EVENTS

Winter Seminar 2025: The Cold War on the Ground: Grassroots Culture and Nationalism in Thailand and Vietnam「地べた」の冷戦史:タイとベトナムにおける草の根の文化・国家論

DAY 1 Dec. 13 (Sat.)

Book Reviewing Workshop on Sinae HYUN’s Indigenizing the Cold War

Language: Simple English, some Japanese and Korean
Venue: Room#2-615, Building 2(6F), Yotsuya Campus, Sophia University
Moderator: Hisashi SHIMOJO (Kobe Univ.)

Time schedule:

15:00–15:30 Introduction and Greetings
15:30–16:00 Keynote
Sinae HYUN (Inha Univ.)
16:00–17:00  Q&A Discussants
Kisho TSUCHIYA (Kyoto Univ.)
Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III (Kyoto Univ.)
Masayuki NISHIDA (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.)
17:00Open talk session

DAY 2 Dec. 14 (Sun.)

Documentary Film Viewing “When My Father Was a Communist”

Director: Vichart Somkaew
Facilitator: Chie SAKURADA (Sophia University)
Time: 10:00 -11:45, Dec.14, 2025
Duration: 1:45 mins
Venue: 3F Seminar Room Hongo Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Participants: Open
Language: English

10:00-11:45Documentary Film Viewing
 “When My Father Was a Communist”
11:45-13:00(Lunch)Lunch Gathering(including Guests)

Winter Seminar 2025 “The Cold War on the Ground: Grassroots Culture and Nationalism in Thailand and Vietnam”

Language: Simple English, some Japanese and Korean
Venue: 3F Seminar Room, Hongo Satellite, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Moderator: Masayuki NISHIDA (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.)

Time Schedule:

13:30-13:40Introduction
13:40-14:05Hisashi SHIMOJO (Kobe Univ.)
「Embedding the Vietnam War into Everyday Politics and Culture: The Mekong Delta in 1968 -1975」
14:05-14:30Tatsuki KATAOKA (Kyoto Univ.)
「Missionary Success and Border Disputes: A Long Hidden History behind the Ethnic Mobilization in Cold War Southeast Asia」
14:30-14:55Sinae HYUN (Inha Univ.)
「Historicizing a Family Mission: American Empire-Building Seen Through the Young Family」
14:55-15:20Amado Anthony G. Mendoza III (Kyoto Univ.)
「Amorphous Anticommunism: Horizon and Solidarity from 1970-1989」
(Break)
15:50-16:15Chie SAKURADA (Sophia Univ.)
「People’s “Experiences” Surrounding the Cold War: The Thai Communist Party, Students, and the Monarchy」
15:15-16:40Nara ODA (Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies)
「Cold War medicine and local knowledge: The case of Vietnam」
16:40-17:05Kisho TSUCHIYA (Kyoto Univ.)
「Theorizing Southeast Asia’s Cold War: Timor in 1974–75」
17:05-17:30Masayuki NISHIDA (Tohoku Gakuin Univ.)
「Transethnic Moral Construction in the Cold War: A Case of Vietnamese Abbot Bao An’s Rituals in Annamnikaya Buddhism, Thailand」

Contact:
Masayuki Nishida 西田昌之
mnishida回mail.tohoku-gakuin.ac.jp(回⇒@)