Organizer: Cornell Southeast Asia Program

Lecture Series:

Gatty Lecture Series

Description:

The Ronald and Janette Gatty Lecture Series is a weekly lecture series featuring advanced SEAP graduate students as well as academics, diplomats, researchers, and others who have expertise in Southeast Asia. These talks are held at the Kahin Center at 12:15 pm, though during Fall 2021 members of the Cornell community is also welcome to participate by Zoom. The broader public may be able to participate in some Zoom lectures. Please check the Cornell SEAP website for the latest information on public attendance for each talk.

Bio:

Hanisah Abdullah Sani is a comparative-historical sociologist of empire and state-formation, modernization, and development. Her research lies in the intersection of law and society, religion and politics, and social change; and she specializes in the colonial and modern histories of the Malay world and Southeast Asia. Dr. Sani received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Chicago in 2019 and was a Visiting Associate at the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies at the University of Michigan from 2019-21. She was a National University of Singapore Overseas Graduate Scholar and Overseas Postdoctoral Fellow, where she is currently a faculty member in Malay Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

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