05/03/2026
📣 You are cordially invited to attend the academic seminar and book launch of In the Mood for Texture: Re-texturing the City - Bangkok and the Chinese Revival..
📚 Join us in exploring Chinese identity within Thai society through historical, cultural, cinematic, and contemporary literary perspectives...
Special Lecture: “The Chinese Community in Thailand: Roots Reborn in Another Land”
by Professor Dr. Kanokporn Noomthong, Division of Chinese Language, Department of Eastern Languages, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University..
Academic Panel Discussion: “Contemporary Chineseness in Thai Film and Literature”
Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Arnika Fuhrmann (Cornell University | The University of Hong Kong)
- Veeraporn Nitiprapha, SEA Write Award–winning author (2015 and 2018)
- Assistant Prof. Dr. Napong Rugkhapan, Regional, Urban, & Built Environmental Analytics: RUBEA, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University
- Associate Professor Dr. Ranwarat Kobsirithiwara, Department of Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University (Moderator)..
🗓 Tuesday, 24 March 2026
🕐 1:00–4:00 PM
📍 Exhibition Room, Museum of Agricultural Culture, Rajanagarindra Institute of Linguistic and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University..
Organized by Rajanagarindra Institute of Linguistic and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Kasetsart University, in collaboration with the International Affairs Division, Kasetsart University, Cornell University, and The University of Hong Kong...
Register at: https://forms.gle/aDcGpk4jMPxffbFi8