Peter Anthony Jackson (born 14 February 1956) is an Australian writer and scholar of

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

and gender and sexual identities in

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

. He completed his PhD in Philosophy and Asian Studies at the

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

, 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 Sangha or saṃgha () is a term meaning "association", "assembly", "company" or "community". In a political context, it was historically used to denote a governing assembly in a republic or a kingdom, and for a long time, it has been used b ...

in modern Thailand. Jackson was a Senior Project Officer for the Thai National Curriculum and Materials with the Australian Capital Territory Schools Authority. 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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