Thongchai Winichakul on Thai Coup @ Stanford

Last month, I was quite sad to have missed Thongchai Winichakul and Sulak Sivaraka's talk at Harvard, Paul Handley's talk at Columbia. But we eventually have the good news in that Thongchai will come here as a guest of Don Emmerson of APARC ( not sure if it's because of my suggestion to Don or not, my wish is granted whatsoever)

He will come for the event titled 'A Coup for Democracy in Thailand? Thaksin's Ouster and What It Means, along with Prof. Jim Ockey of NIU who is one of the experts in Thailand Politics (I just read his old article about the role of Thai military in Politics, it is still very timely indeed)

Thongchai is one of the very first academics to publicly express his view against the military coup through the online petition which is the first public platform of its kind. He has also given interesting comments on the 4 bad excuses of people who support the coup). Recently, his piece titled ‘The King Maker’ is an interesting reading. The article is not very profound but it is thought provoking for those who are naïve about the role of monarchy/the royal aides in Thai politics.

I can't wait to meet him here. Following the formal talk, we will have a dinner and an informal chat with Thongchai at my so-called 'residence' . I am very excited about this event that I dreamed about it lastnight, funny.

I will try to get the script of his formal talk and post it in this blog once I get it.

The picture that shows in the Stanford website of the Talk