Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast - CSEAS @ NIU

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.7...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amo...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future epi...

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 Sout...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscribe...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month...

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...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber....

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount....

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donati...

We're joined by Meredith Weiss to uncover the mysteries of "hybrid" electoral authoritarian regimes and find out why they prove so durable. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' a...

On this episode, we host ethnomusicologist and Dangdut Cowboys founder Andrew Weintraub and explore his fascinating research on popular music in Southeast Asia Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southe...

Today Rachel Jacobs shares her innovative interdisciplinary research into social ties and the effects of collectivization on mortality in Democratic Kampuchea. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southe...

Join us as Anne Foster discusses her new research on opium and transnational Southeast Asia Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' as the recipient, then put 'podcast' as your dona...

In this episode we talk to Rosalie Metro about her captivating novel on cultural understandings and misunderstandings in Burma Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' as the recipie...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'C...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for '...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian St...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for So...

Mitch Hendrickson, specialist on the rise of Angkor, comes by to share new insights about this epic civilization Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' as the recipient, then put '...

Mark Padoongpatt stops by to talk about his exciting new book, Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America with Mark Padoongpatt Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' a...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give...

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. Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possibl...

In this episode, we learn from Dr. Vemu about biodiversity hotspots, discovering new antibiotics and ethno-pharmacology in Southeast Asia Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose your donation amount. Search for 'Center for Southeast Asian Studies' as...

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 Help sustain the podcast by becoming a subscriber. For $7 per month or $1.75 per episode, you can help make future episodes possible. Visit https://foundation.myniu.com/give.php and choose y...