conference second announcement tai studies international conference tai studies july 2931 1998 institute language culture rural development mahidol university salaya thailand second announcement rationale institute language culture rural development mahidol university pleased announce first international conference tai studies held july 2931 1998 bangkok main objective conference provide international forum scholars different countries present discuss various aspects tai studies conference feature papers tai outliner groups residing outside thailand namely lao black tai lue white tai ahom dai tay tho nung zhuang bouyei ong saek kam dong sui shui maonan mulam mulao mak ai cham lati laqua hlai gelao topics include 1 languages linguistics 2 folk wisdom literature 3 belief ritual religions 4 history 5 politics 6 economics environment 7 ethnocultural contact exchange 8 architecture arts music handicrafts 9 archaeology 10 others language language used conference english registration fees registration fee includes conference documents lunch refreshments students non students overseas local overseas local june 1 98 us 100 1 500 baht us 120 2 500 baht june 1 1998 us 120 2 000 baht us 150 3 000 baht payment international draft cheque us dollar please make check payable mahidol university venue royal river hotel bangkok thailand abstract paper abstracts invited conference may 1 1998 please submit two copies onepage abstract abstract must typed camera ready contain following information titile abstract author name affiliation content papers distributed conference must submitted june 1 1998 papers presented tai studies published tai studies proceedings available purchase conference ensure inclusion volume submit cameraready copy paper november 1 1998 presentation 20 minutes length 10 minutes questions accomodation travel information information accommodations travel announced later conference registration conference registration form available http www mahidol ac th mahidol lc index html corresponding address chair secretariat tai studies institute language culture rural development mahidol university salaya nakornpathom 73170 thailand tel 662 4419327 4419343 4419514 fax 662 4410209 email lcssm mahidol ac th web page http www mahidol ac th mahidol lc index html tentative program wednesday july 29th 8 30 9 30 registration 9 3010 00 opening ceremony 10 0010 15 brief introduction studies tai china institute language culture rural development prof khunying suriya ratanakul 10 1510 30 coffee break 10 3011 30 keynote sppech language corridor new data vietnam prof jerold edmondson university texas arlington master ceremony asst prof sukhumavadee khmahiran announcer mr vinya sysamouth 11 3013 00 lunch 13 0015 00 paper presentation 15 0015 15 coffee break 15 1516 30 paper presentation thursday july 30th 9 0010 45 plenary session current studies tai outside thailand panel current studies tai laoms china overview tai studies outside thailand current stdies tai laos assoc prof theraphan l thongkum chulalongkorn university bangkok current studies tai pr china assoc prof pranee kullavanijaya chulalongkorn university prof zhang gogjin mr zhou guoyan kam tai institute central university nationalities beijing moderator assoc prof somsonge burusphat mahidol university bangkok 10 4511 00 coffee break 11 0012 30 panel ii current studies tai vietnam myanmar india vietnam assoc prof sumit pitiphat thammasat university bangkok myanmar asst prof ratanaporn sethakul payap university chiangmai india assoc prof wilaiwan khanittanan thammasat university bangkok moderator prof chatthip nartsupha chulalongkorn university bangkok announcer ms megan sinnott 12 3013 30 lunch 13 3015 00 paper presentation 15 0015 15 coffee break 15 1516 30 paper presentation friday july 31th 9 0010 45 plenary session ii tai migration patterns interdisciplinary perspective linguistics prof jerold edmondson university texas arlington history archaeology assoc prof srisak vallibhotama silpakorn university bangkok physical anthropology assoc prof samerchai phulsuwan thammasat university bangkok folklore assoc prof siraporn na thalang moderator ms lakana daoratanahong mahidol university bangkok announcer ms pattiya jimreivat 10 4511 00 coffee break 11 0012 00 summation floor discussion closing ceremony master ceremony asst prof sukhumavadee khamhiran 12 3013 30 farewell lunch end second announcement