Online Lecture: Influence of Printing Technology on Northern Thai and Lao Anisong ManuscriptsNegotiation between modernity and manuscript culture

25. September 2021, von AAI Webmaster

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We kindly invite you to this online lecture organised by the Hamburg Society for Thai Studies and the Department for Languages and Cultures of Southeast Asia on Saturday, September 25, at 15:00 CEST.

Since the late 19th century, manuscripts containing homiletic or preaching texts called Anisong  have been gradually influenced by the advent of modern printing technology. These Anisong manuscripts play a prominent role in religious liturgical events where preaching monks use them to deliver sermons. The advent of printing technology had a strong impact on the traditional Thai-Lao manuscript culture – including the most popular Anisong manuscripts – both with regard to materiality (writing support, book format, visual organisation, etc.) and the contents of texts. Anisong manuscripts have thus been transformed, adapted and modernized in order to
survive and even thrive in present-day society.

The lecture will be given by Dr. Silpsupa Jaengsawang who is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for the Studies of Manuscript Cultures and a lecturer for Languages and Cultures of Thailand (Thai Studies) at Universität Hamburg.  She received a PhD degree in Thai and Lao Studies from the Universität Hamburg in 2019 with her dissertation Relationship between Anisong Manuscripts and Rituals: A Comparative Study of the Lan Na and Lao Traditions.

The lecture will be held in English and via Zoom. Click here for the link or kindly refer to the Flyer (PDF).