Breaking the Cycle: A Simulcast Film Screening and Discussion

01 October 2024 3:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

CSEAR presents a screening and discussion of Breaking the Cycle, captures the political awakening among Thais after the rise and fall of Thanathorn, a young politician who calls to end the cycle of coups d’etat.

The Architects of Dignity with Kevin D. Pham

27 February 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Join Kevin D. Pham for a book talk exploring the intergenerational debates of six influential Vietnamese figures in response to French colonialism.

Event Series: Histories of Anti-Colonial Thought in Southeast Asia

27 February 2025 3:00 pm - 03 April 2025 5:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

This series brings various Southeast Asian genealogies of anti-colonial thought into conversation and spotlights them for the broader UBC community and public. It hopes to conversation about underexplored lineages of anti-colonialism and democracy.

Epistemologies and Emplacements with Theara Thun and Kisho Tsuchiya

10 March 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Categories: Featured Events

Come and hear from Dr. Theara Thun as he delves into Cambodia’s intellectual traditions during the precolonial, colonial and post-independence eras.

Third Worldism and its Discontents with Cindy Ewing

03 April 2025 3:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Categories: Featured Events

In this fascinating book talk, Dr. Cindy Ewing will explore the circulation of postcolonial ideas in Asia during the early postwar era through the Asian Relations Conferences 1947 and 1949.

Seeing Vietnamese History from the Sea

07 April 2025 1:00 pm

Venue: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Categories: Featured Events

Li Tana’s book talk will explore her powerful argument about the role of the sea in key political changes in Vietnamese history.