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H Back to Lectures Bombs, Baccy and Buddhism: The First World War Diary of Sergeant Kleuap Kaysorn Kleuap Kaysorn was from Phetchaburi and worked in animal medicine before volunteering to join the Siamese Expeditionary Force in the First World War. He kept a diary of...
H Back to Lectures Serving the Kingdom and Fandom: The Reinvention and Hybridisation of the Ramakien in Thai Internet Literature The Ramakien, from the Indian epic Ramayana, is essential to Thai literature and is aligned with Thai national identity or Thainess (khwam...
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H Back to Lectures Tracing Pali and Thai Manuscripts from Japan to Ireland: Collections, Collectors, and Connections When travelers from Europe, North America, and Japan among other places started exploring Southeast Asia, they often brought back manuscripts to their...
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