[Talk] Recalling a Trans-local Past: Thailand’s Mon-language Manuscripts
Readers may be interested in this talk by Dr Patrick McCormick on Mon manuscripts at the Siam Society on 16 ...
Tag: Mon (people)
Ethnic group residing mainly in Myanmar with a small concentration in Myanmar. The have their own language (Mon) and are associated with the Dvaravati kingdoms.
Tracing history
via Bangkok Post, 29 September 2022: The heritage sites of Pathum Thani, the province just north of Bangkok.
The Swans of Ayutthaya
via Thai Enquirer, 11 June 2020: Apparently the first in a series of the History of Thailand in 100 Objects.
The other side of Songkran
via Bangkok Post, 12 April 2020: Spotlight on the Mon people living in Thailand and their cultural practices.
Old Mon inscriptions and the Dvāravatī culture
Readers in London may be interested in this presentation at SOAS by Hunter Watson on 30 October.
Seminar on the Pyu raises ethnic tensions
A recent seminar on the archaeology of the Pyu, a group of city-states located in central Myanmar, raises some controversy ...
Debating the Mon homeland
A seminar was held earlier this month in Mawlamyine (Moulmein) in Myanmar, where scholars debated the history of the Mon ...
Influential Myanmar anthropologist passes away
The Irrawady has an article on the recent passing of Dr. Nai Pan Hla, a cultural anthropologist who specialised in ...
Wednesday Rojak #27
Happy New Year! Well, the Thai new year has just passed and we have a link to Songkran in Wednesday ...
Symposium of Mon studies at Chulalongkorn University
A conference discussing the latest developments in the study of the Mon people, who now populate the area between Myanmar ...
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