Thongchai Winichakul

Professor of History at University of Wisconsin-Madison. His book, Siam Mapped (1994) was awarded the Harry J. Benda Prize from the Association for Asian Studies (USA) and the Grand Prize from the Asian Affairs Research Council (Japan). He was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Award in 1994 and elected the President of the Association for Asian Studies in 2013/14. His research interests are in cultural and intellectual history of Siam including nationalism, modern geography and cartography, and historical knowledge. He currently works on the intellectual foundation of modern Siam (1880 to 1930) and also a book on the memories of the 1976 massacre in Bangkok. He also publishes three books and several articles in Thai, including many political and social commentaries.