George McTurnan Kahin
George McTurnan Kahin (January 25, 1918 – January 29, 2000) was an American historian and political scientist. He was one of the leading experts on Southeast Asia and a critic of United States involvement in the Vietnam War. After completing his dissertation, which is still considered a classic on Indonesian history, Kahin became a faculty member at Cornell University. At Cornell, he became the director of its Southeast Asia Program and founded the Cornell Modern Indonesia Project. Kahin's incomplete memoir was published posthumously in 2003.
George McTurnan Kahin | |
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Kahin as a visiting professor at Monash University in 1971 | |
| Born | January 25, 1918 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | January 29, 2000 (aged 82) Rochester, New York, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History, political science |
| Institutions | Cornell University |
| Doctoral advisor | Rupert Emerson |
| Other academic advisors | Owen Lattimore |
| Doctoral students | Benedict Anderson, Herbert Feith, Daniel Lev |
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