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Liam Kelley
Associate Professor of History
Sakamaki B408
Educational Background
B.A., Dartmouth College
M.A., University of Hawaii
Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai history, The Sino-Vietnamese Cultural Relationship, Modern Southeast Asian History
Ben Kerkvliet
Affiliate Graduate Faculty Member
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Emeritus Professor
Australian National University
e-mail
Educational Background
B.A. Whitman College (Walla Wall, Washington), 1965
M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1966
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1972
Research / Teaching / Specializations
The history of Southeast Asia with emphasis on the the Philippines and Vietnam. Research topics have included rural unrest and rebellion, state-society relations, local politics, land reform, and everyday politics. Current research analyzes public political criticism in contemporary Vietnam.
Ehito Kimura
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Saunders 608
Educational Background
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University
M.A.,Yale University
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Modern Indonesian Politics, Southeast Asian Politics, Comparative Political Change (Democratization, Decentralization, Political Institutions), Identity and Territoriality, Political Economy
Uli Kozok
Associate Professor of Indonesian
Spalding 462
Educational Background
M.A., University of Hamburg, 1989
Ph.D., magna cum laude, Batak Languages and Literatures, University of Hamburg, 1994
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Paleography of Island Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia and the Philippines), prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania, philology and oral literature of Sumatra (Batak, Kerinci, Rejang-Lebong, Lampung), modern Indonesian literature, modern Indonesian culture and society, methodology of language learning and teaching, distance education
Vina Lanzona
Assistant Professor of History
Sakamaki B208
Educational Background
B.A., Ateneo de Manila University, 1989
M.A., New School for Social Research, New York, 1994
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Gender issues and revolution and rebellion in the Philippines, Philippine and Southeast Asian History
Paul Lavy
Assistant Professor of Art History
Art 219
Educational Background
B.A., Mary Washington College
M.A., University of California, Los Angles
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angles
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Dr. Lavy has conducted research in India and throughout Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, where he lived and worked as an independent lecturer and researcher prior to coming to Hawaii. His ongoing research, which has been funded by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Asian Cultural Council, and the National Security Education Program, investigates the links between art/architecture and politics in early historic Southeast Asia. His primary interests are the Hindu-Buddhist artistic traditions associated with Mekong Delta and Preangkorian Khmer civilizations and their relationships with the art of South Asia (ca. 5th – 9th cent. CE).
Hang M. Le
Lecturer, Vietnamese
460 Spalding
Educational Background
B.A., Hanoi Language Teachers College, 1979
Certificate in TOEFL, Canberra, 1988
M.A., University of Hawaii, 1993
Research / Teaching / Specializations
Vietnamese language & literature, modern Vietnamese
Chet-Yeng Loong
Assistant Professor of Music Education
Music 111
Educational Background
B.A., University of Akron
M.M., University of Akron
Ph.D., Kent State University
Research / Teaching / Specializations
As a researcher, Dr. Loong has presented at the MENC poster session, the Early Childhood Music Conference at Michigan State University, the Desert Sky Research Symposium at Arizona State and the Symposium for Music Teacher Education, Greensboro, NC. Her research on early childhood and elementary music has been published in several leading journals (Bulletin of the International Kodaly Society, Early Childhood Connections, Early Childhood Spotlight – MENC, Kodaly Envoy, Perspectives – ECMMA, Triad and Orff Echo).
Stephen O’Harrow
Professor of Philology
Moore Hall 406
Educational Background
A.B., University of Michigan, 1962.
M.A., School of Oriental & African Studies (London), 1965.
Doctorat en Etudes Orientales, La Sorbonne, 1972
Research / Teaching / Specializations
- Vietnamese language & literature
- film in Viet Nam
- colonial & pre-modern Vietnamese texts
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