Readers may be interested in this upcoming seminar on 9 September at Thammasat University celebrating the Thai art historian Prof. Piriya Krairiksh, at the Tha Prachan campus, Room 107 (the auditorium near the river) in Bangkok. A copy of the festshrift Debating Southeast Asian Art can be ordered from River Books or through my Amazon affiliate link here.
This seminar aims to celebrate the extraordinary scholarship of Professor Piriya Krairiksh, the distinguished Thai art historian, on the occasion of his eightieth birthday in A festschrift in his honor is also under preparation for the occasion. The most fitting way to celebrate our esteemed mentor and colleague, who has dedicated himself to teaching and fundamental research on Thai and Southeast Asian art history is to support further scholarship and debate on the issues in these fields. The seminar gather international and Thai scholars from the intersecting fields of art history, archeology, architecture and history for a discussion of specific areas in which Achan Piriya has pioneered and greatly contributed to. We look forward to an active discussion and paper presentations with lively intellectual exchange on some of the central questions related to the art and early history of Thailand and Southeast Asia.
