266th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Mark Tamthai, Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture, Payap University, Chiang Mai About the Speaker Mark Tamthai was a professor at Chulalongkorn University for 30 years and is now the director of the Institute for the Study of Religion and Culture at Payap University. For … 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
250th INTG Meeting – A talk and presentation by Dr. Duangchan Charoenmuang Dr. Duangchan writes “Chiang Mai air quality has been worse than you may have thought. The critical period is in dry season. At this time the air contains an increased amount of fine particulate matter (PM10), much more than the allowable amount. Statistics … Read more
249th INTG Meeting – A talk by Gary Sue Merritt Suwannarat Gary Suwannarat writes – Here’s a little bit of my background regarding American politics. I have been a member of Democrats Abroad-Thailand for something like 15 years, served as the Vice-Chair in 1996, and then found myself Chair as the elected Chair moved to Great Britain. Between the … Read more
243rd INTG Meeting – A talk by Aaron Stern Aaron Stern is a doctoral student at the Department of Political Science, University of Michigan. His dissertation concerns the Thai House of Representatives and its influence on government policy-making. He has spent about 6 years in Thailand, working or doing research in various capacities. Brief Abstract Thailand’s current constitution mandated some major … Read more
242nd INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Don Swearer Martyrdom set within the broader context of persecution has been a defining feature of the history of the expansion of Christianity worldwide, including Thailand. The seminal martyrdom story in the annals of the Protestant (Presbyterian) church is northern Thailand is the death of two Thai Christian men, Nan … Read more
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
159th INTG Meeting – A talk by Katherine Bowie Katherine A. Bowie (kabowie@wisc.edu) is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Vote Buying and Village Outrage in an Election in Northern Thailand: Recent Legal Reforms in Historical Context N.B. If any minutes were taken for the talk given in 1997 then they have long since … Read more
