281st INTG Meeting – A Talk and DVD Video Presentation by François Bizot François Bizot’s Introduction to the Film I went to Cambodia in 1965 and stayed until 1975, then in Thailand until 1994, then in Laos. It is good to be back in Chiang Mai. “Beyond the Gate,” the film I made during the … 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
265th INTG Meeting – Author, Carool Kersten, Talks About his New Book The Full Text of Carool’s Talk This talk introduces my latest book, published with White Lotus Press in Bangkok. It is based on a travelogue by one Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, a kind of gentleman-traveler, relating his experiences during a two-year journey in … Read more
258th INTG Meeting – A talk by Henri Locard About Henri Locard Born in Lyon in 1939, I first came to Cambodia as a student in the summer 1964. After the Agrégation d’Anglais in 1965, I had the luck to be appointed at the Lycée Descartes for two years. Teaching a foreign language in a … Read more
254th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Michael Vickery What was Champa? Champa no longer exists as a separate entity. There was an officially recognized Champa (recognized at the time by China, Vietnam and Cambodia) under that name along parts of the coast of what is now central and southern Vietnam from at least the 7th century … Read more
245th INTG Meeting – A talk by Reinhard Hohler Introduction “Expedition Mekong 2002” was co-organized by the Brooker Group and Diethelm Travel. The expedition was from November 2-17, 2002, and covered nearly 3,000 km of the Mekong river from Simao Port in Yunnan to its delta in the southern part of Vietnam. Profile of Expedition Mekong’s Tour Director, Mr. Reinhard Hohler Reinhard Hohler is an … 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
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
