อาจารย์ ดร.พัชรวิรัล เจริญพัชรพร

อาจารย์ ดร.พัชรวิรัล เจริญพัชรพร Patcharaviral C. Schuessler

อาจารย์ ดร.พัชรวิรัล เจริญพัชรพร Patcharaviral C. Schuessler

patcharaviral.c@chula.ac.th

Patcharaviral is interested in transnational history in the twentieth century, particularly the Cold War period. Her research touches upon a broad range of topics including decolonisation, ideology and self-imagery of the state, modernity, foreign policy, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), development and foreign aid. Following the completion of her PHD at the University College London in June 2023, Patcharaviral joined the department of history at Chulalongkorn University in the same year. Her doctoral thesis which is on the diplomatic relations between India and Thailand, focussing on their strategies to navigate the geopolitical divisions in the early Cold War, recently received the Humanities & the Arts Highly Commended Prize 2023 from the Anglo-Thai Society.

One of the projects Patcharaviral is currently working on revolves around the circulation of scientific knowledge in early twentieth century, especially the case of Siamese students in British India and the subsequent forestry policies in Siam. This project is a collaboration with Dr Aleksandra Kaye (MPI-GEA) and Dr Tinakrit Sireerat (CMU). Parts of this have been presented at the AAS-in-Asia 2024 (Yogyakarta, Indonesia) and Circulating Knowledge: 20 Years On (Kjipuktuk/Halifax, Canada).

Recently, Patcharaviral co-organised the special exhibition ในทรงจำ นำทางอันรางเลือน – A Trip Down Memory Lane (28.03.25-01.05.25) at Museum Siam, Bangkok. This exhibition is an interdisciplinary collaboration delving into the presence and absence of memories, highlighting how both individual and collective memories significantly influence historical narratives and culture. This exhibition later travelled to Germany as A Trip Down Memory Lane in the Age of the Anthropocene, hosted at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (28.05.25 to 01.08.25). Overall, this exhibition received attention from leading Thai media outlets, including newspapers and magazines, as well as from the Embassy of Germany in Bangkok.

Qualifications คุณวุฒิ

  • PhD History, University College London 2023

  • MSt Modern South Asian Studies, University of Oxford 2017

  • BA History with French, University of Exeter 2016

Interests ความสนใจ

  • Cold War History
    ประวัติศาสตร์สงครามเย็น

  • Modern South Asian History
    ประวัติศาสตร์เอเชียใต้สมัยใหม่

  • Indo-Thai Relations
    ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอินเดียกับไทย

  • Cultural Diplomacy
    การทูตทางวัฒนธรรม

  • Circulation of Knowledge
    ประวัติศาสตร์การหมุนเวียนองค์ความรู้

Awards รางวัล

  • Academic Excellence Award 2023. Humanities & The Arts Highly Commended from the Anglo-Thai Society.

  • The Outstanding SACC2020 Oral Presentation Award in the Field of Humanities and Law. SACC2020 by Samaggi Samagon under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty the King and the Royal Thai Embassy, London.

  • Arts and Humanities Runner-Up Prize. UCL Doctoral School Research Poster Competition 2019. 

Teaching รายวิชาที่สอน

  • 2204393 The Cold War
    ประวัติศาสตร์สงครามเย็น

  • 2204452  Women and Men in Asian Societies
    หญิงและชายในสังคมเอเชีย

  • 2204181  Eastern Civilizations (South Asia)
    อารยธรรมตะวันออก (ส่วนเอเชียใต้)

  • 2204204 History of Tourism
    ประวัติศาสตร์การท่องเที่ยว

  • 2200333 History of Western Ideas (BALAC international programme)

  • 2204704 Historical Research (Masters Degree)

Social Engagements ผลงานบริการสังคม