Home    About    Paper    Links    Contact Here a collection of papers I wrote for seminars over the last years and press articles I was consulted for or that otherwise refer to my work. You will notice that I’m specially interested in nationalism, green issues, gender systems, the monarchy and historical constructs. However, although I’m critical of grand narratives, I too would like to question the excessive relativism of postmodernism which, to me, is at times tiring and unproductive. English: From Grassroots to Government: A Study of Recent Green Party Building in the Philippines (MA-Thesis), PDF (536 KB) Modern Monarchs? A Comparison of the Democratic Roles of Thailand's Bhumibol Adulyadej and Juan Carlos of Spain (BA-Thesis), PDF (1,8 MB) Reconstructing Angkor – Images of the Past and Their Impact on Thai-Cambodian Relations (published in the series "Südostasien Working Papers"), PDF (520 KB) Back in the Spotlight – A Comparison of Recent Mainstream and Alternative Thai Queer Cinema, publication planned in: Jackson, Peter A. (ed.). 2009 (f.c.). Queer Bangkok. 21st Century Media, Markets, and Rights (working title). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, PDF (1,5 MB) Just Another Gay Movie? (Short version of the above paper, presented at the 10th International Conference on Thai Studies, Bangkok; published on CD-Rom proceedings), PDF (132 KB) Democracy!? – Thai Politics Between Global Desires and Local Interests, publication f.c. (Aug 2008) in: Glocalization - Going Global Being Local. Hyderabad: Icfai University Press, PDF (100 KB) A Comparison of the Green Potential in Thailand and the Philippines, PDF (156 KB) Long Live the King? – A Short Paper on Crises of Royal Succession in Siam, PDF (116 KB) Too Good to Be True – Sukhothai Reconsidered, PDF (124 KB) Thailand Backstage – On the Performance of Thainess, PDF (1,4 MB) The Crown, Caricatures and Critics – Problems and Power of the Media Under a Constitutional Monarchy, PDF (824 KB) People Power or Disempowered People? – The Philippine EDSA Uprisings in Comparison, PDF (288 KB) Socialism and the Environment: A Critique, PDF (652 KB) The Green Challenge, Security and International Institutions, PDF (240 KB) Post-Positivism: Critical Theory, Postmodernism and Constructivism in International Relations, PDF (144 KB) Huntington's Clash of Civilizations Theory and Liberal Democracy, PDF (252 KB) German: Inschriften Thailands, PDF (120 KB) Das Ramayana – Eine Quelle Moderner Indischer Identitäten? PDF (88 KB) Probleme der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit am Beispiel Kambodschas, PDF (100 KB) Jenseits der Goldenen Tempel – Männliche Homosexualität in Thailand, PDF (132 KB) Thai und Vietnamesen in Berlin – Verortung, Beziehungen und Probleme ethnischer Communities in Berlin am Beispiel zweier südostasiatischer Gruppen, PDF (300 KB) Thai-Tempel in Berlin – Organisation und Rezeption religiöser Orte am Beispiel zweier Wat, PDF (264 KB) In the press: The Japan Times (18.01.2009): "The Imperials are well connected", PDF (116 KB) Bangkok Pundit (09.01.2009): "Reference of the Day - Modern Monarchs" New Mandala (03.07.2008): "Serhat Ünaldi on kingship in Thailand and Spain" www.serhat-uenaldi.com