120^th Anniversary: Thai-Japanese Diplomatic Relations (1887-2007)

Friday 23 November 2007

Hotel Pullman Bangkok King Power

08:00-09:00        Registration

09:00-09:15        Opening: Police General Pao Sarasin (Chairman-Toyota Foundation, Thailand)

09:15-09:45        Keynote-Small dragon among big dragons: Dr. Pasuk Phongphaichit (Japanese/English interpretation)

09:45-10:15        Tea/coffee Break

10:15-10:45        Modern East Asia: Books Review (Vorasak M. & Thamrongsak P. (Japanese/English interpretation))

10:45-12:30        Panel: "The Dragon, the Eagle, the Chrysantemum, and Southeast Asia"

Chulacheep Chinvanno,

Kitti Prasertsuk,

Pipop Udorn (Japanese/English interpretation)

12:30-13:30         Lunch (vcd: From Siam to Thailand)

13:30-15:15        Seminars

Room 1 "Image of Japan in Siam /Thailand EThanet Aphornsuwan, Chalong Suntharavanich, Witthaya Sucharitthanarak (Japanese/English interpretation)

Room 2  “Japanese Village in Ayutthaya” Phlapplung Kongchana, Yu Maeda, Subongkoch Thongthongthip, Duangjai Lothanavanich (Japanese/English interpretation)

Room 3 “Mahabharata Films” Vira Thiraphat, Michael Wright, Songyote W.

15:15-15:45         Break

15:45-17:30         Seminars 

Room 1 “Thai-Japanese Economic Relations” Siriphon Vatchawalkhu, Veera Somboon (Japanese/English interpretation)

Room 2 “Thai Historical Epic Films” Kamjohn Luiyaphong & Sittha L.

Room 3 “Japanese Films Today” Atorn Phungthammasan & Takayuki Akiba

17:30-18:30 Food, Drinks, and Singing/Thai/Japanese (Book compliments)

Moderator: Somrit Luechai

Hosted:

Social Sciences and Humanities Textbooks Foundation,

Toyota Foundation-Thailand,

Toyota Motors,

Tel. 02-424-5768, 02-433-8713

For detail, click:

www.textbooksproject.com,

www.seas.arts.tu.ac.th