9:00 am - 10:00 am

Panel 1:  Developing States

"Southern Thailand:  Roots of Separatism"

-Jason Conerly

 “Shifting Crossroads: Difficulties Involved in Discussing World Historical Transitions and the Development of ‘Modern’ Burmese States through Trade Analysis.”

- Benjamin David Lemon

"Working Together?

An Examination of a Multicultural Thai Office"

-Jenn Weidman

10:00 am – 11:00 am

Panel 2:  Religion

"The Burmese Dekhinathakha"

- Carolina Bodner

"Who’s Afraid of Henry Ford? A Potential Consequence of Malaysian Anti-Semitism"

 - Jennifer Gelman

"Buddhism: Merit, Monks, and Social Activism"

- Susan Speigel

11:00 am – 12:45 pm

LUNCH BREAK

LUNCH BREAK

1:00pm - 2:00pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

– Dr. Saroja Dorairajoo

Lecture Title:

"Is the JI Involved?  An examination into the possible reasons behind
the Muslim-inspired violence in southern Thailand"

SHORT BREAK

SHORT BREAK

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Panel 3:  Current Topics in Indonesia

"Religious, Political, and Economic Interventions in Bali: Examining the Dutch Cast System, the Green Revolution, and the Importance of Cultural

Anthropological Analysis."

- Brett McCabe

"Democratic Transition in Indonesia

The Study of Institutional Performance"

- Sunny Tanuwidjaja

"Confronting the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka Movement: GAM and the Indonesian Military Response to Aceh’s Quest for Independence"
- Shaun Levine

3:00 pm

CLOSING REMARKS

Awards

- Dr. Susan Russell, Director of Southeast Asia Studies Center