Welcome back to a new season of the Gatty Lecture Rewind! In this first episode of the semester, Michael sits down with Tom Pepinsky, the director of the Southeast Asia Program at Cornell University, to discuss the concept of ethnic identity in Malaysia. This was the topic of Professor Pepinsky's recent Gatty Lecture and the crux a long-term book project he is developing. 

Research & lecture summary: 02:33 Advice for undergrads/reading recommendations/life during the pandemic: 29:28

Tom Pepinsky's Top Recommendations:

• The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (link)
• The Raid: Redemption (2011 movie)
• What is a Malay? by Judith A. Nagata (link)