BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby
BEGIN:VEVENT
CATEGORIES:Class/Seminar,Lecture/Presentation/Talk
DESCRIPTION:While war and conflict bring devastation\, education stands as 
 a beacon of hope and a pathway to future prosperity. In post-conflict setti
 ngs\, it provides a foundation for rebuilding possibilities in the wake of 
 profound loss and violence. At the same time\, education functions as a con
 tested arena where diverse stakeholders\, including youth\, states\, and in
 ternational actors\, negotiate influence and change. By examining the inter
 sections of educational development with national and geopolitical dynamics
  in post-conflict contexts\, this presentation explores the key factors sha
 ping higher education reconstruction in Cambodia after the period of mass a
 trocity between 1975 and 1979. It aims to offer a fresh perspective on the 
 multifaceted dynamics of post-conflict education\, highlighting the roles o
 f public protest\, state intervention\, transnational disputes\, and inter-
 state relations.\n\nJoin us for this lunch time talk with Lee Kong Chian NU
 S-Stanford Fellow Theara Thun\n\n \n\nSpeaker\n\n\n\nTheara Thun is the Lee
  Kong Chian NUS-Stanford Fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific R
 esearch Center for Fall Quarter 2025. Also an associate member of the Compa
 rative Education Research Centre at the University of Hong Kong\, where he 
 previously served as a postdoctoral research fellow under the Hong Kong Res
 earch Grants Council. He has also held fellowship positions at the Internat
 ional Institute for Asian Studies and the Center for Southeast Asian Studie
 s at Kyoto University. Thun’s research interests encompass intellectual his
 tory\, ethnic politics\, and education reconstruction\, with a particular f
 ocus on Cambodia and Southeast Asia. His first book\, Epistemology of the P
 ast: Texts\, History\, and Intellectuals of Cambodia\, 1855–1970 (Universit
 y of Hawai‘i Press\, 2024)\, offers a systematic examination of indigenous 
 history-making traditions in dialogue with Western historical practices. Hi
 s second book\, co-authored with Duong Keo and published by the Royal Unive
 rsity of Phnom Penh Press in September 2025\, is written in Khmer and trace
 s the history of Cambodia’s ethnic nationalism\, politics\, and violence fr
 om the 19th to the 20th centuries. Thun has also published articles in jour
 nals such as Critical Asian Studies\, Asian Studies Review\, Journal of Sou
 theast Asian Studies\, and Studies in Higher Education.
DTEND:20251027T203000Z
DTSTAMP:20260420T214656Z
DTSTART:20251027T190000Z
GEO:37.427319;-122.164625
LOCATION:Encina Hall\, Philippines Conference Room\, 3rd Floor
SEQUENCE:0
SUMMARY:Education from Nothing: The Cambodian Experience of Post-War Recons
 truction
UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_51031298986860
URL:https://events.stanford.edu/event/education-from-nothing-the-cambodian-
 experience-of-post-war-reconstruction
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR