Dissertations

Ongoing dissertations:

Boramy, Pong Pheakdey: „The Thai-Cambodian Conflict over the World Heritage Site of Preah Vihear: A Study of Conflicting Nationalist Discourses”.

Bürgel, Wilawan Janmeeted: „Cultural encounters between Siamese and Germans (1861–1917)".

Chuenchat, Pantipa: „The Legend of Queen Chamadevi and the Construction of Local Identity in Lamphun (Northern Thailand)".

Dao, Sirui: „Travels and Investigations in the Yunnan-Burma Borderland, 1837–1911”.

Dokmaingam, Pakhinee: „Verbreitung des Wissens über (traditionelle) Thai-Massage".

Dresßler, Jan: „The Development of Siamese Deputy Kingship, 1782–1885".

Hanli, Zhou: „A Tai triangular area in the Upper Mekong River: The Sinification of Jinggu, Gengma and Menglian and their relationship with Southeast Asian polities during the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912)".

Kham, Ho Ching: „Maritime Cultural Landscape between Bangkok, Thailand, and Guangdong Province, China”.

Kittinanthachai, Prasong: „Buddhism and the Politics of Identity: How Buddhism Confronts and Engages the Demands of Equality of the Third Sex: A Study of the Debate over Ordination and over the Concern of Enlightenment in Contemporary Thailand".

O-Charoen, Sasithorn: „Thai Political History during the Government of General Prem Tinsulanonda: the Relationship between Military Factions and the Political Sector in Thai Politics (1980–1988)”.

Ott, Susanne: „Translation Between Tradition and Transition: A Descriptive Translation Studies Perspective on Contemporary Thai Translations of the Complete Pali Canon (Tipitaka) Viewed in Their Socio-cultural Context".

Satayaphan, Sutheera: „The Bot Lakhòn Nok of the Ayutthaya Period: Towards Critical Editions”.

Completed dissertations:

Jaengsawan, Silpsupa (2019): „Relationship between Anisong Manuscripts and Rituals: A Comparative Study of the Lan Na and Lao Traditions”.

Panarut, Peera (2019): „Ayutthaya Literature in the Hands of Bangkok Scribes and Scholars: Paratexts and Transmission History of Ayutthayan Literature in the Bangkok Period".

Techasiriwan, Apiradee (2019): „Tai Lü Manuscripts from Southern Yunnan and Northern Laos: The function and development of parataxis in a recently revived manuscript culture".

Boulyaphonh, Khamvone (2016): „The Life, Work and Social Roles of the Most Venerable Sathu Nyai Khamchan Virachitta Maha Thela (1920–2007)”.

Sengsoulin, Bounleuth (2016): „Buddhist Monks and their Search of Knowledge: The personal collection of manuscripts of Phra Khamchan Virachitto (1920–2007), abbot of Vat Saen Sukharam, Luang Prabang”.

Thitibordin, Amnuayvit (2016): „Control and Prosperity: The Teak Business in Siam 1880s–1932".

Sasitharamas, Catthiyakorn (2011): „Die deutsch-thailändischen Beziehungen in der Zeit der Weimarer Republik bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs”.

Ongoing Dissertations:

Trần Thị Minh: Vietnamese as heritage language: the case of Vietnamese-German adolescents in Germany

Trương Thùy Dung: The influence of the US on the Higher Education of the Republic of Vietnam (1967-1975)

Nguyễn Thị Minh Huệ: A Concept for The Teaching Pragmatics of Vietnamese as Second  Language

Karin Puttfarken: Ein Blick in das Leben der Vietnamesinnen unter der französischen Herrschaft am Beispiel der Sprichwörter und Volkslieder

Trần Tịnh Vy: Memory and Identity in the Works of Vietnamese writers living in Germany

Trần Duy Bình: The role of freedom of speech in the formation and development of civil society in Vietnam

Cao Quang Nghiệp: Literatur als Mittel zur Gesellschaftsreform – Die Rolle der Romanciers der Literaturgruppe „Tự Lực Văn Đoàn“ bei der Gesellschaftsreform Vietnams (1930–1945)

Ongoing dissertations:

Akmal, Ramayda: „Globalization and Colonial Memory: Indonesian Travel Literature on Europe since the Reform Era”.

Darmawan, Alan: „A Country of Words: The revival of mak yong theatrical performance and Malay identity formation in Indonesia’s Riau Islands”.

Elumbre, Adonis Ramy: „Race towards Understanding Race: Emergent Ethnologies and Colonial Geopolitics in Late Nineteenths Century Philippines".

Kholid, Anwar: „Challenges of Diversity: Muhammadiyah’s Attitude Towards LGBTs".

Rennert, Melanie: „Feministische Praxis und widerständiges Handeln in Indonesien. Untersuchungen zu Handlungspraxen einer transnationalen Bewegung im lokalen Kontext normativer Ordnungen".

Williamson, Kristopher: „Malays, Islam, and Subjugated Knowledges: A Foucauldian Discourse Analysis of Counterprotests to Malaysia’s Bersih Rallies".

Zollo, Roberta: „A study of unpublished manuscripts of the Batak people of North Sumatra: Selected parbuhitan texts".

Completed dissertations:

Jenny Schreiber (2016): „Politics, Piety, and Biomedicine: The Malaysian Transplant Venture“.