<A href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30071540" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209133801_0><FONT color=#003399>http://www.nationmultimedia.com/worldhotnews/read.php?newsid=30071540</FONT></SPAN></A> <DIV><FONT color=#003399></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV class=left> <H1><FONT color=#000099 size=4>Charnvit in charter campaign</FONT></H1> <H2><FONT size=2>The former rector of Thammasat University has launched a public campaign to propose four changes to the 2007 Constitution. </FONT></H2></DIV><BR class=clear-all> <div>THE NATION</div> <div>Charnvit Kasetsiri wants the government to amend the charter in accordance with international standards, which the 1997 Constitution had adopted but were torn up after the coup on September 19, 2006. <div> <div>His proposals include a change from "The Kingdom of <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1209133801_1 style="BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; CURSOR: hand;
BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed">Thailand</SPAN>" to "The Kingdom of Siam", abolition of the Senate and the return of provincial status to Bangkok's Thon Buri district. <div> <div>Abolishing the Senate would save the country money, he said. <div> <div>The Senate is irrelevant for democracy in our country since the first constitutional monarchy was introduced in 1932, said Charnvit, who is also a historian. <div> <div>Charnvit said the word "Siam" was a more suitable name as the Kingdom was home to more than 50 ethnic groups, not only Thais. <div> <div>Demanding a new law to return provincial status to Thon Buri, the historian said Thon Buri had once been a province with a great history but had been destroyed by undemocratic rule since 1971. <div> <div>Charnvit has asked members of the public to support his proposal by visiting <A href="http://www.petitiononline.com/SIAM2008/petition.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN class=yshortcuts
id=lw_1209133801_2><FONT color=#003399>http://www.petitiononline.com/SIAM2008/petition.html</FONT></SPAN></A></div></DIV><!-- toctype = X-unknown --><!-- toctype = text --><!-- text --><BR><BR><B><I>Michael Montesano <seamm@nus.edu.sg></I></B> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3314" name=GENERATOR><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:SmartTagType name="country-region" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" downloadurl="http://www.5iantlavalamp.com/" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="place"
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justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Regional</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD), Faculty of Social Sciences, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Chiang</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Mai</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> would like to inform you about the announcement for <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">RCSD Visiting Scholar<I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> </SPAN></I></SPAN></B>and <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Small Research
Grants, Year 2008-2009</SPAN></B>. The fellowships aim to enhance capacity of human resources in the Mekong Region by using social sciences tools in exploring and understanding changes, relationships and complexity of issues such as transborder, resource management, ethnicity, cultural diversity, etc. in the context of regionalized development. It also aims to enhance understanding, information sharing and mutual learning regarding emerging issues of the Mekong Region, linked to a deeper and boarder conceptual understanding and analysis.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Visiting Scholar Fellowships</SPAN></FONT></U></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> will be
granted to academics, researchers, NGO workers from countries in the Mekong Region who would like to spend time in a dynamic multidisciplinary academic environment at RCSD for a period of <U>three to six months</U>. Fellows will be requested to write working papers based on their research projects and areas of their respective interests. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><B><U><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">The Small Research Grants</SPAN></FONT></U></B><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> will provide the opportunity for interested people who are from </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">both the academic and non-academic sectors such as a non-government organizations and media, etc to conduct
research in the areas of <st1:PersonName w:st="on" ProductID="Social Science">social science</st1:PersonName> and sustainable development focusing on the Mekong Region. Mid-career researchers, NGOs workers, development practitioners, and M.A and Ph.D. students who are pursuing their field research<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> </SPAN></B>are eligible to applying for the research grants<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">.</SPAN></B> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Both fellowships will be open to interested scholars, researchers, NGO workers, and media from countries in the Mekong Region whose citizenships were <st1:country-region w:st="on">Thailand</st1:country-region> and neighboring countries in the
Mekong Region namely; <st1:country-region w:st="on">Vietnam</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Laos</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Cambodia</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on">Southwest China</st1:place> only. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">RCSD will provide support which includes a monthly stipend, traveling costs, health insurance, books and supplies for the visiting scholars. As for Small Research Grants, the grant will also include monthly stipend, field research expenses and book and supplies.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Please find the announcement enclosed and an application form. It would be grateful if this information could
be made available to the wider public and those who are interested applying for the fellowships. More information can be obtained by accessing our webpage: <A href="http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th/">http://rcsd.soc.cmu.ac.th</A> or contact us at <A href="mailto:rcsd@chiangmai.ac.th">rcsd@chiangmai.ac.th</A>. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 5.65pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I would appreciate your kind attention to this matter.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-TOP: 5.65pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Sincerely yours,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Chayan Vaddhanaphuti</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName><FONT size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> , Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div> <div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV><BR> <div><FONT size=2>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG.<BR>Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.3/1390 - Release
Date: 21/4/2551 16:23<BR></FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></div>_______________________________________________<BR>Tlc mailing list<BR>Tlc@lists.ucr.edu<BR>http://lists.ucr.edu/mailman/listinfo/tlc<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Charnvit Kasetsiri, Ph.D. <BR><BR>Senior Adviser and Lecturer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Southeast Asian Studies Program</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Thammasat University</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Bangkok 10200, Siam (not Thailand)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Secretary <BR>Social Sciences and Humanities Textbook Foundation</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>413/38 Arun-Amarin Rd.,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf>Bangkok 10700, Siam <BR>handphone 089-476-0505<BR>e-mail: <A href="mailto:charnvitkasetsiri@yahoo.com">charnvitkasetsiri@yahoo.com</A>;</FONT><FONT color=#0000bf> <BR>h-pages: <A
href="http://textbooksproject.com/HOME.html">http://textbooksproject.com/HOME.html</A>, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#0000bf><A href="http://www.tu.ac.th/org/arts/seas">http://www.tu.ac.th/org/arts/seas</A>;<BR>662-424-5768, fax. 662-433-8713<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>