Thongchai Winichakul

Thongchai Winichakul
ธงชัย วินิจจะกูล
Winichakul in 2020
Born (1957-10-01) October 1, 1957
Bangkok, Thailand
NationalityThai
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineHistorian
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
Notable worksSiam Mapped: A History of the Geo-Body of a Nation (1994) Moments of Silence: The Unforgetting of the October 6, 1976, Massacre in Bangkok (2020)

Thongchai Winichakul (Thai: ธงชัย วินิจจะกูล; RTGS: Thongchai Winitchakun, pronounced [tʰōŋ.tɕʰāj wí.nít.tɕà.kūːn]; born 1957), is a Thai historian and researcher of Southeast Asian studies. He is professor emeritus of Southeast Asian history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a chief senior researcher at the Japanese Institute of Developing Economies. He was the president for the Association for Asian Studies in 2013. He has had a major impact on the concept of Thai nationalism.