Peter Jackson is an Australian writer and scholar of
Buddhism
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and
gender and sexual identities in
Thailand
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. He completed his PhD in Philosophy and Asian Studies at the
Australian National University
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, Canberra in 1986. His PhD dissertation, which is published under the title ''Buddhadasa: A Buddhist Thinker for the Modern World'' (1988) reflects his interests in the Thai language, the role of Buddhist thought, and the institution of the
sangha
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in modern Thailand.
Jackson was a Senior Project Officer for the
Thai National Curriculum and Materials
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with the
Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority
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Australia
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. He is currently a Professor of Thai history in the School of Culture, History and Language, at the Australian National University.
Bibliography
*''A Topic Index of the Sutta Pitaka'' (Thai: ''Datchanii Sap Thamma Nai Phra Suttantapidok''), Chulalongkorn University Press, Bangkok, 1986. (189 pages)
*''Buddhadasa: A Buddhist Thinker for the Modern World'', The Siam Society, Bangkok, 1988. (354 pages, publication of revised version of doctoral dissertation)
*''Male Homosexuality in Thailand: An Interpretation of Contemporary Thai Sources'', Global Academic Publishers, New York, 1989 (285 pages)
*''Buddhism, Legitimation and Conflict: The Political Functions of Urban Thai Buddhism'', Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 1989. (245 pages)
*''Dear Uncle Go: Male Homosexuality in Thailand'', Bua Luang Books, Bangkok, 1995. (310 pages) .
*''Buddhadasa: Theravada Buddhism and Modernist Reform in Thailand'', Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai, 2003. (A fully revised version of the 1988 monograph listed above, including a new epilogue).
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