Informal Northern Thai Group

INTG Contacts

1) Convenor: Rebecca Weldon
E-mail: Mobile: 087 193 67 67.

2) Secretary: Louis Gabaude:
E-mail: Mobile: 087 188 50 99.

In December 2019, the INTG celebrated its 35th year of talks.

Announcement

This overrides meeting dates below until further notice

Considering:
1) information we are receiving from abroad about the expected development of the current pandemic,
2) local news about suspected cases,
3) risks of close contact while meeting within a closed room,
4) and the risks of contamination by sharing the attendance list, donation box, microphone, etc...,

We think it wise to suspend the Informal Northern Thai Group meetings until this crisis is over and apologize for any inconvenience. Consequently, the meetings below are postponed and new dates will be announced in due course.
The Informal Northern Thai Group (INTG)
March 14, 2020

Future Meetings & Special Notices

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EFFO Library, Chiang Mai: "Religious changes, ethnic minorities and the State in Laos" - A talk by Vanina Bouté.

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EFFO Library, Chiang Mai: "An Insider's look at the making of « The Cave »" - A talk by Don Linder.

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(Location to be announced): "Exploring "Lanna" Dance: Traditional and Contemporary" - A talk by Pierre Tetrault.

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To be scheduled : Talks by: Amporn Jirattikorn, Paul Carter, Michel Bauwens, Sheraz Akhtar.

Meeting times: 19:30 AT THE ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE
Chiang Mai Location: 138, Charoen Prathet Rd, near the ANANTARA HOTEL
(Formerly THE CHEDI HOTEL)
Opposite Wat Chaimongkhon & EFEO
Click here to see a map.

2009, 2010, 2011
	341st meeting : Return to Mae Sariang: Ethic Relations in a Thai Frontier District. A talk and presentation by Charles Keyes. 340th meeting : The 11th Panchen Lama: a Chinese political recognition of a Tibetan spiritual master A talk by Fabienne Jagou. 339th Meeting: Transforming Ethnicity - Hmong Kinship Identity under Thai State Formation. A talk by Prasit Leepreecha 338th Meeting: Pu Sae-Ya Sae Spirit Worship in Chiang Mai. A talk by Reinhard Hohler 337th Meeting: The Preah Vihear conflict and the current political debate in Thailand. A talk and presentation by Volker Grabowsky 336th Meeting: Access to HIV-Related Health Services for Minorities and International Migrants. A talk and presentation by Peter Kunstadter 334th Meeting: The Most Secret Place on Earth - The CIA's Covert War in Laos. DVD documentary and presentation by Rebecca Weldon 333rd Meeting: Tom / Trans / Thai: Writing Self across Thai and Thai American Trans-masculinities. A talk and film presentation by Jai Arun Ravine 332nd Meeting: A Sangha without a King - A Buddhist Millenarian Approach. A talk by Betty Nguyen 331st Meeting: "Art and Community in Cambodia". A talk and demonstration by Phare Ponleu Selpak, the Cambodian Theatre Group 330th Meeting: Killing the Mekong Dam by Dam. A talk and film presentation by Tom Fawthrop 329th Meeting: What's What in a Wat. A talk and book launch by Carol Stratton 328th Meeting: Buddhist Economics and Thailand's Self-Sufficiency Economy. A talk and presentation by Don Swearer 327th Meeting: A Tribute to Edward Kirk Rose (1931-2010) Various speakers. 326th Meeting: Hunting Northern Thailand's Snakes on a Motorbike. A talk and presentation by Sjon Hauser 325th Meeting: Buddhist Murals of Northeast Thailand. A Book presentation by Bonnie Brereton 324th Meeting: The Fortifications of Chiang Mai and the Enigma of the Finlayson Map. A talk and Presentation by Andrew Forbes and David Henley 323rd Meeting: Monastic Discipline and Social Change in Sipsong Panna (PRC). A talk and presentation by Roger Casas 322nd Meeting: Documentary: Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country Introduction by Ashin Sopaka and Jan Krogsgaard 321st Meeting: Dokmai Dogmas and the Joy of Monsoon Gardening. A talk and presentation by Eric Danell 320th Meeting: New Strategies to Stop Global Warming. A talk and presentation by Michael Tuckson 319th Meeting: Dharma as Man - A Myth of Jesus in Buddhist Lands. A talk and presentation by Lindsay Falvey 318th Meeting: Universal Health Care in Thailand. A talk by Joseph Harris 317th Meeting: Science and Technology Park Development in Northern Thailand. A talk and presentation by Martin Venzky-Stalling 316th Meeting: Living Silence in Burma: Surviving under Military Rule. A Book talk by Christina Fink 315th Meeting: Magic and Modernity in Southern Thailand: Reconfigurations of a multi-religious Performance and Art Genre. A talk by Alexander Horstmann 314th Meeting: Wildlife in Asia is in Crisis. A talk and presentation by Adam Oswell, Director of the Wildlife1 Foundation 313th Meeting: After the Crash: Reclaiming architecture for the other side of the economic miracle. A talk and presentation by Kevin Moore 312th Meeting: "18th – 20th Century Thai and Other Southeast Asian Paintings of the Lord Buddha". A talk and presentation by James Bogle 311th Meeting: Examining Tung: Northern Thai Banners and their Cambodian Counterparts. A talk and presentation by Rebecca Hall 310th Meeting: "HIV Research and Public Health in Thailand: Prevention and Care". A talk and presentation by Dr. Marc Lallemant and Dr. Gonzague Jourdain 309th Meeting: "Buddhist Murals from the Isan Heartland" a talk by Bonnie Brereton 308th Meeting: "Treading the boards". A talk by Stephan Turner, Director of The Gate Theater, Chiang Mai

2008
	307th Meeting: Knowing the Lua and Wa: The State of Knowledge of a Barely Known Group. A talk and presentation by Ronald D. Renard 306th Meeting: An evening at Studio Naenna with Patricia Cheesman 305th Meeting: An evening at home with John and Pat Shaw 304th Meeting: The Administrative and Political Structure of Chiang Mai Province - a talk by Dr. Tanet Charoenmuang 303rd Meeting: "Global Warming Scenarios for Thailand". A talk by Jere Locke 302nd Meeting: A Tribute to the late Roxanna M. Brown (1946-2008). Given by Patricia Cheesman and John Shaw 301st Meeting: Opportunities for Expat Volunteers in Chiang Mai. A talk and presentation by Khun Duenpen Chaladlam" 300th Meeting: “Making Chiang Mai a Great Place to Live” A talk by Captain Deuntemduang Na Chiengmai, the Mayor of Chiang Mai 299th Meeting: Chiang Rai and the Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park. A Talk and presentation by Rebecca Weldon, Curato 298th Meeting: Murder, Mayhem, and Malarkey: An Evening of Japanese Detective Fiction. A talk by Ivan P. Hall 297th Meeting: Swimming Against the Tide: The Cuban Health system. A 47-minute documentary film produced & directed by Tom Fawthrop

2007
	296th Meeting: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. A talk by Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Nikom Putta, Ashoka Fellow. Translator Ken Kampe 295th Meeting: "Sacrifice" - The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma (Second showing) 294th Meeting: "Prayer of Peace: Relief & Resistance in Burma 's War Zones". A talk and film presentation by Matt Blauer and Saw Doh Say, a Free Burma Rangers relief team member 293rd Meeting: Life for an English teacher in Present-day Viet Nam. A talk and presentation by Richard Fuller 292nd Meeting – Big Brother Mouse - Book publishing in Laos. A talk and presentation by Sasha Alyson and Khamla Panyasouk 291st Meeting: "Sacrifice" - The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma 290th Meeting: More tribes at risk – in Farm Animal Genetic Resources. The Thai situation. A talk and presentation by Dr Vanida Khumnirdpetch and David Steane 289th Meeting: "Will the snakes swallow the singers?" Traditional music of the hill tribes. A talk and presentation by John Moore 288th Meeting: Mystery in the Mist of the Borderland of Thailand and Myanmar. A talk and presentation by Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej 287th Meeting: It’s not just Haze: The effects of air pollution in Chiang Mai. A talk and presentation by Dr. Duongchan Apaavaatjrut Charoenmuang 286th Meeting : Traditional Thai Mural Painting - The Thai Cosmos and the Jatakas. A talk and presentation by Carol Stratton 285th Meeting: The Tree of Immeasurable Wealth - Inside and Outside of Rmeet Society, Highland Laos. A talk by Dr. Guido Sprenger 284th Meeting: 'Altar of Fire'. A talk and film presentation by Frits Staal 283rd Meeting: 'Border Landscapes: The Politics of Akha Land Use in China and Thailand. A talk and presentation by Dr. Janet C. Sturgeon 282nd Meeting: 'Gold and Silver Roads to Chiang Mai and Shan States in 1837'. A talk by Andrew Turton

2006
	281st Meeting: 'Beyong The Gate'. A talk and film presentation by Francois Bizot 280th Meeting: 'The Jewel of Suvannaphoum: Unraveling the Mystery of the Emerald Buddha'. A talk and presentation by Reinhard Hohler 279th Meeting: SOS: a non-profit organization helping foreigners living in Chiangmai. A presentation by Alan Hall and Andrew Williams 278th Meeting: "How to Plant a Forest". A talk and presentation by Stephen Elliott 277th Meeting: "Mishima: Letters, Eros, Death". A film presentation and talk by Paul McCarthy 276th Meeting: 'Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders'. A talk by Sara L. M. Davis 275th Meeting: 'A Chameleon's Tale: True Stories of a Global Refugee' by Mo Tejani A talk and book reading 274th Meeting: Cambodia ’s The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A talk by Tom Fawthrop 273rd Meeting: Chiang Mai: Disneyfication or Rational Development? A Panel Discussion 272nd Meeting: Great Leader, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea under the Kim Clan. A talk By Bertil Lintner 271st Meeting: The Giant Appliqué Thangkas of Tsurphu Monastery, Tibet. A talk and video presentation by Terris and Leslie Nguyen Temple 270th Meeting: Continuation and Disruption of the Karen Religious Movement: Case of the Myitta Byamasoe in Burma. A talk and presentation by Dr. Kwanchewan Buadaeng

2005
	269th Meeting: "The Elusive Isan Nang Talung" - A talk and presentation by Dr. Bonnie Brereton" 268th Meeting: "Is 'taization' equivalent to assimilation? Acculturation and perpetuation of ethnic boundaries in Northern Thailand and Laos". A talk by Olivier Evrard 267th Meeting: Politics and professionalism in community development: examining intervention in the highlands of Northern Thailand. A talk and presentation by Dr. Katharine McKinnon 266th Meeting: Reconciliation in Southern Thailand: Lessons from past attempts and present directions. A talk by Dr. Mark Tamthai 265th Meeting: Dr. Muller's Asian Journey: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Yunnan (1907-1909). A talk by Carool Kersten 264th Meeting: Daoism in the 20th Century - From Local Traditions to Global Networks. A talk by David Palmer and Elijah Siegler 262nd Meeting: Geo-Hazards of Northern Thailand. How dangerous are they? A talk and presentation by Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan 261st Meeting: Violence in Thai Society. A talk and presentation by Dr. Sombat Tapanya 260th Meeting: THE 'SINGHALESE' BUDDHA : Thailand's Highly Revered Guardian Image in the National Museum Bangkok. A talk and presentation by Carol Stratton 259th Meeting: How does an artist become international? Thailand as a case study. A talk by Annabelle Boissier 258th Meeting: The Khmer Rouge Ideology, as drilled into people's ears under Democratic Kampuchea. A talk by Henri Locard 257th Meeting: Redeveloping & Repositioning Chiang Mai as a Tourist Destination. A talk by Shane Beary 256th Meeting: The Tsunami - and its Aftermath. A Panel Discussion with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan, Dave Percy and Dr. Sombat Tapanya

2004
	255th Meeting: Textiles as a Material Lexicon of Tributary Relations in the Lao-Tai world. A talk and presentation by Patricia Cheesman 254th Meeting: Introduction to the history and significance of Champa. A talk by Michael Vickery 253rd Meeting: Protected Areas in the Lao PDR. A talk and presentation by Klaus Berkmüller 252nd Meeting: Chiang Mai Tourism - Its problems and solutions. A talk and presentation by Jack Kelly 251st Meeting: Reflections on 40 years of research on Thailand. A talk by Niels Mulder 250th Meeting: The Impact of Air Quality on Chiang Mai residents. A talk and presentation by Dr. Duangchan Charoenmuang 249th Meeting: Say What, Mr. President?A talk by Gary Sue Merritt Suwannarat 248th Meeting: Masks and Selves in Contemporary Java: the Dances of Didik Nini Thowok. A talk by Jan Mrazek 246th & 247th Meetings: Perceptions of Education in Thailand. A talk by Dr. Alain Mounier. Hilltribes in Cambodia and Vietnam. A talk by Andrew Hardy 245th INTG Meeting: The Expedition Mekong 2002 in perspective. A talk and presentation by Reinhard Hohler 244th Meeting: In Between a 'Feeling of Natural' and the Burmese Buddhist Order. An Encountering with Burmese Spirit Possession. A talk by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière 243rd Meeting: Politics in the Thai Parliament: Has much changed s ince the 1997 Constitution? A talk by Aaron Stern 242nd Meeting: Missionaries, Martyrs, and Political Change in Northern Thailand in the Late 19th Century. A talk by Dr. Don Swearer

2003
	241st Meeting: A Social Psychologist at the Burma Border. A talk by Richard Gorsuch 240th Meeting: The WTO in Cancun - The negotiations and what went wrong? A talk by Dr. Heike Löschmann 239th Meeting: Peer to Peer: Premises of a new layer in civilization. A talk by Michel Bauwens 238th Meeting: ‘Development Interventions, State Administration and Local Responses of Ethnic Minorities in Upland Northern Thailand: Role and Dynamics of Local, Rural Organizations and Networks’. A talk by Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt and Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai 237th Meeting: "Ugetsu (a classical Japanese story collection) Cinematized". A talk and film presentation by Dr. Paul McCarthy 236th Meeting: The Wild Wa: Wilder without Opium? A talk and presentation by Dr. Ron Renard 235th Meeting: Annual Variations in the Use of, and Exposure to Pesticides among Hmong Farmers in Northern Thailand. A talk by Dr. Peter Kunstadter 234th Meeting: A Passage to Thailand. A talk by Brian Hubbard 232nd Meeting: A Buddhist approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care. A talk by Laurie Maund

2002
	231st Meeting: The Use of Science in Contemporary Western Buddhist Apologetics. A talk by Dr. Geoffrey Redmond M.D. 230th Meeting: Arakan, a Buddhist Kingdom of Southeast Asia. A talk by Jacques Leider 228th Meeting: 'Intervention Radiology as a Substitute for Surgery' A talk and presentation by Steven C.H. van de Ven, MSc. 227th Meeting: 'Teaching Philosophy in a Thai University'. A talk by Mark Tamthai 226th Meeting: "The Catholic Church and the Sexual Abuse Dilemma". A talk by Dr. Peter Clarke 225th Meeting: 'Lisu Actors and Foreign Filmmakers'. A video presentation and talk by Dr. Otome Klein Hutheesing 224th Meeting: 'Why do the Vietnamese write the way that they do? The answer is a highly charged political issue.' A talk by Dr. Roland Jacques 223rd Meeting: ‘Traders and Travellers’ The Dutch in 17th Century Laos and Cambodia. A talk by Carool Kersten 222nd Meeting: 'The Role of the Christian Missionary in Thailand'. A talk by John Butt 221st Meeting: 'Buddhist Stupas in Asia - The Shape of Perfection'. A slide presentation and talk by Joe Cummings 220th Meeting: "The Railways of Thailand" A slide presentation and talk by Robert M. Boer 219th Meeting: 'The Mekong Nobody Knows'. A talk and slide presentation by Steve Van Beek 218th Meeting: "From finding a treasure in a poor village to the setting up of an Akha Educational System". A talk by Leo A. von Geusau

1984 - 2001
	216th Meeting: Tuesday, 11th December 2001: The Laotian Hmong in the United States a talk by Khun Pongkaset Suwannakoon215th Meeting: Medicine & Public Health in Chiang Mai during World War II. A talk by Dr. Ted Brown 215th Meeting: Medicine & Public Health in Chiang Mai during World War II. A talk by Dr. Ted Brown 214th Meeting – November 2001: What is the Alternative to Violence in our Multicultural World? A panel discussion with Andrew Forbes, John Butt, and Dean Henderson 213th Meeting - September 2001: The Karen - Past, Present ... Future? A talk by Ron Renard 212th Meeting - August 2001: Restoring Northern Thailand's Degraded Forest Land. A talk and presentation by Steve Elliott 211th Meeting - July 2001: NGOs and the AIDS Crisis in Chiang Mai. A talk by Dr. Vincent Del Casino 210th Meeting – June 2001: 'Money Matters in Marriage'. A talk by Brian Hubbard 207th Meeting - March 2001: The Thai in Keng Tung during World War II. A talk by M.R. Rujaya Abhakorn 204th Meeting - November 2000: Eco-tourism and Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand. a talk by John Davies 202nd Meeting - September 2000: Killers and Healers - Fantastic Flora of Thailand. A talk and presentation by David Engel 194th Meeting - February 2000: Anna and the King - The movie. A panel discussion led by Larry Ashmun 192nd Meeting – December 1999: Thai Buddhism through Cartoons. A talk by Louis Gabaude 184th Meeting - April 1999: Wildlife in the Kingdom of Thailand. A talk and presentation by Bruce Kekule 183rd Meeting - March 1999: Does participatory land-use planning have a chance with hilltribes? A talk by Oliver Puginier 181st Meeting - February 1999: 'Candy' Readings from his own works by Luke Davies 180th Meeting - February 1999: Women and NGOs in Northern Thailand: Activities, Challenges and Implications. A talk by LeeRay Costa 177th Meeting - January 1999: Is Thailand One of the World's Few Non-Homophobic Cultures? A talk by Andrew Matzner 173rd Meeting - September 1998: Community Forestry in Northern Thailand. A talk by Karan Aquino 169th Meeting - April 1998: The Psychology behind Cross-Cultural Relationships. A talk by Brian Hubbard 168th Meeting - April 1998: Buddhist Architecture: From India to Pagan to Thailand. A talk by Pierre Pichard 166th Meeting - February 1998: The Situation of Elephants in Northern Thailand. A talk by Sangduen 'Lek' Chailert and Marianne Willemse 164th Meeting - December 1997: Japanese and Chinese Gardens: A comparison. A talk and presentation by David H. Engel 159th Meeting: Corruption in Local Elections in Thailand. A talk by Katherine Bowie 148th Meeting - October 1996: HIV is NOT the cause of AIDS. A talk by Dan Reid 143rd Meeting - March 1996: Problems in Setting up a UNDP Highland Development Project in Southeast Asia. A talk by Ron Renard 141st Meeting – January 1996: Society according to Thai High School Books. A talk by Niels Mulder 127th Meeting – November 1994: Deceit in the Forest Canopy: The ravishing Lady Slipper orchid & the naive hoverfly. A talk and slide presentation by Hans Bänziger 126th Meeting – October 1994: A Vision of Chiang Mai. A talk by Sirichai Narumit 123rd Meeting – August 1994: Signs of the Buddha in the Northern Thai Chronicles. A talk by Donald Swearer 108th Meeting - July 1993: The Differential Integration of the Karen into the Thai State during the Reigns of Rama V & VI. A talk by Ron Renard 103rd Meeting – February 1993: The Mae Soi Valley Conservation & Rural Development Project. A talk by M.R. Smansnid Svast 70th Meeting – July 1990: Wiang Ta Murals. A talk and slide presentation by Vithi Phanichphant 69th Meeting - June 1990: Chinese Views of Sipsongpanna. A talk by Ann Hill 62nd Meeting - November 1989: Vessantara Jataka - The Study of a Buddhist Birth Story. A talk by John Cadet 44th Meeting - September 1988: The Contemporary Situation in the Thai Highlands. A panel discussion with W.R. Geddes, Wanat Bhruksasri, and Peter Hinton 005th Meeting - Social Implications of Trade in the Chiang Mai Valley in the 19th Century. A talk by Katherine Bowie 1st Meeting - December 1984: Illegal Hilltop Burial Site Excavations in Tak. A talk by John Shaw

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