282nd INTG Meeting – A Talk by Andrew Turton The story starts in Moulmein in 1836, chief town of the rapidly growing little colony of Tenasserim. The large British garrison needs beef. The merchants and the East India Company want trade with China. The Chinese Muslim traders come to Ava annually. Can they be encouraged … Read more
240th INTG Meeting – A talk by Dr. Heike Löschmann Brief resume for Heike Löschmann Dr. Heike Löschmann is director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF), Thailand and South East Asia Regional Office. Date of Birth: 22 November 1962 Education – PhD in Southeast Asian Studies, including Pali and Buddhist studies, politics and international relations, … 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
6th INTG Meeting – A talk by Katherine Bowie Reference #1: Unraveling the Myth of the Subsistence Economy: Textile Production in Nineteenth-Century Northern Thailand Author: Katherine A. Bowie; Source: The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Nov., 1992), pp. 797-823; Published by: Association for Asian Studies Reference #2: Assessing the Early Observers: Cloth and … Read more
