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Tuesday, December 9
Time 5-6:30pm MST

Anti-government protests have rocked countries across Asia since 2024, with young people playing a prominent role. The speakers for this webinar will discuss the causes of this discontent, the goals and visions of the activists, and how the protest movements are connected across borders.

Panelists:
Musabber Ali Chisty is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Colorado Boulder. His research examines disaster vulnerability, environmental sociology, South Asian migration, and social policy. Formerly a faculty member at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of Dhaka, his work focuses on how natural hazards affect marginalized communities and how resilience can be strengthened through social capital and inclusive policy. Beyond academic research, he leads community-engaged projects that empower socially and economically disadvantaged groups to enhance resource access, build networks, and promote collective resilience.

Phurwa Dondrub Dolpopa is an Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the ³Ô¹ÏÍø of British Columbia, Canada. He has conducted research on wildlife conservation and state formation, Indigeneity and the environment, road building and development, multispecies and more-than-human geographies, and oral and textual traditions in the Nepal Himalayas.

im Halimatusa’diyah is a Professor of Sociology at Islamic State ³Ô¹ÏÍø (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and a Deputy Director for Research at the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) UIN Jakarta. She is also a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Regional Social and Cultural Studies Programme, ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. Her research interests analyze the relationship between gender, politics, religion, and social development. Her most recent research projects have focused on youth civic engagement in Indonesia and Southeast Asian neighboring countries and religious environmentalism in Indonesian Muslim communities. 

Anand Tumurtogoo is a Konrad Adenauer Media Asia fellow and an award-winning journalist in feature writing and has over eight years of experience covering contemporary Mongolia—from stories of herders weathering natural disasters to youth protests demanding accountability in the dead of winter. Anand has worked for local and international outlets, including Reuters, AFP, Nikkei Asia,Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌýThe Sydney Morning Herald. He currently hosts a societal and political podcast about Mongolia called The Great State Mural with his two other cohosts.

Moderator:
Rachel Rinaldo, Associate Professor, Sociology and Faculty Director, Center for Asian Studies, Rachel is a cultural sociologist interested in gender, globalization, social change, religion, and qualitative methods, with a special focus on the developing world and Muslim societies in Southeast Asia. She has conducted fieldwork in Indonesia since 2002. Her first book, Mobilizing Piety: Islam and Feminism in Indonesia (Oxford 2013) is an ethnographic study of Muslim and secular women activists in the country with the world's largest Muslim population. Her current research projects include a study of marriage and divorce in urbanizing Java, a study of how global and transnational processes are influencing the emergence of contemporary art in Southeast Asia, and a study of gender and family dynamics in the COVID-19 pandemic in the US.