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Transcript of Buddhist Influence on Indigenous Thai MappingHarbour Centre Campus, Room 1600 Simon Fraser...
The School for International Studies at Simon Fraser
Invite
Buddhist Influence on Indigenous Thai
Guest Speaker:
Thursday, 17 May
Harbour Centre Campus, Room 1600 Simon Fraser
University
All are welcome to attend!
The School for International Studies at Simon Fraser
University
Invites you to a public lecture on
Buddhist Influence on Indigenous Thai Mapping
Guest Speaker: Professor Barend Jan Terwiel
Thursday, 17 May 2012
12:00 – 1:30pm
Harbour Centre Campus, Room 1600 Simon Fraser
University 515 West Hastings Street
All are welcome to attend!
The School for International Studies at Simon Fraser
Buddhist Influence on Indigenous Thai
Terwiel
Harbour Centre Campus, Room 1600 Simon Fraser
515 West Hastings Street
In this lecture he will introduce an unusual Siamese world map, drawn in
1776. Its format is partly explained by the use of traditional concertina
folding books, and partly by taking note of its larger context: the world
map follows a much larger cosmological scheme. Finally it is determined
to whether European knowledge influenced the world map.
Professor Terwiel is well-known for his studies of the Thai people and Buddhism in Southeast Asia. He taught at the Australian National University and at universities of Munich, Leiden, and Hamburg prior to retiring in 2007. His writings include Monks and Magic, The Tai of Assam and Ancient Tai Ritual, Through Travellers' Eyes, Engelbert Kaempfer in Siam, The Ram Khamhaeng Inscription, Thailand’s Political History: From the 13th Century to Recent Times and “Siam”: Ten Ways to Look at Thailand’s Past.
