Johannes Schmidt was still an unknown young naturalist in Denmark, even as colonial tensions gripped Siam, particularly along the eastern coast from Chanthaburi and Trat to Koh Kong. During King Rama ...

The moment I stepped into The Siam’s charming lobby, I was captivated. A quiet thrill rippled through me, charging the air ...

As Gallery’s Night wraps up, the Night at the Museum Festival takes the party to museums from the capital to the provinces.

Based on a neglected cache of inquest files compiled by the Siamese Ministry of the Capital, official correspondence, and newspaper accounts, Trais Pearson documents the piecemeal introduction of new ...

Schenchzer's translation of Kaempfer's "De beschryving van Japan", made under the direction of Sir Hans Sloane, was first published in London, 1727. 2 volume siris_sil_1117732 ...

Siam Society is holding a study trip to Oman and Zanzibar, two regions once united by empire and trade and still connected by ...

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