Southeast Asia

For my SEALIVES project, I proposed to interview two people with whom I had long been acquainted. The first, Mbah Yem, was the proprietor of an angkringan in the Danunegaran neighborhood of Yogyakarta, where I often ate a delicious and convivial dinner of rice, vegetables, and assorted fried, grilled, and bacemed snacks when living in the area. The second, Afrizal Malna, is an internationally renowned contemporary poet and critic from Jakarta whose work—at once critical and playful—engages the shifting social world of contemporary Indonesia...

This interview project is part of our research which aims to examine how Thai commoners with socio-economic disadvantages decided to join the monarchy reform movement during 2020-2022 and how they have been prosecuted and endured legal prosecutions. Their marginalized and precarious experiences would provide an immensely rich accounts for a study of the monarchy reform movement, political activism, and ongoing lèse-majesté prosecutions in Thailand...

US-Vietnam relations have changed significantly since the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975 when the two countries were bitter enemies. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the...