Dr Edoardo Siani
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- Roles
- Research Associate, SOAS Centre of South East Asian Studies
- Email address
- es22@soas.ac.uk
Biography
Edoardo Siani is Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and Research Associate at SOAS, University London. He writes about the relationship between Buddhist cosmology and power in contemporary Thailand, focusing on kingship, divination and spirit mediumship. Edoardo received a PhD in anthropology and sociology from SOAS, was researcher and assistant professor at Kyoto University’s CSEAS, and adjunct professor at Thammasat University. A resident of Bangkok since 2002, he has contributed to media outlets, including BBC and The New York Times.