which sheds new light on the South Vietnamese government, the role of language training in work, and fond memories of his time at Cornell University. Lightning Round: 03:40 Research and lecture summary: 09:30 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 41:40 Dr. Fear's Top Recommendations: Feature film: Dat Kho (Land of Sorrows). (Link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, guest host Mutty sits down with Stanford University Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Trent Walker.  In the episode, Dr. Walker unpacks his lecture titled "Songs of Love and Loss: Crafting Buddhist Poetry In Early Cambodia." He takes us through his journey of learning Khmer, shares tales from ordaining as a monk in Cambodia, and recites Buddhist poems for listeners. Lightning Round: 02:35 Research and lecture summary: 04:32 Advice for graduate students and recommendations: 45:00 Dr. Walker's Top Recommendations: Have a sip podcast: link The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Joseph Scalice (link), the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, to unpack his new book The Drama of Dictatorship (link) which examines the period leading up to the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 and uncovers the prominent role played by two Communist Parties, the PKP and the CPP, in these events. Stay tuned for a discussion on the open source software, politically committed scholarship, post-graduate struggles, and more! Lightning Round: 03:20 Research and lecture summary: 08:00 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 32:40 Dr. Scalice's Top Recommendations: Obsidian note taking app (link) The Singapore Group by J.G. Farrell (link) Banaag at Sikat (Radiance and Sunrise) by Lope K. Santos, translated by Danton Remoto (link) Mga Ibong Mandaragit (The Preying Birds) by Amado V. Hernandez, translated by Danton Remoto (link) Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light), a movie by Lino Brocka (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine is joined by guest host Aparjitya as they sit down with Dr. Alyssa Paredes from the University of Michigan. Dr. Parades unpacks her Gatty Lecture titled "Plantation Liberalism: Personhood and Property between Philippine Mindanao and the Black Atlantic". Get insights as to how she converted constructive criticism into the topic of her Gatty Lecture, her experience with transnational, multilingual research, and finally her advice for fresh graduates navigating the job market.   Lightning Round: 04:08 Research and lecture summary: 12:16 Advice for Fresh Graduates and recommendations: 27:27 Dr. Paredes' Top Recommendations: Chemical cocktails defy pathogens and regulatory paradigms (link) Remaindered Life (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with MK Long, a graduate student in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University, to unpack her research analyzing the (auto)biographies of Burmese Buddhist nuns. These texts come from a 1982 volume of (auto)biographies of the founder and three generations of successors of a Buddhist nunnery established in central Burma in 1905. Stay tuned for a discussion on the importance of interpersonal relationships between nuns, kinship, language learning, graduate school, and more! Lightning Round: 03:00 Research and lecture summary: 12:15 Advice for researchers: 25:50   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

This week's Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast features ANU department of anthropology professor Dr. Sophie Chao. In the episode, Francine unpacks Dr. Chao's Gatty Lecture titled: We are (not) Monkeys: Raciality, Animality, and Cosmopolitical Struggles in Indonesian West Papua. They also dive further into what inspired her work, and the ways it connects with her expertise in environmental anthropology, and reflect critically on questions about the ethicality, justice, and positionality surrounding her research. Lightning Round: 03:19 Research and lecture summary: 8:41 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 43:06 Dr. Chao's Top Recommendations: The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis (link) Sydney Southeast Asia Centre Stories podcast: Sustainable Peatland Management and Transboundary Haze in Southeast Asia (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine welcomes Dr. Jeremy Ladd of Cornell University's Government Department to unpack his lecture titled, "The Unintended Consequences of Repression in the Electoral Regimes in the Social Media Era". During the episode, Francine delves into Dr. Ladd's utilization of social media data to explore the effects of political suppression on Cambodia's political scene during the 2010s. Stay tuned to hear about Dr. Ladd's work as a mixed-methods political theorist in Southeast Asia!   Lightning Round: 04:02 Research and lecture summary: 8:11 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 39:00 Dr. Ladd's Top Recommendations: From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia (link) The Hidden History of Burma: Race, Capitalism, and the Crisis of Democracy in the 21st Century (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Welcome back to a new season of the Gatty Rewind! On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Juan Fernandez, a PhD candidate in the Department of History at Cornell University, to unpack his research on the histories of masculinity in the highlands of the northern Philippines in the early 20th century. Stay tuned as we discuss sexuality in the Philippines, reminisce over Juan and Francine's time at Cornell, and more! Lightning Round: 04:36 Research and lecture summary: 06:50 Cornell Tidbits: 24:30 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 30:08 Juan Fernandez's Top Recommendations: Annie Batungbakal - a song by Hotdog (link)

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Miles Kenney-Lazar, from the Department of Geography at the National University of Singapore, to unpack his research on the current efforts to devise new approaches for governing land and associated natural resources in Myanmar. Stay tuned for an interesting conversation on land reform in Myanmar, visualizing the future of land, resources to learn more about current events in Myanmar, and more! Lightning Round: 03:40 Research and lecture summary: 08:30 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 52:05 Dr. Kenney-Lazar's Top Recommendations: Frontier Myanmar magazine (link) Donate to CBN Myanmar (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

This week's episode has a special co-host! Welcome Tamar Law, a graduate student in Development Studies at Cornell University and the current co-chair of SEAP's graduate committee. On this week's episode, Francine and Tamar host a tag-team interview with Dr. Tania Li, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, and Dr. Pujo Semedi, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Gadjah Mada University, to unpack their new book Plantation Life (link) on the structure and governance of Indonesia's contemporary palm oil plantations. Join us for a lively yet informative discussion about Tania and Pujo's long-standing academic partnership, corporate occupation in the palm oil plantations, movie recommendations, and more from the dynamic duo! Lightning Round: 04:30 Research and lecture summary: 16:10 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 54:15 Tania and Pujo's Top Recommendations: Aroma of Heaven documentary (trailer) Durga/Umayi by Y.B. Mangunwijaya (link) In the Shadow of the Palms by Sophie Chao (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with author Sunisa Manning to unpack her debut novel A Good True Thai (link) which is a historical fiction set in Thailand during the 1970s student radicalization and revolution. Her book was a finalist for the 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize for Southeast Asian writers. Join us for a thought-provoking conversation on censorship in Thailand, Sunisa's mixed-race experiences, and her struggles in resolving her Thai and American identity! Lightning Round: 03:10 Research and lecture summary: 05:38 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 33:30 Manning's Top Recommendations: Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (link) How to Read Now: Essays by Elaine Castillo (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

This week's episode has a special co-host! Welcome Hui-Yuan Neo, a graduate student in the Government Department at Cornell University. On this week's episode, Francine and Neo meet with Dr. Eddy Malesky, from the Department of Political Science at Duke University, to unpack his new publication on trade literacy among migrants in Vietnam and their enthusiasm for global economic knowledge, for purposes of analyzing trade shocks in emerging economies like Vietnam. Stay tuned for a lively yet informative discussion conversation on conducting surveys, analyzing statistics, competitive tennis, advice for fieldwork and more! Lightning Round: 04:30 Research and lecture summary: 16:33 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 50:50 Dr. Malesky's Top Recommendations: GRIT documentary (link) Ròm movie (trailer) Bad Genius movie (trailer) Bronze Drum by Phong Nguyen (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Hitomi Fujimura, a Postdoctoral Fellow at the York University in Toronto, to unpack her research on Karen Baptists, the resurgence of Karen national identity, and the historicity of claiming national identity. Stay tuned till the end for some wonderful movie and reading recommendations!  Lightning Round: 03:38 Research and lecture summary: 14:45 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 36:30 Dr. Fujimura's Top Recommendations: Belonging Across the Bay of Bengal by Michael Laffan (link) Stateless Short Film on Youtube (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here.  On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Victoria Reyes, from the Department of Gender & Sexuality Studies at UC Riverside, to unpack her book Academic Outsider (link), which is a collection of feminist essays about the conditional citizenship awarded to women and people of color in academia. Stay tuned for a conversation on women's space in academia, mentorship, and carving your own journey!  Lightning Round: 04:41 Research and lecture summary: 13:15 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 44:45 Dr. Reyes' Top Recommendations: The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui (link) What We Carry by Maya Lang (link) Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang (link) Fairest by Meredith Talusan (link) The Body Papers by Grace Talusan (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here.  On this week's episode, Meredith Talusan joins Francine to discuss her book, Fairest, among a variety of other topics. Our producers giggle with Meredith Talusan as she reminisces over some of her experiences at Cornell University, and share what it feels like to be back in Ithaca. Stay tuned to find out some fun facts about Ms. Talusan and whether a second book is on the way! Lightning Round: 03:36 Gatty Lecture Discussion: 10:54 Recommendations and Advice: 54:46 Meredith's Top Recommendations: Song Exploder podcast (link) Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Enezi (link) The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here.  In our latest episode, Francine chats with Dr. Nicholas Kuipers, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore, about his research on bureaucratic selection and nation-building, specifically with regard to Indonesian civil service examinations. Dr. Kuipers is currently developing a monograph on his research. Lightning Round: 03:20 Research and lecture summary: 07:25 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 30:12 Dr. Kuipers's Top Recommendations: Pria (movie directed by Yudho Aditya) Dangdut music   ____________________________________________________________________________________ The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here. In our latest episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Ruth Toulson, Professor of Anthropology at Maryland Institute College of Arts, to unpack her book project on Chinese funeral parlors and the politicization of funeral rites in Singapore. Lightning Round: 03:00 Research and lecture summary: 11:35 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 37:30 Dr. Toulson's Top Recommendations: The Spirit Ambulance by Scott Stonington (link) Bad Blood: A Memoir by Lorna Sage (link) Writing Your Journal Article in Twelve Weeks by Wendy Laura Belcher (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here.

To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here. In our latest episode, Francine chats with Professor Evyn Lê Espiritu Gandhi, Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at UCLA, to discuss her research on the "refugee settler condition" through the lens of postwar Vietnamese refugees in Guam and Israel-Palestine. Lightning Round: 03:05 Research and lecture summary: 08:40 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 44:50 Dr. Gandhi's Top Recommendations: Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So (link) Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong (link) Distorted Footprints Podcast by Dr. Gandhi's Critical Refugee Studies course at UCLA (link) Vietnamese Boat People Podcast (link)   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here.

Welcome to a new season!  To enter the giveaway, fill out our listener survey here! Sadly, we are saying goodbye to our long-time host, Michael, a history PhD candidate. In this episode, he passes the reigns to our new host, Francine Barchett. Francine is a PhD Student in the department of the Natural Resources and the Environment, and her research involves the illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam, conservation efforts in Southeast Asia, and the Southern African trophy hunting industry. Having attended Cornell for both undergrad and graduate school, Francine shares her journey to Southeast Asia, as well as useful Southeast Asian language resources for those interested. Michael's Farewell: 02:10 Get to know Francine: 12:10 Behind the scenes: 37:10 Recommendations from Francine: Dilan 1991 Southeast Asian Language Resources: Critical Language Scholarship (link) Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute (link) Embassy of Indonesia Language Programs (link) NRCs at Cornell University, Northern Illinois University, UC Berkeley, UCLA, University of Hawaii, UW-Madison, University of Washington   The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here.

In our last episode of the season, Michael talks with Kale Fajardo, Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), about his research on queer river-and-seafaring Filipino figures in contemporary Philippine cinema. A few of Kale Fajardo's publications: Filipino Crosscurrents (link) Queering and Transing the Great Lakes:Filipino/a Tomboy Masculinities and Manhoods Across Waters (link) "Decolonizing Manila-Men and St. Maló, Louisiana: A Queer Postcolonial Asian American Critique" in Filipino Studies: Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora (link) Research & lecture summary: 01:40 Advice for researchers & recommendations: 30:20 Kale Fajardo's Movie Recommendations: Days by Tsai-Ming Liang (link) Ramen Teh by Eric Khoo (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with Professor Dredge Kang, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at UC San Diego, to discuss his first book project, "White Asian Aspirations: Queer Racialization in Thailand," and his broader research into race, gender, sexuality, and class in Thailand. Research and lecture summary: 01:40 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 29:10 Dredge Kang's Top Recommendations: Archipelago of Resettlement by Evyn Le Espiritu Gandhi (link) Pirated! by Nguyen Tan Hoang (link)

In our newest episode, Michael and Unaizah chat with Kathryn Fiorella, Assistant Professor of Public & Ecosystem Health at Cornell University, about her research on the impact of environmental changes on fishing practices and livelihoods in Cambodia.  Research and lecture summary: 01:40 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 20:10 Katie Fiorella's Top Recommendations: From the Land of Green Ghosts by Pascal Khoo Thwe (link) The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien (link)

In this latest episode, Michael and Tinakrit Sireerat, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Asian Studies at Cornell University, discuss his dissertation on the history of livestock farming in Hokkaido and forestry in Lanna as a backdrop for the interconnections between colonial administration and environmental governance.  Research and lecture summary: 01:40 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 28:23 Tinakrit Sireerat's Top Recommendation: Colonizing Animals by Jonathan Saha (link) Petch Pra Uma by Phanom Thian (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with May Sabe Phyu, renowned Burmese women's rights activist, to discuss her advocacy work for women in Myanmar.  Activism and lecture summary: 01:38 General advice: 29:34 May Sabe Phyu's Top Recommendations: Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know by Erica Chenoweth (link) Leadership on the Line by Marty Linsky and Ronald Heifetz (link) Pray the Devil Back to Hell (link) Other Resources: BURMA Act of 2021 (link) Gender Equality Network Myanmar (link) May's Twitter (link)

In this latest episode, Michael and Professor Padwe, Associate Professor at the University of Hawai'i Mānoa, discuss his latest monograph Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories (link) which talks about the Jarai people in northeast Cambodia and their efforts to rebuild their agricultural system after decades of external interruption. Research and lecture summary: 01:45 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:43 Jonathan Padwe's Top Recommendation: Plantation Life by Tania Murray Li and Pujo Semedi (link)

In this new episode, Michael and Unaizah have a lively discussion with Kat Gutierrez, Assistant Professor at UC Santa Cruz, about her current book project on American and Spanish colonial botanists in the Philippines.  Research and lecture summary: 01:47 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:41 Kat Gutierrez's Top Recommendation: Mababangong Bangungot (Perfumed Nightmare) - link

In this episode, Michael sits down with Harriman Saragih, Professor of Business Innovation at Monash University, to discuss his work on consumer behavior in Indonesia through the lens of environmentalism. Research and lecture summary: 01:45 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 10:40 Harriman Saragih's Top Recommendation: Plastic Wars by FRONTLINE PBS (link)

We are back for the new semester! In this latest episode, Magnus Fiskesjö, Associate Professor at Cornell University, and Michael discuss his recent book Stories from an Ancient Land (link), with a detailed discussion on Wa history and culture. Research and lecture summary: 1:47 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 39:14 Magnus Fiskesjö's Top Recommendation: To Govern the Globe by Alfred W. McCoy (link)

In our latest episode, Michael and Unaizah chat with Sandy Chang, Assistant Professor at the University of Florida, to discuss her current book project on British Malaya (1870s-1930s), focusing on female Chinese migrants and their roles as sex workers in the brothel economy. Research and lecture summary: 1:45 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 25:55 Sandy Chang's Top Recommendation: Fluid Jurisdiction by Nurfadzilah Yahaya (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with William Noseworthy, a Visiting Scholar at the Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, to discuss his decade-long project on Cham religious communities in Vietnam and Cambodia (17th century - present), which revolves around themes of power, culture, and memory. Research and lecture summary: 01:50 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 19:15 William Noseworthy's Top Recommendations: Histoire de la diaspora Cam by Nicolas Weber (link) The Politics of Cham Migration to Malaysia by Rie Nakamura (link) The First Vietnam War by Shawn McHale (link)

In this week's episode, Michael chats with Will Smith, from Deakin University in Melbourne, about his recent book project, Mountains of Blame (link), which explores the impact of environmental governance and climate change on the Philippine island of Palawan.  Research and lecture summary: 01:50 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 18:00 Will Smith's Top Recommendations: Mao's Bestiary by Liz Chee (link) The Sovereign Trickster by Vincent Rafael (link)

In our latest episode, Michael sits down with Andrew Weintraub, from the Department of Music at the University of Pittsburgh, for a discussion on ethnomusicology, where they unpack Professor Weintraub's recent research on the music of the Left in Indonesia from 1950-65. Research & lecture summary: 02:18 Advice for researchers and recommendations: 23:30 Andrew Weintraub's Publications: Power Plays (link) Dangdut Stories (link) Andrew Weintraub's Top Recommendations: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins (link) Social Commitment in Literature and the Arts by Keith Foulcher (link) Buried Histories by John Roosa (link)

In today's podcast, Michael and Professor Geoff Robinson, from the Department of History at UCLA, delve into Geoff's research on the mass killings in Indonesia from 1965-66, and his recent monograph, The Killing Season. (link).  Research & lecture summary: 02:00 Research advice and recommendations: 23:08 Robinson's Other Books: East Timor 1999: Crimes Against Humanity (link) "If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die" (link) Geoffrey Robinson's Reading Recommendations: Republicanism, Communism, Islam by John Sidel (link) Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer (link)

In this week's episode, Michael sits down with Sara Swenson, from the Department of Religion at Dartmouth College, to discuss contemporary Buddhist charity movements in Vietnam and her ethnographic research in Ho Chi Minh City, which is the heart of her current book project on grassroots Buddhist social service campaigns and its relation to religious humanitarianism in Southeast Asia.  Research & lecture summary: 01:58 Research advice and reading recommendations: 20:20 Sara Swenson's Reading Recommendations: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Voung (link)

In the latest episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind, Michael talks with Professor Joshua Plotnik, Assistant Professor at Hunter College, about the intelligence and cognitive abilities of elephants and how research into elephants cognitive abilities can be used to enhance conservation and efforts via education, for Asian elephants and their habitats, such as those in Thailand. Research & lecture summary: 02:00 Advice for researchers and book recommendations: 27:46 Joshua Plotnik's Top Recommendations: Elephants by Hannah Mumby (link) Elephant Bill by J.H. Williams (link)

Welcome back to a new season of the Gatty Lecture Rewind! In this first episode of the semester, Michael sits down with Tom Pepinsky, the director of the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, to discuss the concept of ethnic identity in Malaysia. This was the topic of Professor Pepinsky's recent Gatty Lecture and the crux a long-term book project he is developing.  Research & lecture summary: 02:33 Advice for undergrads/reading recommendations/life during the pandemic: 29:28 Tom Pepinsky's Top Recommendations: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (link) The Raid: Redemption (2011 movie) What is a Malay? by Judith A. Nagata (link)

In the final episode of this academic year of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael talks with Professor Ian Baird about his new book, Rise of the Brao: Ethnic Minorities in Northeastern Cambodia during Vietnamese Occupation. 

In this week's episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael chats with Dr. Juliet Lu about a recent talk she gave at Cornell titled, "'Like China 30 years ago' Chinese Discourses of Development in Northern Laos." Dr. Lu is also a host on the Belt and Road Podcast. 

In the 52nd episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael sits down with Professor Gavin Douglas to discuss a recent Gatty Lecture that Gavin gave at Cornell, titled, "Sound, Music, and Buddhism in Myanmar/Burma."

In episode 51 of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael sits down (virtually) with Professor Ronit Ricci, to discuss a recent Gatty Lecture (and much more!) that she gave at Cornell, titled "From Sarandib, via Lanka, to Ceylon: Exile and Memory in the Colonial Age."

In this week's podcast episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind, Michael chats with Anthony Irwin, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Cornell University, about a recent lecture he gave at Cornell, titled, "Everybody Gets a Sword! The Production and Proliferation of Buddhist Ritual Weaponry in Northern Thailand." Anthony and Michael discuss Anthony's journey to this project, as well as the significance of class and the state to ritual weaponry in Northern Thailand. 

In this week's episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind, Michael sits down with Vinh Pham, a PhD Candidate at Cornell University, to discuss Vinh's dissertation and work on the future of Vietnamese Francophone literature. Vinh will give a lecture at Cornell University on May 13, 2021, titled "Configuring the Future in Vietnamese Francophone: Readings of Marguerite Duras, Pham Duy Khiêm, and Kim Lefèvre." To register for that lecture, visit: https://events.cornell.edu/event/configuring_the_future_in_vietnamese_francophone_readings_of_marguerite_duras_pham_duy_khiem_and_kim_lefevre. The book that Vinh mentions on the podcast is titled: Riz Noir by Anna Moï

In this week's episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael chats with Joe Pittayaporn about a talk he gave at Cornell in February 2021, as part of the Gatty Lecture series. That talk, was titled, "Old Thai and the Arrival of Thai in Central Thailand." Joe and Michael also discuss his broader work on the history of language in Thailand, and Joe gives his suggestions for his favorite recent reads in Southeast Asia. 

In the 47th episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael sits down with John Burgess, author and former journalist at the Washington Post, to discuss a recent lecture he gave at Cornell, titled, "Cambodia's Angkor Temples as a Military Prize: The World War II Experience." They also discuss John's broader book project, Angkor's Temples in the Modern Era: War, Pride, and Tourist Dollars.

In this week's episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind, Michael sits down with Van Tran to discuss her recent Gatty Lecture, "Activist Resilience under Repression:  The Role of Bystander Protection in the Burmese Pro-Democracy Movement." The organizations and individuals mentioned in the podcast are: (myanmar-now.org), (frontiermyanmar.net), (@the_ayeminthant), and (aappb.org).  

In the first episode of Season 6 of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael sits down with Professor Cherry Quizon to discuss her recent Gatty Lecture, "Beyond Bloody Reds: Notes on the Significance of Morinda in the Bagobo Textile Hierarchy." Michael and Professor Quizon discuss her work in textiles in the Philippines, her current projects, research advice, and much more. 

In the final episode of season 5 of the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast, Michael talks with Kathryn Sweet about her research into the development of multiple healthcare programs in Cold War Laos. The Gatty Lecture Rewind returns with Season 6 this coming spring! 

In this episode of the Gatty Rewind Podcast, Michael sits down with Sittithep Eaksittipong to chat about his recent lecture, given at Cornell, titled, "The Social and Political Lives of G. William Skinner and Chinese Society in Thailand. They discuss what makes Sittithep's research so innovative to the study of knowledge production in Thailand and his time researching in Boston and Ithaca.