Gatty Lecture Rewind Podcast

• The Kingmaker (2019)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Welcome to Spicy SEAP! This final episode of Season 11 is a special edition where we recreate the popular TV show 'Hot Ones', but with a twist—these aren't chicken wings, but spicy Southeast Asian food.

Francine is joined by Geronimo Cristobal and Eric Goh, PhD candidates and co-chairs of the SEAP Graduate Student Committee. She asks them about life as graduate students at Cornell, their academic interests, planning one of the world's most prestigious speaker series in Southeast Asian studies, and  more. Join us for a lively conversation about what it's like to be part of Cornell's SEAP community.

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

• Emerging Islands (La Union, Philippines)
• The Outline by Rachel Cusk

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Research and lecture summary: 8:00

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 27:20

Dr. Viola Lasmana's Top Recommendations:

• "You and I" (2020) by Fanny Chotimah
• Cigarette Girl

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Research and lecture summary: 7:20

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 37:38

Dr. Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol's Top Recommendations:

• "Aninsri Daeng" by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Research and lecture summary: 10:53

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 48:25

Dr. Elliott Prasse-Freeman's Top Recommendations:

• "Above and Below the Ground" By Emily Hong

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Research and lecture summary: 6:03

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 41:50

Dr. Talitha Espiritu's Top Recommendations:

• Asian Self-Representation at World's Fairs by William Peterson
• Beauty Regimes by Genevieve Alva Clutario

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

Lightning Round: 3:48

Research and lecture summary: 7:20

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 29:20

Dr. Jenny Hedstrom's Top Recommendations:

• Build Your House Around My Body by Violet Kupersmith

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode, Francine sits down to interview Dr. Nina Baker Capistrano to unpack her lecture "Reinscribing P’u-tuan in the Metanarrative of Early Southeast Asia." During their discussion, Dr. Capistrano describes the significance and implications of material evidence from P'u-tuan and neighboring cultures, which grant us insight into early interregional connectivities. She also calls for the need to study marginalized, pre-colonial Filipino cultures, especially the P'u-tuan. 

Lightning Round: 4:02

Research and lecture summary: 14:35

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 39:00

Dr. Nina Baker Capistrano's Top Recommendations:

• Performing Prowess: Essays on Localized Hindu Elements in Southeast Asian Art from Past to Present
• 2021 Philippine International Quincentennial Conference (Youtube Link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Francine is joined by guest host, Sarah Meiners, a doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Cornell University. Together, they interviewed Dr. Nguyen Marshall, who unpacked her lecture titled, "Between War and the State: Civil Society in South Vietnam, 1954-1975" which is inspired by her latest book. During the episode, Dr. Nguyen Marshall delves into the challenges, methods, and motivations behind her book. Through this work, Professor Nguyen Marshall aims to bring to light the stories of ordinary lives in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Lightning Round: 3:20

Research and lecture summary: 7:34

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 35:27

Dr. Nguyen Marshall's Top Recommendations:

• Vietnamese saxiphonist Trần Mạnh Tuấn (Apple Music link, Spotify link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Dr. Claudio unpacks his lecture titled, "Imperialism and the Formation of Good Governance Discourse in the Philippines: The Case Study of the Philippine National Bank in the 1920s." He explains how the Philippine National Bank (PNB) fell into crisis—not because of corruption, but because of a postwar global deflation. Listen now to learn more about the collapse of the PNB and Dr. Claudio's challenges the dominant form of political-economic analysis in the Philippines.

Lightning Round: 5:28

Research and lecture summary: 9:09

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 28:57

Dr. Claudio's Top Recommendations:

• Olongapo funk (The Advisors)
• Till My Heartaches End by Ella May Saison 

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Vicente Rafael, his wife Lila Shahani, and guest host Geronimo Christobal join Francine to unpack Professor Rafael's lecture titled, "The Authoritarian Imaginary: Intimacy and the Autoimmune Community in the Contemporary Philippines." Tune in to gain insights into the making of his latest book The Sovereign Trickster, Filipino politics, and find out how he and his wife met!

Lightning Round: 3:14

Research and lecture summary: 16:01

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 44:17

Professor Rafael's Top Recommendations:

• Novels
• Netlfix
• Reading newspapers

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Dr. Weiss sits down to unpack her lecture titled, "Decline and Fall of Malaysia’s Dominant-Party System." The episode discusses Malaysia's 15th general election in November 2022 that ended the country's dominant-party system. Listen now to learn more about the election results' political implications and what it may mean for the future of Malaysia.

Lightning Round: 3:54

Research and lecture summary: 6:31

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 39:28

Dr. Weiss' Top Recommendations:

• Bangkok after Dark by Benjamin Tausig (book is yet to be published, podcast episode link: )
• Malaysian short films and documentaries (FreedomFilmFest)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

In this episode of the Gatty Lecture Rewind podcast, Dr. Su sits down to unpack her lecture titled, "The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin." The episode delves into the divide between Northern Vietnamese and Southern Vietnamese populations in Germany after its reunification in 1975. Beyond going over the contents of the lecture, Dr. Su opens up about her experiences in the field and the job market - sharing her honest advice for graduate students hoping to enter academia. 

Lightning Round: 02:52

Research and lecture summary: 06:24

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 24:43

Dr. Phi Su's Top Recommendations:

• Under Current Pasts: the 1990s' Silencing of Migrants to the GDR 
• Lordy Rodriguez's "Territory States"

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Dr. Risa Toha, assistant professor of Political Science at Wake Forest University, to unpack her Gatty Lecture titled, "Can National Identity Trump Ethnic Favoritism? Experimental Evidence from Singapore." Throughout the episode, Francine and Mutty propose questions to Dr. Toha about her experiment design, what stood out most from the data collected, and the implications of her findings. Stay tuned for a preview about Dr. Toha's upcoming work, her recommendations, and advice for early career scholars!

Lightning Round: 03:30

Research and lecture summary: 08:43

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 33:29

Dr. Toha's Top Recommendations:

• Ethnicity and Politics in Southeast Asia (link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Linna Chhun, Assistant Professor of American Studies at University of Texas - Austin, to unpack her first book manuscript Walking with the Ghost that analyzes memories of the Cambodian Genocide (1975-79) through the lens of personal and familial narratives. Join us for a thrilling conversation on autoethnographies, trauma, militarism, life as a graduate student, and hilarious dog stories!

Lightning Round: 02:50

Research and lecture summary: 11:55

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 42:10

Dr. Chhun's Top Recommendations:

• A Nail the Evening Hangs On by Monica Sok (link)
• Ghost Face by Greg Santos (link)
• Afterparties: Stories by  Anthony Veasna So (link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine welcomes Dr. Sean Fear from Leeds University's School of History to unpack his virtual lecture, "Assessing Saigon's "Year of Sand": the 1968 Tet Offensive and Rise and Fall of South Vietnam's Second Republic". Stay tuned to hear Dr. Fear share his work which sheds new light on the South Vietnamese government, the role of language training in work, and fond memories of his time at Cornell University.

Lightning Round: 03:40

Research and lecture summary: 09:30

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 41:40

Dr. Fear's Top Recommendations:

• Feature film: Dat Kho (Land of Sorrows). (Link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, guest host Mutty sits down with Stanford University Ho Center for Buddhist Studies Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Trent Walker. 

In the episode, Dr. Walker unpacks his lecture titled "Songs of Love and Loss: Crafting Buddhist Poetry In Early Cambodia." He takes us through his journey of learning Khmer, shares tales from ordaining as a monk in Cambodia, and recites Buddhist poems for listeners.

Lightning Round: 02:35

Research and lecture summary: 04:32

Advice for graduate students and recommendations: 45:00

Dr. Walker's Top Recommendations:

• Have a sip podcast: link

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine sits down with Joseph Scalice (link), the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, to unpack his new book The Drama of Dictatorship (link) which examines the period leading up to the declaration of martial law in the Philippines by Ferdinand Marcos in 1972 and uncovers the prominent role played by two Communist Parties, the PKP and the CPP, in these events. Stay tuned for a discussion on the open source software, politically committed scholarship, post-graduate struggles, and more!

Lightning Round: 03:20

Research and lecture summary: 08:00

Advice for researchers and recommendations: 32:40

Dr. Scalice's Top Recommendations:

• Obsidian note taking app (link)
• The Singapore Group by J.G. Farrell (link)
• Banaag at Sikat (Radiance and Sunrise) by Lope K. Santos, translated by Danton Remoto (link)
• Mga Ibong Mandaragit (The Preying Birds) by Amado V. Hernandez, translated by Danton Remoto (link)
• Maynila, sa mga Kuko ng Liwanag (Manila in the Claws of Light), a movie by Lino Brocka (link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here. 

On this week's episode, Francine is joined by guest host Aparajita Majumdar, PhD candidate in History, as they sit down with Dr. Alyssa Paredes from the University of Michigan. Dr. Parades unpacks her Gatty Lecture titled "Plantation Liberalism: Personhood and Property between Philippine Mindanao and the Black Atlantic". Get insights as to how she converted constructive criticism into the topic of her Gatty Lecture, her experience with transnational, multilingual research, and finally her advice for fresh graduates navigating the job market.

Lightning Round: 04:08

Research and lecture summary: 12:16

Advice for Fresh Graduates and recommendations: 27:27

Dr. Paredes' Top Recommendations:

• Chemical cocktails defy pathogens and regulatory paradigms (link)
• Remaindered Life (link)

The music on the podcast is from "Me and Some Friends", a musical project by a group of friends at Cornell, to experiment with how the beautiful timbres of Gamelan music can meld with hypnotic guitar parts to create a contemplative and unique experience. Check them out here.