Virtual Panels

All panels will be held on Zoom. Registration is required.

  • All registered attendees will automatically be registered for the virtual panels.
  • Online participants can choose to register for all virtual panels or for each individual panel.

Each panel runs from 7–8:30 PM in Illinois, which is 8–9:30 AM the next day in Thailand. 

Virtual Conference Panel Schedule
Time Description Registration
Mon., Nov. 2,
7–8:30 PM
(Illinois time) 

Tues., Nov. 3,
8–9:30 AM
(Thailand time)

Virtual Panel 1: People, Politics, and Policies

  • Nattavud Pimpa – Beyond Compliance: Business and Human Rights in Thailand
  • Suthikarn Meechan – Isan at the Crossroads: Competition, Contention, and Realignment in Thailand’s 2026 General Election
  • Krittawit Krittayaruangroj – When the Government Funding Ends: State-Led Development and Community Agency in Thailand’s Community-Based Tourism
  • Mia Haas-Goldberg – Rubber Replanting as Regional Integration in Thailand, 1960–1982
Moderator: Micah Morton

Register for Virtual Panel 1 on Zoom

Tues., Nov. 3,
7–8:30 PM
(Illinois time)

Wed., Nov. 4,
8–9:30 AM
(Thailand time)

Virtual Panel 2: Histories, Spiritualities, and Identities

  • Suchismita Ghoshal – The Land Remembers: Territorial Spirits, Sacred Landscapes, and the San Phra Phum from the 10th to 13th Centuries to the Present
  • Rajib Roson Ghosal – The Kinetics of Pathology: Vāyo-ābadha and the Etiology of Disease from the Pali Canon to Thai Traditional Medicine
  • Yi Cui – Reconstructing Inheritance: Tang Chang, Diasporic Hybridity, and Chinese Artistic Knowledge in Modern Thailand

Moderator: Ivan Small

Register for Virtual Panel 2 on Zoom

Wed., Nov. 4,
7–8:30 PM
(Illinois time)

Thurs., Nov. 5,
8–9:30 AM
(Thailand time)

Virtual Panel 3: Genders and Equity

  • Chidi Emenike – Breathing in Cycles: Gendered Care Labour and the Politics of Seasonal Inhabitability in Chiang Mai’s Haze Crisis
  • Joseph Jordan Black – Visible Men, Invisible Masculinity: Gender and Labour in Historical Representations of Chiang Mai’s Market Life
  • Wandee Kasemsukpipat – Whose Capital Counts in STEM Education? Rethinking Equity through Recognition and Conversion

Moderator: Colin Kuehl

Register for Virtual Panel 3 on Zoom

Thurs., Nov. 5,
7–8:30 PM
(Illinois time)

Fri., Nov. 6, 8–
9:30 AM
(Thailand time)

Virtual Panel 4: Musical Identities Reimagined

  • Pattra Pongsangsuriya – Reinterpreting Traditional Thai Musical Materials in Contemporary Composition: Sungthong: Nang Rojana Chooses Her Husband
  • Woravoot Kongkaew – The creation of the musical composition “12 Rituals” for Chamber Orchestra: Integrating the traditions and culture of Northeastern Thailand into contemporary music
  • Phumraphi Wong-Anusorn – From moha to sound: Buddhist Thought and Contemporary Thai Composition in Delusion

Moderator: Jittapim Yamprai

Note: All presentations for this virtual panel will be in Thai.
หมายเหตุ ผู้นำเสนอทุกท่านจะใช้ภาษาไทยในการนำเสนอ

Register for Virtual Panel 4 on Zoom

Contact

Please send general inquiries to:
Molly Pasley, Ed.D. (mpasley@niu.edu)
Chair, NIU Council on Thai Studies Committee