THREE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS

 1. MEET & GREET

​Monday, August 7, 2023
6:00pm
​OLD DOCOMO - 2nd Floor
Center Court
Micronesia Mall - Dededo
2. LECTURE: The Legendary Foundations of Ancient Vietnam

Wednesday, August 9, 2023
4:00pm
Room HHS223​
CLASS BUILDING
​University of Guam - Mangilao
3. LECTURE: Plumbing Nebulous Depths: Exploring Violence and Warfare in
Humanity’s Past

Friday, August 11, 2023
2:00pm
Study Room
Hagatna Public Library - Hagatna
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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Dr. Nam Kim - Professor of Anthropology - University of Wisconsin-Madison

Nam C. Kim is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the current Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies on its campus. He holds degrees in anthropology (PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago), political science (MA, New York University) and international relations (BA, University of Pennsylvania).
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As an anthropological archaeologist, his research deals with early complex societies and the significance of the material past for modern-day stakeholders. He is especially interested in humanity’s global history of organized violence and warfare. Since 2005 he has been conducting archaeological fieldwork in Vietnam at the Co Loa settlement in the Red River Delta. A heavily fortified site located near modern-day Hanoi, Co Loa is connected to Vietnamese legendary accounts and is viewed as an important foundation for Vietnamese culture.

His work has been featured in various podcast interviews and a documentary (on the History Hit website). He has also authored several articles and books. The Origins of Ancient Vietnam (2015)provides a glimpse into the foundations of Vietnamese civilization, as seen through the archaeological record. Emergent Warfare in Our Evolutionary Past (2018, co-authored with Marc Kissel) provides a comprehensive view on the origins of war within the history of humanity. It seeks to answer the questions about how far back in time we can see warfare, and whether or not organized violence is somehow innate within our species.