Dec 2, 2024
H Back to Lectures Art in Thailand: An Illustrated Introduction During the Mid- 20ᵗʰ century, Prince Damrong Rajanubhab tried to classify the ancient objects and monuments in Thailand with the academic system under the list of the kingdoms in accordance to the...
Oct 28, 2024
H Back to Lectures Capitalist Colonial: Thai Migrant Workers in Israeli Agriculture The murder and abduction of dozens of Thai migrant workers as part of the Hamas attack on Israel of 7 October 2023 briefly brought the plight of these migrants into the limelight in...
Oct 20, 2024
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...
Sep 24, 2024
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...
Sep 23, 2024
H Back to Lectures War Slaves and Cultural Transformations: How Ayutthaya’s Captured Artisans and Performers Transformed Burmese Society In 1936, Prince Damrong Rajanubhab travelled to Burma on something of a cultural mission. A decade earlier, Damrong had come to...
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