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2006
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July The Department
of Comparative Literature in collaboration with the International
Tipitaka Hall, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, arranged
the fifth seminar in the Project of Knowledge
and Ethics at the International Tipitaka Hall, Maha Chulalongkorn
Building. The seminar was led by Mae Chee Vimuttiyaram,
the president of the International Tipitaka Hall.
- May
16
Orientation
for the new M.A. students in Comparative Literature
- January
10 - 12
The Department of Comparative Literature, and the German Section, Department
of Western Languages organised a lecture series on "The
World of Western Literature : Contemporary German Literature from the
Republic of Austria" by Prof. Dr.Peter Ebenbauer and Dr.Anna
Babka.
2005
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24
November
The Centre for Literary Studies and the Department of Comparative
Literature organised a seminar on “Literary
Studies in the Social and Cultural Context II”, as part of
the 2005 CU Academic Fair.
  
 
 
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23
– 27 November
The MA Students of the Department arranged an exhibition showcasing
their dissertation findings.
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July
20 The
Department of Comparative Literature in collaboration with Dhamma
Center held a conversation as part of the Project
Knowledge and Ethics IV at Dhamma Center, Chulalongkorn University.
The objectives of the event are to encourage students, professors
and professional ethics in Thai culture and to provide an opportunity
for creative criticism on those issues outside the classroom. The
conversation was led by Professor Dr. Rawi
Bhavilai, the Director of Dhamma Center, and participated
by 4 faculty members and 9 graduate students from the Department
of Comparative Literature.
   
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27
June
The Comparative Literature Club organised a special lecture on “From
Foucault to Literary Studies: New Historicism”, with Assistant
Prof. Nopporn Prachakul as a guest lecturer. The event took place
in Room 401, Boromarachakumari Building.
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May
12
Orientation
for the new M.A. students in Comparative Literature
2004
- July
30 The
Department of Comparative Literature in collaboration with Dhamma Center
held a conversation as part of the Project Knowledge
and Ethics III
at Dhamma Center, Chulalongkorn University. The objectives of the event
are to encourage students, professors and professional ethics in Thai
culture and to provide an opportunity for creative criticism on those
issues outside the classroom. The conversation was led by
Professor Dr. Rawi Bhavilai, the Director of Dhamma Center, and
participated by 4 faculty members and 9 graduate students from the Department
of Comparative Literature.
- May
10
Orientation
for the new M.A. students in Comparative Literature
- January
23 The
Comparative Literature Club organized a special lecture "Method
of Study and Research in Comparative Literature" by Achan
Kobkul Ingudananda, an alumni of the department.
2003
- December
26 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the twelveth lecture in the Project
Salon "Surrealism
and Thai Arts and Literature" by Prof. Dr. Sodchun Chaiprasat.
- November
28 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the eleventh lecture in the Project
Salon "Marie
Corelli who creates her novels from the Upanishads, Buddhist Philosophy,
and chivalrous ideology. by Dr. Kingkaew Atthakorn.
- October
31 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the tenth lecture in the Project
Salon "Europe
and H.M. King Chulalongkorn" by Prof. Dr. Pornsan Watthanangkurn.
 
- September
26 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the nineth lecture in the Project
Salon "Love
Tragedy: To
Tam, the first novel of Vietnam and Alexandre
Dumas (son)'s La Dame aux
Camélias ˘Í§ " by Achan Dr. Mondhira
Ratho.
- September
8 Achan
Dr. Kittisak Kerdarunsuksri,
an alumni of the Department of Comparative Literature was invited to
have a conversation with current graduate students of the Department
on the topic of "Experience of Studying Comparative
Literature at London University, United Kingdom". Presently,
Dr. Kittisak is a Faculty member in Thai Language for Communication
and Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs, School of Humanities
at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce.
- September
1
Achan
Dr.Warunee Udomsilpa was invited to give a special lecture :
"Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoires d'Hadrien
" to the 4th year students of the Department of French,
in the course FR 446 CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE, at the Faculty
of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University.
- August
29 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the eighth lecture in the Project
Salon "Siam and the West : Galileo Chini"
by Achan Neungreudee Lohapon.
- July
25 In
celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the seventh lecture in the Project
Salon "Thai and German Proverbs : A Comparative
Study in Culture" by Assoc. Prof.
Ampha Otrakul.
- July
22 The
Department of Comparative Literature in collaboration with Dhamma Center
held a conversation as part of the Project Knowledge
and Ethics II at Dhamma Center, Chulalongkorn University. The
objectives of the event are to encourage students, professors and professional
ethics in Thai culture and to provide an opportunity for creative criticism
on those issues outside the classroom. The conversation was led by
Professor Dr. Rawi Bhavilai, the Director of Dhamma Center, and
participated by 2 faculty members and 13 graduate students from the
Department of Comparative Literature.
- July
18 Achan
Siriporn Sriwarakarn
was invited to give a special lecture on the topic "Sex,
Secrecy and Revealation : A Study of Thai Several Stories." The
lecture has Achan Dr. Supakwadee Amatayakul
as a moderator.
- June
27
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the sixth lecture in the Project
Salon "Persian Literature : A Vehicle
for Truth-seeking" by Achan Rynan
Arunrangsi. The lecture was presided over by Mr.
Muhammad Ali Rabbani, Cultural Attache of the Embassy of the
Islamic Republic of Iran in Thailand, who delivered a special introductory
lecture and presented three sets of renowned Persian literary works
in translation to the Faculty of Arts's Humanities Information Center,
Chulalongkorn University's Center of Academic Resources, and the Department
of Comparative Literature. On this occasion, the Dean of the Faculty
of Arts represented Chulalongkorn University and the Faculty of Arts
in receiving the presents and welcoming Mr Ali Rabbani.
- May
28
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the fifth lecture in the Project
Salon "Postcolonialism and Canonical
Counter-discursive Fiction: Jane Eyre and
Wide Sargasso Sea" by Achan
Thanomnual Hiranyatheb.
- May
15
Orientation
for the new M.A. students in Comparative Literature
- April
25
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the fourth lecture in the Project
Salon "Imagined Space and the Marginalized's
Identity Formation" by Achan Dr. Chutima
Prakatwuthisan.
- March
28
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship organized the third lecture in the Project
Salon "Where Does the Thai National Anthem
Come From?" by Achan Dr. Suphot Manalapphanacharoen.
- March
28
Ms. Umarin Tularak, a graduate from the
M.A. Program in Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn
University received a Ratchadaphisek Somphot grantee distinguished research
award in the Master's degree thesis category for the year 2002 from
Chulalongkorn University for her thesis Tham Khwan
Rua Chants and Rites of the Southern Thai: The Creation and the Transmission.
The award presentation was held at Room 111, Maha Chulalongkorn Building.
- February
28
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme (under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship) organized the second lecture in the Project
Salon "The Thai and German Si
Thanonchais: A Comparative Study of Jokes in the Tileulenspiegel and
Si Thanonchai Tales" by Achan Siriporn
Sriwarakarn from the Department of Comparative Literature.
- February
15
Professor Thatsani Nakwatchara and Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Anongnat thakoengwit were invited by Chulalongkorn
University Book Center to give a talk introducing the Thai translation
of Salambo at the Siam Square branch of
CU Book Center, on the occasion of the book winning a translated book
award in the novel and fiction category from the Academic Department,
the Ministry of Education. The book, published by the Faculty of Arts
Translation and Interpretation Center, has been selected to be in the
reading list of the Department of Comparative Literature's Introduction
to Literature course, which is a compulsory course for Arts students.
- February
2 Achan
Dr. Waruni Udomsilpa received a National
Research Council Award 2002 for her dissertation The
Poetics of the Body in Marguerite Yourcenar's Novels
submitted for the completion of her doctoral study in French Language
and Literature at Chulalongkorn University. The award was presented
by Mr. Suwit Khunkitti, Deputy Prime Minister, at the Bangkok Convention
Center, 5th Floor of the Central Plaza Latphrao, Bangkok. The award
presentation was attended by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Thatchai Sumit, President
of Chulalongkorn University and Asst. Prof. Dr. M.R. Kalaya Tingsabhad,
Dean of the Faculty of Arts, who congratulated the awardee. Achan Dr.
Waruni also contributed a display of her work to the "Inventor's
Day Exhibition 2003" (for the Central Region) organized
by the National Board of Research during February 1-3, 2003.
- January
31
In celebration of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's
Fourth Cycle Birthday Anniversary, the Department of Comparative Literature
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme (under the Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship) organized the first lecture in the
Project
Salon "Maguerite Yourcenar's 'Decapitation of Kali':
The East by the West" by Achan Dr.
Waruni Udomsilpa from the Department of Comparative Literature.
The lecture was presided over by Dr. Khajit Chittasevi, Program Director
of the National Policy and Transnational Relations Division (Division1)
of the Thailand Research Fund. The auxiliary activities included an
exhibition and a music show.
- January
29
The Department of Comparative Literature, the Department of English
and the Asia-Europe Studies Programme (under Thailand Research Fund's
sponsorship) organized a special lecture "Modernism
and Nationalism in Indian and Canadian Twentieth-Century Art" by
Dr. Shyamal Bagchee, Professor of English
and Adjunct Professor of Comparative Studies, University of Alberta,
Canada and President of the T. S. Eliot Society of America. The lecture
was held at Room 707, Borommaratchakumari Building.
- January
16
The Department of Comparative Literature, in cooperation with Chulalongkorn
University's Dhamma Center, organized a talk "Human
Nature and Problem Solving," led by Professor
Dr. Rawi Bhavilai, the Director of the Center. The forum, the
first to be held in the Department of Comparative Literature's Knowledge
and Ethics Project, was aimed at promoting awareness of the significance
of morality, ethics and professional ethics in Thai society among students,
teachers and other personnel of the Department, and encouraging constructive
dialogue and debate outside class. The forum was attended by 3 teaching
and administrative members of the Department and 16 Comparative Literature
students.
2002
- December
23 Achan
Dr. Warunee Udomsilpa was invited to participate in the National
Research Council of Thailand's Awards press conference, on the occasion
that her dissertation The Poetics of the 'Body'
in Marguerite Yourcenar's Novels, submitted as part of the doctoral
degree in French Language and Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn
University, had won a National Research Council Awardb in the dissertation
category (Philosophy) for the year 2002 (with a mention "good").
The conference was held at Vibhavadee Ballroom B, the Bangkok Sofitel
Central Plaza and was accompanied by an exhibition on the researchers
and works awarded.
- December
13, 20, 27
The Department of Comparative Literature organized the presentation
of Master’s degree students’ theses in progress
, in which the teaching staff of the department listened and gave their
comments. This presentation was held as a measure to assure the quality
of the department’s theses, in accordance with the Faculty of Arts’s
quality assurance system.
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December
9 The
Ph.D. Program in Literature and Comparative Literature organized the
academic conference "Literary
Studies in Thai Social Contexts at the Conference Room, Chulalongkorn
University's Auditorium. The speakers comprised of distinguished academics
from abroad, namely Dr. Sen Soshitsu, the Grand Master (Iemoto) of
the Urasenke Tradition of the Way of Tea, Professor Yosuke Kotajima
from Meisei University, Japan and Dr. Michael Chayut from the Chemical
Heritage Foundation, USA, as well as from the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn
University i.e. Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn, Prof. Dr. Pornsan
Watananghun, Assoc. Prof. Dr.Soraj Hongladarom and Achan Dr. Darin
Pradittatsanee.
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December
7 Associate
Professor Dr. Anongnat Thakoengwit was invited by The Continuing Education
Center Chulalongkorn University to give a lecture in the academic
conference E-Learning in topic "E-Learning
Achievements of Chulalongkorn University" at Room 704,
Sasa Patasala Building. The conference was organized for the purpose
of disseminating knowledge about E-Learning technology to lecturers,
students and the general public.
- December
7 The
Comparative Literature Club organized the conference "Forgetting
Places : Adolescence Crisis in the Globalized Society"
at Room 707, Borommaratchakumari Building. The speakers were S.P. Somtow
(Somtow Sucharitkul), renowed composer and author of the novel Forgetting
Places, Chittakon Butsaba, a radio show host and Thaenkun Chititsara,
an actor and psychology student. The conference was moderated by Asst.
Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn.
- December
6 The
Comparative Literature Club organized the conference "The
Vietnamese Poet Nguyen Du and Sunthon Phu : A Comparison" at Room
707, Borommaratchakumari Building. The speakers were Asst. Prof. Dr.
Phonphen Hantrakun and Achan Thawi Sawangpanyangkoon. The conference
was moderated by Ms. Nutsarat Rayasawat, a graduate student in Comparative
Literature.
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December
6 - 9 The
Comparative Literature Club held two exhibitions in Chulalongkorn
University Academic Exposition 2002 : "Human
Crisis in Thai Literature : Analyses of the Seven Literary Works Nominated
for the SEAWRITE Award" at Room 512, Borommaratchakumari
Building and "Human Crisis in the Neighboring
Countries' Literatures : Analyses of Southeast Asian Literary Works"
at Room 513, Borommaratchakumari Building. The Club also organized
other complementary activities such as lots drawing and quizzes.
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November
22 The
Ph.D. Program in Literature and Comparative Literature, Faculty of
Arts, Chulalongkorn University in collaboration with Thailand-US Educational
Foundation (Fulbright) organized the bilingual (Thai-English) Thai-American
Poetry Readings in the topic "Messages
of Love and Understanding". The readers included
such distinguished Thai and American personages as Mr. Gary Keith
from Thailand-US Educational Foundation.
- October
11
The Ph.D Program in Literature and Comparative Literature and The Asia
- Europe Studies Programme under the Thailand Research Fund held a meeting
to discuss about the organization of the academic conference on Postcolonial
Literature to take place in May 2003 and the plan for follow up activities.
- September
20
The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bangkok and the
committee for the setting up of the Ph.D. program in Literature and
Comparative Literature organized a special lecture on "Dutch
Literature in the Colonial and Postcolonial Eras", which
was given by Mr. F. Springer, a renowned
Dutch writer and Dr. Liesbeth Dolk an expert
on Dutch language and literature. The talk was moderated by Dr. Dhiravat
Na Pombejra.
- August
29
Department of Comparative Literature organized a special lecture on
"To Huu, The First Vietnamese S.E.A. Write Awardee,"
which was given by Asst. Prof. Pornpen Hantrakun.
On this occasion, Vietnamese poems were read and sung, accompanied by
music, by distinguised Vietnamese guests and Vietnamese students from
Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The event was also joined by representatives
from the Vietnamese press.
- August
28
Achan Dr.Warunee Udomsilpa was invited
to give a special lecture : "Marguerite Yourcenar's
Memoires d'Hadrien " to the 4th year students of
the Department of French, in the course FR 446 CONTEMPORARY FRENCH LITERATURE,
at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University.
- August
14 The committee for the setting up of the Ph.D. program in Literature
and Comparative Literature, a joint collaboration of various departments
of the Faculty of Arts, organized a special lecture on “The
City as Narrator: From Modernism to Postmodernism” by Prof.
Dr. Klaus Scherpe from Humboldt University, Berlin. The lecture,
delivered in English, was given Thai summaries by Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Pornsan Watananguhn and the session was moderated by
Achan Dr. Darin Praditthatsani. The lecture
was presided over by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, who formally introduced
the Ph.D. program in Literature and Comparative Literature to the audience.
- July
26, August 2 and 9
The Department of Comparative Literature organized the presentation
of Master’s degree students’ theses in progress,
in which the teaching staff of the department listened and gave their
comments. This presentation was held as a measure to assure the quality
of the department’s theses, in accordance with the Faculty of Arts’s
quality assurance system.
- June
28, July 5 and 19
Special lectures in the Graduate Curriculum Development Project : Theses
Presentations by Recent Graduates in Comparative Literature
- June
The Department of Comparative Literature is host to Mr.
John T. Mattioli, the 2001 Fulbright research scholar who is
currently a Ph.D. student in Comparative Literature from the University
of Wisconsin - Madison. Starting from December 2001, John will be in
Thailand for 10 months working on his research project, entitled "Struggles
of/for a Poetic State: Thai Poetry as a Contested Site of Human Potential
and Value," with Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn
- May
14
Orientation for new graduate students of the Department of Comparative
Literature
- March
Asst. Prof. M.R. Kongkarn Tavedhikul, Deputy Dean of the Administrative
Affairs, represented the Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the " China
Town New Year Festival 2002", graciously presided over by HRH Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. On this occasoin Asst. Prof. M.R. Kongkarn Tavedhikul
was in charge of the reservation of King Rama
V and King Rama VI memorial coins and images, the benefits from
which will go to the Borommaratchakumari Funds,
established for the Faculty of Arts' academic development.
- March
11-31
Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn was
invited by the JSPS Core University Exchange Program 2000-2001of the
Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies, to conduct and
present her research under the Networks for a Comparative
Historical Perspective Project, at Kyoto University, Japan.
- February
21 Assoc.
Prof. Dr. Anongnat Thakoengwit was invited by Chulalongkorn University
Office of Academic Affairs to give a lecture on "Web-based
Instructional Media for the Literature and History Courses"
at Room 202, Chamchuri 4 Building.
- February
4 The
Department of Comparative Literature invited Prof.
Robert Storey from Temple University, USA. to give a special
lecture on "Darwinian Evolutionalry Criticism:
An Introduction and an Application to M.R. Kukrit Pramoj's Four Reigns
," at Room 307, Barommartchakumari Building, with Achan
Dr. Darin Praditthatsani as translator
- January
31 to February 2
Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn was
invited by the University of the Philippines, Diliman, to present a
paper and participate in a workshop on "Southeast
Asian Readings for Undergraduate and Graduate Courses" at
the University of the Philippines, Diliman, Manila, the Philippines.
The event was co- organized by the University of Malaya Asia-Europe
Institute, the University of the Philippines Center for International
Studies and SEASREP Council.
- January
Silpa
Suwannasak,
a graduate student of the Department of Comparative Literature, won
the best film criticism award in the "Young
Film Critic Workshop" co-organized by the 4th Bangkok Film
Festival and Praew Sudsupda Magazine, from his critical piece, "Ge
Ge: The Relations and Roots of Self," which was one among over
200 competing articles. Moreover, Silpa was selected to take part in
the "Trainee Project" of the International
Film Festival Rotterdam during January 23-February 3, 2002.
2001
- Throughout
the year 2001, Asst. Prof. M.R. Kongkarn Tavedhikul
was host to the radio program "Arts for the
Public," an academic conversational presentation aimed at
sharing with the public findings of researches conducted by the Faculty
of Arts's lecturers. The shows, which were altogether 50 in number,
were broadcast on Chula radio station on Saturdays throughout the year
to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the foundation
of the Faculty of Arts.
- November
29
Achan Siriporn Sriwarakarn presented her
paper, "The Role of the Children in Subverting Patriarchal Authority:
A Feminist Analysis of a Children's Fiction" at the Conference
on "Women and Knowledge 3: Space, Identity
and Women's Knowledge Construction," organized by the Women
and Youth Studies Project, Thammasat University, on November 29-30,
2001, at Thammasat University.
- October
25-30
Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachon participated
and presented a country report in the Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asian Writers' Meeting 2001, organized by the Division
of International Development of Literature of the Malaysian Literature
Department, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- October
18
Achan Dr. Warunee Udomsilpa presented her
paper, "L'Univers du corps, l'univers de Marguerite Yourcenar"
at the 8th Conference on "French Language
and Literature," organized by the French Section of the
Department of Western Languages, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University,
held at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.
- August
25 Achan
Thanomnual Hiranyatheb was
invited to give a lecture in the English subject session of the Electronic
Media Creation, organized by the Faculty of Industrial Education, King
Mongkut Institute of Technology-Ladkrabang, in the
Knowledge and Skills Development for Graduates Project, organized
by the Ministry of University Affairs
- August
- September
The Department of Comparative Literature welcomed Prof.
Dr.Andreas Hartmann, Professor of Folklore at Munster University
who stayed in Thailand during August - September to collect information
for his research. Prof. Dr.Hartmann's visit
to the Department provided a good opportunity for German and Thai scholars
to exchange views and could be considered a beginning of future academic
co-operation.
- June
25-27
"The Myth of Pygmalion in modern films"
organized by Comparative
Literature Club with Achan Pawan Mogya as guest lecturer
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- June
8, 15
Special lectures and seminars in the Master's Program Development Project
(Abstracts)
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- May
14 - 20
Asst. Prof. Dr. Trisilpa Boonkhachorn, Achan Thanomnual
Hiranyatheb, Assoc. Prof. Phonrat Damrung
and Achan Ritthirong Jiwakanon, of Department
of Dramatic Arts went to conduct a research on "A
Comparative Study of Thai-Myanma Historical Fiction" in
the Union of Myanmar.
 
- May
15
Orientation
for the new M.A. students in Comparative Literature
- January
26 Achan
Dr. Warunee Udomsilpa was invited to give a special lecture :
"The Theme of the Body in Marguerite Yourcenar's Novels,"
organized by the French Section of the Department of Western Languages,
Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, at Room 708, Baromrajkumari
Building.
2000
- November
18-20.
Three students and an alumnus of the Department of Comparative Literature
won prizes for their criticisms in the essay competition organized by
the Thailand Reserach Fund's Criticism Project.
The competition was part of the Project's 2000 annual meeting held at
Bangkok University--Kluai Nam Thai, during November 18-20. The four
winners were:
First runner-up prizes for dramatic criticism:
*Sasithon Luangchinda from "'The
Escape': From a Text for Reading to a Text for Performance"
*Phonwipha Watratchanakun from "'The
Escape' as the Chosen Exit"
Prizes for literary criticism:
*First Prize: Piyanut Rattananukun from
"Who Suffered When the Poet was Battered
?"
*Second runner-up: Watsana Nimnuan from
"'Kham Athitthan': The Human Essence and
Desire for Immortality"
- September
14
Special lecture, "Thai Society during World
War II in Seni Saowaphong's novel Din Nam lae Dokmai" by
Seni Saowaphong
- July
2, 9, 16, 21, 23 and 28
Special lectures and seminars in the Master's Program Development Project
(Abstracts)
- February
17
Special lecture, "How to Write for the Improvement
of Thai Environment," by Manit Praphasanon
- February
16
Speical lecture, "Dharmaraja and Good Governance
II: The Burmese Rajathiraj" by specialists from Myanmar,
in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts's Center for Thai Studies
- February
2 Special
lecture, "The Relationship between Literature
and Painting," by Achan Chulathat Phayakharanon
- January
27
and February 3 Achan Warunee Udomsilpa was invited to give a spcial
lecture : "Marguerite Yourcenar's L'Oeuvre
au noir " in the course 2231464 20c FRENCH NOVEL.
- January
17
Special lecture, "The Relationship between
Literature and the Visual Arts," by Assoc.Prof. Phunsi Ketcharun
- January
15
Boat trip, "Tracing the Literary Past along
Khlong Bangkok Noi," organized by the Comparative Literature
Club
- January
11
International Conference, "Dharmaraja and
Good Governance in Asian Social and Cultural Contexts,"
in honor of H.M. the King on the occasion of His 6th cycle birthday
anniversary, Chulalongkorn University Auditorium
- January
4 Special
lecture, "Thai Society in Seni Saowaphong's
Eyes," by Seni Saowaphong (Khun Sakchai Bamrungphong)
1999
- November
19 Special
lecture, "The Development of Raphiphon's
Musical Plays," by Raphiphon (Khun Suwat Woradilok) and
Khun Phensi Phumchusi
- September
10 and 16
Lectures, "Orientalism and Literary Studies,"
by Achan Thanomnual Hiranyatheb and Achan Denis M. Lewis
- August
19 Special
lecture, "Novels of Social and Political
Consciousness," by Seni Saowaphong (Khun Sakchai Bamrungphong)
- July
2 Forum
"Oral History and Literary Studies"
with Than Phuying Phunsuk Phanomyong, Borommaratchakumari Building,
the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
- February
12
Special lecture, "Possibilities for Topics
of Comparative Literature's Master's Theses," by Prof. Dr.
Chetana Nagavajra
- February
1 Special
lecture, "Philosophy and Literature,"
by Achan Dr. Phongchai Eaophanthong
- January
12
Special lecture, "The Writer and Social Commitment,"
by Seni Saowaphong (Khun Sakchai Bamrungphong)
1998
- November
17
Special lecture, "Structuralism, Post-Structuralism,
and New Hermeneutics," by Prof. Dr. Eberhard Lammert, Chulalongkorn
University Auditorium
- September
8 Special
lecture in the World Masterpiece lecture series, "The
Odyssey: An Epic of Recognition" by Achan Dr. Chaturi Tingsaphat
- August
28
Special lecture, "The Tamil Ramayana and
Its Relationship with the Thai Ramakian," by Prof. Sisurang
Phunsap, Borommaratchakumari Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn
University
- August
18 and 25,
and September 1Special lectures in the World Masterpiece lecture series,
"Gods and Heroes in the Iliad" by
Achan Dr. Chaturi Tingsaphat
- August
11
Special lecture in the World Masterpiece lecture series,
"Homer and the Epic Tradition" by Achan Dr. Chaturi
Tingsaphat
- July
10, 24 and 31
Master's Theses Presentations (Abstracts)
- July
20
Special lecture, "Contemporary French Poetry
from 1950 to the Present"
- July
7 Special
lecture, "Philosophical Ideas in Bhagavad
Gita," by Achan Dr. Somphan Phromtha
- June-July
Special
lectures in the World Masterpiece lecture series, "World
Masterpieces from the East" by Emeritus Professor Dr. Saksi
Yaemnatda
- March
17 Conference,
"Literatures of Our Neighbors II, Vietnamese
Literature: Its Characteristics and Trends," in celebration
of Chulalongkorn University's 80th anniversary and the promotion of
the Division of Comparative Literature into a department, Chulalongkorn
University Auditorium
- January
Seminar, "From Fiction to Film" by
Raphiphon,
dom Sukkhawong, Rangsima Kunlaphat and Saowarot Mittrapiyanurak
- January
13
Seminar, "From Fiction to Film,"
Borommaratchakumari Building, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
1997
- July
22-23
Conference, "Literatures of Our Neighbors
I, Laotian Literature and Its Relationship with Thai Literature,"
in celebration of Chulalongkorn University's 80th anniversary, Chulalongkorn
University Auditorium by Prof.Thawach Punnothok, Porf.Volker Grabowsky,
Assoc.Prof.Dr.Prakhong Nimmanhemin and Duangdeun Bunyawong
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