INTG Convenor 280th INTG Meeting – A Talk and DVD Video Presentation by Reinhard Hohler Introduction The documentary was produced in 1989, when Reinhard Hohler led a German ZDF television channel film team across Thailand to unravel the mystery of the Emerald Buddha. The film Reinhard showed this evening was a recently released American edition, with an … Read more
279th INTG Meeting – A Presentation by Alan Hall and Andrew Williams SOS is a non-profit organization whose aim is to help foreigners living in Chiangmai with assistance in the event of an emergency. We are based in Chiangmai and have an office situated near to Payap University. Our 24 hour emergency help lines receive … Read more
278th INTG Meeting – A Talk and Presentation by Stephen Elliott About Stephen Elliott Stephen Elliott graduated in Ecology from Edinburgh University BSc and PhD 1985. After a brief spell on post doctoral projects on medicinal plants in Indonesia and Lowland Gorillas in Gabon, in 1986 he settled as a lecturer in ecology in the … Read more
277th INTG Meeting – A Film Presentation and Talk by Paul McCarthy Introduction The film, by the American director Paul Schrader, deals with the life, career, and principal works of the Japanese novelist, playwright, and essayist Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). It focuses especially on the last days of Mishima’s life, his relationship with his “private army” … Read more
276th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Sara L. M. Davis “An exemplary study of cross-border culture. Davis’s original and deeply probing account of state-sponsored musical culture and of the musical practices that both transcend and subvert it deserves, like the music it depicts, to travel widely.“James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and … Read more
275th INTG Meeting – Book Launch and Readings By Mo Tejani Having lived and worked in four continents of our planet, Mohezin (Mo) Tejani has been a global nomad all his life. Though born in Tanzania to Indian parents, Mo called Uganda his home for the first 18 formative years. Along with 80,000 other Asians … Read more
Why has it Taken so Long to Establish Asia’s first Genocide Tribunal? Will it Achieve Justice both for the Living and the Dead? 274th INTG Meeting – A Talk by Tom Fawthrop About Tom Fawthrop Tom Fawrhrop is a British journalist covering SE Asia and has been reporting on Cambodia since 1981 for international newspapers … Read more
273rd INTG Meeting – A Panel Discussion on the Mega-Projects Proposed for the Northern Capital Do Citizens Have a Voice? What are they Saying, and What are they Planning to Do? The panel consisted of experts in various fields: political, economic, environmental, communications, etc. from the 48 Chiang Mai organizations that Pakee Kon Hak Chiang … Read more
