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 2017, the INTG celebrated its 33rd year of talks.

Future Meetings & Special Notices

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439th Meeting: 13 November, 2018, 7:30 pm at the Alliance Française, Chiang Mai: “Elephant Management and Trends of Elephant Tourism”. A Talk by Dr. Chatchote Thitaram.

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440th Meeting: 27 November, 2018, 7:30 pm at the Alliance Française, Chiang Mai: “Re-enchantment of the Ganesha Cult: Action at a Distance through Social Media”. A Talk by Arratee Ayutacorn.

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441st Meeting: 11 December, 2018, 7:30 pm at the Alliance Française, Chiang Mai: “Rituals of Allegiance, Hierarchy, Inclusiveness, Change? The Bun Phra Wet in Isan and Laos”. A Talk by Leedom Lefferts.

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29 January 2019: “It's Not Just About Money:Thai-Farang Marriages and Intimate Relationships” - A talk by Patcharin Lapanun.

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12 February, 2019, 7:30 pm at the Alliance Française, Chiang Mai: “Life in Sansai Mahawong: Elders Reflect on Their Lives in the Village and Young People Consider Options for the Future”. A Talk by Kay and Mike Calavan.

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To be scheduled : Talks by: Paul Carter, Michel Bauwens, Francis Engelmann.

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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