14. Juni 2025, 09:00 Uhr, von AAI Webmaster

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We kindly invite you to our "Thai Cultural Day 2025" on Saturday, June 14th, 2025, at 09:00–17:00 h (CEST/MESZ).

Thai-Tag 2025 / Thai Cultural Day 2025

"Threads of Time: Preserving and Creating Thai Fashion"

Date/Time:
    June 14^th, 2025 (Saturday), 09:00 – 17:00 (CEST/MESZ)

Place:
   University of Hamburg
   Asia-Africa-Institute (AAI)
   Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, Ostflügel ("East Wing"), room O-221
   20146 Hamburg

Program:

• 09:00 - 09:30
      Registration
• 09:30 - 09:45
      Opening Ceremony
          – Miss Chompoonute Chompookam,
              Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Berlin
          – Mr. Stefan Krohn,
              Honorary Consul, Royal Thai Honorary Consulate, Hamburg
          – Introduction by Prof. Dr. Volker Grabowsky,
              Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg
• 09:45 - 10:00
      Traditional Thai Dance
• 10:00 - 11:40
      – Prof. emer. Dr. M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati,
          former Director of the Asian Studies Program at California State University, Sacramento,
          and Honarary Editor of the "Journal of the Siam Society" (Keynote Speaker):
              Topic: "Royal Fashions: Reflections on Modernizing the Image of Siamese Women
                            in the Late Nineteenth Century to the Present"
      – Asst. Prof. Dr. Natawat Jatuphatwarodom,
          Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
              Topic: "Agricultural Waste to Sustainable Textiles and Fashion in Thailand" (online talk)
• 11:40 - 12:00
      Cultural Program: Fashion Show (organised by Kukasina Kubaha and Karandeep Singh)
• 12:00 - 13:15
      Lunch
• 13:15 - 14:00
      Research Posters and Book Launch
• 14:00 - 15:00
      – "Career Opportunities for students of Thai and Southeast Asian Studies"
              by Royal Thai Embassy, Berlin,
              and Royal Thai Consulate-General, Munich
      – "Academic and Career Opportunities in Thailand: My Personal Journey as a Student"
              Speaker: Ms. Aline Theresia Bauer, University of Heidelberg
     –  Moderator: Ajarn Martin Schalbruch, Humboldt University of Berlin
• 15:00 - 15:15
      Traditional Thai Music performance
• 15:15 - 16:30
      Thai Students' Competition: 25 Quiz Questions on Thailand
• 16:30 - 16:45
      Lucky Draw
• 16:45 - 17:00
      Closing Ceremony

We would like to thank the Hamburg Society for Thai Studies for the cooperation. 

You can also find all this information on our Instagram account and on our flyer.