Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast - Cseas @ Niu

Today Eric Jones and Andrea Radasanu are joined by comparative political theorist Matthew Walton, sharing insights into his years of research into Buddhist activism in Myanmar

In this episode Eric Jones and Catherine Raymond hear from Austin-Based Artist Judy Jensen and her unique project to restore reverse glass temple paintings in northern Thailand

This episode we are joined by Vicente Rafael and we try to understand the photography coming out of the Philippine drug war under President Duterte

Today we sit down with Michael Vann, and discuss his exciting new graphic history The Great Hanoi Rat Hunt: Empire Disease and Modernity in French Colonial Vietnam

Mitch Hendrickson, specialist on the rise of Angkor, comes by to share new insights about this epic civilization

Mark Padoongpatt stops by to talk about his exciting new book, Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America with Mark Padoongpatt

In this episode we welcome Asian American Studies professor Fiona Ngo, and talk about the discourse of “self-sufficiency” and its Southeast Asian connection to the history of immigration, disability, race and welfare in the US

Today we are joined by Dr. Tharaphi Than as she encourages us to study Myanmar through food: Challenging paradigms and Connecting University with Communities. Dr. Than will focus on students from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and Yangon University in Myanmar.

In this episode, we learn from Dr. Vemu about biodiversity hotspots, discovering new antibiotics and ethno-pharmacology in Southeast Asia

Join us as Michael Vann and Eric Jones sit down to engage issues of history and memory, state-constructed narratives, political silences, and uncomfortable relationships within the contemporary ASEAN framework

On today’s episode Eric Jones and Kenton Clymer interview Bradley Simpson and we discuss genocide, justice and the ongoing search for truth and accountability in the 1965-66 Indonesian mass killings

James Hoesterey visits Eric Jones and Sinta Febrina to discuss the enigmatic Indonesian preacher, Aa Gym

Today we are joined in studio by Lisa NIziolek and we learn more about her research on the Field Museum’s collection of the Java Sea Seawreck.

In this episode, Ian Baird sits down to explore the history of the Hmong in Thailand with the Communist Party of Thailand (CPT), presenting new research about its transnational, transcultural and transformative effect on gender relations.

Join us as we explore the contours of agrarian transformation and peasant resistance in contemporary Indonesia, especially after democratization (1998 and onward), focusing on two case studies of local struggles against land dispossession: Bulukumba District (South Sulawesi Province) and North Bengkulu (Bengkulu Province).

In this special "Teaching Southeast Asia" episode, we hear from Cambodia expert Judy Ledgerwood and she walks us through how to teach Genocide and the Khmer Rouge in your classrooms. If you'd like to follow along with her lesson materials, go to this website http://www.niu.edu/cseas/resources/educators.shtml and click on the link for "Teaching about the Khmer Rouge" under "Lesson Plans and Curriculum"

Today we join scholar of religion Alicia Turner and explore Genealogies of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Burma

Today we join scholar of religion Alicia Turner and explore Genealogies of Religious Tolerance and Intolerance in Burma

Join us as we welcome Lisa Brooten and examine Facebook, Leapfrogging, and the Dark Side in Myanmar

Transnationalizing Cambodian Buddhism with John Marston by Dr. Eric Jones