Nov 9, 2025
H Back to Lectures Bangkok Transformed by Porphant Ouyyanont: A Book Launch and Celebration How did Bangkok, once a modest riverside town, transform into the vibrant capital of a modern nation and an economic hub of mainland Southeast Asia? This book explores the...
Nov 5, 2025
H Back to Lectures Paradigm of the Sacred Mountain Designs in Southeast Asian Culture Sacred Mountain: Faith, Nature and Architecture is Dr Rasita’s first book, written with the intention of presenting academic architectural research in a form accessible to general...
Nov 4, 2025
H Back to Lectures Forging Ties, Advancing Our Future: 170 Years of Thailand–UK Diplomatic Relations It would not be outlandish to suggest that the Bowring Treaty marked Siam’s entrance into the modern era. The treaty transported Siam from the ancient orbit of the...
Sep 25, 2025
H Back to Lectures The Untold Story of How Thai Visas Saved Hundreds of Jewish Lives During World War II Robert Vimont-Vicary was consul of Siam/Thailand in Marseille, France, from 1919 to 1941. During World War II, Vimont-Vicary issued hundreds of visas and travel...
Sep 25, 2025
H Back to Lectures Art for Sale in Colonial Times: French Indochina’s ‘Souvenir’ Shops In recent decades, the international press has reported countless Khmer artefacts of uncertain provenance, and dubious acquisition, held in private collections and museums around...
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