Gatty Lecture Series

The Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series (formerly known as the Brown Bags) is a weekly lecture series featuring advanced SEAP graduate students as well as academics, diplomats, researchers, and others who have expertise in Southeast Asia. A history of the series and its origins is available in the Fall 2021 SEAP Bulletin. 

All talks will be held at the Kahin Center (640 Stewart Avenue) at 12:15pm. In accordance with SEAP tradition, lunch will be served. At this time all Gatty Lectures are taking place in-person only, with no hybrid or virtual option.

If you miss a talk, or would like to hear more from one of our speakers, many can also be found on the Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast after their lecture. Recordings for some of our previous virtual and hybrid Gatty lectures are available on the Global Cornell YouTube channel.

• September 4: Chiara Formichi, Cornell University - Domestic Nationalism: Muslim Women, Health and Modernity in Indonesia
• September 11: Brad Simpson, University of Connecticut - The Moderate Middle: The Suharto Regime and Indonesia’s Engagement with the New International Economic Order (NIEO), 1968-1984
• September 18: Ian Baird, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Champassak Royalty and Sovereignty: Within and Between Nation States in Mainland Southeast Asia
• September 25: Aditya Bhattacharjee, Cornell University - Deities of Diet and Design: Hindu Gods and the Aestheticization of Thai-American Restaurant Art
• October 2: Caitlyn Sears, Cornell University - Exploring Chemical Ubiquity: Agrochemical Production Networks and Regulatory Landscapes in Malaysia and Southeast Asia
• October 16: Maria Hwang, McGill University - Intimate Frontiers: Sex, Migration, and the Circulation of Global Capital
• October 23: Anocha Suwichakornpong, Columbia University - Sleepless Dreams: Fictional Narrative as a Form of Resistance in Thailand
• October 30: Analyn Salvador-Amores, University of the Philippines Baguio - Commodification and Revival of Kalinga Tattoos in Northern Philippines
• November 13: Marlie Lukach, Cornell University - 10,000 Years of Versatility: Exploring the Diversity and Legacy of the Bottle Gourd
• November 20: Jangai Jap, University of Georgia - How Ethnic Rebellion Begins: Theory and Evidence from Myanmar
• December 4: Kevin Pham, University of Amsterdam - A Postcolonial Theory of Free Speech