08.00-08.30
Registration
09.00-09.15
Arrival of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
OPENING CEREMONY
Room: Rainbow
MC: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.15-09.30
Presentation of a report to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
Pirom Kamolratanakul
– President of Chulalongkorn University
09.30-09.40
Opening address by HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
PLENARY SESSION
Room: Rainbow
Moderator: Surapeepan Chatraporn
09.30-10.00
Music Performance: Raga: Madhuvanti Drut Teen Tal
Vaishali K. Srinivas
– Bangalore University
10.00-10.20
Queen Srisavarindira: A Leading Intellectual of Siam
Prapod Assavavirulhakarn
– Chulalongkorn University
10.20-10.40
Break
10.40-11.10
Madsi and Mahapajapati as Great Women in Buddhist Tradition
Suwanna Satha-anand
– Chulalongkorn University
11.10-14.00
Lunch break
PARALLEL SESSION
14.00-15.30
Parallel Session A
| Room | Topic |
| Conference A | Encounter with the West: Asian Women and New Challenges |
| Conference B | Women and Buddhism (1) |
| Rainbow | Asian Women in Film (1) |
Encounter with the West: Asian Women and New Challenges
Room: Conference A
Moderator: Theera Nuchpiam
Encarnacion Alzona: A Product of Two Cultures
Maria Luisa Camagay
– University of the Philippines
Education Policy of France and the Changes of Women in Vietnam before 1945
Dang Thi Van Chi
– Vietnam National University (Hanoi)
First Ladies: The Feminine Ideal, Image and Influence in 20th century China
Wasana Wongsurawat
– Chulalongkorn University
Women and Buddhism (1)
Room: Conference B
Moderator: Damien Keown
Mahāmāyā in Thai Mural Paintings: With Special Reference to the Scene of the Teaching in Tāvatiṃsa Heaven, the Literary Sources and Comparable Japanese Paintings
Toshiya Unebe
– Nagoya University
The Feminine Image as Seen in the Story of Mallikā
Venerable Chongdok C. H. Park
– Joong-Ang Sangha University
Saṅghamittā and Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia
Hwang Soonil
– Dongguk University
Asian Women in Film (1)
Room: Rainbow
Moderator: Li Sichen
Juree Osiri: National Artist in Performing Arts (Dubber and Actress), 1998
Noppol Gomarachun
– Thai Film Director
15.30-15.40
Break
15.40-17.30
Parallel Session B
| Room | Topic |
| Conference A | Social Transformation and Creation of Women’s Social Spaces |
| Conference B | Women and Buddhism (2) |
| Rainbow | Asian Women in Film (2) |
Social Transformation and Creation of Women’s Social Spaces
Room: Conference A
Moderator: Saikaew Thipakorn
Sodsai Pantoomkomol: Pioneer of Thai Modern Theatre
Nopamat Veohong
– Chulalongkorn University
"A Silent Revolution?" The 'Free Education Initiative of 1943' and the Status of Women in Post-Independence Sri Lanka
Carmen Wickramagamage
– University of Peradeniya
Treading Oblique Paths across Ideological Grids: Indian Women Writers in Bhasha Literature
Vaishali K. Srinivas
– Bangalore University
My Life and Struggle as a Woman Writer in Malaysia
Zurinah Hassan
– University of Malaya
Women and Buddhism (2)
Room: Conference B
Moderator: Damien Keown
Women in the Vanguard? Reflections on Early Indian Buddhism
Peter Skilling
– École française d'Extrême-Orient
Maritime Transmission of the Bhiksuni Order to China
Venerable Guang Xing
– Hong Kong University
Asian Women in Film (2)
Room: Rainbow
Moderator: Li Sichen
Her First Song: A Film about Na Hyesuk
Soyoung Kim
– Korean Film Critic and Filmologue