David J. McCaskey
@davidjmccaskey.bsky.social
Ocean historian. Instructor, History and Philosophy Dept., SUNY Old Westbury. Studying the history of oceanography and fisheries development in Vietnam and Cambodia. Interests include Vietnam, fisheries, STS, decolonization, aquariums, borders, fish.
“The ‘Plague Minnow’ and the Climbing Perch: Introducing Mosquitofish to Fight Malaria in Colonial French Indochina”
Association for Environmental History Ann. Con.
April 9-13, 2025. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pasteur Inst. introduces mosquitofish to Indochina to fight malaria. It goes poorly.
Association for Environmental History Ann. Con.
April 9-13, 2025. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pasteur Inst. introduces mosquitofish to Indochina to fight malaria. It goes poorly.
January 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
“The ‘Plague Minnow’ and the Climbing Perch: Introducing Mosquitofish to Fight Malaria in Colonial French Indochina”
Association for Environmental History Ann. Con.
April 9-13, 2025. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pasteur Inst. introduces mosquitofish to Indochina to fight malaria. It goes poorly.
Association for Environmental History Ann. Con.
April 9-13, 2025. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pasteur Inst. introduces mosquitofish to Indochina to fight malaria. It goes poorly.
“The Great Dispenser of Ichthyological Wealth in Indochina: Science, Regulation, and Fish in French Colonial Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap Lake”
Association for Asian Studies Ann. Con.
March 13-16, 2025. Columbus, Ohio
French scientists mess with trad'l fishing rights in Cambodia.
Association for Asian Studies Ann. Con.
March 13-16, 2025. Columbus, Ohio
French scientists mess with trad'l fishing rights in Cambodia.
January 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“The Great Dispenser of Ichthyological Wealth in Indochina: Science, Regulation, and Fish in French Colonial Cambodia’s Tonlé Sap Lake”
Association for Asian Studies Ann. Con.
March 13-16, 2025. Columbus, Ohio
French scientists mess with trad'l fishing rights in Cambodia.
Association for Asian Studies Ann. Con.
March 13-16, 2025. Columbus, Ohio
French scientists mess with trad'l fishing rights in Cambodia.
“Net Losses: The Successes and Failures of Trawling in French Indochina”
Consortium working group on History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM)
February 18. Online!
Join here -> www.chstm.org/group/histor...
A story of how oceanographers made an int'l border over fishing rights.
Consortium working group on History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM)
February 18. Online!
Join here -> www.chstm.org/group/histor...
A story of how oceanographers made an int'l border over fishing rights.
www.chstm.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“Net Losses: The Successes and Failures of Trawling in French Indochina”
Consortium working group on History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM)
February 18. Online!
Join here -> www.chstm.org/group/histor...
A story of how oceanographers made an int'l border over fishing rights.
Consortium working group on History of Ocean Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM)
February 18. Online!
Join here -> www.chstm.org/group/histor...
A story of how oceanographers made an int'l border over fishing rights.
“Shell Game: Exploiting and Protecting Sea Turtles in French Colonial Vietnam and Cambodia”
East-West Center Int'l Grad Student Conference
February 13-16. UH Mānoa (my alma mater) – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
A story about different fishing communities fighting (literally) over turtles on some islands.
East-West Center Int'l Grad Student Conference
February 13-16. UH Mānoa (my alma mater) – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
A story about different fishing communities fighting (literally) over turtles on some islands.
January 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“Shell Game: Exploiting and Protecting Sea Turtles in French Colonial Vietnam and Cambodia”
East-West Center Int'l Grad Student Conference
February 13-16. UH Mānoa (my alma mater) – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
A story about different fishing communities fighting (literally) over turtles on some islands.
East-West Center Int'l Grad Student Conference
February 13-16. UH Mānoa (my alma mater) – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
A story about different fishing communities fighting (literally) over turtles on some islands.