68th Meeting, Bangkok 2026: Programme - Permanent International Altaistic Conference

The 68^th Annual Meeting of
the Permanent International
Altaistic Conference

Hosted by
Sanskrit Studies Centre, Faculty of Archaeology,
Silpakorn University and
Center for Korean Studies, Institute of East Asia Studies,
Thammasat University
21–26 June 2026
at Sanskrit Studies Centre
8 Suparbburut Road, Thaweewattana District, Bangkok,
Thailand, 10170

Programme

Sunday, 21 June 2026

07:00–23:00	Shuttle van pick-ups from Suvarnabhumi Airport and from downtown Bangkok at agreed times and locations, and check-in at the Time 24 Hotel
16:00–16:30	Shuttle vans from the Time 24 hotel to Sanskrit Studies Centre
16:00–19:00	Reception with small refreshments at Sanskrit Studies Centre and casual get-together
18:30–19:15	Shuttle vans to the Time 24 Hotel

Monday, 22 June 2026

08:00–09:00	Shuttle vans to Sanskrit Studies Centre
08:00–09:45	Breakfast at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
09:00–09:45	Conference registration
09:45–10:45	Opening ceremony Sombat Mangmeesukhsiri (Silpakorn University) President of the 68th Meeting Buddhajayamaṅgala Gāthā and Jaya Paritta chanted by students of Sanskrit Studies Centre Naruphol Wangthongchaicharoen (Silpakorn University) Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology Chirapat Prapandvidya (Silpakorn University) Founder of the Sanskrit Studies Centre Oliver Corff PIAC Secretary General
10:45–12:00	Keynote speech Pipad Krajaejun (Thammasat University): Beyond Origins: Altai as Imagined Geography between Myth and Archaeology
12:00–13:00	Lunch break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
13:00–15:45	Confessions
15:45–16:00	Coffee break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
16:00–18:00	Panel 1: From Altai to Southern Asia Chair: Pipad Krajaejun (Thammasat University) Michal Schwarz (Masaryk University): Mongolia, Korea, and Vietnam in a Wider Comparative Perspective: Selected Environmental Impacts on Languages and Cultures Across Asia Narbibish Shammayeva (Seyitnazar Seydi Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute): Asian Attitude to the Child: Central Asia and Southern Asia U-tain Wongsathit (Silpakorn University): From Central Asian Steppes to Suvarṇabhūmi Peninsula: The Sanskrit Medical Cosmopolis in Aromatic Trade across Eurasia Andrew Logie (University of Helsinki): Discourses of Altaic and Suvarṇabhūmic connectivity with Korea, and their diversification of Korean archaeological interpretation
18:00–18:30	Transportation to the dinner place
18:30–20:00	Dinner
20:00–20:30	Transportation to the Time 24 Hotel

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

07:30–08:30	Shuttle vans to Sanskrit Studies Centre
07:45–09:00	Breakfast at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
9:00–10:30	Panel 2: Altaic aesthetics Chair: Sombat Mangmeesukhsiri (Silpakorn University) Christine Bell (Independent scholar) Pojagi (보자기): traditional Korean wrapping cloths Sherman Han (Brigham Young University): Poetry of Ministers and Generals on Emperor Qianlong’s Military Victory in Taiwan Oğuz Baykara (Yeditepe University): Challenges in translating Genji Monogatari into Turkish
10:30–10:45	Short break
10:45–12:15	Panel 3: Altaic ethnography and onomastics Chair: Andrew Logie (University of Helsinki) Shynaray Burkitbayeva (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University): Ethnographic Features of Kazakhs Living in the Sacred Altai Mountains Nurmukhammed Merekeuly (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University): Color Terms in Toponymy of the Altaic World: Structural Types of Kazakh and Tuvan Place Names Barbara Kellner-Heinkele (Free University of Berlin): In the afterglow of Timurid Princely Culture: Kashmir and the Early Mughals
12:15–13:30	Lunch break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
13:30–15:30	Panel 4: Altaic sociolinguistics Chair: Chingduang Yurayong (University of Helsinki & Seoul National University) Ekaterina Gruzdeva (University of Helsinki): Non-Turkic Languages in a Turkic-Dominant Multilingual Ecology: Evidence from Azerbaijan Giulia Orlando (University of Helsinki): Accelerated language change under shifting ecologies of contact: lexical evidence from Dongxiang Sami Honkasalo (University of Helsinki): An overview of Dungan and Altaic language contacts: Altaicization of a Sinitic variety and its contact layers Ákos Apatóczky (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary): Dialect or orthographic irregularity: re-reading the Zhiyuan yiyu
15:30–16:00	Coffee break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
16:00–17:30	Panel 5: Comparative Altaic linguistics Chair: Sami Honkasalo (University of Helsinki) Michael Knüppel (Arctic Studies Center & Liaocheng University): Forgotten chapters from the history of the Ural-Altaic theory – impressions from two decades of research into the history of science Chingduang Yurayong (University of Helsinki & Seoul National University): (De)generalising the Altaic typology from a Southern Asian perspective Juha Janhunen (Russian Academy of Sciences): Syllable Structures North to South in the Altaic World
17:30–17:45	Short break
17:45–18:30	Transportation to the dinner place
18:30–20:00	Dinner
20:00–20:30	Transportation to the Time 24 Hotel

Wednesday, 24 June 2026

07:45–08:30	Shuttle vans to Sanskrit Studies Centre
08:00–09:00	Breakfast at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
09:00–10:00	Departure to Bangkok Old Town
10:00–11:30	Visit Wat Pho Temple
11:30–11:40	Shuttle vans to Silpakorn University Wang Tha Phra Campus
11:40–12:00	Walk inside Silpakorn University Campus
12:00–13:00	Lunch at the Faculty of Archaeology
13:00–14:00	Walk through Thammasat University Campus to the National Museum Bangkok
14:00–16:00	Visit exhibitions at the National Museum
16:00–16:30	Shuttle vans to the dinner place
16:30–19:00	Dinner by Chaophraya River
19:00–20:00	Transportation to the Time 24 Hotel

Thursday, 25 June 2026

07:30–08:30	Shuttle vans to Sanskrit Studies Centre
07:45–09:00	Breakfast at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
9:00–11:00	Panel 6: Buddhism and Altaic philosophy Chair: Thapakorn Kamnerdsiri (Thammasat University) Junko Miyawaki-Okada (Tōyō Bunko): Buddhist sutras translated from Tibetan to Oyirad by Zaya Pandita Koichi Higuchi (Ehime University): Forms of Sanskrit Origin in the Mongolian Buddhist Literature Sombat Mangmeesukhsiri (Silpakorn University): Plurality and prophecy: The plural uses of Buddha appellations in Altaic and Indo-Iranian languages Hacer Tokyürek (Erciyes University): The Syncretic Transformation of Beliefs in the Tarim Basin Based on Old Uighur Texts: Boat Symbolism
11:00–11:15	Short break
11:15–12:15	Panel 7: Altaic philology Chair: U-tain Wongsathit & Kangvol Khatshima (Silpakorn University) Hartmut Walravens (Berlin State Library): Histories of Manchu Literature Oliver Corff (PIAC Secretary General): Structural Changes in Definitions of Two Manju Dictionaries
12:15–13:30	Lunch break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
13:30–15:30	Panel 7: Altaic philology (continued) Julie P.M. Lefort (INALCO): Rethinking dongxiang literacy: the tuhua orou writing system and its sociolinguistic practices Olga Lundysheva (The National Library of Russia): Brahmi Glossing Practices in Old Uyghur Manuscripts: A Comparative Study Mehmet Ölmez (Istanbul University: On Sanskrit Loanwords in Old Uyghur Texts Birsel Karakoç (Uppsala University): Linguistic features of the Middle Azeri of Isfahan in the 17th century
15:30–16:00	Coffee break at Sanskrit Studies Centre’s lobby
16:00–18:00	PIAC Business Meeting
18:00–18:30	Transportation to the dinner place
18:30–20:00	Dinner
20:00–20:30	Transportation to the Time 24 Hotel

Friday, 26 June 2026

08:00–09:00	Breakfast boxes distributed at the hotel lobby
06:00–19:00	Check-out from the Time 24 Hotel and transportation to Suvarnabhumi Airport provided for those leaving within this day