New Mandala

An upcoming conference at the University of Washington will be of interest to many New Mandala readers.  The details are:
The University of Washington’s Southeast Asia Center  at The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
20th Anniversary Celebration Conference
Religion, Ethnicity, and Modernity: Identity and Social Practice in Asia
October 5-6, 2007
University of Washington
Walker Ames Room, Kane [...]

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Further to my post about Surat Horachaikul’s speech at the ANU, I have just become aware that he has recently launched a blog. 
It is called Demo[of]Crazy. 
It’s always great to see academics taking up the opportunities that today’s technology offers to get their arguments out to wider audiences.   Demo[of]Crazy has only just started but I imagine it will be [...]

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Back in 2006, the very first interview published on New Mandala featured pro-Akha activist Matthew McDaniel.  Much earlier, when he was based in northern Thailand, McDaniel’s provcatively painted pick-up truck was a regular sight around Chiang Rai province.  Since his deportation from Thailand in 2004 McDaniel has lived in Laos and the United States. 
When he was forced to leave I am [...]

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