Bangkok Seminars on Thai Studies

更新日:2014/02/14

1) Project

Bangkok Seminars on Thai Studies

 

2) Related Organization

Thaisukusa (Network committee of organizing Bangkok Seminars on Thai Studies)

Bangkok Liaison Office, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

 

3) Period

2003～

 

4) Outline

Since 2003 May, a number seminars had been held at the CSEAS Bangkok Liaison Office. There used be a small discussion group of Japanese exchange students at Chulalongkorn University since 2000. Learning from these experiences, seminars has began in 2003 to discuss their field research, present drafts of papers they are writing either for submission to journals or to be delivered in conferences, or share their reviews of books and/or films. Recently, these informal gatherings became institutionalized and conducted once every month or two. Today, this “Seminar on Thai Studies” also include inviting guest speakers like Thai academics as well as academics from neighboring Southeast Asian countries, as well as Japan.

The seminar intends to create an opportunity for information sharing and discussions. Students or guest lecturers who are especially eager to discuss on the findings of the extended field surveys see these seminars as occasions to reflect and get input, comments and even criticisms from fellow students and researchers. The seminars have thus been helpful in speeding up the research, as well as preparing students for the next phase of their academic education — the writing of the MA thesis or the dissertation.

The other purpose of the seminar is to promote comprehensive understanding of Thailand (and Asian countries) and expand the current network of young and senior researchers who come from different fields of studies and disciplines. The seminars thus hope to contribute to the further growth of area studies, in both the economic, socio-political, natural scientific and humanities fields. They also hope to enhance mutual learning across disciplines.

Organization of these seminars is anchored on a loose network of researchers in touch with each other via email. For detail, please contact Tamaki Endo, endo[at]cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp