Gatty Lecture Series

Join us for a talk by Doreen Lee, Professor of Anthropology, Director of Global Asian Studies, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University.

This Gatty Lecture will take place at the Kahin Center, 640 Stewart Ave. Lunch will be served. For questions, contact seap@cornell.edu.

Abstract

Forthcoming

About the Speaker

Doreen Lee is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Northeastern University. She studies cities, politics, and popular culture in Indonesia. Her publications include "Activist Archives: Youth Culture and the Political Past in Indonesia" (Duke 2016), and the forthcoming book "The Urban Grotesque: Life and Debt in Jakarta" (Duke 2026). Currently she is researching land use and forms of vacancy in Jakarta.