<span style="font-weight: 400;">Debating Imagined Communities: A Tribute To Benedict Anderson celebrated the life and work of <img class="wp-image-2190 alignleft" src="http://asiacentre.co.th/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Anderson_B.jpg" alt="Anderson_B" width="173" height="228" />
the late Professor Anderson. Held on 30 January 2016 at Asia Centre in Bangkok, Thailand; the event attracted a diverse audience of about 40 people including friends and colleagues of Anderson as well as students and members of public who were keen to learn more about the scholar and his work. </span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Professor James Gomez, Associate Dean (International Affairs) at the School of Communication Arts, Bangkok University and co-founder of the Asia Centre opened the event discussing how Anderson’s work sits in relation to his contemporaries. Professor Emeritus Charnvit Kasetsiri</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a prominent historian and Thai studies scholar shared the eulogy he gave at Anderson’s funeral in Surabaya.He spoke of his friendship and camaraderie with Anderson and provided insight into the man behind the work.</span>