Organizer: Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
Description:
Dr. Subrahmanyan will discuss his new book, Amnesia: A History of Democratic Idealism in Modern Thailand (SUNY Press, 2021). The book describes the social and political beginnings of Thai democracy and explains how a bloodless revolution against the monarchy in 1932 that introduced a constitutional democracy ignited enduring hopes for a fairer society and a more representative government.
Arjun Subrahmanyan is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at Murdoch University (Australia). He received his Ph.D. in History from UC Berkeley in 2013.
