Procedures and Timelines

1. Please submit proposals in English before April 15, 2007.
2. To submit proposals electronically, send preferably a Microsoft Word file (document) in an email as an attachment to e-mail: thaiconference@gmail.com
3. To submit proposals by mail, send preferably a Microsoft Word file (document) on a diskette along with a printed copy to:-
   
   The 10th International Conference on Thai Studies
   The Thai Khadi Research Institute
   Thammasat University
   Prachan Road, Bangkok 10200, THAILAND
   Fax 662-2262112
   
   
4. The Program Committee will review proposals and send an acceptance letter with scheduling information and other instructions for submitting final abstract statements and full versions of papers.
5. Abstracts of panels, roundtables and individual papers and full versions of conference papers will be collected for distribution at the conference. The final version of abstracts should be submitted not later than August 31,
   2007. Full papers are requested by November 30.

Organized Panels

Organized panels, composed of three or four scholars presenting formal papers and one or two discussants, will be scheduled into two-hour or one-and-a-half-hour time slots. Panel organizers are requested to supply the following information:-

• Title of the panel
• Conference theme(s) related to the panel
• Name, institution, address and email of the panel organizer
• Name, institution, address and email of each paper presenter
• Names, institutions, addresses and email of additional discussants
• Abstract (250 words or less) describing the panel as a whole
• Title of each paper and abstract (250 words or less) for each paper
  

Roundtable Discussions

Roundtables, composed of three or four speakers discussing a question or issue, will be scheduled into two-hour time slots. Ideally, roundtable organizers would encourage and allow time for interaction with the audience of scholars. Proposals for roundtable discussions must include the following:-

• Title of the roundtable
• Conference theme(s) related to the roundtable
• Abstract (250 words or less) summarizing the questions and issues to be discussed
• Names, institutions, addresses and email of moderator / organizer and all roundtable speakers
  

Individual Papers

Individual papers may be proposed. The Program Committee will try to group individual papers into coherent panels. Individual paper proposals must include the following:-

• Title of the paper
• Conference theme(s) related to the paper
• Abstract (250 words or less)
• Name, institution, address and email of paper presenter
  

Themes

       In this age of globalisation, transnationalism has become a major issue of the twenty-first century when the world is sewn together in a new patch work design. Characterized as 'border crossing', it underlines and permeates almost all aspects of a nation's life - from the economy to politics, from culture to the environment - while establishing no territorial center of power nor relying on fixed boundaries or barriers. It does not signal the end of the nation-state but it does mean that we can no longer think within its framework. Under transnationalism, the world is in transition to a new phase of modernity with an entire array of new phenomena, new communities, new threats and new cultures, all of which need to be identified, described and interpreted.
      What the 10th International Conference on Thai Studies intends to do is to explore diverse impacts of transnationalism on Thai society: how it effects the nation's prospects and identities; what kind of challenges await Thai society; how traditions could be modified and new mechanisms devised to cope with current and emerging challenges; and how Thailand can contribute to the world's prospects. To accomplish this task, Thai studies scholars and researchers from all disciplines and intellectual perspectives are invited to submit papers on 'Thai Societies in a Transnationalized World', as exemplied by the following topics:-

• Alternative Economics
• Architecture in Transnationalized World
• Art, Literature and Music
• Border's Trade
• Buddhism in the Modern World
• Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Social Movements
• Current Situation of Mass Media
• Democracy under Globalization
• Diaspora and Thailand
• Globalizing Civic Engagement and Transnational Advocacy
• Law and Society
• Medicine and Society
• The Mekong Basin in Transnationalized World
• Natural and Man-made Disasters
• The Problem of Identity
• Research Methodology for Thai Studies in Transnationalized World
• Science and Society
• Southern Crisis and the Globalized World
• Tai as Transnationalized Studies
• Thai History in Global Contexts
• Transnationalized Corruptions
• Transnationalized Terrorism at the New Global Disorder