The Study of Indochina and Burapha University

Abstract

In a recent visit to Burapha University (December 1997 – January 1998) I was Iocated in the Indochina Studies Centre in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. This association with the Centre gave me an opportunity to observe the development of the study of Indochina at Burapha University and to speak with the academics who have been involved in its establishment, especially the Center’s Chairman, Associate Professor Saroot Skunrat. There are many positive signs, such as instruction in Khmer language already underlay and the possibility of language teaching on an exchange basis between Vietnam and Thailand, that augur well for the development of the Center