Barend Jan Terwiel | |
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| Born | Barend Jan Terwiel November 24, 1941 Ginneken, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch, Australian |
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| Fields | History of Thailand and Thai culture |
Barend Jan (Baas) Terwiel (born 24 November 1941) is a Dutch-Australian anthropologist, historian and Thai studies scholar. He has written books on ethnology of Tai peoples and Ahom, the history and culture of Thailand as well as historical travel of Europeans to mainland Southeast Asia.[1] He retired in 2007, although he still writes about Thailand, releasing a new edition of his book Thailand's Political History in 2010.[2] He authored 11 articles over 47 years from 1972 to 2019 for Journal of the Siam Society.
- ^ "Musik und Fragen zur Person - Der Thaiist Barend Jan Terwiel". Deutschlandfunk (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Barend Jan (Baas) Terwiel". www.ostasien-verlag.de. Retrieved 9 October 2019.