Political Divinations: Making Citizens Sovereign in Buddhist Thailand (book launch)

Mon 18 Jan · LSE 20 Kingsway Building

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LSE Skip to main content 18 Jan Political Divinations: Making Citizens Sovereign in Buddhist Thailand (book launch) Hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre LSE 20 Kingsway Building, room G.01 (KSWG.01) Monday 18 January 2027 12pm - 1.15pm Speaker Dr. Edoardo Siani Chairs Professor John Sidel Dr. Petra Alderman In Thailand, diviners have long been discreet companions of power. Kings once relied on royal astrologers to consolidate their rule within a Buddhist cosmological order.

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