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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The editor of TAI CULTURE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>announces that the following publication
has been printed:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TAl
CULTURE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Interdisciplinary
Tai Studies Series</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vol. 20<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tai
peoples in China<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1</span></b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Editors of
Vol. 20:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oliver
Raendchen <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> SEACOM Southeast Asia Communication
Center, Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Zheng Xiaoyun<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming,
Yunnan, PR China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>this
volume is dedicated to the memory of Cam Trong (Kham Thong)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><i><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>who was
the pioneer in Tai studies in Vietnam</span></i><i><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-bottom:4.0pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3</span><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> editorial
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:141.55pt;text-indent:35.45pt'><b><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>articles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 5 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Somsonge
Burusphat <br>
<i>and</i> Zhou Guoyan<span style='text-transform:uppercase'> An
Introduction to the Kam-Tai <br>
(Zhuang-Dong) peoples IN CHINA</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 33 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fan
Honggui ETHNIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN <br>
ZHUANG, DAI, LAO AND SHAN: <br>
From a Customs Perspective</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 46 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Zheng
Xiaoyun A NEW PROBE INTO THE ORIGIN OF THE <br>
TAI ETHNIC GROUP AND
ESTABLISHMENT <br>
OF A TAI CULTURAL ZONE</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 52 </span><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Oliver
Raendchen </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TAI ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY:<br>
<i> tau tae tching</i> or <i>lao-tse</i>
(The Right Path)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 67 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Liu Zhi TAI-THAI:
<br>
Formation through a Cultural
Diversity </span><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 74 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He
Shengda HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT<br>
OF THE <b>THAI AND THE DAI</b>
AND THE <br>
CHALLENGES THEY ARE FACED WITH: <br>
A Macro Comparison </span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 82 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gordon
Mathews <i>and <br>
</i>Leshan Tan THE COMMODIFICATION OF DAI IDENTITY</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 91</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Dao
Chenghua HOW CAN THE TAI NATIONALITY OF <br>
YUNNAN ACHIEVE DEVELOPMENT IN
THE <br>
CHINA-ASEAN ECONOMIC
INTEGRATION?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> 97 Zheng
Xiaoyun WATER CULTURE AS ETHNIC TRADITION <br>
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF <br>
THE TAI PEOPLES OF CHINA</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>109 Tiamjit Puangsomjit THE
PUYI IN SOUTH CHINA AND IN<br>
NORTH VIETNAM</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>119 Lin Chaomin </span><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ABOLITION OF
THE SYSTEM OF THE TAI <br>
HEREDITARY HEADMEN IN YUNNAN<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>136 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pan Yanqin <i>Long<sup><span
style='letter-spacing:-2.0pt'> </span></sup>kiu</i>, MARRIAGE AND ANCESTORS. <br>
An examination on a rite of
passage of the Tai <br>
in Guangxi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>148 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>He
Shao-ying AN EXPOSITION ON THE FUNERAL RITE <br>
AND VIEW OF SOUL OF THE TAI IN
JINPING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>159 </span><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Roger Casas SOME
REFLECTIONS ON THE INFLUENCE <br>
OF TOURISM AND ECONOMIC <br>
DEVELOPMENT ON THERAVADA
BUDDHISM <br>
IN XISHUANGPANNA
(Sipsongpanna) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>172 </span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Ai Juhong <span
style='letter-spacing:-.2pt'>TAI WATER CULTURE AND RESIDENTIAL <br>
SPACE.<br>
</span> A Case Study at Manlongle
Village, Mengla <br>
County in Xishuangbanna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>182 Pan Yanqin FROG
WORSHIP OF THE ZHUANG</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>188 Grand
Songs of the Kam Ethnic Minority <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;line-height:normal'><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>189 </span><span
lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Liang Quanwei The
Loss of Dong Culture <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-bottom:4.0pt;line-height:normal'><i><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b>conference
report <o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>190 <i>Oliver
Raendchen,</i> Tai studies conference, Kunming 040904<br>
<i>Zhou Ya </i></span><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>and</span><i><span
lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br>
Roger Casas<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <b>book
presentation<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>194 <i>Oliver
Raendchen</i> Karsten Krüger: <br>
Exotic Landscapes and and ethnic
border zones -<br>
Chinas’s national
minorities in film <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>198 <i>Oliver
Raendchen</i> Jennifer E.T. Took:<br>
A NATIVE CHIEFTAINCY IN
SOUTHWEST CHINA.<br>
Franchising a Tai chieftaincy
under the <br>
<i>tusi</i> system of late
Imperial China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>201 <i>Oliver
Raendchen</i> Grant Evans, Christopher Hutton, <br>
Kuah Khun Eng (eds): <br>
Where China meets Southeast
Asia. <br>
Social and cultural Change in
the border Regions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:35.45pt;text-indent:-35.45pt'><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>202 <i>Jana
Igunma</i> Jane Puranananda (ed.):<br>
The Secrets of Southeast Asian
Textiles. <br>
Myth, Status and the
Supernatural<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>204 <i>Reinhard
Hohler </i> Sai Aung Tun: <br>
History of the Shan
State from its Origins to 1962</span><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><a href="http://www.seacom.de/" target="_blank"><span
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I. TAI CULTURE. Interdisciplinary Tai Studies Series <br>
- baan-mueang 1. Culture system of the Tai (wet rice agriculture and
irrigation) <br>
- baan-mueang 2. Religion and belief of the Tai <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#5D2D37'>- baan-mueang 3. Traditional law and social values of the Tai <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#5D2D37'> <br>
Vol. 17 Tai Peoples in Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#5D2D37'>Vol. 18 Tai Oral Tradition<br>
Vol. 19 Women and Gender in Tai Societies<br>
Vol. 20 Tai Peoples in China <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#5D2D37'>Vol. 21 Tai peoples in NE India (forthcoming)<br>
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II. SEACOM Southeast Asia Studies Series</span><span
lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D2D37'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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CONFERENCES<br>
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</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D2D37'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7D3C4A'>HERITAGE AND DEVELOPMENT of the Dai and Zhuang CULTURES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7D3C4A'>Maguan, Yunnan, China 24—26 November 2008<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:daolaoshi@hotmail.com"><span lang=EN-US
style='color:blue'>daolaoshi@hotmail.com</span></a><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D2D37'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#5D2D37'>TAI Studies in Assam</span></b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#5D2D37'><br>
Guwahati (Assam); 27-28 March 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#0070C0'>gogoi_dmj@rediffmail.com <o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7D3C4A'>WATERS IN SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURE</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#7D3C4A'>: Interaction of Culture and Religion<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3-6
June, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>SSEASR
Conference, Denpasar, Bali Island, Indonesia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#0F5666'>www.sseasr.org<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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color:#5D2D37'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Conference
on <span style='color:#7D3C4A'>all aspects of <b>SHAN Studies</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15
- 18 October 2009, Chulalongkorn University, BKK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Abstract
of max. 300 words as attachment by 28 February 2009 to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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