Title: Reinterpretation of King Chao Anouvong (1804-1828) of Viengchan and Lao Historical Perception of Thailand Speaker:Professor Hungguk Cho, Professor of Southeast Asian History in the Graduate School of International Studies, Pusan National University, South Korea. Date:July 31 (Wed), 2013, 12:00-13:30 Place:Tonantei (Room 201), Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, Kyoto University Abstract: Recently a statue of King Chao Anouvong was erected on the bank of the Mekong River in Viangchan or Vientiane, Laos. Chao Anouvong was a king of Viangchan (r. 1804-1828), one of the Lan Xang kingdoms of Laos, when it was under the rule of Thailand. He undertook a liberation war against Thailand in the late 1820s. However, this enterprise…