Thammasat University

This course provides the opportunity for students to discuss, present, and lead seminars on advanced topics in Thai Studies introduced by the lecturer.

This course analyzes industrialization, focusing on the roles of public policy and other roles of public and private producers and consumers. The course’s empirical focus is on the causes and effects of industrialization in Asia’s advanced (e.g., Japan, Korea, Taiwan) and developing economies (e.g., China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam). 

This course provides a foundation in holistic health care, addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. It covers the meaning of aesthetics and the relationship between art and humanity in different fields, namely visual arts, music, performing arts and architecture.

This course introduces principles and theories of international law. Topics include origin of international law from the past to the present; the relationship between domestic and international law; status of individuals under international law; rights and responsibilities of inter-state relations and state and private sector relations; origin and role of international organizations; international maritime law; and other issues regarding international law and politics.

This course examines how the story of the Buddha has come for some to be a story of authenticity, individualism and wisdom-seeking. Yet it has not always been so. It explores how Buddhism in Thailand has followed a gamut of historical changes, from promoting monarchy through monumental architecture to modernization and meditation to, at times, being a handmaiden of military rule. It has often in Thailand been accompanied by narratives of ghosts and dark magic, as well as of tiger-defying monks and romantic tales of bodhisattvas. By stressing how Buddhism has changed in Thailand over time and place, this course looks critically rather than romantically or conservatively at what Buddhism has been in Thailand over the centuries, of how it has tied itself to and reflected the desires, fears and political wills of its followers.