Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast - Cseas @ Niu

In this crossover episode from our sister podcast Napalm in the Morning, Drs Jones and Jagel interview Dave Luhrssen, author of The Vietnam War on Film, War on the Silver Screen, Secret Societies and Clubs in American History, and many others! Come for the historical analysis, stay for the historians! davidluhrssen.com/

Dr. Jones and Eve Zucker discuss Cambodia and the recovery of the country post-genocide and the alterations of a statue commissioned of Yeay Mao. https://anthropology.yale.edu/people/eve-zucker

Drs Jones and Jagel speak with historian and museum conservationist Heath Hardage Lee on her book League of Wives, her inspiration and work in oral history collecting interviews for the book, and the upcoming major Hollywood film adaptation. Order her book here on her website. https://heathleeauthor.com/

In this podcast, Drs Jones and Jagel interview Hoang Minh Vu, a Ph.D. Candidate from Cornell, on his research surrounding the Third Indochina War and Vietnam’s efforts to integrate itself into the economic fabric of the non-Communist global market. Hoang Minh Vu highlights ASEAN’s rapid post-Cold War enlargement and transformation into the indispensable host of the most important Asia-Pacific security and economic fora.

Eric Jones sits down with Irving Chan Johnson, Associate Professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, to discuss his passion for Thai temple murals and the specificities of the Thai style. Here is are two links to his book "The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah: Encounters, Mobilities, and Histories along the Malaysian-Thai Border" https://www.amazon.com/Irving-Chan-Johnson/e/B00DWKTL00%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://muse.jhu.edu/article/518188/pdf

In this episode of Crossroads, Dr. Eric Jones sits down with the founder of the Center for Burma Studies at NIU, Richard Cooler. They discuss Cooler's passion for Burmese art, history, and culture and how these inspirations drove him to found the Center for Burma Studies, and why NIU was chosen to house this establishment.

Eric Jones sits down with Ian Coxhead, Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, to discuss the challenges involved in the labor market in Vietnam.

Social media has changed the political landscape in significant ways, particularly as it pertains to elections. Eric Jones sits down with Kanjana Thepboriruk and Punchada Sirivunnabood to discuss the 2019 election in Thailand and how social media and political culture is changing.

Like many people, Jon Racek's career in modern architecture took an abrupt turn after the 2008 financial recession. When he reassessed his career and how to move forward, he ended up moving to Thailand with his family. The move catalyzed a journey to build community education systems, specifically playground equipment. Eric Jones sits down with Jon to discuss this journey, its connection with Southeast Asia, and how his idea is championing a new approach to NGO work.

Music permeates our lives in a multitude of ways and many believe it is a gateway to the supernatural. However, it is much more than that. Music can reveal history, culture, religion, politics, to name just a few. Eric Jones sits down with Andrew Shahriari and Chamni Sripraram to discuss how music in Thailand is a gateway to its cultural traditions.

For scholars of Southeast Asian Studies, the fluidity of gender in Southeast Asia is permeating contemporary scholarship in new ways. Dr. Tamara Loos and Kanjana Thepboriruk sit down with Eric Jones to discuss the impact of Judith Butler's work as a foundation to these rising, novel discussions concerning gender in Southeast Asia.

Thailand has a unique social structure because it is a country of the global South but has never come under colonial rule while emulating Western modernization. The result is a double structure, one part consisting of a precapitalist structure and the other comprising a hierarchy of social classes. On this episode, Dr. Boike Rehbein sits down with Eric Jones, Kanjana Thepboriruk, and John Hartmann to discuss the peculiarities of Thailand's social structure and the resulting inequality.

Dr. Shoua Yang, Professor of Political Science at St. Cloud State University joins Dr. Eric Jones to discuss the impacts of foreign capital on the political and economic development of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Dr. Yang's insight reveals the benefits and consequences of receiving aid from foreign nations in the process of development.

Today we sit down with Nathanael Sumaktoyo to explore the puzzle of Muslim voting behavior with double minority candidates. Crossroads would like to thank Agung Pradanta for today's music.

On this episode, Katherine Bowie joins Eric Jones, Kanjana Thepboriruk and Matthew Trew to discuss her new research on the influential monk, Kruba Srivichai and his place in defining modern Thailand. Crossroads would like to thank Dangdut Cowboys for their musical addition to today's show.

We're joined by Meredith Weiss to uncover the mysteries of "hybrid" electoral authoritarian regimes and find out why they prove so durable.

On this episode, we host ethnomusicologist and Dangdut Cowboys founder Andrew Weintraub and explore his fascinating research on popular music in Southeast Asia

Today Rachel Jacobs shares her innovative interdisciplinary research into social ties and the effects of collectivization on mortality in Democratic Kampuchea.

Join us as Anne Foster discusses her new research on opium and transnational Southeast Asia

In this episode we talk to Rosalie Metro about her captivating novel on cultural understandings and misunderstandings in Burma