Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast

From the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast features interviews and conversations with scholars and researchers working in and around Southeast Asia, all of whom have been invited to give a Gatty Lecture at Cornell University. Conversations cover the history, politics, economics, literature, art, and cultures of the region. Podcast topics cover the many nations and peoples of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, and Timor-Leste. For more information on the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, visit our website. Music provided by 14 Strings and the Cornell Gamelan Ensemble.

Episode 60: Will Smith, Alfred Deakin Institute for Globalization and Citizenship, Deakin University

Nov 30, 2021

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...

Episode 59: Andrew Weintraub, Department of Music, University of Pittsburgh

Nov 16, 2021

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...

Episode 58: Geoffrey Robinson, Department of History, UCLA

Nov 9, 2021

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...

Episode 57: Sara Ann Swenson, Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, Dartmouth College

Nov 2, 2021

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...