Description: This lecture explores how Thai and Northern Thai music and cultural traditions can inspire contemporary music composition. Through selected works by the composer—including Dances of a Hill Tribe, Fall (Variations on Colors), and Loi-Krathong (The Light Festival)—the session demonstrates how traditional melodic gestures, rhythmic patterns, improvisational practices, tuning systems, and cultural symbolism can be transformed into modern […]

Description: This talk, delivered by two presenters in conversation, includes two subject areas which meet. First, Benjamin Tausig will offer a history of Thai nightlife in Bangkok and other cities beginning during the long American war in Vietnam. This period was the genesis of what we think of as "nightlife" in the country -- a […]

Time: 10:30 - noon Description: In this illustrated talk, we’ll be finding out about Lampang (Chiang Mai’s sister city in the North) in the early 20th century, its commercial life and its foreign communities. What special factors made Lampang such an important commercial center in the period? What did foreign visitors and residents report from […]

Time: 7:00 am Saturday morning – 4:00 pm Sunday evening Description: In August, 2025 a rail excursion to Lampang brought us to some of the highlights of the region’s railway heritage, including the Chompoo Bridge and Khun Tan station. This year, we’ll be returning to Lampang for a weekend in which we’ll learn more about […]

Description This presentation by a prominent local cardiologist will provide essential information for preventing heart attacks and strokes. There will be an opportunity for Q & A after the presentation. Specifically, the presentation will help you to: Identify Early Warning Signs (Learn to recognize the crucial symptoms of heart attacks and strokes before they escalate) […]