30. Mai 2026, 09:00 Uhr, von AAI Webmaster

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We kindly invite you to our "Thai Cultural Day 2026" on Saturday, May 30th, 2026, at 09:00–17:00 h (CEST/MESZ).

Thai-Tag 2026 / Thai Cultural Day 2026

"Thailand through the Lens of Photography"

Date/Time:
    May 30^th, 2026 (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 - 12:00
      Academic Lectures I
  • Assistant Professor Dr. Pakdeekul Ratana, Lan Na Studies Center, Integrative Center for Humanities Innovation, Faculty Humanities, Chiang Mai University: Khruba Siwichai: The Charismatic Saintly Monk of Lan Na in the Light of Photography
  • Associate Professor Dr. Kanta Poonpipat, Chiang Mai University, and Director of Chiang Mai House Photography: Chiang Mai House Photography: A Treasure of Lan Na Culture and History
  • Mr. Dow Wasiksiri (Online): Art photography in Thailand from the early 1980s until presen

Group photo with representatives of the Embassy, Consulates, Krohn Foundation and keynote speaker(s)

• 12:00 - 13:30
      Lunch
• 13:30 - 15:00
      Parallel Session 1: Call for Papers: Current Research on Thailand
      Academic presentations of scholars and students on their research on Thailand
• 13:30 - 14:30
      Parallel Session 2: Career Opportunities for students of Thai and Southeast Asian Studies
      by Royal Thai Embassy, Berlln, and Royal Thai Consulate-General, Munich
• 14:30 . 15:00
      Academic Lecture II
      Mr. Karandeep Singh, MA, PhD candidate in the field of Thai and Lao Studies, Asien-Afrika-Institut, Universität Hamburg
     Topic: A Life Well Lived: Photopgraphy and Gendered Commemoration in Siam
• 15:00 - 15:15
      Traditional Thai Music performance
• 15:15 - 16:30
      Thai Students' Competition: Thailand in the eyes of Students
• 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 poster and on our flyer.