Phd Program in Multicultural Studies, Mahidol University

16/09/2026

Big congratulations to Jia Wu, our PhD student 🎉
on the successful completion of the Joint Doctoral Degree Research Program (Ph.D. Cotutelle Program) at Macquarie University, Australia, with scholarship support from the Global Partnerships Division, Mahidol University and Macquarie University. 🌏✨

🎓 ขอแสดงความยินดีอย่างยิ่งกับนักศึกษาระดับปริญญาเอก สาขาวิชาพหุวัฒนธรรมศึกษา (หลักสูตรนานาชาติ) สถาบันวิจัยภาษาและวัฒนธรรมเอเชีย มหาวิทยาลัยมหิดล ในโอกาสสำเร็จการศึกษาหลักสูตรการทำวิจัยร่วมระดับดุษฎีบัณฑิตสองปริญญาและได้รับทุนสนับสนุนภายใต้โครงการ Ph.D. Cotutelle Program ณ Macquarie University เครือรัฐออสเตรเลีย 🌏✨

สนใจทุนสามารถติดต่อกองวิเทศสัมพันธ์ได้นะคะ อีเมล [email protected]

🎓Heartfelt congratulations to the Ph.D. student in Multicultural Studies (International Program), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University.
On the successful completion of the Joint Doctoral Degree Research Program (Ph.D. Cotutelle Program) at Macquarie University, Australia, with scholarship support from the Global Partnerships Division, Mahidol University and Macquarie University. 🌏✨

14/09/2026

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CFP: Global Asias 8 Conference at Penn State University, April 17-18, 2027. Submit abstracts to the sessions organized by PSU faculty OR submit a fully-constituted panel for consideration. Deadline: October 16.

https://sites.psu.edu/vergeglobalasias/2026/09/03/cfp-global-asias-8-conference/

08/09/2026

📌Applications are now open for the 2026 Student Publication Awards! Have you published research recently? Check your eligibility and apply today.

05/09/2026

The Doctor of Philosophy Program in Multicultural Studies (International Program), Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University, underwent a programme-level quality assessment based on the Mahidol University AUN-QA criteria (MU AUN-QA Assessment) on August 27–28, 2026. We appreciate the participation and feedback from our current and former students as well as their employers. The program seeks to further improve the quality of teaching, supervision and students' experience.

05/09/2026

📌New publication by our faculty, Dr. Pimnara Chanon, Dr. Somrak Chaisingkananont, Dr. Renu Muenjanchoey and Dr. Quang Dai-Tuyen. "The politics of remembering: Urban memories, ethnic hierarchies, and belonging in Bangkok's oldest Catholic enclave".

📌This article explores how an ethno-religious minority in Bangkok leverages urban memory to negotiate belonging and spatial legitimacy within racialized hierarchies. Focusing on the city’s oldest Catholic enclave, the study integrates documentary research, ethnography, and spatial analysis to examine how historical memory is reproduced through rituals, material landscapes, and genealogical narratives.

Read full article at

This article explores how an ethno-religious minority in Bangkok leverages urban memory to negotiate belonging and spatial legitimacy within racialized hierarchies. Focusing on the city’s oldest Ca...

18/08/2026

🎞️ Join us for film screening and discussion!

Date &Time: August 20, 2026, 12:30-16:30

Venue: Spectrum Screening Space (A556), 5th floor, Aditayathorn Building, Mahidol University International College (MUIC), Salaya Campus

Contact Information:
Tel: (+66)877808990
Email: [email protected]

Registration and further Information:
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See you soon!

13/08/2026

📢 Join us for the discussion!

"Co-Producing Migration Knowledge:
Equity and Non-Extraction in Participatory Research"

Speakers:

Prof. Dr. Gokce Yurdakul, Berlin Institute of Migration and Integration Research (BIM), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sirijit Sunanta, PhD Program in Multicultural Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia (RILCA), Mahidol University.

Date & time
📅 August 21, 2026
⏰ 1.00-3.00 PM
📌 Venue: Nat Conference Room, RILCA, Mahidol University

All are welcome!

Abstract
Participatory methods promise to make migration research more equitable by redistributing authority from researcher to researched. This article asks a question that discussions of participatory research rarely make explicit: equitable and non-extractionist toward whom? Drawing on four ongoing projects in Germany and Thailand, I structure our argument around two pillars participatory research claims for itself, equity and non-extraction, and examine both across three relationships: (1) the scholars who collaborate on a research project, (2) the people the project researches, and (3) the researcher who is expected to hold both relationships together. Using concrete cases from our own research in these two contexts, and in conversation with Professor Sunanta, I show how the work of finding solutions to these problems is largely unacknowledged by the researcher caught between an ethical standard in participatory research. As a result, I offer ideas toward solving these problems, but I do not resolve them for the researchers. Following the spirit in which they were first raised, I leave them open, and end by asking our own field to help answer them.

03/08/2026

🎞️ Join us for film screening and discussion!

Date &Time: August 20, 2026, 12:30-16:30

Venue: Spectrum Screening Space (A556), 5th floor, Aditayathorn Building, Mahidol University International College (MUIC), Salaya Campus

Contact Information:
Tel: (+66)877808990
Email: [email protected]

Registration and further Information:
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The MENBELONG-Thailand Project is delighted to host a screening of the documentary 'Ghost Fleet,' which exposes human stories in places where law and justice remain difficult to reach.

Join us for a panel discussion featuring a representative from the Labour Protection Network (LPN), an individual featured in the film, and a journalist closely covering this issue.

See you on August 20th!

Registration and more info
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13/07/2026

📌 New Publication:

Please check out the recent article by Zijun Shen, our PhD candidate (Research Track), co-authored with Arifeen Yama, Suriya Klangrit, and Kamran Zaib.

“Embodied cultural identities and physical activity: Square Dance and traditional chinese performance “Er’renzhuan” among second-generation Zanryu Koji in Osaka”

The article is available at https://revistaretos.org/index.php/retos/article/view/119462?fbclid=IwY2xjawTBO8FleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFPSkQ4eE1JZXJUdTI2cGJWc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQPNTE0NzcxNTY5MjI4MDYxAAEe_3bIl7PnqIACiy_K3lHk9fxVwks3uRVm5la7O6qELDcYx1YMVUb13mYpDMk_aem_fJUv9opZWb-RYEL9suUXBA

Identidades culturales encarnadas y actividad física: Danza Cuadrada Y Er’renzhuan Entre Los Zanryu Koji de segunda generación en Osaka Autores/as Zijun Shen Research Institute for Languages ​​and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University, Thailand Arifeen Yama Muslim Studies Center, Institute of...