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ICTS15

11 - 13 July

2024
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About ICTS15

The organizing and academic committee cordially invites submission of research papers in all areas of Thai Studies for presentation at the 15th International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS15). The international conference provides an open platform for scholars and practitioners worldwide to meet and share their recent research, exchange ideas and information on new developments in Thai Studies research. The papers will be reviewed by the review committee of established researchers.


Background to the 15th International Conference on Thai Studies

The International Conference on Thai Studies (ICTS) has been held once every three years, starting in 1981. The first ICTS was a relatively small event held at the University of Delhi. In 1984, a much larger conference was hosted by Chulalongkorn University and hosted at the Ambassador Hotel in Bangkok, at a time when the issue of Thai democracy was a hot topic – in part marking half a century since the end of absolute monarchy, and in part because of the opening up of society, scholarship and politics after the clampdown of the late 1970s. 1987 saw ICTS move to Australia, and one of the hallmarks of this conference was its inclusion of the wider Tai realm, a theme that continued in successive ICTS meetings in Kunming in 1990 and at SOAS in London in 1993. The conference moved back to Thailand in 1996 and had its largest attendance ever at Chiang Mai University. It was hosted in Europe in 1999 at the University of Amsterdam, a conference where many civil society issues were aired, including pressing land rights questions. In 2002, the conference was hosted in Isan, and in 2005 moved to North America for the first time, at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb. 2008 and 2011 saw the conference back in Bangkok, at Thammasat and Mahidol respectively. In 2014, ICTS was organized at the University of Sydney, marking the first time that the conference was held outside Thailand in a city with a large overseas Thai community. In 2017, the ICTS will be back at Chiang Mai University for a second time the ICTS went back to Chiang Mai University for a second time with the theme “Thai Studies: Globalized Thailand? Connectivity, Conflict, and Conundrums of Thai Studies”. In 2021, ICTS moved to Kyoto University, to be held in Japan for the first time. In 2024 will be hosted by Burapha University in Chonburi for the first time with the theme “Thailand: Social Precarity, Environmental Justice, and Politics of Hope”

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Schedule

Tentative Schedule

Important dates
Now – April 16, 2024 Abstract paper submission
May 15, 2024 Deadline for early bird registration
May 15, 2024 Deadline for full paper submission
June 30, 2024 Release of conference schedule
July 11 – 13, 2024 Conference Date

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11 July 2024
08.00 A.M. – 08.30 A.M.

Registration at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Burapha University


08.30 A.M. – 09.00 A.M.

Welcome and opening
   - Introduction to ICTS15 by Associate Professor Dr. Suchada PONGKITTIWIBOON, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
   - Welcome and Opening by Associate Professor Dr. Watcharin KASALUK, President of Burapha University
   - Khon Masked Dance Drama in Thailand (In 2018, UNESCO listed them as intangible cultural heritage of humanity)
Moderator: Dr. Sutraphorn TANTINIRANAT, Burapha University


09.00 A.M. – 10.00 A.M.

Plenary - Keynote I:
“Biography of a Translation”
Professor Thanet APHORNSUVAN, Thammasat University
Moderator: Dr. Sutraphorn TANTINIRANAT, Burapha University


10.00 A.M. – 10.20 A.M.

Coffee Break


10.20 A.M. – 11.00 A.M.

Special Lecture
“Completing the 2024 Historical Dictionary of Thailand: Complex Challenges and Choices”
Professor Gerald W. FRY, University of Minnesota
Moderator:
   1. Dr. Sutraphorn TANTINIRANAT
   2. Associate Professor Sasiwooth WONGMONTA, Burapha University
**Concurrent Sessions**


11.00 A.M. – 12.00 P.M.

Round Table “MICE and Event Management”
   1. Miss Paula (Punnaporn) WONGJUNPEN
Managing Director: Paula & Co. DMC (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Chairperson of Membership & PR Committee: Thailand Incentive and Convention Association (TICA), Vice President of Membership & Communications: site Thailand, Committee: Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA)
   2. Mrs. Orachorn WONGPAN-NGAMDirector of MICE Capabilities Development Department, Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
   3. Asst. Prof. Dr. Parinya NAKPATHOM, Acting Vice President for Student Affairs, Burapha University
Moderator:
   1. Dr. Sutraphom TANTINIRANAT, Burapha University.
   2. Associate Professor Alexander TRUPP, Sunway University
**Concurrent Sessions**


12.00 P.M. – 01.00 P.M.

Lunch


01.00 P.M. – 02.00 P.M.

Plenary - Keynote II: “Changing Meanings of the Mekong in Thailand” Professor Emeritus Philip HIRSCH, University of Sydney
Moderator: Ms. Pawinna PHETLUAN, Burapha University


02.00 P.M. – 02.20 P.M.

Coffee Break


02.20 P.M. – 04.20 P.M.

Concurrent sessions


12 July 2024

08.30 A.M. – 08.45 A.M.

Registration at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Burapha University


08.45 A.M. – 09.45 A.M.

Plenary - Keynote III
“Politics of Hope: New Thinking in Thai Art History”

Professor Piriya KRAIRIKSH, Piriya Krairiksh Foundation
Moderator: Dr. Nattaphat PHATTHANA, Burapha University


09.45 A.M. – 10.00 A.M.

Coffee Break


10.00 A.M. – 11.00 A.M.

Special Lecture
“The Politics of Memory: Khruba Srivichai, the Gandhi of Northern Thailand?”

Professor Katherine BOWIE, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator:
   1. Dr. Nattaphat PHATTHANA
   2. Dr. Prawit SAISANGUANWONG, Burapha University
**Concurrent Sessions**


11.45 A.M. – 11.10 A.M.

Soft Power Drag Queens in Thailand by Jenny Wong


11.10 A.M. – 12.00 P.M.

Special Lecture
“QUEER RITES AND RAINBOW ROBES: Sexual and Gender Diversity in Thai Religion and Modern Spirit Ritual”

Emeritus Professor Peter JACKSON, Australian National University
Moderator:
   1. Dr. Nattaphat PHATTHANA, Assistant Professor
   2. Dr. Kangwan FONGKAEW, Burapha University
**Concurrent Sessions**


12.00 P.M. – 01.00 P.M.

Lunch


01.00 P.M. – 03.00 P.M.

Concurrent sessions


03.00 P.M. – 03.20 P.M.

Coffee Break


03.20 P.M. – 05.40 P.M.

Concurrent sessions


13 July 2024

08.30 A.M. – 09.00 A.M.

Registration


09.00 A.M. – 10.00 A.M.

Plenary - Keynote IIII
“A Puzzlement”: Meditating on the Fictional King Mongkut for Thailand’s Tomorrow
Professor Emeritus Thongchai WINICHAKUL, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Moderator:
   1. Dr. Sutraphorn TANTINI RANAT, Burapha University
   2. Dr. Siwarak RUENGSAKUL, Burapha University


10.00 A.M. – 11.00 A.M.

Round Table
“Commemorative of Professor Nidhi Eoseewong on Thai Studies”
   1. Mr. Siripoj LAOMANACHAROEN
   2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yukti MUKDAWIJITRA, Thammasat University
Moderator: Ms. Pawinna PHETLUAN, Burapha University


11.00 A.M. – 11.15 A.M.

Coffee Break


11.15 A.M. – 12.00 P.M.

Reflections & closing remarks


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