Critiquing Monographs, Encyclopedias and Dissertations
I’ve been in situations where I have been amazed at what I see as an almost encyclopedic knowledge that many Vietnamese scholars have about the work of other Vietnamese scholars.…
Sinicization, Localization and Big-Same-Small-Different
As is well known, during the colonial period, various European scholars came to envision a process in the past where Southeast Asia came to be influenced by outside forces. In…
The “Lush Life” in 1930s Singapore
The “Lush Life” is a jazz standard that was written during the 1930s. In the song, the singer expresses how tired he is of the night life. He sings about…
On Not Rocking the Boat in Colonial Southeast Asia
The period of the 1930s was a relatively calm period in Southeast Asia. There are at least a couple of reasons for why this was the case. First, many anti-colonial…
The Mahasattva in the Mountains and the (Unnecessary) Impermanence of Scholarship in the Digital Age
One work that I have been meaning to read for several months now is The Shadow Left Behind: A Monograph on the Painting The Mahasattva Trúc Lâm Coming Out of…
The Daily Decisions of a Chinese Housewife in 1937 Singapore
“What’s a girl to do when she has so many choices?” That’s what I think I would have thought if I had been a Chinese woman in Singapore in 1937,…
Gatekeeping Historical Knowledge in the Digital Age
Writing this blog has been an interesting experience. Some people like what I write, and some don’t. What I have come to realize, however, is that the people who are…
When Ducks Shit Gold in Giao Chỉ
I remember that when I was little my father brought home a book one day called They Lit Their Cigars with Five Dollar Bills. It was about sheep farmers in…
Maria Ozawa, Ngọc Sơn Temple and Morality
So Japanese porn star Maria Ozawa is scheduled to visit Vietnam. I’m sure that there must be a lot of guys in Vietnam who are excited about this, but there…
Thailand in American Soap Operas
Brigham Young University has a very interesting website (here) that allows you to do word searches in various databases, one of which contains the scripts from American soap operas from…
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