Gatty Rewind Podcast

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...

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...

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 resea...

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...

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...

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,...

In our last episode of the season, Michael talks with Kale Fajarado, 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 Fajarado's publications: Filipino Crosscurrents  ( link ) Queering and Transing the Great Lakes:Filipino...

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 R...

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 G...

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 recommendat...

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...

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 a...

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...

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...

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 Wil...

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...

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...

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 H...

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 &...

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 summ...

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 summa...

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. Watch Ian Baird's Gatty lecture here .