History Department

Richard A. Ruth, Assistant Professor

Southeast Asian History

Email:  ruth@usna.edu

Education:

  • Ph.D. - Cornell University
  • M.A. - Cornell University
  • B.A. - Boston University

 Paper Presentations:

"Selling the Vietnam War to Thailand: The Queen's Cobra Regiment as National Symbol," Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 6-9, 2006.

"The Enemy Loved Us: Military Memories of Thai-Vietnamese Relationships in South Vietnam During the Second Indochina War," International Thai Studies Conference, Northern Illinois University, April 3-6, 2005.

"The Middle Gulf: Refugees, Pirates, and Invisible Warfare on the Gulf of Thailand, 1979-1985," Cornell University, SEAP Graduate Student Conference, March 31, 2000.

"Jim Thompson's Remains: Anatomy of a World-class Collector," Cornell University, SEAP Graduate Student Conference, April 2, 1999.

"Into Hell with the Buddha: Representations of the Underworld in Thai Temple Murals," Cornell University, Graduate Student Conference, History of Art & Archaeology.

 

Languages:

Thai, Vietnamese, and Chinese






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