Associate ProfessorJames Ockey

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Visiting fellow at Rangsit University, Bangkok, Thailand, while on study leave.

Visiting Fellow, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, 1998

New Zealand Asian Studies Association

New Zealand Political Science Association

Invited Speaker, Cornell University Southeast Asia Program, "The Politics of Succession and Stability in Thailand" November 2002

Invited Speaker, Arizona State University Southeast Asia Program, Succession and Instability in Thailand October 2002

Invited Speaker, Victoria University, Asian Studies Institute, Hyde Park Democracy in Thailand, August 1999

Invited Panel Member, briefing to US House of Representatives members and staff, on military professionalism in Asia

Invited Panel Member, briefing to Pentagon staff (US Department of Defense) and invited guests (from the State Department, etc.), on military professionalism in Asia

Invited Panel Member, briefing to Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, on military professionalism in Asia

Gave the Keynote address at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference held at University of Michigan, March 31, 2006. This conference brings together graduate students in Southeast Asian Studies from across the United States to discuss their work. It is important both as an academic conference, but also in a mentoring role, as the keynote speaker sets the lead for the presentations that follow, and has opportunities to interact with the presenters. Keynote speakers are thus carefully chosen for both academic quality and mentoring ability. The paper presented was cross-disciplinary, to appeal to an audience coming from a wide range of disciplines.

During my time at Northern Illinois University, I was invited to give presentations at several universities, indicating my reputation as an expert in Thai politics (2006-2008). Included among those invitations were some of the most prestigious American universities, such as Cornell University, Stanford University, Wisconsin-Madison, and Johns Hopkins University.

Invited to attend a conference on Solving the Political Crisis in Thailand (2009), sponsored by IDES, chaired by the former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, and the Konrad Adenaur Foundation. The conference was the initiative of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng, who organised it and invited a small group of Thai and foreign academics to discuss ways to re-orient Thai democracy in ways that would alleviate conflict and better suit Thai culture. The conference was a part of his larger attempts to reconcile "Red Shirt" and "Yellow Shirt" supporters, the two sides involved in violent confrontations in Thailand in recent years.

Invited to contribute an assessment of the work of Professor Benedict Anderson on Thai Studies to Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, the leading journal in the field. Professor Anderson is best known for his work Imagined Communities. The 10,000 word article also outlined his work on Area Studies