Nidhi Eoseewong (, , ; also rendered ''Nithi Aeusrivongse'', ''Nithi ‘Īaosīwong'', and ''Nithi ʻĪeosīwong''; 23 May 1940 – 7 August 2023) was a Thai historian, writer, and political commentator.

Biography

Nidhi Eoseewong was born on 23 May 1940, to an ethnic Chinese family in

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, second largest city in Thailan ...

, Thailand. He studied at Assumption College Sriracha in Chonburi Province, and went on to earn

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and master's degrees in history from

Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University (CU; ; , ) is a public university, public Autonomous university, autonomous research university in Bangkok, Thailand. The university was originally founded during King Chulalongkorn's reign as a school for training ro ...

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. Upon graduation, he accepted a position teaching history at Chiang Mai University, where he would go on to spend the majority of his professional career. He took temporary leave to continue his studies, completing a PhD from the

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in 1976. He retired in 2000, but remained active in the academic community. He was an important contributor to the website Midnight University, regularly publishing and making appearances. He died from lung cancer on 7 August 2023, at the age of 83.

Awards

Honours include the Outstanding Research Award from the National Research Council of Thailand, the Siburapha Award, and the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize.

Works

* ''Fiction as History: A Study of Pre-war Indonesian Novels and Novelists 1920–1942'' (Published by University Microfilms International, 1976) * uill and sail: On the study of history and literature in the early Bangkok era(1984) * ''Kanmueang Thai Samai Phra Narai'' hai politics in the reign of King Narai(1984) * hai politics in the reign of King Taksin(1993) * ''Krung Taek, Phra Chao Tak lae Prawatisat Thai: Wa Duai Prawatisat lae Prawatisatniphon'' he fall of the capital, King Taksin, and Thai history: On history and historiography(2002). * ''Morng sathannakarn phaktai phan wæn 'kabot chaona'', ''Sinlapa Watthanatham'' 25, no.8 (June 2004): 110–124; translated by the Regional Studies Program, Walailak University (March 2005) a
"Understanding the Situation in the South as a 'Millenarian Revolt'"

References

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