Spring 2012 Lecture Series
►All lectures take place on Fridays at 12 noon in the Campus Life Building, Room 110 (Honors), unless otherwise noted.
►All lectures are free and open to the public.
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Thai lunches are now available. Lunches MUST be ordered online through the website, Brown Bag Thai Lunch Reservations, by 6 p.m. Thursday. Orders must be cancelled by 10 a.m. Friday online. Lunches that are not picked up and have not been cancelled must still be paid for. Cost is $6 for faculty, $5 for students. Payment may be paid by cash or check. For all inquiries, please email seabrownbag@gmail.com.
►All are welcome to bring a lunch and beverage if not ordering a Thai lunch.
Friday, January 27
Trude Jacobsen, Assistant Professor, History and Assistant Director, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University
Lecture title: Will the Real Slaves Please Step Forward: Debt Bondage in Mainland Southeast Asia
Friday, February 3
Shahin Aftabizadeh, M.A. candidate, Anthropology, Northern Illinois University
Lecture title: Shadows of Burma: The Politics of Identity on the Thai-Burmese Border
Friday, February 10 - No lecture
Join us Thursday, February 9 - Saturday, February 11 for the From the Adriatic to the Sulu Sea: Islam and Identity in Southeast Europe and Southeast Asia Conference;(Islam at the Edges 2012 Conference, Franke Institute for the Humanities, the University of Chicago.
Sponsored by the Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at NIU.
Friday, February 17
John Hartmann, Distinguished Teaching and Board of Trustees Professor, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Northern Illinois University
Lecture title: Talking Back to Power: Testimony from Thai and Lao Literature and Art
Friday, February 24
Jeffrey Winters, Associate Professor, Political Science, Northwestern University
Lecture title: Indonesian Oligarchs in Comparative Perspective
Friday, March 2
John J. Brandon, Director, International Relations and Associate Director, The Asia Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Lecture title: The Future of Southeast Asian Studies: Implications for U.S.-Southeast Asian Relations
Friday, March 9
Lisa B. Brooten, Associate Professor, Radio-Television, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Lecture title: Human Rights as a Form of Violence: The Burmese Case
Co-sponsored by the Center for Burma Studies and the Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU), a Student Association organization
Friday, March 16
No Lecture - Spring Break
Friday, March 23
Alan Potkin, Ph.D., Team Leader, Digital Conservation Facility, Laos and Adjunct, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, NIU
Lecture title: Mekong-Serengeti: Hydropower Endgame for the Great Migratory Fisheries?
Friday, March 30
Matthew S. Winters, Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLecture title: The Twin Challenges of Infrastructure and Institutions: Improving Wastewater Sanitation in Indonesia
Friday, April 6
No Lecture
CANCELLED - Friday, April 13
Ellen M. Rafferty, Professor, Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Lecture title: Indonesian Language Patterns in the Islamic Community in the Post-Suharto Era
This lecture will be rescheduled for a later date.
Friday, April 20
Kathleen M. Adams, Professor, Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago
Lecture title: Reinventing Indonesian Heritage Arts in Economically Uncertain Times: The View from Sulawesi
Friday, April 27
Christina Fink, Professor, International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University
Lecture title: Civil Society and Human Security in Burma/Myanmar
Co-sponsored by the Center for Burma Studies and the Burma Interest Group (BIG-NIU), a Student Association organization
Additional lectures will be announced as they are confirmed.