"Aksoon Khoom": Khmer Heritage in Thai & Lao Manuscript Cultures
The Khoom Script, in its diverse versions, among Thai and Lao manuscripts.
Publications Publications A Chant Has Nine Lives: The Circulation of Theravada Liturgies in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Cultural and geographical variations of the Theravada liturgy, chanting and rituals in Southeast Asia.
Publications A Possible Early Thai Route to the Sea
The south- and east-bound Thai expansion considered by a renowned linguist.
Books Ancient Khmer Sites in North-eastern Thailand
Worship of Agni (God of Fire) and fire-shrines from Khorat and Buriram to Cambodia along 'the Angkor-Phimai route".
Links Artistic Syncretism at the Sanctuary of Truth, Thailand
A joyful explosion of Thai, Khmer, Chinese, Hindu and Buddhist artistic influences in a sanctuary dedicated to devotion and creative...
Publications Border wars: the ongoing temple dispute between Thailand and Cambodia and UNESCO's World Heritage List
A 2010 essay on the tensions between Cambodia and Thailand regarding the iconic Preah Vihear Khmer temple.
Publications Chen-Li-Fu, A State on the Gulf of Siam at the Beginning of the 13th Century
Where was located Chên Li Fu, a Gulf of Siam State under Khmer influence around the years 1200-1250?
Publications Contacts between the Upper Thai-Malay Peninsula and the Mediterranean World
This essay presents a selection of artefacts originating from the region of the Mediterranean Sea and mainly dating from the...Publications Facts and Fiction: The Myth of Suvaṇṇabhūmi Through the Thai and Burmese Looking Glass
Suvarnabhumi (Sanskrit) or Suvaṇṇabhūmi (Pali) may be rendered in English as ‘Golden Earth’, ‘Golden Land’, or ‘Land of Gold’. This...Publications Glimpses of Buddhist Practices and Rituals in Dvāravatī and Its Neighbouring Cultures | 淺談墮羅鉢底及其鄰近文化之佛教儀式
New perspectives on the Dvaravati take on Buddhism and its linguistic and cultural vinculation to Khmer ethnic group.
Publications Iconographical Issues in the Archaeology of Wat Phra Men, Nakhon Pathom
The colossal Buddhas of central Thailand temples and their significance in the evolution of regional Buddhism during the 7th and...
Publications In Search of Tambralinga's Heartland
New findings on regional kingdoms with links to Funan, Angkor and the development and collapse of the Khmer Empire.
Books Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
Archimages Khmer Influence in Faraway Lands
In modern Laos and Thailand, Khmer art of building and sculpting is still highly visible
Links Khmer Temples in modern Thailand
The major Khmer archeological sites on Thailand territory listed and briefly commented.
Publications La Route Sacrée/Sacred Road to Angkor
From Phimai (Isan Province, Thailand) to Angkor, 225 km graced by Khmer Temples and ancient buildings.Publications Maritime Trade between Thailand and Bengal
A summary of archaeological finds shining a new light on the history of maritime trade and early Southeeast Asia.
Links MuangBoranMuseum (Ancient City), Thailand
The visionary park-museum launched in 1963 by Lek Viriyaphant in Bangkok, "from dawn to the Siam civilization".
Publications New Observations at P’ong Tuk and Ongoing Issues with the Conceptualization of Dvāravatī
Revisiting the Pong Tuk site in West-Central Thailand, initially explored by G. Coedes (1927) and H. G. Quaritch Wales (1936).
Publications Northeast Thailand before Angkor
Evidence from an archaeological excavation at the Prasat Hin Phimai in the 2000s.
Publications Note on Archaelogical Survey and Excavations in North-Eastern Thailand in 1959
A useful summary of archeological research in Northeastern Thailand at the end of the 1950s
Publications Notice sur le Royaume de Khmer ou de Kambodge
The earliest contribution on Angkor published in an European scientific journal by a Southeastasian scholar.
Photography Prince Damrong in Preah Vihear, 1930
Back to the Siamese statesman's visit to Preah Vihear, claimed by Thai nationalists until the international recognition of Cambodia's rights...
Links Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Anthropological resources on Southeast Asia, with an emphasis on Thailand
Publications Sailing To Suvarnabhumi, The Land of Gold
One of the most comprehensive and groundbreaking works on commercial, maritime, cultural and religious links between India and the Southeast...
Themes SEA & Cambodia
Publications Siamese Attacks on Angkor before 1430
A documented argument of the 'Fall of Angkor'.
Links The Journal of The Siam Society Online
The prestigious publication in Thai and Southeast Asian studies now online.
Publications The Origins of the Sukhodaya (Sukhot'ai) Art
A well-balanced study on cultural and artistic exchanges around ancient Southeast Asia, summarizing the author's original view on the Indianization...
Books Traveller’s Eye | Selected Works from the Francisco Capelo Asia Collection
Southeast Asian Art from the Francisco Capelo Collection, Lisboa
Books Treatises on Dance | ตำรารำ (Tảrā rả)
The one and only Thai treatise on dance, a stunning collection of texts and illustrations dating back from 1790 onwards.