Dr. Paul A. Rodell

Professor of History (1992).
B.A., Northern Illinois University, 1968; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1982, 1992.

Teaching and Research Interests: Southeast Asia, the Philippines, Religion, World History

Upper Division Courses:

• HIST/IS 3534 Modern Southeast Asia
• HIST 3234 Islam in Southeast Asia
• HIST 3150 History of Vietnam
• HIST 4635 Senior Seminar: Memory as History — History as Memory
• HIST 7632 Readings Seminar in Non-Western History

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Contact Information:

Department of History
Georgia Southern University
P. O. Box 8054
Statesboro, GA 30460-8054

Office: #3093, Interdisciplinary Academic Building
Tel.: (912) 478-1430
Email: rodell@georgiasouthern.edu
Fax: (912) 478-0377

Selected Publications:

• “The Syncretic Philippine Culture,” in Thompson and Batalla, eds., Routledge Handbook on the Contemporary Philippines, NY, Routledge, 2018, 321-29
• “Embracing the Pejorative, Challenging Authority: Resistance in the Philippines and the African Diaspora,” World History Connected, (October 2017)
• “How ISIS Has Arrived in the Philippines,” Oasis: Christians and Muslims in the Global World, October 2017.
• “The International Voluntary Service (IVS) in Vietnam: The Impact of War on Idealism, 1960-1967,” Peace & Change, Vol. 27, No. 2 (April 2002) 225-44
• Culture and Customs of the Philippines, Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 2002, 247 p.

Professional Activities, Awards, and Honors:

• Treasurer, Association for Global South Studies, 2018-21
• Chair, Philippine Studies Group, Association for Asian Studies, 2009-2011
• Director, “Islam in Asia,” teaching workshop, Asian Studies Development Program of the East-West Center, Honolulu, given in Savannah, September 2007
• Executive Director, Association of Third World Studies, 1996 – 2002
• Cecil B. Currey Book Award for Culture and Customs of the Philippines, Association. of Third World Studies, 2002

Current Research:

• “Playing with Fire: Wim Geertman in the Philippines” (article in progress)
• “Contemporary Philippine Theater and the Memory of Martial Law” (article in progress)
• “Charles Lindbergh an Early Environmentalist and the Philippines” (article in progress)

Last updated: 3/30/2022