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A personal reflection on Thailand as a nation
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 20/05/2022
» Historian alone is an inadequate description. Charnvit Kasetsiri is a historian-activist. In 1973, he wrote a pioneering history of Ayutthaya as a Cornell University doctorate, published by Oxford University Press. He taught at Thammasat University for five decades and briefly served as rector. He has presented on Thai history at countless international gatherings. He has promoted the work of his students and colleagues so often that his prefaces for their works fill a fat book.
Ex-uni rector claims police intimidation
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/04/2022
» Former Thammasat University rector, Charnvit Kasetsiri, has called on the national police chief to investigate several off-duty policemen over harassment allegations.
In pursuit of academic freedom
Life, Thana Boonlert, Published on 07/02/2022
» A temple is more than a place of worship. Located on a bank of the Chao Phraya River, Wat Thong Noppakhun is offering food for democratic thought. Surrounded by leafy trees, its library is now home to a large number of non-official history books, some of which are controversial in what remains a conservative society.
600 cops to line streets as jailed protest leaders decry double standards
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2021
» Six hundred police officers will be deployed on Sunday with Free Youth group demonstrators planning to march from Victory Monument to the prime minister's house at the 1st Infantry Regiment barracks, King's Guard, on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road.
Four protest leaders denied bail again
Online Reporters, Published on 27/02/2021
» The Court of Appeal has again rejected a request to temporarily release four pro-democracy protest leaders facing royal insult charges, saying there was no reason to change the previous ruling.
Third bail request for protest leaders denied
Online Reporters, Published on 22/02/2021
» The Criminal Court has rejected the third bail request for four key Ratsadon members held on charges of lese majeste, even though a former university rector and an ex-dean offered to be their guarantors.
Democrat warns against petition to spare FFP
News, Post Reporters, Published on 16/02/2020
» Democrat Party spokesman Ramet Rattanachaweng has warned against a signature-collecting campaign to oppose the dissolution of the Future Forward Party (FFP) in a loan case, saying this is tantamount to pressuring the Constitutional Court.
Life between the lines
Life, Published on 21/01/2020
» The Japan Foundation Asia Center will present "The Breathing Of Maps", a series of events based on Siam Mapped: A History Of The Geo-Body Of A Nation by Thai historian Thongchai Winichakul.
Cinema Politico
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/12/2018
» The premiere of the social-commentary film Ten Years Thailand on Tuesday night saw a number of political celebrities in the vaulted foyer of the Scala, brushing elbows with journalists, film professionals and gawking onlookers. Sulak Sivaraksa was there, as well as historian Charnvit Kasetsiri, Thongthong Chandrangsu and several political-science scholars. Big names from political parties showed up: Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit from Future Forward, Parit Ratanakulserirengrit from the Democrats, Chatchat Sitthiphun and Wattana Muangsuk from Pheu Thai, Sombat Boon-ngamanong from Krian Party. Invitations had been sent out to all parties, according to the film producers, but no one from Palang Pracharat and Bhumjaithai attended the screening.
Oct 6, 1976 massacre remembered
Online Reporters, Published on 06/10/2018
» Thammasat University has held an event to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Oct 6, 1976 massacre.