The centenary issue of JSS will be launched on 26 March 2013. The issue is dedicated to the theme of heritage, in line with the Society's recently launched Siamese Heritage Protection Program. The issue appears in parallel as a book, entitled Protecting Siam's Heritage, co-published with Silkworm Books.

Contents

James Stent • Introduction: Siam’s Threatened Cultural Heritage

Piriya Krairiksh • A Brief History of Heritage Protection in Thailand

Sumet Jumsai • A Record of Historical Conservation, 1964–2012

Euayporn Kerdchouay • The Siam Society’s Role in Heritage Protection

Phuthorn Bhumadhon • Long-term Strategies for Thai Heritage Preservation: Civil Roles in Lopburi Province

Rewadee Sakulpanich • The Development of Law on Tangible Cultural Heritage:

Case of the Law on Ancient Monuments, Antiques, Objects of Art and National Museums

Surin Pitsuwan • Tourism and Heritage: A Tense Relationship

Yongtanit Pimonsathean • The Crown Property Bureau and Heritage Conservation

Chatri Prakitnonthakan • Rattanakosin Charter: The Thai Cultural Charter for Conservation

Tiamsoon Sirisrisak and Natsuko Akagawa • Cultural Rights and Conservation of Old Bangkok

Worrasit Tantinipankul • Reviving the Neglected Heritage of the Rattanakosin Era: The Case of the Old Chao Phraya River Oxbow

Montira Horayangura Unakul • Reconnecting Bangkok’s Heritage Landscape: Urban Waterways and the Modern City

Michael Herzfeld • The Crypto-Colonial Dilemmas of Rattanakosin Island

Alexandra Denes • Mapping Living Heritage at the Phanom Rung Historical Park: Identifying and Safeguarding the Local Meanings of a National Heritage Site

Apinya Baggelaar Arrunnapaporn • Atrocity Heritage Tourism at the “Death Railway”

Woraphat Arthayukti and Edward Van Roy • Heritage Across Borders: The Funerary Monument of King Uthumphon

H. Detlef Kammeier • Heritage Conservation in Asia: Shifts and Developments, 1972–2012

Khoo Salma Nasution • Exploring Shared Histories, Preserving Shared Heritage: Penang’s Links to a Siamese Past

Paula Z. Helfrich • Yangon’s Heritage: Steps Towards Preservation

Richard Engelhardt, Montira Horayangura Unakul and Julia Davies • Lessons from the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation: International Best Practices in Thailand