International Colloquium 500 Years of Thai-Portuguese Relations

3 November 2011 Maha Chulalongkorn Building, Room 111

08.15 - 09.00 Registration

09.00 - 12.45 Session I: Cultural and Diplomatic Relations in Process

Moderator: Dr. Villa Vilaithong

Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

09.00 - 09.30 Portuguese in Asia at the Date of the Arrival in Siam

Prof. Dr. Francisco Contente Domingues – University of Lisbon

09.30 - 10.00 Portuguese Military and Naval Innovation in Asia

Prof. Dr. Vitor Rodrigues – Portuguese Institute for Tropical Research, Lisbon

10.00 - 10.30 Melaka, Siam and the Portuguese Regional Trading Network

Prof. Manuel Lobato - Portuguese Institute for Tropical Research, Lisbon

10.30 - 10.45 Q & A

10.45 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea Break

11.00 - 11.30 European Presence and Siamese Authority: The Portuguese, the Dutch, the English and the French in Ayutthaya, Century 16-18

Dr. Bhawan Ruengsilp

Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

11.30 - 12.00 Some Aspects of the Relationship between Portugal and Siam in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Dr. Maria da Conceição Flores – Universidade Nova de Lisboa

12.00 - 12.30 The Portuguese Settlement in Ayutthaya

Prof. Dr. António Vasconcelos de Saldanha

Instituto do Oriente – ISCSP – Technical University of Lisbon

12.30 - 12.45 Q & A

12.45 - 13.45 Lunch

13.45 - 14.15 The Portuguese-Siamese Catholic Minority. An Agent of Intermediation

between Siam and the West, 17th-20th Centuries.

Dr. Miguel Castelo-Branco

Instituto do Oriente ISCSP –Technical University of Lisbon

14.15 - 14.45 (‘Peregrinação’ or) the Pilgrim of Mendes Pinto and History of Siam and Pegu

Assistant Prof. Dr. Suthachai Yimprasert

Department of History, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

14.45 - 15.00 Q & A

15.00 - 16.45 Session II: Bilateral Relations

Moderator: Associate Prof. Dr. Chayodom Sabpasri

Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

15.00 - 15.30 Portugal in the EU and the World Forum

Dr. Natthanan Kunnamas

Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

15.30 - 15.45 Coffee / Tea Break

15.45 - 16.15 Portugal and Brazil: Relationship across the Ocean

Ms. Ploy Khumthukthit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

16.15 - 17.00 Panel Discussion

Moderator: Associate Prof. Dr. Suthiphand Chiratiwat

Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University

Mr. Isorn Pocmontri

Ambassador attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Assistant Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh

Acting Director , Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University

Mr. Paradech Payakawichean

Former Governor of the Tourism Authority of Thailand

Day 2 Friday 4 November 2011

08.15 - 09.00 Registration

09.00 - 12.45 Session III: Art and Culture

Moderator: Asst. Prof. Surat Horachaikul

Department of International Relations, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University

09.00 - 09.30 The Royal Visits in World Crisis

Prof. Dr. Pornsan Watanangura Department of Western Languages, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University

09.30 - 10.00 Some Eminent Portuguese Contributors in the Dialogue of Cultures

Dr. George Sioris

Former Ambassador of Greece to Thailand

10.00 - 10.15 Q & A

10.15 - 10.30 Coffee / TeaBreak

10.30 - 11.00 Portuguese Religious Architecture in Southeast Asia

Prof. Dr. Pedro Dias – University of Coimbra

11.00 - 11.30 Artistic Relations between Thailand and Portugal: Discoveries and New Proposals

Dr. Nuno Vassallo e Silva

Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon

11.30 - 12.00 The Secret of ‘Prik’ in Thai Cousine

Em. Assistant Prof. Dr. Plubplueng Kongchana

Department of History, Faculty of Social Science, Srinakharinwirot University

12.00 - 12.30 Q & A

12.30 - 14.00 Lunch

14.00 - 16.00 Panel Discussion (in Thai with Interpreter for English-language listeners)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Pornsan Watanangura

German Section, Faculty of Arts,

Chulalongkorn University

Sala Thai in Lisbon

Associate Prof. Dr. Suppakorn Disatapundhu

Faculty of Fine and Applied Art, Chulalongkorn University

Radio Drama: Maria Guiomar de Pina

Associate Prof. Kukdej Kantamara

Pero Vaz de Sequeira, the unsung Hero

Asst. Prof. Dr. Pathorn Srikaranonda

Music Department, Faculty of Humanities,

Kasetsart University

The Making of Documentary Film 500 Years Relations Thailand-Portugal

Ms. Yuwadee Vatcharangkul, Nation Group

The Portuguese Community from Ayudhaya to Bangkok

Captain Saravut Wongngernyuang

16.00 - 16.30 Q & A

16.30 Concluding Remarks

Assistant Prof. Dr. Charit Tingsabadh

Acting Director, Centre for European Studies at

Chulalongkorn University

For further information to attend the International Colloquium on 3-4 November 2011, please contact the Centre for European Studies at Chulalongkorn University:

Tel: 02 218 3922-23 (Mr. Thapiporn Suporn, academic officer)

email: thapiporn@gmail.com