Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast

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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 68: Tinakrit Sireerat, Department of Asian Studies, Cornell University

Apr 28, 2022

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...

Episode 67: May Sabe Phyu, Gender Equality Network in Myanmar

Apr 21, 2022

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 (

Episode 66: Jonathan Padwe, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

Apr 14, 2022

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...