Aug 2, 2024
H Back to Lectures Sukhothai Art Without Inscription No. 1 In his lecture, given on 16 August 1988, at The Siam Society, Dr Piriya Krairiksh reassessed the dating of Inscription No. 1. Subsequently, scholars from such diverse fields as history, archaeology, epigraphy,...
Aug 1, 2024
H Back to Lectures Dunhuang Revisited: Mogao Buddhist Caves (4th -14th Centuries) Mogao, the cave-temples near the town of Dunhuang in the west of China’s Gansu province, form what is arguably the world’s most extraordinary gallery of Buddhist art: hewn from the...
Jul 26, 2024
H Back to Lectures Art, Diplomacy and the Projection of Power: The Thai Elephant Statues in Singapore, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City In Singapore, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City stand bronze elephant statues gifted by Thai Kings. Erected in 1872 (Singapore and Jakarta),...
Jun 28, 2024
H Back to Lectures British Plans for the Upper Siamese-Malay Peninsula Over the Nineteenth Century In this lecture, I reconstruct British plans during the nineteenth century to join its territories in Malaya and Burma by annexing the upper portion of the Siamese-Malay...
Jun 27, 2024
H Back to Lectures Tai Herbalism There is a saying among minority people, “To annihilate my culture and identity, you must first destroy my language and writing.” Through intentional political policy or simple ignorance and neglect, minorities worldwide remain at risk...
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