The Thai publication Prachatai published an April 3, 2018 article about the March 27 international conference "Thailand Update 2018: Towards Thailand 4.0?" The conference, organized by Visiting Professor of Political Science Duncan McCargo and California State-Fullerton professor Penchan Phoborisut, was co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, the New York … [Read more...]
March 5 Event: “Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from March 5, 2018 event "Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers in Bangkok." The event featured Claudio Sopranzetti, Postdoctoral Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University and author of Owners of the Map: Motorcycle Taxi Drivers, Mobility, and Politics in Bangkok (University of California Press, 2018). His talk and … [Read more...]
March 1 Event: “Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited:” Audio and Photos
Audio and photographs are now available from March 1, 2018 event "Turkey and Thailand: Unlikely Twins Revisited." The event featured Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and Ayse Zarakol, Reader in International Relations, University of Cambridge. Professors McCargo and Zarakol talked about the striking similarities in the history … [Read more...]
“Thailand Update 2018: Towards Thailand 4.0?”
Panel Discussion “Thailand Update 2018: Towards Thailand 4.0?" Petra Desatova, PhD Student at University of Leeds Allen Hicken, Ronald and Eileen Weiser Professor of Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Arwiphawee Srithongrung, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Wichita … [Read more...]
Duncan McCargo Publishes the Article “Thailand in 2017: Politics on Hold” in Asian Survey
Duncan McCargo, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Columbia University and Professor of Political Science at the University of Leeds, published the article "Thailand in 2017: Politics on Hold" in the journal Asian Survey Vol. 58, no. 1 (2018). From the article abstract: "Following the epochal funeral of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej in October 2017, Thailand … [Read more...]
