Student Conference
SEASSI
2009 Student Conference
SEASSI 2009 Student Conference
July 25th, Pyle Center
8:00 –9:15 AM
Conference Room #1: Room 325 &326, PyleCenter
Panel 1: Buddhist Expressions and Representations
Brooke Schedneck: “Meanings of the Forest in Thailand: Reinterpretations and Hybridity”
Jordan Johnson: “The Legacy of Weberian Ideal Types and the Otherization of Engaged Buddhism
Philip J. Wilkinson: “Standing Buddha Images of the Dvaravati”
Chair: Erik Davis
Conference Room #2: Room 309, PyleCenter
Panel 2: Conservation and Outreach: Public Works and Public Concerns
Stacey McKenna: “Methamphetamine & Work in Mainland Southeast Asia: Call for a Structural Examination of Drug Use”
Tuyen Le: “The Political Ecology of Agarwood: A Case Study in Interwoven Geographies and Complex Human-Environment Relations”
Catherine Shannon Benson: “Conservation NGO’s in Madang, Papua New Guinea: Understanding Accountability and Expectations”
Chair: Kathleen A. Gillogly
9:15 – 9:30 AM Break
9:30-11:00 AM
Conference Room #1: Room 325 &326, PyleCenter
Panel 3: Imperial Modes: Economies & Disciplines in the Global Philippines
Brian Ziadie: “The Impact of U.S. Military Bases on the Philippine Labor Market”
Mike Viola: “Confrontations to Neoliberal Education in the Philippines”
Thea Quiray Tagle: “Queer Thrills and Electric Dreams: Genealogies of Discipline and Desire in the Philippines”
Allan Lumba: “Gold Nations: Colonial Crises and Currencies in the Philippines, 1901-1903”
Chair: Michael Cullinane
Conference Room #2: Room 309, PyleCenter
Panel 4: Sight and Sound Heuristics: The Music, Film and Language Experience
Ben Tausig: “Music, Sound, and Mobility in Contemporary Bangkok”
Matthew J. Trew: “Nationalism and the Politics of Whoop@$$: Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior and the Formulaic Migration of Foreign Film”
Garland Reagan Hook: “You are What You Speak: Code-Switching, Multi-Culturalism, and Language Policy in Malaysia”
Neal Matherne: “Jose Maceda: Nativism and Native Ethnomusicology in the Philippines”
Chair: Jeremy Leong
11:00-11:10am Break
11:10 – 12:00 PM
Conference Room #1: 325 &326, PyleCenter
Panel 5: Chinese Hedgers and Ho Invaders
Jurgen Haacke: “China’s Role in Myanmar’s Security: Asset or Also Menace for the Military Government?
Ryan Ford: “The Many “Ho” Invasions of Laos, 1869-1893
Chair: Min Ye Paing Hein
Conference Room #2: 309, PyleCenter
Panel 6: The Reach of Globalization: International Friendships and Village Level Shifts
Rachael Smith: "A Small Tale of Friendship"
Vu Phuong Nga: “Globalization and Ganges in the Katu Life”
Chair: Dacil Q. Keo
12:00-1:00pm: LUNCH BREAK
Room 309: SEASSI Undergraduate Scholars lunch with Dr. Michael Cullinane.
Rooms 325 & 326: SEASSI will provide a box lunch for all conference presenters and chairs. All other conference participants are welcome to bring your own lunch.
1:00-2:00 pm:
Conference Room #1: Room 325 &326, PyleCenter
Keynote Address – "Buddhism makes Brahmanism. Religious entities, history, and culture in Southeast Asia." Erik Davis is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN.
2:00 – 2:15 PM Break
2:15-3:30 PM
Conference Room #1: Room 325 & 326, PyleCenter
Panel 7: The War, The Memory and The Renovation: a Look at Vietnam and Laos
Kimberly Lee: “The Proclaimed Secret War of Laos and Its Nameless Soldiers”
Trinh Luu: “Humor in Vietnamese Re-education Camp Memoirs”
Duong Thi Thuy Nguyen: “Urban Poverty, Urbanization and Rural to Urban Migration in Vietnam: A Literature Review”
Chair: Hai-Dang Phan
Conference Room #2: Room 309, PyleCenter
Panel 8: Imbuing Power in Objects and Spaces
Eric Schissler: “Contemporary Material Culture as World Heritage: A Consideration of Ta Prohm”
Tanachy Bruhns: “Selling the Singapore Brand”
Kevin Li: “Contentious Politics; Or a Misreading of a Space and its History”
Chair: Daniel Doeppers
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45-5:00 PM
Conference Room #1: Room 325 & 326, PyleCenter
Panel 9: A Discussion of Gender: Contemporary Issues in Southeast Asia
Catherine H. Nguyen: “Untidy Sexuality: Gendering Roles of the Vietnamese Woman in Postwar Fiction”
Vorada Savengseuksa: “Evaluating the Impact of Institutional Reforms on Maternal and Child Health Services in Laos and Implications for Primary Prevention”
Katie Schubert: “Cambodian Feminist Ethic Hierarchy Included?”
Chair: Kristy Kelly
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