On October 23-24, Dr. Phasina Tangchuang attended the 2009 Council on Thai Studies Conference held by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (USA). There were around 70 participants from American universities (i.e. 
Many participants were professors but also PhD students who had just defended their dissertation. Topics presented were of different kinds: Religion, Social issues, Economics, Politics, Language, Education and Concentration. All of them were of course related to Thai studies.
Dr. Phasina made a well-documented presentation entitled "Globalization and Traditionalism: A Case of Northern Thailand", based on field works carried out as part of his research work within the CELS. The audience showed deep interest and asked many questions.
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