Past Asia in Focus Speakers
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2019
Wednesday, September 25th
#MeToo Movement in China: The Rise of the Feminist Resistance
Li Maizi
Chinese gender equality and LGBTQ activist
Asia in Focus Speakers Series, 2016-2017
Thursday, February 16th
"Handouts for the Weak?:Minority Welfare Benefits in China"
Andrew MacDonald, PhD, University of Oxford
Post-Doctoral Associate, Center for Asian Democracy, University of Louisville
Monday, February 20th
"Red Flags, Red Lines, and Red Scares: U.S.- China Relations in the Era of Trump and Xi"
Robert Daly, Woodrow Wilson Center
Robert Daly is Director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
This talk was co-sponsored by the UofL Center for Asian Democracy and The Louisville Committee on Foreign Relations.
Thursday, March 23rd
"Lessons from an Election in Mumbai"
Lisa Bjorkman, Assistant Professor, Urban and Public Affairs, University of Louisville
Thursday, April 20rd
"The Land I Lost: A Vietnamese Refugee Story"
Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2015-2016
Thursday, April 7th
“Islam and Democracy in Indonesia: Tolerance without Liberalism”
Jeremy Menchik, Boston University
*Co-sponsored with the Weber Endowed Chair for Politics, Science, and Religion
Wednesday, March 23rd
“China’s Urban Future”
Richard Dilworth, Drexell University
Wednesday, February 24th
“The Temporal Logic of Repression in China: A Political Calendar Approach"
Rory Truex, Princeton University
Thursday, February 11th
"China's Recent Developments and its Democratic Prospects"
Minxin Pei, Claremont McKenna College
*Co-sponsored with the Asian Studies Program and the McConnell Center
Wednesday, January 27th
“The Global Expansion of Chinese NGOs: A Threat or New Collaborator?”
Reza Hasmath, University of Oxford
Thursday, December 3rd
“Secularism, Religion and the Politics of Reproductive Health in the Philippines”
David Buckley, University of Louisville
Thursday, November 5th
“Development, Democracy, and Dissent in Malaysia and Singapore”
Surain Subramaniam, UNC-Asheville
Thursday, October 15th
“Envisioning China's Future: New Middle Kingdom or Singapore on Steroids?”
Eric Shibuya, Professor of Strategic Studies, US Marine Corps Command and Staff College
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2014-2015
Monday, April 13th
“Gifts to a former mentor: Hong Kong’s contribution to the rise of China and the consequences of that rise for the current relationship"
Dr. Alan Smart, University of Calgary
*Co-sponsored by the UofL Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, April 8th
"How does Korean media cover female candidates in high-profile elections?"
Dr.Jinhyeok Jang
Wednesday, March 11th
“Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination?: Urban Ethnic Minority Job Market in China”
Dr. Andrew MacDonald, CAD Post-Doctoral Research Associate
Thursday, Nov. 13th
"Collecting the Orient: Images of Japan in Cigarette Cards, 1880s-1910s"
Dr. Todd Munson, Randolph-Macon College
Thursday, Oct. 23rd
"The Politics of Regime Building in the Malacca Strait"
Dr. Alice Ba, University of Delaware
Thursday, September 11th
"Chine Goes Global: The Partial Power"
David Shambaugh, George Washington University
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2013-2014
Wednesday, April 2nd,
"PROPAGANDA WITH PURPOSE? Uncovering Patterns in North Korean Nuclear Rhetoric, 1997-2012"
Dr. Timothy Rich, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Western Kentucky University
Wednesday, March 19th
“Civil Society Movements in India: From Anna to AAP”
Dr. Partha Basu, Professor, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Senior Fulbright Scholar, University of Louisville
Wednesday, March 5th
"The Transformation of Higher Education in KAZAKHSTAN: The Case of Eurasian National University"
Aigerim Shilibekova, Visiting Scholar, Davis Center for Russian & Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
December 4th
"The Promise and Pitfalls of Local Administrative Procedure Reform in China"
Neysun A. Mahboubi, Research Scholar of the Center for the Study of Contemporary China at the University of Pennsylvania
November 6th,
"Suing Dragons? Taking the Chinese State to Court"
John Wagner Givens, Post-Doctoral Research Associate in the Center for Asian Democracy at the University of Louisville
October 2nd
"Yasukuni Shrine and Japan’s Unending Post-war"
Dr. Akiko Takenaka, Assistant Professor of History, University of Kentucky
September 4th
"Burmese Refugees in Malaysia: Caught between a stubborn regime and an ineffective United Nations"
Meagan Floyd & Michael Zeller, Recent UofL graduates, McConnell Scholars
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2012-2013
Wednesday, April 17th
"Legacies of Contention in Southeast Asian Transitions: Some Lessons from the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar"
Vincent Boudreau, Director of Colin Powell Center for Leadership and Service, City College of New York
Wednesday, March 20th
“The Politics of Space, State, and NGOs in China”
Dr. Jennifer Hsu, University of Alberta
Tuesday, February 14th
“Burma and the United States: New Directions in a Time of Change”
Priscilla Clapp, Former Minister-Counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service and Chief of Mission – Burma
Wednesday, January 30th,
“Dynastic Democracy? Heaven’s Mandate, Public Opinion, and Confucian Rebellion in Early China”
Dr. Daniel Tauss, University of Louisville
Wednesday, November 14th
"Indonesia: Challenges to the World's Largest Muslim Democracy"
Dr. William Liddle, Ohio State University
Wednesday, October 17th
"Recent Trends in Protest in China."
Andrew MacDonald, University of Oxford
Wednesday, September 19th
"From Socialist Ideology to Cultural Heritage: The Changing Basis of Legitimacy in the People's Republic of China."
Dr. Richard Madsen, University of California, San Diego
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2011-2012
Wednesday, February 8th
"The Global Economic Crisis and Change in Chinese Foreign Policy"
Dr. Thomas Moore, University of Cincinnati
Wednesday, March 21st
"On Their Best Behavior: Multinationals Suing the Chinese State"
John Wagner Givens, University of Oxford
Thursday, April 5th
“Regional Dynamics in Asia: The impact of Russia’s hosting of the 2012 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit”
Dr. Sergey Sevastyanov, Vladivostok State University of Economics & Service
Tuesday, November 8th
“The Digital Origins of Democracy: Information Technology and Political Islam”
Dr. Philip Howard, University of Washington
Friday, October 21
“Money and Scandal in Japanese Politics”
Dr. Matthew Carlson, Univ. of Vermont
Tuesday, September 13th
"Losing Leviathan? Strong-State Democratization in Malaysia and Singapore"
Dr. Dan Slater, University of Chicago
Asia in Focus Speaker Series, 2010-2011
Feb. 23rd: Lien-Hang T. Nguyen, University of Kentucky
"The Evolution of U.S.-Chinese-Vietnamese Relations from the Cold War to the Present: A Historian’s Perspective"
Go here for a summary of Dr. Nguyen's talk
Jan. 28th: Gardner Bovingdon, Indiana University
Topic: "Hu knows the answer to China's national question? Nationalism, national identity and political reform in China'
Go here for a summary of Dr. Nguyen's talk