Subject: tai studies i

the first international conference on tai studies july 29-31 , 1998 institute of language and culture for rural development mahidol university at salaya , thailand first announcement rationale the institute of language and culture for rural development , mahidol university is pleased to announce the first international conference on tai studies , to be held july 29-31 , 1998 in bangkok . the main objective of this conference is to provide an international forum for scholars from different countries to present and discuss various aspects of tai studies . the conference will feature papers on any of the tai and outliner groups residing outside thailand , namely , lao , black tai , lue , white tai , shan , ahom , dai , tay , tho , nung , zhuang , bouyei , ong - be , saek , kam ( dong ) , sui ( shui ) , maonan , mulam ( mulao ) , mak , then , ai - cham , lati , laqua , hlai , and gelao . topics will include : ( 1 ) languages and linguistics ; ( 2 ) folk wisdom and literature ; ( 3 ) belief , ritual , and religions ; ( 4 ) history ; ( 5 ) politics ; ( 6 ) economics and environment ; ( 7 ) ethno-cultural contact and exchange ; ( 8 ) architecture , arts , music , and handicrafts ; ( 9 ) archaeology ; and ( 10 ) others . program keynote speeches , plenary sessions , paper presentations , slides , posters , exhibition language the language to be used in the conference will be english . registration fees the registration fee includes conference documents , lunch , refreshments . students non - students overseas local overseas local before and on june 1 , 98 us $ 100 1 , 500 baht us $ 120 2 , 500 baht after june 1 , 1998 us $ 120 2 , 000 baht us $ 150 3 , 000 baht payment by international draft ( cheque ) in us dollar only . please make check payable to " mahidol university . " venue royal river hotel , bangkok , thailand abstract and paper abstracts are invited for the conference . by may 1 , 1998 , please submit two copies of a one-page abstract . abstract must be typed , camera ready , and contain the following information : titile of abstract , author 's name , affiliation , content . papers to be distributed at the conference must be submitted before june 1 , 1998 . papers to be presented at tai studies i will be published in the tai studies i proceedings and will be available for a purchase after the conference . to ensure inclusion in the volume , submit a camera-ready copy of paper by november 1 , 1998 . presentation will be 20 minutes in length , with 10 minutes for questions . accomodation and travel information the information on accommodations and travel will be announced later . conference registration a conference registration form is available at : http : / / www . mahidol . ac . th / mahidol / lc / index . html corresponding address : chair of secretariat tai studies i institute of language and culture for rural development mahidol university , salaya nakornpathom 73170 , thailand tel : ( 662 ) 441-9327 , 441-9343 , 441-9514 ; fax ( 662 ) 441-0209 email : lcssm @ mahidol . ac . th web page : http : / / www . mahidol . ac . th / mahidol / lc / index . html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - have you visited our institute 's homepage yet ? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = http : / / www . mahidol . ac . th / mahidol / lc / index . html
