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...
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...
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...
H Back to Lectures Journey to Southern Thailand and Burma Explorer, Oriental scholar and diplomat, Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (1864-1938) was a member of the Pavie Mission to Laos in the 1890s and participated in drawing up the borders between French Indochina and...
H Back to Lectures (February and March Mindfulness Workshops) Enlightenment in This Lifetime: Liberation Through the Practice of the Buddha’s Teaching The special series of talks on 19-22 November 2024 and extended to 11 and 13 December aimed to shed new light on...
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