{"id":22651,"date":"2026-02-02T13:37:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arts.chula.ac.th\/th\/?p=22651"},"modified":"2026-02-02T13:37:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:37:41","slug":"balac-talk-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arts.chula.ac.th\/th\/arts-activities\/2026\/02\/02\/22651\/","title":{"rendered":"BALAC Talk 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"?\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t8c\/1\/16\/1f389.png\"> BALAC Talk 2 was a success! <img decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" alt=\"?\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t8c\/1\/16\/1f389.png\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cConcealing Colonialism: The Thai Experience in Comparative Perspective\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all our colleagues, students, and fellow academics who joined us at BALAC, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The BALAC Program would like to extend special thanks to Dean Suradech Chotiudompant for delivering warm welcome remarks to our guests, and to our wonderful BALAC Student Team, led by Kaning, Bo, and Nat, for their dedicated work in organizing and emceeing the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are especially grateful to Professor Michael Herzfeld for sharing his insightful and thought-provoking perspectives on crypto-colonialism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a wrap! 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\u201cConcealing Colonialism: The Thai Experience in Comparative Perspective\u201d Thank you to all our colleagues, students, and fellow academics who joined us at BALAC, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University. 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