Feb. 20th ’20 Environment, Geography, and the Making of French Indochina Posted on February 20, 2020March 15, 2021 by Lea Watkins-Chow Environment, Geography, and the Making of French IndochinaLeonard V. Smith, Fredric B. Artz Professor of History“Indochina” was originally an amorphous term indicating the lands of Asia between India and China. In the colonial era, French geographers sought to create a specifically “French Indochina” through constructing a unified space of lands and peoples. Traces of this discourse are still visible today.Thursday, February 20, 202012:20-1:00 pm Severance Room 108Pizza ProvidedA LIASE* Grantee Presentation*Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment On Thursday, February 20th Professor Leonard V. Smith presented on the construction of “French Indochina.”