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2009

• 320th Meeting: New Strategies to Stop Global Warming. A talk and presentation by Michael Tuckson
• 319th Meeting: Dharma as Man - A Myth of Jesus in Buddhist Lands. A talk and presentation by Lindsay Falvey
• 318th Meeting: Universal Health Care in Thailand. A talk by Joseph Harris
• 317th Meeting: Science and Technology Park Development in Northern Thailand. A talk and presentation by Martin Venzky-Stalling
• 316th Meeting: Living Silence in Burma: Surviving under Military Rule. A Book talk by Christina Fink
• 315th Meeting: Magic and Modernity in Southern Thailand: Reconfigurations of a multi-religious Performance and Art Genre. A talk by Alexander Horstmann
• 314^th Meeting: Wildlife in Asia is in Crisis. A talk and presentation by Adam Oswell, Director of the Wildlife1 Foundation
• 313th Meeting: After the Crash: Reclaiming architecture for the other side of the economic miracle. A talk and presentation by Kevin Moore 
• 312th Meeting: "18th – 20th Century Thai and Other Southeast Asian Paintings of the Lord Buddha". A talk and presentation by James Bogle
• 311^th Meeting: Examining Tung: Northern Thai Banners and their Cambodian Counterparts. A talk and presentation by Rebecca Hall
• 310th Meeting: "HIV Research and Public Health in Thailand: Prevention and Care". A talk and presentation by Dr. Marc Lallemant and Dr. Gonzague Jourdain
• 309th Meeting: "Buddhist Murals from the Isan Heartland" a talk by Bonnie Brereton
• 308th Meeting: "Treading the boards". A talk by Stephan Turner, Director of The Gate Theater, Chiang Mai

2008

• 307th Meeting: Knowing the Lua and Wa: The State of Knowledge of a Barely Known Group. A talk and presentation by Ronald D. Renard
• 306th Meeting: An evening at Studio Naenna with Patricia Cheesman
• 305th Meeting: An evening at home with John and Pat Shaw
• 304^th Meeting: The Administrative and Political Structure of Chiang Mai Province - a talk by Dr. Tanet Charoenmuang
• 303rd Meeting: "Global Warming Scenarios for Thailand". A talk by Jere Locke 
• 302nd Meeting: A Tribute to the late Roxanna M. Brown (1946-2008). Given by Patricia Cheesman and John Shaw
• 301st Meeting: Opportunities for Expat Volunteers in Chiang Mai. A talk and presentation by Khun Duenpen Chaladlam
• 300th Meeting: “Making Chiang Mai a Great Place to Live” A talk by Captain Deuntemduang Na Chiengmai, the Mayor of Chiang Mai
  
• 299th Meeting: Chiang Rai and the Mae Fah Luang Art and Cultural Park. A Talk and presentation by Rebecca Weldon, Curator

• 298th Meeting: Murder, Mayhem, and Malarkey: An Evening of Japanese Detective Fiction. A talk by Ivan P. Hall
• 297th Meeting: Swimming Against the Tide: The Cuban Health system. A 47-minute documentary film produced & directed by Tom Fawthrop

2007

• 296^th Meeting: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. A talk by Carol Grodzins, Vice President, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and Nikom Putta, Ashoka Fellow. Translator Ken Kampe
• 295th Meeting: "Sacrifice" - The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma (Second showing) 
• 294^th Meeting: "Prayer of Peace: Relief & Resistance in Burma's War Zones". A talk and film presentation by Matt Blauer and Saw Doh Say, a Free Burma Rangers relief team member

• 293^rd Meeting: Life for an English teacher in Present-day Viet Nam. A talk and presentation by Richard Fuller
• 292^nd Meeting – Big Brother Mouse - Book publishing in Laos. A talk and presentation by Sasha Alyson and Khamla Panyasouk

• 291st Meeting: "Sacrifice" - The Story of Child Prostitutes from Burma
• 290th Meeting: More tribes at risk – in Farm Animal Genetic Resources. The Thai situation. A talk and presentation by Dr Vanida Khumnirdpetch and David Steane
• 289th Meeting: "Will the snakes swallow the singers?" Traditional music of the hill tribes. A talk and presentation by John Moore
• 288^th Meeting: Mystery in the Mist of the Borderland of Thailand and Myanmar. A talk and presentation by Dr. Rasmi Shoocongdej

• 287th Meeting:  It’s not just Haze: The effects of air pollution in Chiang Mai. A talk and presentation by Dr. Duongchan Apaavaatjrut Charoenmuang
• 286th Meeting : Traditional Thai Mural Painting - The Thai Cosmos and the Jatakas. A talk and presentation by Carol Stratton
• 285^th Meeting: The Tree of Immeasurable Wealth - Inside and Outside of Rmeet Society, Highland Laos. A talk by Dr. Guido Sprenger

• 284th Meeting: 'Altar of Fire'. A talk and film presentation by Frits Staal
• 283^rd Meeting: 'Border Landscapes: The Politics of Akha Land Use in China and Thailand. A talk and presentation by Dr. Janet C. Sturgeon
• 282^nd Meeting: 'Gold and Silver Roads to Chiang Mai and Shan States in 1837'. A talk by Andrew Turton

2006

• 281st Meeting: 'Beyong The Gate'. A talk and film presentation by Francois Bizot 
• 280th Meeting: 'The Jewel of Suvannaphoum: Unraveling the Mystery of the Emerald Buddha'. A talk and presentation by Reinhard Hohler
• 279th Meeting: SOS: a non-profit organization helping foreigners living in Chiangmai.  A presentation by Alan Hall and Andrew Williams
• 278th Meeting: "How to Plant a Forest". A talk and presentation by Stephen Elliott
• 277th Meeting: "Mishima: Letters, Eros, Death". A film presentation and talk by Paul McCarthy
• 276th Meeting: 'Song and Silence: Ethnic Revival on China's Southwest Borders'. A talk by Sara L. M. Davis
• 275th Meeting: 'A Chameleon's Tale: True Stories of a Global Refugee'  by Mo Tejani A talk and book reading
• 274^th Meeting: Cambodia’s The Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A talk by Tom Fawthrop
• 273^rd Meeting: Chiang Mai: Disneyfication or Rational Development? A Panel Discussion

• 272^nd Meeting: Great Leader, Dear Leader: Demystifying North Korea under the Kim Clan. A talk By Bertil Lintner 

• 271^st Meeting: The Giant Appliqué Thangkas of Tsurphu Monastery, Tibet. A talk and video presentation by Terris and Leslie Nguyen Temple

• 270^th Meeting: Continuation and Disruption of the Karen Religious Movement: Case of the Myitta Byamasoe in Burma. A talk and presentation by Dr. Kwanchewan Buadaeng

2005

• 269th Meeting: "The Elusive Isan Nang Talung" - A talk and presentation by Dr. Bonnie Brereton"
• 268th Meeting:  "Is 'taization' equivalent to assimilation? Acculturation and perpetuation of ethnic boundaries in Northern Thailand and Laos". A talk by Olivier Evrard
• 267th Meeting:  Politics and professionalism in community development: examining intervention in the highlands of Northern Thailand. A talk and presentation by Dr. Katharine McKinnon
• 266th Meeting:  Reconciliation in Southern Thailand: Lessons from past attempts and present directions. A talk by Dr. Mark Tamthai
• 265th Meeting:  Dr. Muller's Asian Journey: Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Yunnan (1907-1909). A talk by Carool Kersten
• 264th Meeting:  Daoism in the 20th Century - From Local Traditions to Global Networks. A talk by David Palmer and Elijah Siegler 
• 262^nd Meeting:  Geo-Hazards of Northern Thailand. How dangerous are they? A talk and presentation by Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan
• 261st Meeting:  Violence in Thai Society.  A talk and presentation by Dr. Sombat Tapanya
• 260th Meeting: THE 'SINGHALESE' BUDDHA : Thailand's Highly Revered Guardian Image in the National Museum Bangkok. A talk and presentation by Carol Stratton
• 259th Meeting: How does an artist become international? Thailand as a case study. A talk by Annabelle Boissier
• 258th Meeting:  The Khmer Rouge Ideology, as drilled into people's ears under Democratic Kampuchea. A talk by Henri Locard
• 257th Meeting:  Redeveloping & Repositioning Chiang Mai as a Tourist Destination. A talk by Shane Beary
• 256^th Meeting: The Tsunami - and its Aftermath. A Panel Discussion with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sampan Singharajwarapan, Dave Percy and Dr. Sombat Tapanya

2004

• 255th Meeting: Textiles as a Material Lexicon of Tributary Relations in the Lao-Tai world. A talk and presentation by Patricia Cheesman
• 254th Meeting:  Introduction to the history and significance of Champa. A talk by Michael Vickery
• 253rd Meeting:  Protected Areas in the Lao PDR. A talk and presentation by Klaus Berkmüller
• 252nd Meeting:  Chiang Mai Tourism - Its problems and solutions. A talk and presentation by Jack Kelly 
• 251st Meeting:  Reflections on 40 years of research on Thailand. A talk by Niels Mulder
• 250th Meeting: The Impact of Air Quality on Chiang Mai residents. A talk and presentation by Dr. Duangchan Charoenmuang
• 249th Meeting: Say What, Mr. President?A talk by Gary Sue Merritt Suwannarat
• 248th Meeting:  Masks and Selves in Contemporary Java: the Dances of Didik Nini Thowok. A talk by Jan Mrazek
• 246^th & 247th Meetings: Perceptions of Education in Thailand. A talk by Dr. Alain Mounier. Hilltribes in Cambodia and Vietnam. A talk by Andrew Hardy 

• 245th INTG Meeting:  The Expedition Mekong 2002 in perspective. A talk and presentation by Reinhard Hohler
• 244th Meeting:  In Between a 'Feeling of Natural' and the Burmese Buddhist Order. An Encountering with Burmese Spirit Possession. A talk by Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière
• 243rd Meeting:  Politics in the Thai Parliament: Has much changed since the 1997 Constitution? A talk by Aaron Stern
• 242nd Meeting: Missionaries, Martyrs, and Political Change in Northern Thailand in the Late 19th Century. A talk by Dr. Don Swearer

2003

• 241^st Meeting: A Social Psychologist at the Burma Border. A talk by Richard Gorsuch

• 240th Meeting:  The WTO in Cancun - The negotiations and what went wrong? A talk by Dr. Heike Löschmann

• 239th Meeting: Peer to Peer: Premises of a new layer in civilization. A talk by Michel Bauwens
• 238th Meeting: ‘Development Interventions, State Administration and Local Responses of Ethnic Minorities in Upland Northern Thailand: Role and Dynamics of Local, Rural Organizations and Networks’. A talk by Dr. Hans-Dieter Bechstedt and Mrs. Patcharin Nawichai
• 237th Meeting: "Ugetsu (a classical Japanese story collection) Cinematized". A talk and film presentation by Dr. Paul McCarthy
• 236^th Meeting: The Wild Wa: Wilder without Opium?    A talk and presentation by Dr. Ron Renard
• 235^th Meeting: Annual Variations in the Use of, and Exposure to Pesticides among Hmong Farmers in Northern Thailand. A talk by Dr. Peter Kunstadter
• 234^th Meeting:  A Passage to Thailand. A talk by Brian Hubbard
• 232^nd Meeting: A Buddhist approach to HIV/AIDS prevention and care. A talk by Laurie Maund

2002

• 231^st Meeting: The Use of Science in Contemporary Western Buddhist Apologetics. A talk by Dr. Geoffrey Redmond M.D.

• 230^th Meeting: Arakan, a Buddhist Kingdom of Southeast Asia.A talk by Jacques Leider

  228^th Meeting: 'Intervention Radiology as a Substitute for Surgery' A talk and presentation by Steven C.H. van de Ven, MSc.
• 227^th Meeting: 'Teaching Philosophy in a Thai University'. A talk by Mark Tamthai
• 226^th Meeting: "The Catholic Church and the Sexual Abuse Dilemma". A talk by Dr. Peter Clarke 

• 225^th Meeting: 'Lisu Actors and Foreign Filmmakers'. A video presentation and talk by Dr. Otome Klein Hutheesing 

• 224^th Meeting: 'Why do the Vietnamese write the way that they do? The answer is a highly charged political issue.' A talk by Dr. Roland Jacques

• 223^rd Meeting: ‘Traders and Travellers’ The Dutch in 17^th Century Laos and Cambodia. A talk by Carool Kersten

• 222^nd Meeting: 'The Role of the Christian Missionary in Thailand'. A talk by John Butt

• 221^st Meeting: 'Buddhist Stupas in Asia - The Shape of Perfection'. A slide presentation and talk by Joe Cummings

• 220th Meeting: "The Railways of Thailand" A slide presentation and talk by Robert M. Boer

• 219^th Meeting: 'The Mekong Nobody Knows'.  A talk and slide presentation by Steve Van Beek 

• 218^th Meeting: "From finding a treasure in a poor village to the setting up of an Akha Educational System". A talk by Leo A. von Geusau
  

2001

• 216th Meeting: Tuesday, 11th December 2001:  The Laotian Hmong in the United States a talk by Khun Pongkaset Suwannakoon 

• 215th Meeting: Medicine & Public Health in Chiang Mai during World War II. A talk by Dr. Ted Brown
• 214^th Meeting – November 2001: What is the Alternative to Violence in our Multicultural World? A panel discussion with Andrew Forbes, John Butt, and Dean Henderson
• 213th Meeting - September 2001: The Karen - Past, Present ... Future? A talk by Ron Renard
  
• 212th Meeting - August 2001: Restoring Northern Thailand's Degraded Forest Land. A talk and presentation by Steve Elliott 
• 211th Meeting - July 2001: NGOs and the AIDS Crisis in Chiang Mai. A talk by Dr. Vincent Del Casino
  
• 210^th Meeting – June 2001: 'Money Matters in Marriage'. A talk by Brian Hubbard
• 207th Meeting - March 2001: The Thai in Keng Tung during World War II. A talk by M.R. Rujaya Abhakorn 

• 204th Meeting - November 2000: Eco-tourism and Hill Tribes in Northern Thailand. a talk by John Davies
  
• 202nd Meeting - September 2000: Killers and Healers - Fantastic Flora of Thailand. A talk and presentation by David Engel 
• 194th Meeting - February 2000: Anna and the King - The movie. A panel discussion led by Larry Ashmun
  
• 192^nd Meeting – December 1999: Thai Buddhism through Cartoons. A talk by Louis Gabaude
• 184th Meeting - April 1999: Wildlife in the Kingdom of Thailand. A talk and presentation by Bruce Kekule 
• 183rd Meeting - March 1999: Does participatory land-use planning have a chance with hilltribes? A talk by Oliver Puginier 
  
• 181st Meeting - February 1999: 'Candy' Readings from his own works by Luke Davies 
• 180th Meeting - February 1999: Women and NGOs in Northern Thailand: Activities, Challenges and Implications. A talk by LeeRay Costa
  
• 177th Meeting - January 1999: Is Thailand One of the World's Few Non-Homophobic Cultures? A talk by Andrew Matzner
  
• 173rd Meeting - September 1998: Community Forestry in Northern Thailand. A talk by Karan Aquino 
  
• 169th Meeting - April 1998: The Psychology behind Cross-Cultural Relationships. A talk by Brian Hubbard
• 166th Meeting - February 1998: The Situation of Elephants in Northern Thailand. A talk by Sangduen 'Lek' Chailert and Marianne Willemse
• 164th Meeting - December 1997: Japanese and Chinese Gardens: A comparison. A talk and presentation by David H. Engel 
  
• 148th Meeting - October 1996: HIV is NOT the cause of AIDS. A talk by Dan Reid 
• 143rd Meeting - March 1996: Problems in Setting up a UNDP Highland Development Project in Southeast Asia. A talk by Ron Renard 
  
• 141^st Meeting – January 1996: Society according to Thai High School Books. A talk by Niels Mulder
• 127^th Meeting – November 1994: Deceit in the Forest Canopy: The ravishing Lady Slipper orchid & the naive hoverfly. A talk and slide presentation by Hans Bänziger
• 126^th Meeting – October 1994: A Vision of Chiang Mai. A talk by Sirichai Narumit
• 123^rd Meeting – August 1994: Signs of the Buddha in the Northern Thai Chronicles. A talk by Donald Swearer
• 108th Meeting - July 1993: The Differential Integration of the Karen into the Thai State during the Reigns of  Rama V & VI. A talk by Ron Renard 
  
• 103^rd Meeting – February 1993: The Mae Soi Valley Conservation & Rural Development Project. A talk by M.R. Smansnid Svasti
• 70^th Meeting – July 1990: Wiang Ta Murals. A talk and slide presentation by Vithi Phanichphant
• 69^th Meeting - June 1990: Chinese Views of Sipsongpanna. A talk by Ann Hill
• 62nd Meeting - November 1989: Vessantara Jataka - The Study of a Buddhist Birth Story. A talk by John Cadet
  
• 44^th Meeting - September 1988: The Contemporary Situation in the Thai Highlands. A panel discussion with W.R. Geddes, Wanat Bhruksasri, and Peter Hinton
• 1st Meeting - December 1984: Illegal Hilltop Burial Site Excavations in Tak. A talk by John Shaw
  

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