Public Lecture

“King Chulalongkorn and Singapore”

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The Royal Thai Embassy and the Centre for Language Studies cordially invite you to attend the public lecture on

Date:     Tuesday, 22 March 2011 at 09.30 – 12.30 hrs

Venue: Lecture Theatre 13, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS

Moderator: Dr. Tej Bunnag, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Thailand

Speakers: 1. Dr. Chanvit Kasetsiri, historian and former dean of Thammasat University
                        2. Datin Patricia Lim, author of “Through the Eyes of the King: The Travels of King                                                                Chulalongkorn to Malaya”
                        3. Assoc. Prof. Bruce Lockhart, Deputy Head, Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social                                     Sciences, NUS

Abstracts: The panelists will share their insights into King Chulalongkorn’s 1871 visit to Singapore, the first foreign country visited by a Thai monarch, and His subsequent trips to the city state, which had contributed to administrative reforms and modernization of Siam during His long reign from 1868 to 1910 and had served as a foundation for the friendly relations between Thailand and Singapore.

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