Militarized Landscapes of the Indochina Conflicts

David Biggs, Professor of History, UC Riverside
Jonathan Padwe, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Leah Zani, Anthropologist, author, and poet

This virtual panel featured Leah Zani, David Biggs, and Jonathan Padwe, authors of three recently published books on the subject of militarized landscapes of the Indochina conflicts, based on research in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. During the hour-long panel session, the authors engaged in an open discussion about the innovative research methods used in their work and also focused on new approaches to writing about the legacy of war torn landscapes. The discussion was moderated by Erik Harms, Chair of the Council on Southeast Asian Studies at Yale and included questions and answers from the audience