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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.

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Episode 71: Kale B. Fajarado, Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

May 19, 2022

In our last episode of the season, Michael talks with Kale Fajarado, Associate Professor of American Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities), about his research on queer river-and-seafaring Filipino figures in contemporary Philippine cinema.

A few of Kale Fajarado's publications:

Filipino Crosscurrents (link)

Queering and Transing the Great Lakes:Filipino/a Tomboy Masculinities and Manhoods Across Waters (link)

"Decolonizing Manila-Men and St. Maló, Louisiana: A Queer Postcolonial Asian American Critique" in Filipino Studies: Palimpsests of Nation and Diaspora (link)

Research & lecture summary: 01:40

Advice for researchers & recommendations: 30:20

Kale Fajarado's Movie Recommendations:

  • Days by Tsai-Ming Liang (link)
  • Ramen Teh by Eric Khoo (link)