Name Charnvit Kasetsiri | Role Historian | |
Books The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries Education Thammasat University, Occidental College, Cornell University | ||
Speech of prof charnvit kasetsiri for prof benedict anderson 18 12 2015
Charnvit Kasetsiri (Thai: ชาญวิทย์ เกษตรศิริ, rtgs: Chanwit Kasetsiri); born May 6, 1941, is a Thai historian. He studied diplomacy and history at the Thammasat University, Bangkok from 1960–1963 and graduated with Honours and the King Bhumibol Prize with a B.A. in Diplomacy. He then pursued a master's degree at the Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, USA. Charnvit Kasetsiri obtained his Ph.D. in Southeast Asian History from Cornell University in 1972, under the supervision of O. W. Wolters and David K. Wyatt. He held a Rockefeller Scholarship in 1965-1970 during his studies in the United States.
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- Speech of prof charnvit kasetsiri for prof benedict anderson 18 12 2015
- Cambodia thailand relations charnvit kasetsiri
- Selected publications
- References
Charnvit has had a productive academic career and was the Rector of Thammasat University (1994–95) prior to his retirement. He began his academic service with the university as a Lecturer in the History Department in 1973. He was appointed Head of Department in 1981-83. Subsequently, he was also appointed as the Deputy Director of Thai Khadi Institute, Thammasat University (1982–85) and the Vice-President of Thammasat University (1983–88). He continued lecturing in the History Department following his appointment as Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University. He continues to teach at the History Department after retirement in 2001. From 2000-2003 he was appointed Director of the 5 Area Study Project, sponsored by the Thailand Research Fund. Currently, he also holds the post of Secretary of the Social Sciences and Humanity Textbook Foundation, Thailand. Among the overseas appointments he has held during his academic career were as Visiting Fellow, at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, Japan (1977–78); Visiting Lecturer (Southeast Asian History) at University of California, Berkeley and Santa Cruz, U.S.A. (1978–79); Visiting Lecturer (Thailand History), University of Hawaii, U.S.A. (1996); Visiting Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore (1998); and Visiting Lecturer, Asian Studies, University of Hawaii in 2004.
Cambodia thailand relations charnvit kasetsiri
Selected publications
Charnvit has published numerous articles on Thai history. Among his book publications (in English) are:
1976 A contribution in the book Thai Politics: 1932-1957 edited by Thak Chaleomtiarana. International Workshop On Translation. Foundation for the Promotion of The Social Sciences and the Humanities Textbooks Project, Thailand, 1978 Bibliography: Southeast Asian Studies in Thailand. compiled with T. Petchlertanan and S. Saiyawong, Thailand-Japan Core Universities Program, Kyoto University, The Center for Southeast Asian Studies and Thammasat University, 1991.