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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Recipients are required to submit an original unpublished research paper related to Thai Studies and give an oral presentation in Thailand.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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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.

 Thai Studies CU

[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.