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Faculty Members

Social Science Division faculty members are diverse and draw on expertise from Europe, North America and Asia. Faculty have research and disciplinary expertise in international relations, international diplomacy, political science, history, sociology, anthropology, law and psychology. 

Faculty research reflects the interdisciplinary nature of International Relations and Global Affairs and their ability to apply their experiences and expertise in the classroom to prepare students for professional careers in our international, interconnected and complex world. 

Mr. Christian Oesterheld
Division Chair
E-mail: christian.oes@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1333

Education

  • B.A. Austronesian Studies, Asia-Africa Institute (AAI), University of Hamburg / Germany
  • M.Sc. Violence, Conflict and Development, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London / United Kingdom

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • Culture and Society of contemporary Indonesia
  • Memory, Justice and Accountability
  • Cultural History of Borneo
  • Borderland and Frontier Studies
  • Conflict and Violence in Southeast Asia

Course Taught

  • ICIR 212 Social Institutions of the Modern World
  • ICIR 213 Conflict, War and Peace Studies
  • ICIR 224 Security and Conflict in a Global Perspective
  • ICIR 227 Approaches to Culture and Society
  • ICIR 327 Ethnicity and Representations in International Affairs

Publications

  • 2020     “A Past for the Future: Frontier Heritage on the Upper Mahakam (East Kalimantan, Indonesia)”, Paideuma: Journal of Cultural Anthropology, 66: 201-218
  • 2017     “Genealogies of Anti-Madurese Violence in Kalimantan,” in: Cathrin Arenz, Michaela Haug, Stefan Seitz, et al. (eds.), Continuity under Change in Dayak Societies, (Wiesbaden: Springer VS) [Edition Centaurus – Sozioökonomische Prozesse in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika], pp. 163-88.
  • 2016     “(Un)becoming Dayak: Intermarriage and the Dynamics of Identity and Belonging in East Kalimantan”, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 17(2), pp. 138-56.
  • 2015     “Contextualization” and “Localization of Hinduism in Indonesia.” In: Religion in Southeast Asia: An Encyclopedia of Faiths and Cultures, edited by Jesudas M. Athyal. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 51-56 & 159-61.
  • 2014     “Cambodian-Thai Relations during the Khmer Rouge Regime: Evidence from the East German Diplomatic Archives,” Silpakorn University Journal of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts 14(2), pp. 161-82.
  • 2014     “Scapegoating Cambodia’s ‘Yuon’: Historical Perspectives on Khmer Anti-Vietnamism,” in: Robert Holman (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Austria, 03 – 06 June 2014, (Prague: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES)), pp. 576-589.
  • 2014     “East German Socialism and the Khmer Rouge Revolution: Insights from the GDR’s Diplomatic Archives,” in: Robert Holman (ed.), Proceedings of the 10th International Academic Conference, Vienna, Austria, 03 – 06 June 2014, (Prague: International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences (IISES)), pp. 560-575.
  • 2012     “Invoking Ne’ Rake: Ancestral Comrades in Contemporary Bornean Warfare.” In: Ancestors in Borneo Societies: Death, Transformation, and Social Immortality, edited by Pascal Couderc and Kenneth Sillander. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, pp.278-312.
  • 2012     “Kurt Singer” and “Ewald Volhard.” In: Stefan George und sein Kreis: Ein Handbuch, Vol. 3, edited by Achim Aurnhammer, Wolfgang Braungart, Stefan Breuer, et al. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 1654-58 & 1745-47.
  • 2011     “Political Theatre at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal,” Searching for the Truth IV/2011, pp. 51-53.

 

Dr. Hardina Ohlendorf
Program Director of IRGA
E-mail: hardina.ohl@mahidol.edu
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1616

Education

  • B.A. Sinology and Cultural Studies (Humboldt University Berlin)
  • International Chinese Language Program (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
  • M.Sc. Asian Politics (SOAS, University of London)
  • PhD Politics and International Studies (SOAS, University of London)

Areas of Research Interest

  • Identity
  • The Politics of Memory
  • Cultural and Political Dimensions of Tourism
  • Borderlands
  • East Asia

Course Taught

  • ICIR 203 Foundations of Political Thought
  • ICIR 235 Strategic Networks in Asia-Pacific
  • ICIR 324 Society and Technology in the Modern World
  • ICIR 325 Migration, Diaspora and the Politics of Space
  • ICIR 326 Contemporary China
  • ICIR 333 The Politics of Memory in Asia

Publications

  • Zhang, J. J. and Ohlendorf, H. 2022. ‘The not-so-great rapprochement: Taming and consuming Chiang Kai-shek in Cross-Strait rapprochement tourism’, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 8(1). pp. 109-130.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2020. Book review of The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Taiwan. International Journal of Taiwan Studies. Vol. 3 (1). pp. 167-170.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2018. ‘Memorial Cultures in Democratic South Korea and Taiwan.’ Research Symposion of the Asia Culture Center. Gwangju: Asia Culture Center.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2018. ‘Studying Taiwan: The Politics of Area Studies in the United States and Europe’, in W. Richter, E. Koldunova and A. Tzeng (Eds.), Framing Asian Studies: Institutions: Geopolitics and Institutions. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 142-162.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2017. ‘Building a New Academic Field: The Institutionalization of Taiwan Studies in Europe’, International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 13 (2), 115-140. https://doi.org/10.21315/ijaps2017.13.2.6.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2014. ‘The Taiwan Dilemma in Chinese Nationalism’, Asian Survey, 54 (3), 471-491.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2014. Book review of China Goes Global: The Partial Power by David Shambaugh, Silpakorn University International Journal of Social Sciences, 14 (3), 193-198.
  • Ohlendorf, H. 2012. The construction of Taiwan identity in the global field of Taiwan Studies. PhD dissertation. London: SOAS, University of London.
Ms. Pattaka Sa-ngimnet
Program Director for General Education and Internship Social science Division
pattaka.sag@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1123

Education

  • D. Candidate (Teaching and Technology; Assumption University, Thailand)
  • A. (History of Gender Issues; University of Central Arkansas, USA)
  • A. (Social Science; Mahidol University International College, Thailand)

Areas of Research Interest

  • Gender Inequality, Cultural Issues, Education Issues.

Course Taught

  • Tourism Geography
  • Human Geography
  • Gender Issues in the Modern World
  • Independent Study in the Social Sciences
Dr. Christin Grothaus
Program Coordinator for Psychology Minor and Certificate Program
christinmarie.gro@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1756

Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate Educational and Social Science
  • University of Oldenburg
  • M.A. Educational Science, Psychology
  • University of Hamburg
  • B.A. Educational Science, Psychology
  • University of Hamburg

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • Media usage and perception across cultures
  • Bullying and discrimination
  • Expatriation, HR development
  • Collaborative online learning across cultures

Course Taught

  • Social Psychology
  • Prosocial and Antisocial Behavior
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Psychology of Motivation
  • Introduction to Psychology
Publications (optional)
  • Grothaus, C. (2022). Collaborative Online Learning across Cultures: the Role of Teaching- and Social Presence. Qualitative Research in Education, 11(3), 297 235. http://dx.doi.org/10.17583/qre.10474
  • Grothaus, C., Dolch, C. & Zawacki-Richter, O. (2021). Use of Digital Media in Higher Education across Country Contexts: A Comparison between Germany and Thailand. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET). 16(64). https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v16i20.24263
  • Grothaus, C. & Zawacki-Richter, O. (2020). Collaborative Online Learning in the Cultural Context of South East Asia: A Systematic Review. Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.16986/HUJE.2020062020
  • Grothaus, C. (2018). Compliance across cultures, towards an increased understanding of the Self and the Other Global Ethics, In: Global Ethics, Compliance & Integrity, Deutscher Fachverlag.
  • Grothaus, C. (2017). Cross-cultural compliance, Comply – The magazine for compliance professionals, 3, 57-59.
  • Grothaus, C. (2015). Adapting HR Concepts of German MNC’s to Thai Subsidiaries. International Journal of Behavioral Science, 10(2), 37-52.
  • Grothaus, C. (2010) Leading with emotional intelligence: German HR development in Thailand. Thaizeit, 47, 28-30.
  • Grothaus, C. (2010). Life lessons, German – Thai School for Life. Thaizeit, 37, 28-30.
  • Grothaus, C. & Niratpattanasai K. (2009). Bridging the Gap – Focus on Thai Strength. Bangkok Post.

 

Asst. Prof. Mr. William J. Jones
william.jon@mahidol.edu
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 2119

Education

  • Ph. D. Candidate Philosophy; Mahidol University, Thailand. “The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: Evolutionary Protection or Designed to Fail?”
  • M.A. European Studies; Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
  • B.A. Southeast Asian Studies; Mahidol University International College, Thailand

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • ASEAN regionalism
  • European Union regionalism
  • Comparative regionalism
  • Human rights in Southeast Asia
  • Contemporary Thai politics

Course Taught

  • ICIR 101 Approaches to International Relations and Global Affairs
  • ICIR 312 International Law and International Relations
  • ICGS 130 Political Science

Publications (optional)

Peer Reviewed Articles
Op-Ed, Book Reviews, Periodicals and Encyclopedia Entries

2024

2023

2022

2021

2016-2017

2012-2015

Editorial Board Appointments
  • Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences
  • Journal of Asia Pacific Studies
  • Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal
  • Pólosuk Journal of Political and International Studies
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Douglas Rhein
Douglas.rhe@mahidol.edu
+66 (0) 2700 5000

Education

  • BSc     Psychology, Eastern Michigan University, USA
  • MSc    Psychology, Leicester University, U.K.
  • MA      Mass Communications, Leicester University, U.K.
  • PhD     Education, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • Psychology
  • Culture
  • International Education
  • Media & Film Analysis

Course Taught

  • Abnormal Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Motivational Psychology
  • Evolutionary Psychology

Publications

  • Rhein, D., & Nanni, A. (2022). Assessing Mental Health Among Thai University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study. SAGE Open12(4). .
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2022). Memory, remembrance and nostalgia in Ken Burns’ The Vietnam War. Critical Studies in Television, p. 1-13
  • Tsai, A., & Rhein, D. (2022). Mate Selection Preferences Based on Altruistic Characteristics Among Thais. International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, 18(1), 107-123.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2022). ‘Of course it is idealised’: Lindsay Anderson’s Every Day Except Christmas. Journal of British Cinema and Television19(1), 67-86.
  • Rhein, D., & Nanni, A. (2021). The impact of global university rankings on universities in Thailand: don’t hate the player, hate the game. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 1-11.
  • Puchakanit, P., & Rhein, D. (2021). Student Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in Thailand: Origins and Impact. Sexuality & Culture, 1-20.
  • Rypo-Plesti, B & Rhein, D. (2021).   A Qualitative Analysis of Academic and Cultural Adjustment: American Students in Thailand, What Can Be Done for Them? Sage Open.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2021). Soldier of Fortune and the Expatriate Adventure Film. Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 1-17
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2020). Images of Modernity: Madness in the Films of Karel Reisz, Lindsay Anderson, Sam Peckinpah and Nicolas Roeg. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 10 (4), 1413-1442.
  • Rhein, D., & McDonald, I. (2020). Undergraduate Student Stress, Coping and Resiliency in Thai Higher Education. Human Behavior, Development and Society21(3), 7-18.
  • Rhein, D., & Jones, W. (2020). The impact of ethnicity on the sociocultural adjustment of international students in Thai higher education. Educational Research for Policy and Practice19(3), 363-388.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2019). Nostalgia, Stasis, and the Vietnam War Film. Journal of Film and Video71(4), 15-28.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2019). Modernism and the crisis of modernity: society and the individual in Lindsay Anderson’s O Dreamland. Studies in Documentary Film, 1-12.
  • Gambhir, R., & Rhein, D. (2019). A qualitative analysis of the repatriation of Thai-Indian Third Culture Kids in Thailand. Asian Ethnicity, 1-17.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2019) Fifty Years On: Gender and the Role of Imagination in Lindsay Anderson’s If…, Journal of Popular Film and Television, 47(2), 81-89.
  • Pitakchinnapong, N., & Rhein, D. (2019). Exploration of the Causation of Mental Illness in Thailand: Perceptions of Thai University Students.  Human Behavior, Development and Society. 20(2), 7-19.
  • Cornelius, P., & Rhein, D. (2019). Cinema of Change: Evolving Responses to World War II in Japan and the United States. In World War II Re-explored. Peter Lang Publications.
  • Rhein, D. (2018). International University Students in Thailand: Shifting from Universalistic Models to an Ethnicity Matters Approach. Journal of Research in International Education, 17(3), 286-308.
  • Rhein, D. (2018). African American Student Sociocultural Adjustment to Thai International Higher Education. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 11(2), 1-14.
  • Rhein, D. (2018).  Sociocultural Adjustment and Coping Strategies of Korean and Japanese Students in a Thai International College. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. 14 (1), 57-78.
  • Rhein, D. (2018). Positive Aspects of Study Abroad Programs in Thailand: Students Perceptions of Events. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences. 4(4), 492-526.
  • Jones, W. J., & Rhein, D. L. (2017). Tutorial Schools in Thailand: Perceptions and Motivations of Thai High School Students. In FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education. 4(2), 66-83.
  • Jones, W. J., & Rhein, D. (2017). Hegemonic Preservation and Thailand’s Constitutional Crisis. Romanian Journal of Society & Politics12(2), 7-35.
  • Rhein, D (2017). International Higher Education in Thailand: Challenges within a Changing Context.  Journal of Alternative Perspectives in the Social Sciences 8 (3), 281-298.
  • Rhein, D. (2016).  Westernisation and the Thai higher education system: past and present. Journal of Educational Administration and History. 48(3), 261-274.
  • Rhein, D. (2016). Burmese sociocultural adjustment to Thai international programs: an analysis of the impact of historical revisionism. Journal of Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 15(3), 189-208.
  • Rhein, D. & Sukawatana, P. (2015).  Thai university student schemas and anxiety symptomatology. International Education Studies, 8(7), 108-126.
  • Rhein, D. (2013). The Researcher You are is the Person You Are.  Interdisciplinary Studies Journal. Social Science Journal of Mahidol University 13(2), 77-91.
  • Rhein, D. (2013). The Workplace Challenge: Cross-Cultural Leadership in Thailand.  International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)). 41(1), 41-55.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ruchi Agarwal
ruchi.aga@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1703

Education

  • Ph.D. (Multicultural Studies; RILCA, Mahidol University, Thailand)
  • M.A. (Culture and Development; Mahidol University, Thailand) M.A. (International Economics and Finance, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
  • B.A. (Business Administration; Mahidol University International College, Thailand)
  • Areas of Research Interest / Publication
  • Religious Diversity in Thailand, Economics of Religions, Economic Development, South Asian Regional Development.

Publication

  • Agarwal, R. (2018). Hinduism Transformed? A Case Study of Hindu Diaspora in Thailand. In Hiralal. K (ed.) Global Hindu Diaspora: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Routledge: London and New York. Ch.5. pp. 103-122.
  • Agarwal, R. (2018). Religions, Trade Networks, and their Marketing Infrastructure in Asia. Antrocom Journal of Anthropology. Vol. 14. N.2. (2018). ISSN 1973-2880.
  • Agarwal, R. (2018). Breaking the Links? A Case Study of Indian Diaspora in Thailand. Journal of Global Analysis. Vol. 8. No. 2. pp 129-143.
  • Agarwal, R. & Jones. W (2018).  Ganesa and his cult in Contemporary Thailand.  International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies. Vol. 14. No.2 (July 2018).  ISSN 1823-6243.
  • Agarwal, R. (2018). Commodification of Hinduism in Contemporary Thailand: Evidence from a Hindu Shrine in Bangkok.  Human Behavior, Development and Society. Vol. 19 (December 2018). ISSN 2651-1762.
  • Agarwal, R. (2015). Hinduism Transformed? A Case Study of Hindu Diaspora in Thailand. Nidan: International Journal for the Study of Hinduism. University of Kwazulu-Natal, Vol. 27. Nos. 1&2. 2015.
  • Agarwal, R. (2014). Changing Roles of Women in Indian Cinema. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies (HASSS). Vol. 14. no.2 (May-Aug. 2014) pp 91-106. ISSN (Online): 2630-0079https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hasss/article/view/20004/17430
  • Agarwal, R. (2013). Cultural Collusion: South Asia and the construction of the Modern Thai National Identities. Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences (Supplementary Issue), Mahidol University, Vol. 13. Special issue pp 89-115.
  • Agarwal, R. (2012). Thai and Indian Cultural Linkage: The Religious Festivities. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies (HASSS). Vol. 11.no. 2. pp 79-90. https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hasss/article/view/7477/6462
  • Agarwal, R. (2010). Water festivals of Thailand: The Indian Connection. Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Studies (HASSS). Vol. 9-10. pp 7-18.   https://www.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/hasss/article/view/7501/6486

Course Taught

  • ICGS 135 Religious Experiences
  • ICIR 234 Perspectives on South Asia
  • ICIR 301 Research Methods
  • ICIR 331 Religion and Politics in the Contemporary World
Asst. Prof. Dr. Natanaree Posrithong
E-mail: natanaree.pos@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext

Education

  • A. Social Science (First Hon.)
  • Mahidol University International College, Thailand
  • A. History of International Relations
  • London School of Economic and Political Science, the United Kingdom
  • Culture, History & Language
  • Thesis Title: “Voices and Roles of Competing Groups of Elite Women in Siam’s Political
  • and Social Transitions, 1868-1942” (2015)
  • Australian National University, Australia

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • Women’s history
  • Biopower and politics of genders
  • Gender inequalities
  • Colonial history
  • European integration

Course Taught

  • Gender Issues in the Globalized World
  • The Formation of the Modern World: From the Industrial Revolution to High Imperialism
  • American History, Popular Media, and Modern Life
  • Europe Since 1945
Publications (optional)
  • Posrithong, “The Policy and Politics of Influencing Interbreeding to Increase Population during the Regime of General Phibun and Its Unintended Consequence on the Status of Thai Women” Journal of Population and Social Studies 28.3 (2020): 210-220.
  • Posrithong, “The Siamese ‘Modern Girl’ and Women’s Consumer Culture, 1925-1935” Sojourn Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 34.1 (2019): 110-148.
  • Posrithong “The Modernisation of Female Education and the Emergence of Class-conflict Between Literate Groups of Women in Siam 1870-1910” in Jolliffe, P. M., & Bruce, T. R. (Eds.). Southeast Asian Schools in Modern History: Education, Manipulation, and Contest. Routledge (2018)
  • Posrithong, “Women’s hats in semi-colonial Siam: a material conflict between elite women in the absolutist and post-absolutist years” Thammasat Journal of History 4. 2 (2017)
  • Posrithong, The Russo-Siamese Relations: Reign of King Chulalongkorn” Silpakorn University International Journal 9-10 (2009-2010): 87-116.
  • Posrithong, “Women Enter the Post-Absolutist Public Sphere 1932-1945” Rian Thai International Journal of Thai Studies 6 (2013).
Dr. Robin Ramcharan

Education

• Ph.D. International Relations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 1998
• Master of Laws (LLM), International Law Specialization, University of London, UK 2012
• M.A. International Relations, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies 1993
• Bachelor of Laws (LLB), University of London, UK 2005
• B.A. (Hons.) History, Queen’s University, Canada 1989

 

Selected Publications

Books and Monographs
• 2018. Asia and the Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Co-authored. Palgrave Macmillan (c. October 2018)
• 2017. The Universal Periodic Review of Southeast Asia: Civil Society Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan
• 2013 International Intellectual Property Law and Human Security. Asser Press/Springer, 2013
• 2007 Foreign Policy and the National Security of Guyana, Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press 2007.
• 2002 Forging a Singaporean Statehood 1965 – 1995: The Contribution of Japan. Dordrecht: Kluwer Law International, 2003 http://www.history-asia.com/l-4911-8.html
• 1998 Asian Pacific Security: Pitfalls of the Regional Approach. Program for Strategic and International Studies, Graduate Institute of International Affairs, Geneva, Occasional Paper No. 1, January 1998

Book Chapters
• 2019 “Human Rights and Conflict Prevention: The Protection Gap,” in Routledge Handbook of Human Rights in Asia, edited by Francois de Varennes and Christie Gardiner
• 2015 “International Migration in Southeast Asia: Protection Norms and Challenges Facing ASEAN,” in Family, Separation and Migration: An Evolution-Involution of the Global Refugee Crisis, Edited by Oreste Foppiani and Oana A. Scarlatescu, Peter Lang Publishers (Switzerland).
• 2012 “Business, Intellectual Property and Human Rights,” chapter in International Business and Human Rights edited by Dr. Manoj Sinha, (Sage)
• 2005 “The ASEAN Regional Forum,” in Conflict Prevention in Practice, edited by B.G.Ramcharan, Dordrecht: Martinus Nijhoff. With preface by Prof. Paul Kennedy.
• 2003 “ASEAN and Non-Interference,” in The 2nd ASEAN Reader, S. Siddique and S.Kumar, Eds., Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp.52-57.

Articles
• 2015. Special Edition of Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs on “Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Asia,” c. December 2015, co-edited. (peer-reviewed)
• 2013 “ASEAN’s Problematic Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights: The New Media’s Role in Enhancing the Protection of Human Rights,” in Journal of International Studies (UUM, Malaysia), Vol. 9,
• 2013. (peer-reviewed) 2012 “The Protection of Human Rights In Southeast Asia: Improving The Effectiveness Of Civil Society,” with James Gomez, in Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law (2) (2012) 27-43 (peer-reviewed)
• 2011 “The Case for an International Equity Panel in the World Intellectual Property Regime,” article in Indian Journal of International Law (IJIL), October/November 2011. (peer-reviewed)
• 2010 “ASEAN’s Human Rights Commission: Policy Considerations for Enhancing its Capacity to Protect Human Rights, UCL Human Rights Review, December 2010 (peer-reviewed)
• 2006 “Singapore’s Emerging Knowledge Economy: The Role of Intellectual Property and its Possible Socio-Economic Implications for Singapore.” The World Intellectual Property Journal. Vol.9, No. 3, 2006 (peer-reviewed)
• 2005 “Protecting Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Medicines of Indigenous Peoples through Intellectual Property Rights: Issues, Challenges and Strategies,” co-authored with Mpazi Sinjela, Journal of Minority and Group Rights, Sweden, (peer-reviewed)
• 2005 “Intellectual Property and Security: A Preliminary Exploration,” in Contemporary Robin Ramcharan 10 Security Policy, Volume 26, No. 1, April 2005. (peer-reviewed)
• 2004 “The Protection of Copyrights and Related Rights in Africa: Challenges to Protection in the Internet Age,” co-authored with Mpazi Sinjela, in African Yearbook of International Law, Vol.10, 2002. (peer-reviewed)
• 2000 “ASEAN and Non-Interference: A Principle Maintained,” Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs. Vol. 22/1, April 2000. (peer-reviewed)
• 2000 “The African Refugee Crisis: Contemporary Challenges to the Protection of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Africa,” in African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 8 (published 2002)
• 2000 “Thirty years on: a legal review of the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention,” co-authored revision of Professor Ab-Saab’s article. African Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 8
• 1999 “ASEAN Regional Forum: Pitfall in Pacific Asia’s Security?” World Affairs (New Delhi), Fall 1999. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.com/iss_detail99.htm

Course Taught

  • ICIR 202 Globalization and the International Order in the Twentieth Century: From the First World War to 9/11
  • ICIR 226 The History and Concept of Diplomacy
  • ICIR 223 Democracy as a Political System
  • ICIR 305 Conflict Resolution
Dr. James A. Warren
E-mail: james.war@mahidol.ac.th
+66 (0) 2700 5000, Ext. 1112

Education

  • PhD in History, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK, 2007
  • MA South East Asia Area Studies (Distinction), SOAS, University of London, UK, 2001
  • BA (Hons) Modern History and Politics, University of Reading, Reading, UK, 1996

Areas of Research Interest (4-5 areas)

  • State enterprises and economic development in Thailand
  • Taxation and regulation of gambling, alcohol, drugs and tobacco in Thailand
  • Development and propagation of Thai historiography
  • Impact of Western imperialism in Southeast Asia

Course Taught

  • ICIR 214 Perspectives on Thailand
  • ICIR 215 Thai Foreign Policy
  • ICIR 231 Imperial Legacies in Asia
Publications (optional)
  • ‘Semi-Colonialism Distilled: The Société française des distilleries de l’Indochine and the Siamese Government in the Early Twentieth Century’, Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 30, No. 3 (Nov. 2015), pp. 641-674
  • ‘Troublesome Spirits: Alcohol, Excise and Extraterritoriality in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Siam’, South East Asia Research, Vol. 21, No. 4 (Dec. 2013), pp. 575-599
  • Gambling, the State and Society in Thailand, c.1800-1945, London and New York: Routledge, 2013 (paperback 2015)
  • ‘The Rangoon Jail Riot of 1930 and the Prison Administration of British Burma’, South East Asia Research, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Mar. 2002), pp. 5-29
Dr. Mario Maritan
Phone 02-700-5000 ext 1312
E-mail mario.mar@mahidol.ac.th

Education

  • PhD Modern History, University College London, 2022
  • MPhil Byzantine History, Jesus College, University of Cambridge, 2016
  • MA, Classics and Ancient History, Durham University, 2015
  • BA (Hons) Anthropology and Sociology, Durham University, 2014

Academic Publications

  • Maritan, M. “US imperialism and its legacies in East Asia: Thucydides trap or Thrasymachus paradox?”, Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences (2024), DOI: 10.1007/s40647-024-00402-7
  • Maritan, M. “Frankfurt am Meer: the “illiberal” liberalism of the German Confederation and its aspirations over the Habsburg Adriatic in 1848”, Nationalities Papers (2024), 52: 2, 397–413
  • Maritan, M. “Elite nationalism and the crumbling of multi-ethnic coexistence: Habsburg Dalmatia and the language question in the wake of Italian unification”, Nationalities Papers (2023) DOI: 10.1017/nps.2023.57
  • Maritan, M. “National indifference and dynastic loyalty in comparative perspective: the demise of the Habsburg and Ottoman empires revisited”, History Compass 20, 12 (2022), 1–11
  • Maritan, M. “National indifference, legibility and opportunism at the dawn of nation states: the re-shaping of Habsburg Trieste in the 1860s”, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 28, 4 (2022), 413–431
  • Maritan M. “National indeterminacies at the periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy: nationalisms versus multi-ethnic identities in Fiume/Rijeka and Trieste, 1848-1867”, Nations and Nationalism 27, 1 (2021), 174–188
  • Maritan, M. “Becoming Austrian, becoming European? Supranationalism in the Habsburg South in an age of emerging nationalisms: The comparative relevance of Trieste” (Forthcoming in European History Quarterly)
Dr. Jaruwan Sakulku
Phone –
E-mail jaruwan.sau@mahidol.ac.th
Dr. Kenneth Houston
Phone –
E-mail kenneth.bre@mahidol.ac.th

Education
  • PhD Politics, Ulster University (2009)
  • MA Peace & Conflict Studies, Ulster University (2005)
  • Higher Diploma, Mediation & Conflict Resolution, University College Dublin (2007)
  • BA (Hons) Combined Arts, Ulster University (2004)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education (International) [PGCEi], University of Nottingham (2021)
  • International Baccalaureate Education Certificate (DP) in Teaching & Learning, DePaul University (2021)
Areas of Research Interest
  • Regional Integration
  • Peace & Conflict Studies
  • Social Power
  • Political Discourse
  • Religion & Politics
Courses Taught
  • ICIR 204 Perspectives in International Relations
  • ICIR 217 Culture & Power
  • ICIR 228 Europe and the West in the Contemporary World
  • ICIR 305 Conflict Resolution
  • ICIR 314 International Development
  • ICIR 321 Political Risk, Business and International Relations
  • ICIR 331 Religion & Politics in the Contemporary World
Publications
  • Houston, K (2024) ‘Writing’ and sustaining Asian regionalism: interpreting the official discourse of ASEAN, South East Asia Research, 32 (2), 1-21
  • Houston, K (2022) ‘Fake in the Mainstream: the media, the military and Myanmar’s elections’ in Fake News and Elections in Asia, James Gomez & Robin Ramcharan (eds), London, Routledge
  • Houston, K (2020) ‘Pseudo Neutrality in Inter-state Conflict: Myanmar’s Official Discourse on Rakhine’, Central European Journal of International and Security Studies (CEJISS) 14 (2), 25-52
  • Houston, K & Briggs, J (2017) ‘Foreign Policy and Identity Politics: Trump and Brexit through Putnam’s Two Level Games’, Paper presented at the History, Story, Narrative IAFOR Conference, Kobe Japan, April
  • Houston, K (2017) ‘Northern ‘Troubles’ and Southern ‘Fire’: an examination of the peace processes in Northern Ireland and Southern Thailand’, PNC 2017 Conference, Pattani, Southern Thailand
  • Houston, K (2015) ‘The Global Ummah as a Communicative Strategy: Power and Identity in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’, Paper presented at the Sixth IAFOR conference, Kobe, Japan
  • Houston, Kenneth (2014) ‘Church-EU Dialogue under Article 17.3: Consensus-seeking instrument or power strategy?’ Politics and Religion, 7 (1), 148-176
  • Houston, K (2013) ‘The Strategic Utility of Non-violence in Violent Conflict’, Asia Pacific Peace Research Association (APPRA), Bangkok, Thailand
  • Houston, Kenneth (2012) ‘When God is not so good: corporate religion contra new social movements’ in Yip, A and Nyans, P, (Eds) Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life, London: Ashgate
  • Bush, Kenneth & Houston, Kenneth (2012) The Story of Peace: Learning from EU Peace Funding in Northern Ireland and the Border Region of Ireland SEUPB, Belfast
  • Houston, Kenneth (2012) ‘Shared Future or Our Future? Speaking Truth to Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland’ Shared Space, Issue 12, (February), Community Relations Council, Northern Ireland
  • Houston, Kenneth (2011) ‘Religion and European Integration: Predominant Themes and Emerging Research Priorities’ Religion Compass 5 (8): 462-476
  • Houston, Kenneth (2011) ‘Formal Church-State dialogue in Ireland: A Critique of Concept’ Irish Journal of Public Policy 3 (1)
  • Houston, Kenneth (2010) ‘The “Global” and the “International” as Complementary Power Strategies within Corporate Roman Catholicism’ Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies, Issue 3, pp.7-35
  • Houston, Kenneth (2009) ‘The Logic of Structured Dialogue between Religious Associations and the Institutions of the European Union’ Religion, State and Society 37 (1/2): 207-222
Ms.Wimonsiri Hemtanon
wimonsiri.hem@mahidol.edu
+66 (0) 2700-5000, Ext. 1529

Education

  • Pursuing Ph.D., Southeast Asian Studies, University of Passau
  • M.A., Political Science, Chulalongkorn University
  • B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University

Areas of Research Interest

  • Thai Language, Sociology, Southeast Asia, Politics, Media, Social Media

Courses Taught

  • Introduction to Thai Language and Culture; Elementary Thai I, Elementary Thai II; Elementary Thai III
    Ethics and Media

Publications List

  • Wimonsiri Hemtanon. (2018). 1. ขลุ่ยบ้านลาว บางไส้ไก่ 2.รอยทางวัฒธรรม  Currywurst. In มรกต ไมยเออร์(Ed).  สีสันพหุวัฒนธรรมบนรอยทางอาเซียน–สหภาพยุโรป–เอชีย. (pp.119-133). Thailand: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University.
  • Wimonsiri Hemtanon. (2017). นินนะดีโซซาย. In Morakot Meyer and Zhu Tingshu (Eds.). Out of the Ordinary: Female Migrant Workers from Myanmar and Their Transnational Lives in Thailand, (pp.177-192). Thailand: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia, Mahidol University.
  • Wimonsiri Hemtanon and Arpaporn Iemubol. (2016). ภาษาอังกฤษเพื่อการท่องเที่ยวโดยชุมชน. Department of Tourism (Ed.) คู่มือสำหรับฝึกอบรมชุมชนท่องเที่ยว. (pp. 114-130). Thailand: Department of Tourism.

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