Professor Alfred McCoy, J.R.W. Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison inaugurates the 40th anniversary celebrations of the Center for Philippine Studies with the Florence Liu Macaulay lecture titled, “Covert Netherworld: An Invisible Arena for Contesting Global Power in the 21st Century,†in the Architecture Auditorium at UH Manoa on Wednesday, April 8, 2015, from 3:30-5:00 pm.
Professor McCoy’s lecture, which focuses on the Philippines and the history of the American Empire in Central Asia and Africa, looks beneath the surface of everyday politics to explore a clandestine domain—the “covert netherworldâ€â€”that was a contested arena during the Cold War, and will likely become the chief arena for geopolitical conflict in the coming decades. This invisible netherworld, which operates at three intersecting spatial levels: local, national and transnational, is inhabited by criminal and clandestine actors who conduct an illicit commerce beyond the boundaries of civil society, individual nation states, and the international community.
Professor McCoy is the author of many important works on the Philippines and the U.S. His study of global drug trafficking, The Politics of Heroin (1972), which the CIA tried to suppress, is now regarded as a classic, and has been translated into nine languages. A Question of Torture (2006) formed the basis for the film, Taxi to the Darkside, which won an Oscar® in 2008, and his Policing America’s Empire: The United States, the Philippines, and the Rise of the Surveillance State (2009), won the Kahin Prize from the Association for Asian Studies. His edited collection (with Francisco Scarano), Colonial Crucible: Empire in the Making of the Modern American State (2009), is already a standard and indispensable study of the history of the U.S. Empire. His most recent book, Torture and Impunity: The U.S. Doctrine of Coercive Interrogation (2012), explores the political and cultural dynamics of human rights violations during the War on Terror.
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Event Sponsor
Center for Philippine Studies, Mānoa Campus
More Information
Vina Lanzona, 956-5752, vlanzona@hawaii.edu, https://cps40thanniversary.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, April 8 |
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Career Exploration Workshop Hawaiʻi Campus, Manono Campus Building 379 Room 1A
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Education Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Wist 233
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Natural Resources & Environmental Management Final Oral Mānoa Campus, Burns 3012
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| 9:15am |
Keiki Time Waikiki Aquarium
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| 10:00am |
Education Final Orals Mānoa Campus, Wist 128
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| 12:00pm |
Talk by Gayatri Gopinath Mānoa Campus, East-West Center, Burns Hall, Room 2118
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| 12:00pm |
Public Presentation by M. KawÄ“lauokealoha Wright Mānoa Campus, Kamakakuokalania 202
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| 12:00pm |
Career Day in Aging Mānoa Campus, Campus Center 203B
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| 12:00pm |
Diaspora, Indigeneity, Queer Critique - A talk by Dr. Gayatri Gopinath Mānoa Campus, Burns 2118
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| 12:30pm |
Achieving the Dream Meeting Dole Street Conference Room & Polycom
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| 1:00pm |
Resume Writing Workshop Hawaiʻi Campus, Manono Campus Building 379 Room 1A
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| 2:00pm |
Weekly Field Days -- Open Recreational Play West Oʻahu Campus, The Great Lawn
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| 3:30pm |
Philippine Studies 40th Anniversary Opening Lecture Mānoa Campus, Architecture Auditorium
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| 3:30pm |
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar Mānoa Campus, Marine Sciences Building, MSB 100
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| 3:30pm |
ASUH Senate Meeting Honolulu Campus, Bldg 2-111
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| 5:00pm |
Lecture by Fiona Willans "The Multilingual Turn: What Use Is It To Educators?" Mānoa Campus, Wist Hall, CCC (College of Education Collaboration Center)
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| 6:00pm |
How Hawaii Changed America: Lecture with author Tom Coffman Mānoa Campus, School of Architecture Auditorium
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| 7:30pm |
Closing the Loop: Art Mural Fundraiser Mānoa Campus, Fresh Cafe Downtown (1111 Nuuanu Ave)
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