Rudolf Mrazek

Biography:
Professor of History, Dept. of History, app’t 1990
B.A. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 1964
M.A. Charles University, 1980
Ph.D. Czechoslovak Academy, Prague, 1987

Number of Theses/Dissertations Supervised in Past 5 Years: 5

Research/Teaching Specializations: Southeast Asian modern history

Courses Taught: Technology and Colonialism in Souteast Asia, World War II in Southeast Asia, Modern Southeast Asia, Scholars and Officials in Colonial Southeast Asia, Exile and Prison in Modern Southeast Asia, Modern Island Southeast Asia

Field Research: The Netherlands: 1994, research at Royal Institute for Ethnography, Leiden; Jakarta: 1994

Recent Publications: “Engineers of Happy Land: Technology and Colonialism in a Colony,” Princeton University Press, 2002.

The center is committed to promoting a broader and deeper understanding of Southeast Asia and its peoples, cultures, and historiesby providing resources for faculty, students and the community to learn and disseminate knowledge about the region.