Dr. Eric Jones is joined by Dr. Wang, Dr Atkins, and this week's guest: Professor Jeremy Wallach to talk all about metal music in Southeast Asia. Wallach talks about how metal music is a genre for the youth, and how it is bringing attention to civil issues within the Southeast Asian political landscape. Wallach dispels the rumors about metal heads …

Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk is joined by Dr Taylor Easum, Trude Jacobson Gidaszewski, and Peter Alexander to discuss the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, a city at the crossroads of culture. Together, they discuss how the province is not just a Thai city, but multicultural and rich in history created by colonizing forces. Dr Taylor Easum is a historian…

Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk sits down with Sharon Quinsaat to discuss diasporas within the Philippines and their effect on the country's national identity. Through the context of Filipinos living within the Philippines, Filipinos living within other countries, and the government's historical attempts to influence Philippino culture, Quinsaat discusses t…

In this episode of Crossroads, Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk speaks with Phan Nhiên Hạo about his experience as an immigrant from Vietnam translating into his poetic works and existing between two cultures and languages. Hao Phan (Phan Nhiên Hạo) is the Curator of the Southeast Asia library collection at Northern Illinois University and a published poet. …

Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk sits down with Dr Michael Dwyer to talk aboutstate reversals of earlier agrarian reforms in Southeast Asia that have rolled back “land-to-the-tiller” policies created in the wake of Cold War–era revolutions. They disucss this trend, marked by increased land concentration and the promotion of export-oriented agribusiness at th…

A conversation with Young China Watchers Johanna Costigan Research and Editorial Associate, Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Writer and editor on China technology Member, Global Editorial Board, Young China Watchers (YCW) William Heidlage Senior Director, Bower Group Asia Global Executive Director, Young China Watchers (YCW) Follow us on Facebo…

Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk sits with VC Tang to discuss her new cookbook released titled "Come Eat, Grandma!" In this podcast, they discuss the writing process, some of the experiences that lead to the creation of this book, and growing up Thai in America and the joys and struggles it entails.VC Tang's book has been described as "A collection of flashb…

In this podcast, Dr Kanjana Thepboriruk and Chomkate Ngamkaiwan, a PhD candidate in Criminology at Mahidol University, Thailand, examine the ongoing PM2.5 crisis in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, and its vicinities as a form of environmental crime. She also explores the relationship between the air pollution and policy corruption. In these …

Drs Jones and Jui-Ching Wang sit down with Dr Joe Kinzer to explore how centuries of conflicting Hindu-Buddhist and Islamic influences from India and the Middle East have transformed and continue to complicate Malay cultural politics in 21st century musical practices. Joe Kinzer received his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from the University of Washingto…

This podcast Dr Jones speaks with Drs Kanjana Thepboriruk and Laura Vilardell and examine the ways in which the team of volunteer Thai language translators navigated their own identities, the collaborative translation process, and the linguistic and cultural challenges of producing the 2020 Thai Letters for Black Lives. Thai was one of fifty-two la…

In this episode, Drs Jones and J. Casey Hammond discuss China and their 5g network and tensions with Huawei and the United States.J. Casey Hammond is a China and Southeast Asian affairs analyst, university lecturer, and independent researcher. He received his PhD in History from the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MCP in Economic Developmen…

In this episode, Drs Kanjana and Jones talk to Hmong hip hop sensation Tou SaiKo Lee about his experience as a Hmong American reclaiming and uniting the old and new in his culture through hip hop.Today Tou SaiKo is an intergenerational bridge builder, worldwide teaching artist, cultural revitalizer, cultural innovator and catalyst for movement.He w…

In the film Apocalypse Now (1979), a single phrase marks an iconic enemy and creates a chain of associations separating the shared kinship and apotheosis of Western Selves and Eastern Others. “Charlie don’t surf” signals conflicted interactions with Southeast Asia water lifeworlds that call for critical relationality and understanding, concepts Dr …

Nicholas Kuipers is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley and a predoctoral scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Most of his research is interested in identifying whether and when certain political institutions worsen group-based antagonisms. In this po…

A conversation with Young China Watchers Ann Listerud Analyst Strider Intelligence Jason Li Research Associate, East Asia Program The Stimson Center Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/…

AsiaGlobal Podcast Andrew Collier Managing Director and Founder Orient Capital Research Hong Kong Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com “China’s Technology War: Why Beijing Took Down Its Tech Giants” is available on Amazon and other platforms: https://amzn.to/3wHYkkV Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute…

Dr. Jones talks with Dr. Clayton about using his expertise to work on issues of demining in Cambodia using robotics. In a country where more than 1.1 million acres are contaminated with explosive remnants of war, the nonprofit was looking for ways to develop robotic solutions to help technicians with their disposal.…

AsiaGlobal Podcast Vasuki Shastry Associate Fellow in the Asia-Pacific Programme Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) Read AsiaGlobal Online articles by Vasuki Shastry: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/author/vasuki-shastry Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.co…

Dr. Jones talks with MauMau, a refugee from Myanmar's February coup. MauMau talks about the nature of the coup and living under military law in Myanmar as a protestor post-Covid.By Dr. Eric Jones

Meet the Authors Jens Marquardt Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt Laurence L Delina The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Mattijs Smits Wageningen University & Research Southeast Asian countries play a pivotal role in the fight against climate change, taking care to balance economic progress with climate…

Meet the Author Leonard Schoppa Professor of Politics University of Virginia Read the AsiaGlobal Online article: https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/death-japans-master-politician-leaves-void Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGIn…

AsiaGlobal Podcast Jaime FlorCruz Journalist, China watcher and author of The Class of ’77: How My Classmates Changed China Subscribe to our podcast: https://agi.buzzsprout.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsiaGlobalInstitute/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AsiaGInstitute LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2473796/ YouTube:…

Drs Jones and Arnold discuss the African American experience in the Vietnam War. Professor Stanley Arnold's research interests are concentrated in two related areas, civil rights movement in the United States from 1920 to 1970 exclusive of the South and the intersection of race and sports in the United States. As a historian, one of his goals is to…

In this talk Dr Jones interviews Jan Middendorf, who serves as the Associate Director for Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) at Kansas State University (KSU). In this role, Middendorf oversees the operational, programmatic, and reporting aspects of SIIL’s $75 million research portfolio in…

Dr Jones and Glynnis White talk with Elizabeth Clendinning about gamelan in America. Elizabeth Clendinning's research addresses concepts of space, time, cultural representation, and pedagogy within transnational Balinese gamelan communities and in film and television music. Her writing has appeared in various journals and edited volumes, including …

In this talk, Drs Jones and Legerwood talk with Dr Grant and explore how medical imaging participates in the re-configuration of public and private health care in Phnom Penh. Dr Grant consider different concepts to help parse the organization of care when Cambodia’s political economy evades captions such as “socialism” or “free market capitalism.”J…

Drs Jones and Atkins speak with An Tran on his classical guitar playing infused with Vietnamese style.Tran is based in Chicago and has won 13 international and awards. he has been praised for his “gorgeous playing” and “flawless technique” by the KnoxTNToday, and received many accolades for his dynamic artistry including being hailed as a “Vietname…

In this podcast Drs Jones and Kanjana sit down with Dr. Leslie Castro-Woodhouse about her book, Woman between Two Kingdoms: Dara Rasami and the Making of Modern Thailand. They will discuss a northern Thai consort named Dara Rasami played a critical role in Siam’s effort to emulate a European-style “hierarchy of civilizations” in building a modern n…

In this talk, Drs Eric Jones and Micah Morton discuss the work of certain ethnic Akha elite to promote a pan-Akha identity among their roughly 730,000 ethnic kin residing throughout the Upper Mekong Region. The region’s ongoing transformation from battlefields to markets is being accompanied by the growth of more formal transborder ties among a num…