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        CONFERENCE ON TAI LANGUAGES & CULTURES                       
             - SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS -                
        Thammasat University, Bangkok Thailand                          
                7-8 December 1995 

To celebrate the 72nd birthday of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana, 
the Liberal Arts Faculty of Thammasat University is pleased to
announce an international conference on "Tai Languages & Cultures".
This conference will be held at the main campus (Tha Prachan) of the
university on December 7th & 8th, 1995.  Papers on any aspect of Tai
languages and cultures are welcome, and those of a comparative nature
(among the Tai languages) are especially welcome.

Submissions to date:
Presenter                     Country           Topic
Dr Anthony Diller             Australia         Tai Classifiers
Dr. Mary Sarawit              Thailand          When Minus One Equals Two? 
                                                 (language & culture)
Dr. John Hartmann             USA               Black Tai
Dr. Prakong Nimmanhemindra    Thailand          Tai Literature
Dr. Prasert Na Nagra          Thailand          to be announced
Mr. Julthas Phayakkharanonda  Thailand          Thai Fine Arts in Literature
Mrs. Yettom Bourahohain       India             Tai CustomsMr. 
Buspa Gogoi                   India             Tai Literature
Dr. Rotsukhon Khannapha       Thailand          Tai History
Dr. Cam Trong                 Vietnam           Tai Customs
Dr. Wilaiwan Khanittanan      Thailand          to be announced

Deadline for submission of papers for Proceedings:  October 31 1995
For further information and to send abstracts/papers, please contact :        
     Gwyn Williams <gwyn@ipied.tu.ac.th>        
     Department of Linguistics      
     Faculty of Liberal Arts    
     Thammasat University
     Bangkok 10200 THAILAND
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