About ENITS
The Empowering Network for International Thai Studies : ENITS
Background
To increase and disseminate research works and encourage young researchers in Thai Studies, The Project of Empowering Network for International Thai Studies (ENITS), Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University, wishes to call your attention to the availability of scholarships for graduate students and scholars working on Thai Studies or related disciplines.
Scholarship
– Master students enrolled in/outside Thailand's institutions: 40,000 Baht
– Doctorate students enrolled in/outside Thailand's institutions: 80,000 Baht
– Doctoral degree of any discipline related to Thai studies (no more than 2 years) from any institutions: 80,000 Baht
Requirement
Recipients are required to submit an original unpublished research paper related to Thai Studies and give an oral presentation in Thailand. The Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University reserves the right to publish or disseminate the research papers.
ENITS Application
Application Timeline
Month | Activity |
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January – April | Open for application |
April – June | Peer review |
July | Recipient selection and award announcement |
July – August | Paper presentation and paper revision |
September | Revised full-paper submission |
Application Materials
(1) Application form (download : pdf / word)
(2) For Thais, a copy of identification card. For others, a copy of passport (the page with your photo on).
(3) A reference letter from your faculty advisor or the senior head of your research project.
(4) A copy of your transcript.
(5) A full paper of original research work related to Thai Studies.
Contact Address
ENITS Scholarship Project
Institute of Thai Studies
Chulalongkorn University
9th Floor
Prajadhipok Rambhai Barni Bldg.
Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330
THAILAND
More Information
Natdanai Iamwattanaseree
Coordinator
Tel : (662) 218-7492, (662) 218-7495
Email : enitscu@gmail.com
Recipients of ENITS 2020
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Apisid Pan-in (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Dreaming the Impossible Dreams: Reading the Working-Class Ideals in the Hara Factory Workers Struggle (1975) |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution | Research Topic |
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Yu Zhang (Chinese-Hongkong) |
The Hongkong University of Science and Technology |
From Thailand to Hong Kong: The Engendering Journey for Thai Migrant Women to Reinvent Womanhood |
Supasai Vongkulbhisal (Thai) |
University of Washington, Seattle |
Crypto-Colonialism and Culture in Modern Thai Architecture: The Works of Ong-ard Satrabhandhu |
Nattapol Wisuttipat (Thai) |
University of California |
Queerness as the Missing Note: The Agency of Gay Men Khrueang Sai Musicians through the Aesthetics of Naaphaat Music |
Ronit Wang (Polish) |
SOAS University |
Gazing into the Abyss: Representations of The Apāya in Thai Cosmological Parks |
Nisarat Kunthapoke (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Fashioning Nature Homes: Environment, Sensory and Aesthetic Experiences in Home and Garden Magazine, the 1980s – 1990s |
Sirithorn Siriwan (Thai) |
Cornell University |
The Dusted Requiem of Agrarian Bodies in Contemporary Thai Films |
Tinakrit Sireerat (Thai) |
Cornell University |
Forestry by Whom? Knowledge, Power, and the Rise of Forest Administration in Siam, 1873-1903 |
Chantana Chainaken (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The ‘Red China’ Exhibition and the Socialist Radicalization of Thai Student Movements in early 1974 |
Akkanut Wantanasombut (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Buddhist diplomacy: Thailand-Myanmar relationship through Buddhism in the 1950s |
Sutheera Satayaphan (Thai) |
University of Hamburg |
Notes on the Provenances of Bot Lakhòn nòk Manuscripts of the Ayutthaya Period |
Surachet Sukhlabhkich (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
King as Father: Thai Absolutism and Gender Regime in Modern Thai Politics |
Recipients of ENITS 2019
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Anthony Thien Pham (American) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Identifying Distinctions in Thailand’s Boys’ Love Productions: A Comparative Study in Regards to Japan and China |
Ke He (Chinese) |
Prince of Songkla University |
Positive Role and Unique Advantages of Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia: A Case Study on Khaw Sim Bee |
Mun Jet Jerald Choi (Malaysian) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Drag Performances in Thailand: A Window To and For the LGBTQ+ Community |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Hunter Ian Watson (American) |
National University of Singapore |
Using Dharmacakras to consider Ancient Interaction Spheres |
Jakkrit Ployburanin (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Proliferation of Dynamic Meditation of Luangpor Teean Jittasubho to Secular Platforms in Contemporary Thai Society |
Nobparat Chichana (Thai) |
Kasetsart University |
The Mon Ethnic Identity Reflected through the Ritual of Ancestor Worship at Ban Wangka, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand |
Jirawat Rugchat (Thai) |
Chiang Mai University |
From Highland Tomatoes to Lowland Markets: the Diversification of Power Relations in Thailand Tomato Trading |
Ho Ching Kam (Chinese) |
The University of Hamburg |
How did Thais sail from Thonburi to Guangzhou, China? The nautical perspective of the travel poem Nirat Kwangtung |
Kittisak Sujittarom (Thai) |
Waseda University |
The Miraculously Unburnable Royal Portraits in the Late Era of King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Simon Reisenbauer (Austrian) |
University of Vienna |
Constructing Differences in Classroom Teaching in Inclusive Schools in Bangkok. Student Groupings, Achievement Levels and Disability |
Sirui Dao (Chinese) |
University of Hamburg |
The Forced Resettlement of Tai People during the Reign of theQianlong Emperor (1735–1796) |
Sivarin Lertpusit (Thai) |
Waseda University |
Chinese students in Thai higher education institutions and the transformation of graduate migrant: Characteristics, practices, and transitional migration |
Thep Boontanondha (Thai) |
Waseda University |
The military policies of Khana Ratsadorn towards King Rama VII after the Boworadet Rebellion |
Xiaorong Yuan (Chinese) |
University of California |
Carrying Traditions from Bangkok to Los Angeles: Thai Community Music Practices and Cultural Sustainability |
Recipients of ENITS 2018
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Chanut Pongpanich (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
A Study of Acting Method in Sensory Theatre for Young Audience with Autism |
Chun-Yi Hsu (Chinese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Performing Tea Culture in Doi Mae Salong, Northern Thailand : The Production of Translocal Places, Products, and Identities |
Somruethai Timthong (Thai) |
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok |
An Investigation of Intercultural Communication Competence of Thai Tour Guides in Bangkok |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Bhanubhatra Jittiang (Thai) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Manufacturing Refuge : The Embodiment of Bureaucratic Ambiguity and the Negotiation of Refugee Livelihoods in Thailand |
Dollaya Tiantong (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Foundation for the Promotion of Supplementary Occupations and Related Techniques of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand and the Strengthening of Human Security in Sakon Nakhon Province during the 1970s-1980s |
Ekkapon Phairot (Thai) |
Universiti Sains Malaysia |
The Use of Interaction Strategies to Enhance Willingness to Communicate among Thai EFL Students |
Filipo Maranxana De Filippis (Italian) |
National Chengchi University (NCCU) |
Prem Tinsulanonda and the Making of “Managed Democracy” in Thailand |
Paolo miguel Manalang Vicerra (Filipino) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Attitude toward Equality and Divorce among Married and Remarried Women |
Pawinee Chuayprakong (Thai) |
University of Colorado, Denver |
The Use of Information and Budget Allocation : How Administrative Capacity and Information Play a Role in Local Budgeting in Thailand |
Piyawit Moonkham (Thai) |
Washington State University |
Agency, Embodiment, and Memory of the Naga in the Northern Thai Cultural Landscape : A Preliminary Discussion |
Puangchon Unchanam (Thai) |
The City University of New York |
The Monarch and Memories : The Lasting Legacies of King Rama IX to the Business Sectors in Thailand |
Suwichan Phatthanaphraiwan (Thai) |
Srinakharinwirot University |
The Cultural Capital of Ethnic Communities as Contributing to Grassroots Economic Development in the Special Economic Zone |
Recipients of ENITS 2017
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Anuchit Arayabongkote (Thai) |
Ramkhamhaeng University |
The Study of Travel Business in Relationship to the Growth of Thai Economic : Case in Revenue from Travel Business Sector of Bangkok and Chiang Mai |
Siraprapha Suntawong (Thai) |
Srinakharinwirot University |
The Integration of Thai Literature in ‘Thapwilai’ Paly Written by Praya Senaphubet (Sai Sarobol) |
Doctorate Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Brownwyn Alison Isaacs (British / Australian) |
Harvard University |
Gloss and Dirt : Thai Advertising Production |
Hayden Marie Shelby (American) |
University of California, Berkeley |
Creating Community : “Secure Housing” and Social Order in Thailand |
Lutfiyah Alindah (Indonesian) |
Islamic State University of Sunan kalijaga |
The Political Craftiness in the Demolition of Patani Kingdom between 1584 and 1711 in Southern Thailand : The Study of Hikayat Patani |
Nureeyah Maekong (Thai) |
University Sains Malaysia |
Enhancing Student’s Critical Thinking Skills through the Incorporation of Concept Mapping and Content Based Instruction in Planning Argumentative Writing |
Trude Renwick (American / German) |
University of California, Berkeley |
Consuming the City : The Mall, the Market, and the Shrine |
Kurt Baer (American) |
Indiana University, Bloomington |
The Performance and Negotiation of Thai Culture : Pong Lang Music and Meaning Making |
Joseph Rotheray (British) |
University of Leeds |
The Social Dimensions of Thai Statue-Worship |
Yongxian Qu (Chinese) |
Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences |
A Comparison of Songkran Festival and Its Narratives Among Tai-Thai Ethnic Groups |
Primrata Jantarachotigul (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Thai Military Folklore and the Construction of Thai Military Identity : A Case Study of Traditions and Rites in the Military Education and Training Institutions of the Royal Thai Air Force |
Theerapat Ungsuchaval (Thai) |
University of Kent |
The Autonomization of the Thai State and Thai Health Promotion Foundation |
Recipients of ENITS 2016
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Hannah-Lena Nestele (German) |
University of Passau |
Changes in Bangkok’s Chinatown : The Influence of Gentrification on the Daily Rhythm of a Soi |
Jesada Kantamedhi Buaban (Thai) |
Walailak University |
Fragrant Corpses : The commodification of the charismatic monks' corpses in Thai society |
Joseph John Rotheray (British) |
University of Leeds |
The Study of Popular Buddhism in Thailand Through a Case Study of Wat Doi Kham in Chiang Mai Province |
Anh Tuan Nguyen (Vietnamese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
An Analysis Of The Socio-Economic Condition of Vietnamese Migrant Workers In Bangkok, Thailand |
Rosalia Namsai Engchuan (German) |
Humboldt University |
Gender Roles and Feminine Sexuality in the Thai Teen Drama Hormones the Series |
Doctorate Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Supaluck Pornkulwat (Thai) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
The Role of Cultural Capital in International Business : The Case of Charoen Pokphand Group |
Apiwat Suthamdee (Thai) |
Bansomedejchaophraya Rajabhat University |
Brahma Worship At Bangkudeethong Temple, Prathumthani Province : Its Invention Process And Role |
John Hal Garzoli (Australian) |
Monash University |
The Emerging Practice of Adapting Traditional Khaen and Pin Playing Associated with Isan Music to Contemporary Musical Settings Involving Western Derived Musical Elements and Improvisation |
Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rani (Malaysian) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Creation of A “Lanna Sense of place” Through Fine Arts in Northern Thailand : A Case Study of Hotel Lobby Decorations in Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai |
Victoria Nguangjing Scott (British) |
University College, London |
Interpreting Ritual in the Rock Art of Kanchanaburi Province and Uthai Thani Province, Western Thailand |
Mizuho Ikeda (Japanese) |
Waseda University |
The Power of Cultural Heritage in Shaping Society in Thailand |
Thomas Franklin Rhoden (American) |
Chiangmai University |
Absentee Suffrage in Thailand : Is Tak a Burmese Province in Thailand? |
Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul (Thai) |
Victoria University of Wellington |
Beyond “Citizens-in-the-Making” : Thainess, Identity and Belonging in the Eyes of Second Generation Shan Youth in Chiang Mai |
Kelly Nicole Meister (American) |
University of Chicago |
Practicing Dhamma : Constituting Selves, Communities, and a Buddhist Network Through Relic Veneration |
Iyared Boonyarit (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Dynamics Creation of Thai Classical Music Sacred Object in Contemporary Thai Society |
Warisara Anantato (Thai) |
The University of Thai Chamber of Commerce |
Camadevi Worship : Legend Reproduction and Social Space Construction |
Yuqing Li (Chinese) |
Tsinghua University |
Money for Nothing : An Empirical Study on Surrogacy Cases and Surrogate Legislation Changes in Modern Thailand |
Edoardo Siani (Italian) |
SOAS, University of London |
Telling Thailand’s Fortune : Buddhist Cosmology, Politics and Economy in Contemporary Bangkok |
Nguyen Mai Phuong (Vietnamese) |
Vietnam National University |
Embedding Thai Culture In Teaching Thai Language : An Investigation Vietnam |
Jiratorn Sakulwattana (Thai) |
Thammasat University |
Contesting Constructions of Gendered Identities and National Belonging through the Visual Representation of Female Body in Post-1997 Thai Cinema |
Recipients of ENITS 2015
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Pawel Kazimierz Bartosik (Polish) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Missing link of Spirituality : Thai paradigm of Buddhist Economics as Counter Point to Neo-liberal Economy : INEB study case |
Hoan Quang Truong (Vietnamese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Structure of Commodity Trade Between Thailand And Vietnam (2004-2013) |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Parkpume Vanichaka (Thai) |
Waseda University |
Toleration and Free Trade : The First Edict on Toleration of Thailand |
Thanayod Lopattananont (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Film or Flick? : Bundit Rittikol’s Youth Films as A Reflection of Socio-Cultural Transition in Thailand |
Vannaporn Phongpheng (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Bangkok as “Buddhist City” : The Representation of “Civilized Bangkok” From Buddhist Culture |
Wong Hei Ting (Hong Kong) |
University of Pittsburgh |
Teaching and Learning Thai Traditional Music in the Contemporary Thai Society |
Pham Thi Mui (Vietnamese) |
Graduate Academy of Social Science, Hanoi |
Life of Vietnamese Free Immigrant Workers in Laos |
Kensuke Yamaguchi (Japanese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
A Comparative Study of Industrial Adaptation in Eastern Seaboard : Petrochemical in Map Ta Phut and Automotive Industry in Laem Chabang |
Matthew Thomas Reeder (American) |
Cornell University |
Visions of the Ethnic Kingdom in Eighteenth-Century Siam and Its Peripheries |
Great Lekakul (Thai) |
SOAS, University of London |
The Fallacy of the Standard Form of Prachan in Thai Modern Society |
Kosita Butratana (Thai) |
University of Vienna |
Venture of Business and Love : The Migration of Thai Women to Austria |
Ji In Ong (Korean) |
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
Socio-Cultural Transnational Activities of Thai Migrants in the Republic of Korea : Focusing on Religious Organization |
Rebecca Townsend (American) |
Cornell University |
From Fantasy to Reality : The Professional Turn in 1970s Thai Cinema |
Ruttiya Bhula-or (Thai) |
University of Tokyo |
Rethinking approaches in Promoting labor Rights for Low-skilled Migrant Workers : A comparative Study Between Japan and Thailand |
Luke Andrew Schmidt (American) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Painting and Inscribing Religious Histories in the Early Bangkok Period |
Sorasich Swangsilp (Thai) |
National University of Singapore |
The Localization of Foreign Words and the Impact on Thailand’s Foreign Policy Formation and Practices : A Case Study of a Conceptual Word “Development” |
Sittithep Eaksittipong (Thai) |
National University of Singapore |
Textualizing the Chinese of Thailand : Historical Transformation and the Production of Knowledge on the Chinese of Thailand |
Jordan Baskerville (American) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Dhammic Pluralism : A Transnational History of Thai socially Engaged Buddhism |
Recipients of ENITS 2014
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Daniel Whitehouse (British) |
University of Leeds |
Hybrid Masculinity in Nan province |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Pasoot Lasuka (Thai) |
Australian National University |
Heal Chiwid-jinn Film : the Cultural Politics of/in the Post 1997 Thai Biographical Cinemaing Meditation Techniques of Selected Thai Meditation Masters |
Montawadee Krutmechai (Thai) |
University Sains Malaysia |
Participatory Engagement and Women Empowerment in a Buddhist Medicine based Alternative Public Health Model-A case study of Buddhist Medicine Foundation of Thailand |
Arwut Teerasak (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
“It’s a Means, Not an End” Provision of English Language Education in the King Rama V’s Reign |
Eugenie Merieau (French) |
National Institute Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France |
The Thai Political Crisis and the Expansion of Judicial Power in Thailand |
Nicole Jenne (German) |
European University Institute |
Limiting the Use of Force : Deterrence or Restraint? The Thai-Cambodian Land Border Dispute Revisited |
Norachit Jirasatthumb (Thai) |
University of Sydney |
Institutionalization of the Thai Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP) and a Critical Assessment |
Narut Kupthanaroj (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Chinese Vegetarian Festival In Bangkok’s Chinatown : A Space For Presenting Cultural Identities Of Chineseness in Contemporary Thai Society |
Prasirt Runra (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The New Year “Countdown” Chanting Ceremony in Contemporary Thai Society : An Analysis of an Invented Tradition |
Watcharaporn Distapan (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Phra Upakhut Midnight Almsgiving Ritual : Reproduction of a Northern Thai Ritual in Central Thailand |
Cyler Conrad American |
University of New Mexico |
Late-Pleistocene to Holocene Forager Subsistence Regimes in the Thai-Malay Peninsula |
Aliosha Herrera Elias (French) |
Paris3 Sorbonne Nouvelle |
The History of Thai Cinema and Audiovisual Studies (IRCAV) |
Rossawan Ponluksanapimol (Thai) |
University of Tokyo |
Sustainable Development through Eco-Tourism : A Comparison Between of Thailand and Japan |
Trent Thomas Walker (American) |
University of California |
A Bilingual Legacy : Rethinking Between Khmer and Thai Meters |
Verita Sriratana (Thai) |
University of St Andrew |
The Siamese Revolution Revisited : Signs of Change and Legacy in Literature |
Amanah Nurish (Indonesian) |
Gadjah Mada University |
Religious Transformation Of Peasant Society In Contemporary Northeast-Thailand |
Benjamin Stuart Fairfield (Thai) |
University of Hawaii |
The Map that Christmas Carols Made : A Case of Musical Appropriation and Application in a Karen Village |
Alexander Trupp (American) |
University of Vienna |
Migrating into Tourist Business : Agency and Mixed Embeddedness of Ethnic Minority Women in Thailand |
Recipients of ENITS 2013
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Doan Thuc Dang Tran (Vietnamese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Role of Thai Tourism in Promoting Thai-Vietnamese Relations |
Ellen Frances Gervasi (American) |
Mahachulalongkorn- rajavidyalaya University |
Healing Meditation Techniques of Selected Thai Meditation Masters |
Hilary Ann Disch (American) |
University Of Wisconsin-Madison |
Chamadewi, Chamari, and Exceptional Empowerment : Buddhist Queenship in Norhtern Thailand |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Zheng Nan (Chinese) |
Zhejiang Gongshang University |
The History of Dietary Cultural Exchange between China and Southeast Asia |
Aries Ayuson Arugay (Filipino) |
Georgia State University |
Saviors or Spoilers : (Un)Civil Society Coups in an Age of Democratization |
Ingrid Sofia Sundstrom (Swedish) |
Leiden Institute for Area Studies |
The Bodhisattva Avalokites’vara in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Western Indonesia : The Early Development of Buddhist Imagery in Insular Southeast Asia |
Nguyen Tien Dung (Vietnamese) |
University of Social Sciences and humanities, Hanoi |
The Consciousness of National Sovereignty and Interests of Prominent Thai Reformers in the Second Half of the Nineteen Century : A Comparison with Vietnam |
Xi Yan Tang (Chinese) |
Zhejiang Gongshang University |
Thailand in the Discourse of Chinese Fashion Magazines : An Example of ELLE |
Keiji Ideta (Japanese) |
University of Tokyo |
Background : Anthropology and ‘dance’ and ‘dance’ in Thailand |
Eunji Won (Korean) |
University of Florida |
Changes of State-Capital Relationship in Thailand : Comparative Study of Embedded Autonomy 1997-2006 |
Anthony Lovenheim Irwin (American) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Building Buddhism in Chiang Rai, Thailand |
Michelle Denise Proyer (Austrian) |
University of Vienna |
Educational Environments of Children with Disabilities in Greater Bangkok : Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Societal and Cultural Barriers and Facilitators for Education in a Transisting Urban Area |
Noah Keone Viernes (American) |
University of Hawai’i-Manao |
The Visual Economy of Bangkok in the Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul |
James Leonard Mitchell (Australian) |
Khon Kaen University |
Suraphon Sombatjaroen on 78 rpm : A History of Thailand’s First Pop Superstar (Businessman) |
Todsapon Suranakkharin (Thai) |
Australian National University |
The Construction of Cultural Ideologies in Award-winning Thai and Australian Children’s Picture Books |
Benjawan Tawatsupa (Thai) |
Australian National University |
Effects of Heat Stress on Human Health : Input into Health Impact Assessment of Climate Change |
Somrak Chaisingkananont (Thai) |
National University of Singapore |
Expressions of Zhuang Ethnicity in Cultural Tourism Development of Guangxi |
Prakirati Satasut (Thai) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Becoming Virtuous : Mass Lay Meditation and The Cultural Production of Citizenships in Contemporary Thailand |
Narissara Charoenphandhu (Thai) |
University of Tokyo |
Income Distribution and Political Conflicts |
Recipients of ENITS 2012
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Jennifer Elaine Goodman (American) |
Cornell University |
Testing Thais : Reading the National Project in Standardized Exams |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Nicolas Revire (French) |
University Paris III-Sorbonne nouvelle |
Corpus of Bhadrasana Buddha Images from First-Millennium Thailand |
Bo Kyeong Seo (Korean) |
Australian National University |
The Desire to Care : Universal Health Coverage and the Politics of Health in Thailand |
Katewadee Kulabkaew (Thai) |
Waseda University |
Politics of Resistance : Buddhism Protection as Thai Sangha’s Activism in 21st Century |
Natanaree Posrithong (Thai) |
Australian National University |
Representations and Voices of Elite Women in Early Modern Siam : 1851-1941 |
Soimart Rungmanee (Thai) |
University of Sydney |
Compromised Margins, Migration and Agrarian Transformation in the Borderlands of Thailand and Laos |
Supawan Pingjai (Thai) |
Australian National University |
Forensic Voice Camparison (FVC) in Standard Thai |
Supeena Adler (Thai) |
University of California, Riverside |
Music for the Few : Nationalism and Thai Royal Authority |
Visisya Pinthongvijayakul (Thai) |
Australian National University |
Memory, Identity and Power : A Subnational Practice of Spirit Mediumship in Northeast Thailand |
Wimonsiri Hemtanon (Thai) |
Universität Passau |
Political Facebook : Public Sphere of Thai Middle Class during the Transitional Period |
Boonsong Thansrithong (Thai) |
Chiang Mai University |
The Cotton Field : Organic Maela Karen Refugee |
Darin Khongsatjaviwat (Thai) |
Asian Institute of Technology |
Local Institutions for Rural Development in Thailand : Tambon Case Studies in Changwat Phitsanulok |
Ladapha Mortero (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Civilized and Cosmopolitan : The Royal Cuisine and Culinary Culture in the Court of King Rama V |
Ratchaneekorn Ratchatakorntrakoon (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
To Drink, to Eat, to be Hungry and to be Thirsty in Jatakatthakatha : Meaning in Buddhism |
Samiththicha Pumma (Thai) |
Mahidol University |
The Word ‘Khi’ (feces) in the Life and Culture of Lao-Wiang People in Nong Kop Subdistrict, Ban Pong District, Ratchaburi Province |
Sirichaya Corngreat (Thai) |
Silpakorn University |
Food in Country Song : The Convey of Meaning of Isan Diaspora |
Udomporn Teeraviriyakul (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
‘Bangkok Modern’ : The Transformation of Bangkok with Singapore and Batavia as Models (1861-1897) |
Yuthpong Chantrawarin (Thai) |
Chiang Mai University |
Foot-loose Traders and Spatial-bordered Connect : Reworking Thai-Myanmar Border Space of Trans-border Trade, A Case Study at Mae Sai Border Town |
Vu Duc Liem (Vietnamese) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Rama III, Ming Mang and Power Paradigm in Early Nineteenth Century Mainland Southeast Asia |
Recipients of ENITS 2011
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Piphek Muengluang (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Concepts and Symbols in the Merit-Making of 84,000 Dharma : A Study as an Invented Tradition |
Patrick Ong Pei Wen (Singaporean) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Examining the Meditation System Passed Down by the Supreme Patriarch Suk Kaithuean as a Living Tradition at Wat Ratchasittharam |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
---|---|---|
Prajak Kongkirati (Thai) |
Austrailian National University |
Bullets and Ballots : Electoral Violence and Democracy in Thailand |
Suttiporn Bunmak (Thai) |
University of Wollongong, Australia |
The Position and Meaning of Tom Yam Soup and Tom Yam Restaurants in Malaysia |
Vipapat Sinpeng (Thai) |
University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
Minority Policy Making in Southern Thailand |
Yanisa Saisuwan (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Cultural Revitalization and Community Strength : A Case Study of Amphoe Amphawa, Samut Songkram Province |
Cherdchart Hirunro (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Scriptures on Taboos and Inauspiciousness : Northern Thai Manuals for Solving Life and Community Crisis |
Panupong Udomsilp (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Chaomea Song Nang Ritual : Its Significance in the Reconciliation between the Vietnamese and the Thai people in Mukdahan Province |
Pornrung Katejulasriroj (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
“Face” Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Thai-Japanese MNCs in Thailand |
Brooke E. Schedneck (American) |
Arizona State University |
Constructing Religious Modernities in Thailand : Hybridity, Reinterpretation, and Adaptation |
Carlos M. Ross (Venezuelan) |
Ghent University, Belgium |
The Heart of God : On the Scope of Human Reality |
Geoffrey R. Ashton (American) |
University of Hawaii at Manoa |
The Role of Buddhist Meditation for Facilitating Responsible Social Involvement in Thailand |
Jian Xie (Hong Kong) |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
As a Peculiar Specimen in ‘Gray Market’ Based on Gender : A Research on Ordained Women in Thai Buddhism |
Matthew G. Phillips (British) |
SOAS, University of London
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Producing an ‘Oasis on a Troubled Continent’ : US Popular Representations of Thailand in the Theater of Cold War |
Michael R. Chladek (American) |
University of Chicago
|
The Intersection of Monkhood, Masculinity, and Thai National Identity |
Ngui Yew Kit (Malaysian) |
National University of Singapore |
Southern Siam’s Socio-Economic Links with Northern British Malaya (1855-1909) |
Oliver T. Belarga (Filipino) |
Osaka University |
Cultural Beliefs on People with Disabilities in Thailand : Implications on the Current Trends of Inclusive Education |
Quentin A. Pearson III (American) |
Cornell University |
Networked Knowledge : Socially Embedded Science in Early Modern Siam |
Recipients of ENITS 2010
Master Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Busarin Lertchavalitsakul (Thai) |
Chiang Mai University |
Creating the ‘Shan Taste’ : Migration, Mobility, and Social Space of the Shan Ethnic Group in Chiang Mai |
Joel Akin (American) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Transmitting Traditional Lanna Music in the Modern-Day City of Chiang Mai |
Doctoral Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Anchalee Pupaka (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Khlong Phap Phrarajaphongsawadarn in King Chulalongkorn : Narrative of the Nation’s History |
Gwendoline Promsopha (French) |
University Paris 10 |
A Descriptive Analysis of Migrants’ Strategies Regarding Land Holdings in Their Village of Origin : Preliminary Results from a Case Study in the East of Thailand |
Lawrence Chua (American) |
Cornell University |
Already Weeds are Writing the Scriptures : Painting, Entertainment, and Ecclesiastical Architecture at Suan Mok |
Marcel Taminato (Brazilian) |
Cornell University |
Poetics of Resilience in Southern Thailand : Citizenship, DNA, and Trauma Post-tsunami |
Maureen Helen Hickey (American) |
University of Washington |
Navigating Neoliberalism : Discourses of “Freedom” and the Deregulation of the Bangkok Taxi Business |
Nammon Yoo-In (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Persistence of the Ritual of the Calling the Soul of the Rice Goddess in Contemporary Central Thailand |
Niphatchanok Najpinij (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Constructing ‘Thainess’ within International Food Space : Thai Gastronomy in Five-Star Hotels in Bangkok |
Non Arkaraprasertkul (Thai) |
King’s College London |
Dynamic Soi : Neighborhoods and Urban Life |
Paphutsorn Wongratanapitak (Thai) |
SOAS, University of London |
Thai Music Culture in 21st Century : Thai Music and Its Others (Case Study of Thai Musical Instruments) |
Patrick McCormick (American) |
University of Washington |
Between Translation and Retelling : Thai Models for the Mon Rajadhiraj |
Rachel Dunn (American) |
Cornell University |
Whose Problem? The Discrepancies between Institutional and Local Environmental Conservation Perspectives in Northern Thailand and the Implications for Natural Resource Management Model Development |
Si Nae Hyun (Korean) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Integrating the Nation from the Margins : The Remote Area Security Development of the Border Patrol Police in the Northern Thailand |
Stephen Anthony Murphy (Irish) |
SOAS, University of London |
Dvaravati Period Sema Stones : Shifting Meanings and Definitions in Archaeology, Epigraphy, Texts, and Religious Re-use |
Supak Mahavarakorn (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Pokkharani Pond in the Jatakatthakatha : A Treasure of Perfection |
Supanee Patthong (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Imagery and Symbols of ‘Ruea’ in Thai Nirat in early Ayutthaya Period |
Surachai Chinnabutr (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Sacred Power Transmission and the Network of Phu Thai Yao Ritual Practitioner at Tambon Nonyang, Amphoe Nongsung, Changwat Mukdahan |
Recipients of ENITS 2009
Doctorate Scholarship
Name (Nationality) |
Institution |
Research Topic |
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Angela Shih Chih Chiu (American) |
SOAS, University of London |
Art as a “System of Action” : Buddha Images in the “Golden Age” of Lan Na, c. 1355-1525 CE (1898-2068 BE) |
Aphilak Kasempholkoon (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Convention and Invention in Phra Sri An (Maitreya) Myth in Thai Society |
Betty Nguyen (American) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Detecting Shifts in Chronicle Writing : A Bhikkhuni Chronicle from early 20th c. Lanna |
Claudio Sopranzetti (Italian) |
Harvard University |
Cars and Carts : Marketing, Circulation, and Fluidity in Bangkok’s Central Business District |
Jirathorn Chartsiri (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
The Emergence of the Kingdom of Thonburi in the Context of the Chinese Era 1727-1782 |
Kornphanat Tungkeunkunt (Thai) |
National University of Singapore |
History of Rediffusion : Lifeline for Chinese Broadcasting in Thailand 1956-1982 |
Lawrence Nathaniel Ross (American) |
City University of New York |
Hikayat Abu Qasim : The Legacy of a Twentieth-Century Rong Ngeng Pioneer in Thailand’s Andaman Coast Region |
Malinee Khumsupha (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Changing Bangkok 1855-1909 : The Effects of European Settlers and Their Subjects |
Marasri Sorthip (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Historical Narratives of King Naresuan the Great : Narrative Techniques and Image Creation |
Matthew Zavala Wheeler (American) |
University of New South Wales |
Legitimacy, Counterinsurgency, and Order 66/2523 |
Micah Francis Morton (American) |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
Negotiating the Changing Zomia of Mainland Southeast Asia : The Politics of Akha Identity |
Naoko Nakagawa (Japanese) |
Boston University |
Organic Agriculture : Its Implication for the Third-World Small-Scale Producers |
Patcharin Buranakorn (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Sorrow in the Pannasa Jataka : Emotion and the Teaching of Dharma |
Royboon Rassameethes (Thai) |
Chulalongkorn University |
Local Wisdom and Social Learning for Sustainable Water Resource Management : A Case Study of Ban Limthong, Amphoe Nang Rong, Changwat Buri Ram |
Samson Wah Lim (American) |
Cornell University |
Siam’s New Detectives : Police Work and the Press from 1900 to 1950 |
Sean Matthew Ashley (Canadian) |
Simon Fraser University |
Palaung Buddhism and Ethnic Identity in Northern Thailand |
Yong Jin (Chinese) |
Peking University |
Thai Name Control and Social Integration |

[PHOTO ALBUM] Enits & ENITAS Research Scholarship Presentation 2019
Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University organized the conference, ENITS & ENITAS Research Scholarship Presentation 2019 on August 30, 2019 at the Le Meridien Bangkok Hotel.
The Empowering Network for international Thai Studies: ENITS and The Empowering Network for International Thai and ASEAN Studies: ENITAS are scholarship programs to increase and disseminate research works and encourage young researchers in Thai Studies and Thai-ASEAN Studies.
Another goal is to develop international Thai and Thai-ASEAN academic networks, especially among young scholars and experts, in order to share, learn and develop research for the dynamic Thai and ASEAN community.



























[PHOTO ALBUM] ENITS & ENITAS Research Scholarship Presentation 2018
Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University organized the conference, ENITS & ENITAS Research Scholarship Presentation 2018 on August 17, 2018 at the Le Meridien Bangkok Hotel.
The Empowering Network for international Thai Studies: ENITS and The Empowering Network for international Thai and ASEAN Studies: ENITAS are scholarship programs to increase and disseminate research works and encourage young researchers in Thai Studies and Thai-ASEAN Studies.
Another goal is to develop international Thai and Thai-ASEAN academic networks, especially among young scholars and experts, in order to share, learn and develop research for the dynamic Thai and ASEAN community.




















