Gatty Lecture: Amnat and Barami: Chulalongkorn and Bhumibol: The Two Longest Reigns in Siam and Thailand

Charnvit Kasetsiri

Professor Emeritus, Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University, Bangkok

A comparative studies of the two longest reigns of King Chulalongkorn of Siam and King Bhumibol of Thailand.

Charnvit Kasetsiri is a Professor Emeritus of Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand, born 1941; he is a prominent historian and Thai Studies scholar. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in Diplomacy with Honor from Thammasat, 1963, he pursued his 1967 M.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs at Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, under a Rockefeller scholarship and his 1972 Ph.D. in Southeast Asian History at Cornell University.

Co-sponsored by the Department of History.

This Gatty lecture will take place in person at the Kahin Center, but people are also welcome to join us on Zoom. 

Lunch will be served.

For questions, please contact seapgatty@cornell.edu.