238 นักวิชาการเรียกร้องขอให้เสรีภาพทางวิชาการในไทย

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Thu, 2015-03-05

นักวิชาการ นักเขียน นักคิด จาก19ประเทศ อาทิ นอม ชอมสกี้, แคทเธอรีน โบวี่,ทักษ์ เฉลิมเตียรณ, เควิน ฮิววิสัน, ดันแคน แม็คคาโก, เจมส์ ซี สก็อต, ไมเคิล บูราวอย ฯลฯ ชี้จำกัดเสรีภาพทางวิชาการเป็นการขัดขวางการเรียนการสอน จำกัดจินตนาการ ความคิด การทำงาน และขัดขวางการกลับคืนสู่ระบอบที่มีการปกป้องสิทธิเสรีภาพเป็นหลัก ประนามไล่สมศักดิ์ออกเป็นความร่วมมือระหว่างธรรมศาสตร์และคณะทหาร ผู้ลงชื่อทั้ง 238 คน เรียกร้องขอให้เสรีภาพทางวิชาการกลับมาในประเทศไทย

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นักวิชาการ นักเขียน นักคิด เรียกร้องขอให้เสรีภาพทางวิชาการกลับมาในประเทศไทย
(เผยแพร่ วันที่ 4 มีนาคม 2558)

9 เดือนหลังจากที่คณะปฏิรูปแห่งชาติ (คสช.) ก่อรัฐประหารครั้งล่าสุดในประเทศไทย ซึ่งนับเป็นรัฐประหารครั้งที่ 13 ตั้งแต่การเปลี่ยนแปลงการปกครอง 24 มิถุนายน 2475 ได้มีกลุ่มนักวิชาการ นักเขียน นักคิด จำนวน 238 คนทำจดหมายเปิดผนึก เรียกร้องขอให้มีเสรีภาพทางวิชาการในประเทศไทย นักวิชาการกลุ่มนี้เสนอข้อเรียกร้องด้วยจิตวิญญาณภราดรภาพและความเคารพต่อความจริง ก่อนหน้านี้ก็มีนักวิชาการไทยจำนวนไม่น้อยที่ออกแถลงการณ์เมื่อสัปดาห์ที่แล้วหลังจากที่ ดร. สมศักดิ์ เจียมธีรสกุล ถูกไล่ออกจากตำแหน่งที่มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์อย่างไม่เป็นธรรม กลุ่มนักวิชาการ 238 คนนี้ตั้งข้อสังเกตว่าตั้งแต่รัฐประหารเป็นต้นมามีการจำกัดสิทธิเสรีภาพในการแสดงออกอย่างสูงและอยู่ในภาวะน่าเป็นห่วง พวกเขาวิจารณ์การไล่ดร.สมศักดิ์ออกว่าเป็นตัวอย่างของความร่วมมือระหว่างมหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์และคณะทหาร

กลุ่มนักวิชาการ 238 คนนี้ไม่ได้ยกเสรีภาพทางวิชาการว่ามีความสำคัญเหนือกว่าเสรีภาพในการแสดงออกของประชาชนทุกคน หากแต่พวกเขาตั้งข้อสังเกตว่า การลิดรอนเสรีภาพทางวิชาการเป็นสิ่งที่ยิ่งอันตรายในช่วงระยะที่มีการปกครองแบบเผด็จการ เนื่องจากเป็นการ “ขัดขวางการเรียนการสอนของบรรดาอาจารย์และนักศึกษา ที่ภาระหน้าที่ปกติประจำวันคือการคิดและการพิจารณาความรู้และความหมาย ก่อให้เกิดการจำกัดจินตนาการและการทำงาน และขัดขวางการกลับคืนสู่ระบอบที่มีการปกป้องสิทธิเสรีภาพเป็นหลัก”

กลุ่ม 238 นักวิชาการ นักคิด และนักเขียนนี้มาจาก 19 ประเทศ ประกอบด้วยประเทศออสเตรเลีย ออสเตรีย แคนาดา โคลัมเบีย เดนมาร์ก ฝรั่งเศส ญี่ปุ่น มาเลเซีย เนเธอร์แลนด์ ฟิลิปปินส์ สิงคโปร์ เกาหลี สวีเดน ไต้หวัน ประเทศไทย ตุรกี อังกฤษ และสหรัฐอเมริกา ในตอนท้ายของจดหมาย นักวิชาการกลุ่มนี้ เรียกร้องให้มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ และ ทุกๆ มหาวิทยาลัยในประเทศไทย “ก้าวออกมาเป็นผู้นำในการสนับสนุนเสรีภาพทางวิชาการและเสรีภาพในการแสดงออกอย่างกว้างขวาง”พร้อมกับเสนอว่า “การคิดต่างกันไม่ใช่อาชญากรรม ถ้าหากไม่ได้คิดต่างกันในรั้วมหวิทยาลัยอันเป็นพื้นที่การเรียนการสอนและการแสวงหาความจริงแล้ว พื้นที่สำหรับความคิดนอกรั้วมหาวิทยาลัยจะเริ่มหดหายไปเช่นกัน”

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Scholars, Writers and Thinkers Call for Academic Freedom in Thailand
For immediate release
March 4, 2015

Over nine months after Thailand’s 12th military coup since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932 was launched by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), 238 scholars, writers and thinkers, issued a call in support of academic freedom in Thailand in solidarity with colleagues inside the country who did so the week before. Catalyzed by the summary firing of prominent historian Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul by Thammasat University, they note that there has been a sharp decline in protection of freedom of expression in Thailand since the coup. They are critical of the summary dismissal of Dr. Somsak and comment that it is an example of alignment between the NCPO and Thammasat University.

They do not privilege academic freedom, but note that attacks on it during dictatorship are particularly dangerous as this, “prevents students and scholars, those whose daily job is to think about knowledge and its implications, from imagining and working to return to a democratic regime founded on the protection of rights and liberties.”

The scholars are from 19 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. They conclude with a request for Thammasat University and all universities in Thailand, “to take an active and leading role in support of academic freedom and freedom of expression in a broad sense.” They link academic freedom with freedom of thought and human rights more broadly, and note that, “To think differently is not a crime. If one cannot do so within the walls of the university, spaces of learning and the pursuit of truth, then the space to do so outside those walls will dwindle as well.”


A Call for the Protection of Academic Freedom in Thailand

As concerned international observers of Thailand, we stand in solidarity with our colleagues who have condemned the summary dismissal of Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul by Thammasat University on 23 February 2015. We have watched with growing concern as the space for freedom of expression has shrunk precipitously in Thailand since the 22 May 2014 coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). By choosing to join with the NCPO to attack Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul, the Thammasat University administration has abdicated its responsibility to protect academic freedom and nurture critical thinking. While academic freedom is not worthy of protection greater than that of the right to freedom of expression of all citizens, the impact of its destruction during a time of dictatorship is particularly severe as it prevents students and scholars, those whose daily job is to think about knowledge and its implications, from imagining and working to return to a democratic regime founded on the protection of rights and liberties.

For more than twenty years, Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul has been a lecturer in the Department of History and has trained and inspired many students at Thammasat University. As a public intellectual, he has produced a significant body of work in modern Thai history that has impacted and challenged Thai society beyond the walls of the university. His critical stance has made those in power uncomfortable, and in 2011 he faced an accusation from the Army of violating Article 112, the section of the Criminal Code that addresses alleged lèse majesté. In February 2014, there was an attempt on his life when armed gunmen shot at his house and car with automatic weapons. Concerned about his life and liberty following the May 2014 coup, Dr. Somsak fled the country. He was subsequently summoned to report by the junta, and when he did not, the NCPO issued a warrant for his arrest and appearance in military court, as examination of violations of the junta’s orders was placed within the jurisdiction of the military court following the coup. In December 2014, he submitted his resignation. However, rather than accept his resignation, Thammasat University fired Dr. Somsak.

We stand in solidarity with our colleagues who note that, at the very least, Dr. Somsak Jeamteerasakul should be permitted to appeal the decision by Thammasat University to summarily dismiss him. In addition, he should be permitted to fight any legal charges against him in the civilian criminal court, not the military court. We further call on Thammasat University and all universities in Thailand to take an active and leading role in support of academic freedom and freedom of expression in a broad sense. To think differently is not a crime. If one cannot do so within the walls of the university, spaces of learning and the pursuit of truth, then the space to do so outside those walls will dwindle as well.

Signed,

1. ​Patricio N. Abinales, Professor, School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawaii-Manoa
2. Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University
3. Nadje Al-Ali, Professor of Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
4. Robert B. Albritton, Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Mississippi
5. Saowanee T. Alexander, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
6. Tariq Ali, Author
7. Aries A. Arugay, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines-Diliman
8. Indrė Balčaitė, PhD candidate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
9. Joshua Barker, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto
10. Veysel Batmaz, Professor, Istanbul University, Turkey
11. Bryce Beemer, History Department, Colby College
12. Trude Bennett, Emeritus Professor, School of Public Health, UNC
13. Clarinda Berja, Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines-Manila.
14. Kristina Maud Bergeron, Agente de recherche et chercheuse associée, Chaire en entrepreneuriat minier UQAT-UQAM, Université du Québec à Montréal
15. Chris Berry, Professor, Department of Film Studies, King's College London
16. Robert J. Bickner, Emeritus Professor (Thai), Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia, University of Wisconsin
17. David J.H. Blake, Independent Scholar, United Kingdom
18. John Borneman, Professor of Antbropology, Princeton University
19. Katherine Bowie, Professor of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
20. Francis R. Bradley, Assistant Professor of History, Pratt Institute
21. Eloise A. Brière, Professor of French and Francophone Studies Emerita, University at Albany – SUNY
22. Lisa Brooten, Associate Professor, College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University
23. Andrew Brown, Lecturer in Political and International Studies, University of New England
24. James Brown, PhD Candidate, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
25. Din Buadaeng, Université Paris-Diderot (Paris 7)
26. Michael Burawoy, Professor, University of California, Berkeley
27. David Camroux, Associate Professor - Senior Researcher, Sciences Po
28. Rosa Cordillera Castillo, PhD candidate, Freie Universität Berlin
29. Danielle Celermajer, Professor and Director, Enhancing Human Rights Project, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney
30. Pavin Chachavalpongpun, Associate Professor, Kyoto University
31. Thak Chaloemtiarana, Professor, Cornell University
32. Anita Chan, Research Professor, China-Australia Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology, Sydney
33. Pandit Chanrochanakit, Visiting Scholar Thai Studies Program, Asia Center, Harvard University (Faculty of Political Science Ramkhamhaeng University)
34. Nick Cheesman, Research Fellow, Political and Social Change, Australian National University
35. Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor & Professor of Linguistics (Emeritus), MIT
36. Lawrence Chua, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, Syracuse University
37. Nerida M. Cook, Ph.D.
38. Simon Creak, Lecturer in Southeast Asian History, University of Melbourne
39. Robert Cribb, Professor of Asian History, Australian National University
40. Linda Cuadra, MA Student, University of Washington, Jackson School of International Studies
41. Robert Dayley, Professor of Political Economy, The College of Idaho
42. Yorgos Dedes, Senior Lecturer in Turkish, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
43. Arif Dirlik, Knight Professor of Social Science, Retired, University of Oregon
44. Rick Doner, Professor, Department of Political Science, Emory University
45. Ariel Dorfman, Author and Distinguished Professor, Duke University
46. Ana Dragojlovic, UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
47. Alexis Dudden, Professor of History, University of Connecticut
48. Richard Dyer, Professor, King's College London and St. Andrews, Fellow of the British Academy
49. Taylor M. Easum, Assistant Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point
50. Nancy Eberhardt, Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Knox College
51. Eli Elinoff, National University of Singapore
52. Olivier Evrard, Insitut de recherche pour le Développement, France & Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Social Sciences
53. Nicholas Farrelly, Fellow, ANU
54. Jessica Fields, Associate Professor, Sociology, San Francisco State University
55. Alfredo Saad Filho, Professor, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
56. Amanda Flaim, Postdoctoral Associate, Duke University, Sanford School of Public Policy
57. Tim Forsyth, Professor, International Development, London School of Economics and Political Science
58. Arnika Fuhrmann, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Cornell University
59. V.V. Ganeshananthan, Writer, Bunting Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
60. Paul K. Gellert, Associate Professor, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
61. Charles Geisler, Professor of Development Sociology, Cornell University
62. Henry Giroux, Author and Professor, McMaster University
63. Parvis Ghassem-Fachandi, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Rutgers University
64. Jim Glassman, Professor, University of British Columbia
65. Lawrence Grossberg, Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
66. Merly Guanumen, Professor of International Relations, Javeriana University
67. Tessa Maria Guazon, Assistant Professor, Department of Art Studies College of Arts and Letters University of the Philippines-Diliman
68. Geoffrey Gunn, Emeritus, Nagasaki University
69. Tyrell Haberkorn, Fellow, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University
70. Vedi Hadiz, Professor of Asian Societies and Politics, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
71. Jeffrey Hadler, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies, U.C. Berkeley
72. Paul Handley, Journalist and Author
73. Eva Hansson, Senior Lecturer, Political Science and Coordinator, Forum for Asian Studies, Stockholm University
74. Harry Harootunian, Max Palevsky Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Chicago
75. Gillian Hart, Professor of Geography, University of California-Berkeley
76. Yoko Hayami, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
77. Chris Hedges, Author
78. Ariel Heryanto, Professor, School of Culture, History, and Language, Australian National University
79. Michael Herzfeld, Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University
80. Kevin Hewison, Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Politics and International Studies, Murdoch University
81. Allen Hicken, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan
82. CJ Hinke, Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT), Independent scholar
83. Philip Hirsch, Professor of Human Geography, University of Sydney
84. Tessa J. Houghton, Director, Centre for the Study of Communications and Culture, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
85. May Adadol Ingawanij, Reader, Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media, University of Westminster
86. Noboru Ishikawa, Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
87. Sunisa Ittichaiyo, Ph.D. student, Faculty of Law, Augsburg University
88. Soren Ivarsson, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
89. Peter A. Jackson, Professor, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
90. Arthit Jiamrattanyoo, Ph.D. Student, University of Washington
91. Lee Jones, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Queen Mary, University of London
92. Andrew Alan Johnson, Assistant Professor, Yale-NUS College
93. Hjorleifur Jonsson, Associate Professor of Anthropology, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University
94. Teresa Jopson, PhD candidate at the Australian National University
95. Sarah Joseph, Professor, Castan Centre for Human Rights Law, Monash University
96. Amanda Joy, Instructor and PhD Candidate, Carleton University
97. Alexander Karn, Assistant Professor of History, Colgate University
98. Tatsuki Kataoka, Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University
99. Ward Keeler, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Texas-Austin
100. Charles Keyes, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and International Studies, University of Washington
101. Akkharaphong Khamkhun, Pridi Banomyong International College, Thammasat University
102. Gaik Cheng Khoo, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus
103. Sherryl Kleinman, Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
104. Lars Peter Laamann, Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
105. John Langer, Independent researcher and broadcaster
106. Tomas Larsson, Lecturer, University of Cambridge
107. Pinkaew Laungaramsri, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University
108. Doreen Lee, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Northeastern University
109. Namhee Lee, Associate Professor of Modern Korean History, University of California, Los Angeles
110. Terence Lee, Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore
111. Christian C. Lentz, Assistant Professor of Geography, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
112. Busarin Lertchavalitsakul, PhD Candidate, University of Amsterdam
113. Daniel J. Levine, Assistant Professor of Political Science, The University of Alabama
114. Samson Lim, Assistant Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design
115. Peter Limqueco, Editor Emeritus, Journal of Contemporary Asia
116. Johan Lindquist, Associate Professor, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University
117. Kah Seng Loh, Assistant Professor at the Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University
118. Larry Lohmann, The Corner House
119. Tamara Loos, Associate Professor, History and Southeast Asian Studies, Cornell University
120. Taylor Lowe, PhD Student in Anthropology, the University of Chicago
121. Catherine Lutz, Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of Anthropology and International Studies, Brown University
122. Chris Lyttleton, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Macquarie University
123. Regina Estorba Macalandag, Asia Center for Sustainable Futures, Assistant Professor, Holy Name University
124. Andrew MacGregor Marshall, Independent journalist and scholar
125. Ken MacLean Associate Professor of International Development and Social Change, Clark University
126. M F Makeen, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law, SOAS, University of London
127. Neeranooch Malangpoo, PhD. student, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
128. Amporn Marddent, School of Liberal Arts, Walailak University
129. Jovan Maud, Lecturer, Institut für Ethnologie, Georg-August University
130. Duncan McCargo, Professor of Political Science, University of Leeds
131. Mary E. McCoy, Associate Faculty, University of Wisconsin-Madison
132. Kaja McGowan, Associate Professor of Art History, Cornell University
133. Kate McGregor, University of Melbourne
134. Shawn McHale, Associate Professor of History, George Washington University
135. Gayatri Menon, Faculty, Azim Premji University
136. Eugenie Merieau, INALCO, Paris
137. Marcus Mietzner, Associate Professor, Australian National University
138. Elizabeth Miller, Previous Thai language student at Ohio University
139. Owen Miller, Lecturer in Korean Studies, Department of Japan and Korea, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
140. Mary Beth Mills, Professor of Anthropology, Colby College
141. Bruce Missingham, Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Science, Monash University
142. Art Mitchells-Urwin, PhD candidate in Thai Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
143. Dan Monk, George R. and Myra T. Cooley Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Colgate University
144. Michael Montesano, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
145. Samuel Moyn, Professor of Law and History, Harvard University
146. Marjorie Muecke, Adjunct Professor, Family and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Paul G Rogers Ambassador for Global Health Research
147. Yukti Mukdawijitra, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
148. Laura Mulvey, Professor, Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, School of Arts, Birkbeck, University of London
149. Ben Murtagh, Senior Lecturer in Indonesian and Malay, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
150. Fumio Nagai, Professor, Osaka City University
151. Kanda Naknoi, Department of Economics, University of Connecticut
152. Andrew Ng, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia
153. Don Nonini, Professor of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
154. Pál Nyiri , Professor of Global History from an Anthropological Perspective, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
155. Rachel O'Toole, Associate Professor of History, University of California, Irvine
156. Akin Oyètádé, Senior Lecturer, School of Oriental and African Studies
157. Jonathan Padwe, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawaiˈi at Mānoa
158. Ajay Parasram, Doctoral Candidate, Carleton University Ottawa
159. Eun-Hong Park, Professor, Faculty of Social Science, Sungkonghoe University
160. Prasannan Parthassarathi, Professor of History, Boston College
161. Raj Patel, Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
162. Quentin Pearson III, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Wheaton College
163. Thomas Pepinsky, Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University
164. Penchan Phoborisuth, University of Utah
165. Sheldon Pollock, Arvind Raghunathan Professor of Sanskrit and South Asian Studies, Columbia University in the City of New York
166. Chalermpat Pongajarn, PhD candidate, Wageningen University
167. Pitch Pongsawat, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University
168. Tim Rackett, UK
169. Rahul Rao, Senior Lecturer in Politics, SOAS, University of London
170. Malavika Reddy, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
171. Luke Robinson, Lecturer, University of Sussex
172. Garry Rodan, Professor of Politics & International Studies, Asia Research Centre, Murdoch University
173. John Roosa, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of British Columbia
174. Robin Roth, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, York University
175. Ulrich Karl Rotthoff, Assistant Professor, Asian Center, University of the Philippines
176. Pakpoom Saengkanokkul, PhD student, INALCO, Paris, France
177. Jiratorn Sakulwattana, PhD student
178. Ton Salman, Associate Professor and Head of Department, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
179. Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Chair, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
180. Wolfram Schaffar, Professor, Department of Development Studies, University of Vienna
181. Sarah Schulman, City University of New York
182. James C. Scott, Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology, Yale University
183. Raymond Scupin, Director, Center for International and Global Studies, Lindenwood University
184. Laurie J. Sears, Professor of History, Director, Southeast Asia Center, University of Washington
185. Mark Selden, Senior Research Associate, East Asia Program, Cornell University
186. Yeoh Seng-Guan, Monash University Malaysia
187. Bo Kyeong Seo, Australian National University
188. John T. Sidel, Sir Patrick Gillam Professor of International and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
189. Roland G. Simbulan, Professor in Development Studies and Public Management, University of the Philippines
190. Subir Sinha, Senior Lecturer, Department of Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
191. Aim Sinpeng, Lecturer in Comparative Politics, University of Sydney
192. Aranya Siriphon, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Yenching Institute, Harvard University
193. Dan Slater, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Chicago
194. Jay M. Smith, Professor of History, UNC-Chapel Hill
195. Claudio Sopranzetti, Postdoctoral Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford University
196. Paul Stasi, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, SUNY-Albany
197. Irene Stengs, Senior Researcher, Meertens Institute/Research and Documentation of Language and Culture in the Netherlands/Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
198. Carolyn Strange, Senior Fellow, School of History, Australian National University
199. Wanrug Suwanwattana, PhD student, Oxford University
200. David Szanton, UC Berkeley, emeritus
201. Eduardo Climaco Tadem, Ph.D., Professor of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman
202. Teresa S. Encarnacion Tadem, Ph.D, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Philippines Diliman
203. Neferti Tadiar, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University
204. Danielle Tan, Lecturer, Institute for East Asian Studies (IAO-ENS Lyon), Sciences Po Lyon
205. Michelle Tan
206. Tanabe Shigeharu, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
207. Nicola Tannenbaum, Professor of Anthropology, Lehigh University
208. Nicholas Tapp, Professor Emeritus, Australian National University, Director, Research Institute of Anthropology, East China Normal University
209. Ben Tausig, Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
210. Nora A. Taylor, Alsdorf Professor of South and South East Asian Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
211. Philip Taylor, Senior Fellow, Anthropology, Australian National University
212. Julia Adeney Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
213. Barry Trachtenberg, Associate Professor, History Department, Director, Judaic Studies Program, University at Albany
214. Tran Thi Liên, Associate Professor, History of Southeast Asia, University Paris Diderot-Paris 7
215. Andrew Turton, Reader Emeritus in Social Anthropology at the University of London
216. Jonathan Unger, Professor, Department of Political and Social Change, Australian National University
217. Jane Unrue, Harvard College Writing Program, Harvard University
218. Sara Van Fleet, University of Washington
219. Peter Vandergeest, Geography, York University, Toronto
220. Boonlert Visetpricha, PhD candidate at University of Wisconsin- Madison, Department of Anthropology
221. Joel Wainwright, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Ohio State University
222. Andrew Walker, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies, The Australian National University
223. Kheetanat Wannaboworn, Master's Degree Student, Sciences Po Paris
224. Thomas Weber, DPhil
225. Meredith Weiss, Associate Professor of Political Science, University at Albany, SUNY
226. Marina Welker, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
227. Bridget Welsh, Senior Research Associate, Center for East Asia Demcracy, National Taiwan University
228. Marion Werner, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University at Buffalo, SUNY
229. Frederick F. Wherry, Professor of Sociology, Yale University
230. Erick White, Visiting Fellow, Southeast Asia Program, Cornell University
231. Dhrista Wichterich, Gastprofessur Geschlechterpolitik, Fachbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften, Universität Kassel
232. Sutida Wimuttikosol, PhD student, King's College London
233. Thongchai Winichakul, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
234. Hiram Woodward, Curator Emeritus, Asian Art, Walters Art Museum
235. Theodore Jun Yoo, University of Hawaii at Manoa
236. Karin Zackari, PhD candidate, Human Rights Studies, Department of History, Lund University
237. Peter Zinoman, Professor of History and Southeast Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley
238. Rebecca Zorach, Professor of Art History, Romance Languages, and the College, University of Chicago

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