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Charnvit Kasetsiri

チャンヴィット・カセツィリ

Chanwit Kasetsiri

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1941-05-06 （Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi province, Thailand）
Nationality
Thai
Languages
Thai, English
Residence History
Ban Pong district, Ratchaburi province → Phra Pradaeng, Bangkok Metropolitan Region → Bangkok

Career

Occupations
historian, professor emeritus, university rector
Active Years
1960-2024
Affiliations
Thammasat University, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
Influenced By
O. W. Wolters, David K. Wyatt

Education

Thammasat University
Faculty of Liberal Arts / Diplomacy and History
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Period: 1960-1963
Year of Graduation: 1963
Country: Thailand
Graduated with Honours and the King Bhumibol Prize
Occidental College
History
Degree: Master's degree
Country: United States
Los Angeles, California
Cornell University
Southeast Asian History
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Period: 1965-1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: United States
Rockefeller Scholarship 1965-1970

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

1976 History

A history of Siam in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries

Ayutthaya KingdomThai history

Discovering Ayutthaya

2007 History

Co-authored with Michael Wright on exploring Ayutthaya

AyutthayaArchaeology

Bibliography

  • The Rise of Ayudhya: A History of Siam in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (1976)
  • International Workshop On Translation (1978)
  • Bibliography: Southeast Asian Studies in Thailand (1991)
  • Sangkhalok-Sukhothai-Ayutthaya and Asia (2002)
  • Discovering Ayutthaya (2007)
  • Annotated bibliography on the Mekong (2008)
  • Thai historiography (2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
AcademicDetailed archival analysis
Recurring Motifs
Thai historySoutheast Asian history

Legacy

Prominent Thai historian, professor emeritus at Thammasat University

Trivia

  • Born into a Thai-Chinese and Mon family