INTG Convenor 224th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Roland Jacques The Full Text of Dr. Roland Jacques’ Talk During a previous visit to Bangkok, I was discussing the merits of various scripts; Asia has so many different ones, with a friend. When he referred to the “American alphabet”, I was not astonished, but rather utterly … Read more
223rd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Carool Kersten The Full Text of Carool’s Talk Introduction The intention of this talk is to provide an impression of the ventures of the Dutch East India Company in Phnom Penh during the years 1635 until 1644, and the first recorded European expedition sent by the Dutch trading … Read more
222nd INTG Meeting – A slide presentation and talk by John Butt The Abridged Text of John’s Talk A friend, who has for many years been a Christian missionary in Thailand, mentioned that he thought it strange that I should be the one speaking here tonight on “The Role of the Christian Missionary in Thailand” … Read more
221st INTG Meeting – A slide presentation and talk by Joe Cummings Summary of Joe’s Talk and Presentation Joe Cummings, author of the hardcover pictorial Buddhist Stupas in Asia: The Shape of Perfection, opened his presentation with a brief history of the Buddhist stupa. The earliest known mention of the word stupa appears in the … Read more
220th INTG Meeting – A slide presentation and talk by Robert M. Boer Summary of Robert’s Talk and Presentation Your Convenor writes: Robert showed 94 slide images of the Railways of Thailand to illustrate this talk; alas far too many for me to be able to describe each one in detail in this summary. You … Read more
219th INTG Meeting – A talk and slide presentation by Steve Van Beek Summary of Steve’s Talk In 1995 and 1997 our Sino-American team – from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Earth Science Expeditions of Colorado – made a first descent of a 350-km portion of the Mekong River in Yunnan Province. … Read more
218th INTG Meeting – A talk by Leo A. von Geusau A Summary of Leo’s Talk I came to Thailand in 1977 to conduct fieldwork studies on Akha language and culture. Two obstacles that I initially encountered were that I was discouraged by the Thai authorities who, for whatever reasons, did not want me to … Read more
216th INTG Meeting – A talk by Khun Pongkaset Suwannakoon A Summary of the Talk Khun Pongkaset commenced his talk with a chronology of significant events in contemporary Laos history. He began with the Dien Bien Phu incident on May 8th 1954. After this incident Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia became independent under a treaty with … Read more
