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Title:<\/strong> Thailand\u2019s Northeast: Aspects of the Transition to Thai Control
\nSpeakers:<\/strong> Dr. Porphant Ouyyanont, ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Associate
\nProfessor of Economics at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> August 4th (Tues.), 2015 14:30-16:00
\nPlace:<\/strong> Tonan-tei Room No. 201, Inamori Foundation Memorial Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University<\/p>\n

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Abstract:<\/strong>
\nThe upheavals and divisions that occurred in Thailand during the first years of the present century came as a shock to many Thais. An aspect of the shock was the appearance of regional divisions, especially between the Northeast, or Isan, with its strong support for Thaksin and pro-Thaksin political parties, and Bangkok-centred , anti- Thaksin, pro-elite supporters. For many years the prevailing narrative of \u201cThai-ness\u201d had been of a cohesive and unified nation. Thus explanations for the recent divisions were often expressed simplistically and unhelpfully as emanating from a confused and ignorant northeastern peasantry, unprepared for true democracy.
\nThis paper looks in a longer perspective at northeastern identity. It emphasizes the relatively recent absorption of the area into the Thai polity. Until the end of the nineteenth century Isan, predominantly of Lao ethnicity, with a separate history, culture, language, and traditions, had remained largely outside direct Thai influence and control. This separate history had evolved over several hundred years, and has produced a distinct Isan identity. The paper discusses the various phases in the establishment of an ethnic Lao population in the northeast and the growth of Thai control. Recent divisions in Thailand can be viewed usefully in this longer perspective.<\/p>\n

About the speaker<\/strong>:
\nPorphant Ouyyanont is ISEAS Visiting Senior Fellow and Associate Professor of Economics at Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand. He obtained his doctorate in economic history from the University of New England, Australia, and has been a visiting researcher at Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies. His publication and research interests include the economic history of Bangkok and Thailand, village economy. The Crown Property Bureau in Thailand and its investment role. His works include \u201cThe Village Economy in the Central Region of Thailand\u201d (Bangkok: Vitheethud, 2003), \u201cThe Thai Economy during the Seventh Reign\u201d (Bangkok: Kobfai Press) , \u201cThe Crown Property Bureau in Thailand and the Crisis of 1997\u201d (Journal of Contemporary Asia, 38(1) February, 2008) (This paper was also selected as a runner-up to the winning essay for the Journal of Contemporary Asia Prize of 2009), \u201cUnderdevelopment and Industrialization in Pre-War Thailand\u201d (Australian Economic History Review 52(1), 2012). \u201cThe Vietnam War and Tourism in Bangkok\u2019s Development, 1960-1970,\u201d (Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 39(2), 2001), “The Foundation of the Siam Commercial Bank and the Siam Cement Company: Historical Context and Alternative Historiographies” ( SOJOURN, Vol. 30 (2),2015) His forthcoming book is \u201cA Regional Thai Economic History\u201d (Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press).<\/p>\n

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