The Siamese Connection – A Film by Josh Gibson

November 11th, 2008

Thursday, November 13, 2008
7:00 PM
Nelson Mandela Auditorium
FedEx Global Education Center

A film exploring the lives and legacy of the 19th-century conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker of Surry County, North Carolina and the extraordinary connections that unite all of us. Filmmaker Josh Gibson will introduce the film and take questions.

Sponsored by the Carolina Asia Center in recognition of the 175th Anniversary of Thai-US Diplomatic Relations.

Contemporary Thailand Workshop – Public Session

November 11th, 2008

On November 12, 2008, as a part of the celebration of 175th Anniversary of Thai-US Diplomatic Relations, Carolina Asia Center organizes a workshop including researchers and scholars from around the US and Thailand to discuss their works.

A public session begin at 3:30pm – 5:00pm at FedEx Global Education Center – (Room 4003).

KATHERINE BOWIE, A Historical Perspective of Thai Village Democracies

KEVIN HEWISON, “Thai-Style Democracy”: The Struggle for a Political Model (with Kengkij Kitirianglarp)

Chair: Will Itoh

This event is free and open to the public

Celebration of 175th Anniversary of Thai-US Relations

November 11th, 2008

Chancellor Holden Thorp
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

and

Mr. Damrong Kraikruan, Charge d’ Affaires ad interim
The Kingdom of Thailand to the United States

request the pleasure of your company at a celebration of the

175th Anniversary of Thai-U.S. Diplomatic Relations

Keynote address by
Dr. Karl D. Jackson
C.V. Starr Distinguished Professor of Southeast Asia Studies
Johns Hopkins University

Wednesday, the twelfth of November
two thousand and eight
at a quarter past five o’clock

Nelson Mandela Auditorium
FedEx Global Education Center
Corner of McCauley and Pittsboro Streets
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Reception immediately following in the Peacock Atrium
Note: Casual Business Dress