The WTO in Cancun – The Negotiations and What Went Wrong?

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

Traders and Travellers – The Dutch in 17th Century in Laos and Cambodia

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

Social Implications of Trade in the Chiang Mai Valley in the 19th Century

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