Publications by Jana Igunma

                    2023a Henry Alabaster's 'Catalogue of Siamese manuscripts' (1): royal edicts and books of laws
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2023b Drawn from across the globe: manuscript textiles in the Southeast Asian collections
                    By Jana Igunma and Methaporn Singhanan
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2023c Manuscript Textiles in the Southeast Asian Collections: Project Update By Jana Igunma
                    and Methaporn Singhanan
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2023d Talipot and ceremonial fans in Thai manuscript art (1).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2023e Talipot and ceremonial fans in Thai manuscript art (2).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2023f The Buddha's Last Birth Tale.
                    In: The book by design. London and Chicago: British Library and University of Chicago Press, 2023.

                    2023g Southeast Asia in Historical Photographs: Laos.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group blog, London: SEALG

                    2023h Conservation of Southeast Asian manuscripts and artworks: Case studies online.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group blog, London: SEALG

                    2023i An Illustrated Buddhist Funeral Book from Siam.
                    In: From the Rollins archives blog, Winter Park: Rollins College

                    2023k The Illustrated Phra Malai Manuscript in Khom Script Held at the Rollins College Library
                    In: From the Rollins archives blog, Winter Park: Rollins College

                    2022a Three northern Thai manuscripts from Carl Bock's collection.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022b Manuscript Textiles in the Southeast Asian collections. By Jana Igunma
                    and Methaporn Singhanan
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022c Glimpses from the 'Golden Land': Decorative manuscript art in Thailand and beyond.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022d Reunited at last: a classical Thai verse novel from Ayutthaya.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022e Ariya Metteyya, the Buddha of the future.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022f A puzzling fragment from a Thai meditation manual.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2022g Talipot and Ceremonial Fans in Thai Manuscript Art In: Southeast Asia Library
                    Group Newsletter Volume 54, December 2022, pp. 20-38

                    2022h Online tools for Southeast Asian librarianship.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group blog, London: SEALG

                    2021a Khmer manuscripts at the British Library (Part 1).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021b Khmer manuscripts at the British Library (Part 2).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021c In Thai manuscript paintings, chariots are more than just vehicles for transportation.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2021d Konlabot: Thai poetry from 'Jewels of Thought'.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021e An early Tai-Chinese glossary in the Hua yi yi yu.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021f Inspiring women writers of Laos: (1) Dara Viravong Kanlagna and Douangdeuane Bounyavong.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021g Inspiring women writers of Laos: (2) Kongdeuane Nettavong and Phiulavanh Luangvanna.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021h Chulamani Chedi, a celestial stupa.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2021i Illustrated Yogavacara meditation manuals from Thailand and Laos In: Southeast Asia Library
                    Group Newsletter Volume 53, December 2021, pp. 71-91

                    2021k Open-access resources on palm leaf conservation.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group blog, London: SEALG

                    2020a How translated texts, paintings and songs brought Buddhism to the western world.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2020b Illustrations: The many lives of Gautama Buddha in 18th and 19th century manuscripts.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2020c How the 50 'birth-tales' of Buddha spread from Thailand to the rest of Southeast Asia.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2020d Textile book covers in the Shan manuscript tradition In: Southeast Asia Library
                    Group Newsletter Volume 52, December 2020, pp. 72-86

                    2020e The story of star-crossed lovers Suthon and Manora lives on in Thailand's dance and drama.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2020f Tickling the trees, dancing with clouds: Birds in Thai manuscript illustration (1).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2020g Tickling the trees, dancing with clouds: Birds in Thai manuscript illustration (2).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2020h The Buddha and his natural environment in Thai manuscript art.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2020i Representations of the female in Thai Buddhist manuscript paintings.
                    In: EurASEAA14 Volume I: Ancient and Living Traditions
                    pp. 24-37

                    2020k Commentary on the Royal Letter from King Chulalongkorn of Siam
                    In: Ottoman-Southeast Asian Relations. Sources from the Ottoman Archives, vol. 1,
                    ed. by Ismail Hakki Kadi and A.C.S. Peacock. Leiden: Brill, pp. 382-392

                    2020l In Consideration of Our Mutual Relationship with Cats.
                    By Byron Breedlove and Jana Igunma. In: Emerging Infectious Diseases
                    vol. 26, No. 12, December 2020

                    2019a The Buddha's long 'journey' to Europe and Africa.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2019b Monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism. By San San May and Jana Igunma
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2019c Buddhism: Origins, Traditions and Contemporary Life. Edited by Jana Igunma and San San May
                    London: British Library

                    2019d Calendars and horoscopes in mainland Southeast Asia.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter
                    Volume 51, December 2019, pp. 32-43

                    2018a Buddhism Illuminated through Southeast Asian Manuscript Art (1).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2018b Buddhism Illuminated through Southeast Asian Manuscript Art (2).
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2018c Buddhism Illuminated: Manuscript art from Southeast Asia. By San San May and Jana Igunma
                    London: British Library

                    2018d Ilustrations and photos from 19th century show elaborate Thai funeral traditions through history.
                    In: Scroll.in

                    2018e Monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism.By San San May and Jana Igunma
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2018f Kammavaca: How collectors' tastes and curators' choices shaped manuscript collections from SEA.
                    By Jana Igunma and San San May. In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter
                    Volume 50, December 2018, pp. 34-59

                    2017a Mastering the art of a strong background: examples from Thai manuscripts.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2017b Henry D. Ginsburg and the Thai Manuscripts Collection at the British Library and Beyond.
                    In: Manuscript Studies Vol. 2.1, University of Pennsylvania Press (2017), pp. 22-81

                    2017c The oldest example of Thai script printed in Europe.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2017d How a British diplomat helped bring Thai art to Europe. In: Scroll.in online magazine, India

                    2017e The Year of the Rooster, from a Thai perspective. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2017g Preserving Endangered Archives in Southeast Asia. By Jana Igunma and Jody Butterworth.
                    In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter
                    Volume 49, December 2017, pp. 32-43

                    2016a O graceful fawn, o gentle doe: Deer in Thai manuscript art. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2016b In Thai illustrations of Buddha's birth, women play a big role. In: Scroll.in online magazine, India

                    2016c Exploring Thai art: Doris Duke. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2016d Two glossaries documenting the history of Lao script. In: Tai Culture Interdisciplinary Tai Studies Series
                    Vol. 24 (2015-6), pp. 31-48

                    2016e Exploring Thai art: James Low. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2016f The mystery of the 'naughty monks'in Thai manuscript illustrations of Phra Malai In: Southeast Asia Library
                    Group Newsletter Volume 48, December 2016, pp. 29-54

                    2016g Thai local knowledge: The long hidden wisdom of manuscripts. Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG),
                    3 November 2016

                    2016h The curious journeys of Phra Malai. LiterAsia Vol. 3, Berlin: SEACOM

                    2016i 'A bar of pure gold': Shan Buddhist manuscripts. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015a The Life of the Buddha in Thai manuscript art. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015b The beauty of palm leaf manuscripts (3): Storage and preservation.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015c The beauty of palm leaf manuscripts (2): Northern Thai, Lao and Shan traditions.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015d The beauty of palm leaf manuscripts (1): Central Thailand.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015e Ten Birth Tales of the Buddha.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015f The 'Blood Moon' in a Thai manuscript.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015g Laos and the Vietnam War.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015h Exploring Thai Art: Karl Siegfried Döhring.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015i The Chakrabongse collection of Thai royal letters (Or.15749)
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2015j Meditations on the Foul in Thai Manuscript Art.
                    In: Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities , Volume V, Bangkok: IABU, pp. 65-81

                    2015k Weird and wild monsters in the ocean's dark depths: revelations from the Thai Mahajanaka Jataka.
                    In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2014a The beautiful art of Tai palmleaf manuscripts. In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter Volume 46,
                    December 2014, pp. 35-50

                    2014b Morbid meditations in Thai manuscript art. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2014c Romeo and Juliet in Thai. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2014d The beginnings of Thai book production: rare Thai books at the British Library. In: Asian and African
                    Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2014e When an angel meets a demon: Advice on love and relationships in a Thai divination manual. In: Asian and
                    African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2014f The Ramayana in Southeast Asia: (2) Thailand and Laos. In: Asian and African Studies blog,
                    London: British Library

                    2014g The Ramayana in Southeast Asia: (1) Cambodia. In: Asian and African Studies blog,
                    London: British Library

                    2013a Aksoon Khoom: Khmer heritage in Thai and Lao manuscript cultures. In: Tai Culture Interdisciplinary Tai
                    Studies Series Vol. 23 (2013), pp. 25-32

                    2013b The history of the book in Southeast Asia: The Mainland. In: The book - a global history. Edited by
                    M. F. Suarez and H.R. Woodhuysen, New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, pp. 629-634

                    2013c A treatise on Siamese cats. Southeast Asia Library Group (SEALG), 7 June 2013

                    2013d A Thai book of merit: Phra Malai's journeys to heaven and hell. In: Asian and African Studies blog,
                    London: British Library

                    2013e A rare, smoked Ahom manuscript from Assam. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2013f Henri Mouhot's (almost forgotten) epigraphic notes. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2013g Thai massage in the early 19th century. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2012a A Buddhist monk's journeys to heaven and hell. In: Journal of the International Association of
                    Buddhist Universities Vol. 3, Bangkok: IABU, pp. 65-82

                    2012b Digital access to Thai manuscripts. In: Asian and African Studies blog, London: British Library

                    2011a Chulalongkorn (Rama V), King (1853-1910). In: Slavery in the modern world. Edited by Junius P. Rodriguez,
                    Santa Barbara: ABC Clio, 2011, pp. 196-198

                    2011b A monk's journeys to heaven and hell. In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter Volume 43, December
                    2011, pp. 39-52.

                    2010a The history of the book in Southeast Asia (2) In: Michael F. Suarez, S. J. Woudhuysen, H. R. Woudhuysen (eds.),
                    The Oxford companion to the book, New York: Oxford University Press

                    2010b (ed.) A guardian of Thai treasures: Henry Ginsburg (1940-2007). London, British Library

                    2010c The 'Pa Po - Chinese glossary' in the Hua Yi yi yu. In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter Volume 42,
                    December 2010, pp. 9-21

                    2008a Human body, spirit and disease: the science of healing in 19th century Buddhist manuscripts from Thailand.
                    Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Universities Vol. 1, Bangkok: IABU, pp.120-132

                    2008b The Chakrabongse archive at the British Library (Or.14749). In: Southeast Asia Library Group Newsletter,
                    Volume 40, December 2008, pp. 16-20

                    2007a The concepts of man, Karma, suffering, liberation in Buddhism and Hinduism. In: An Encyclopedia of the Arts,
                    Vol. 9, pp. 45 - 54. Lagos, Lagos State University, 2007

                    2007b Thai local knowledge: the hidden wisdom of palmleaf manuscripts and folding books. In: Sabine Miehlau
                    and Frank Wickl (eds.), Lokales Wissen und Entwicklung. Bad Honnef: Horlemann, pp. 198-211

                    2006a Vajiravudh and the words : alphabetisation, book production and the ethos of modernisation in Thailand 1910-1925
                    In: Proceedings, International Conference on Thai Language and Literature, Bangkok 10-12 November 2006

                    2006b Lotuskerne: Buddhistische Maerchen aus Thailand und Laos. LiterAsia Vol. 2, Berlin: SEACOM

                    2005a Illustrated manuscripts from Thailand. In: Tai Culture International Review on Tai Cultural Studies Vol. 18

                    2005b Law and social values in Lao society in the light of the traditional concept of muang : with a transcription
                    of "phongsawadaan-muang-laan-saang" and a list of Lao historical manuscripts. SEACOM-Studien zur Suedostasienkunde
                    Vol. 12, Berlin: SEACOM

                    2005c The Socio-political and administrative organisation of müang in the Light of Lao Historical Manuscripts.
                    In: The Literary Heritage of Laos: Preservation, Dissemination and Research Perspectives, Vientiane:
                    National Library of Laos, 2005

                    2004a Books and non-book material in Thai language at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin : (1998 - 2003 acquisitions).
                    SEACOM Studien zur Südostasienkunde Bd. 10. Berlin: SEACOM

                    2004b Lao-Kultur in Berlin. SEACOM-Studien zur Suedostasienkunde Vol. 8, Berlin: SEACOM

                    2004c Thai concepts of minority policy: National integration and rural development in Northeast Thailand.
                    in: Thomas Engelbert and Hans-Dieter Kubitschek (eds.), Ethnic minorities and politics in Southeast Asia.
                    Frankfurt am Main (etc.): Peter Lang

                    2003a Chit Phumisak. In: Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. New York: Scribners

                    2003b Phra Pathom Chedi. In: Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. New York: Scribners

                    2003c Plain of Jars. In: Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. New York: Scribners

                    2003d Akat Damkoeng. In: Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. New York: Scribners

                    2003e Virtuelle Fachbibliothek Südostasienkunde: Zur Bewertung und Erschliessung von Internetressourcen zur
                    Südostasienkunde. SEACOM Studien zur Südostasienkunde Bd. 7. Berlin: SEACOM

                    2003f Traditional healing and ethnomedical practice in Thailand. Selected bibliography. AFRASlib African
                    and Asian Health Series Vol. I. Berlin: AFRASlib

                    2002a The term müang in Lao and Western researches. In: Conference Proceedings, 8th International Conference
                    on Thai Studies, Nakhorn Phanom

                    2002b Origin myths and legends of the Lao. In: Tai Culture International Review on Tai Cultural Studies Vol. VII/2

                    2000 Traditional concepts of community rights and social values of the Lao. In: Cholthira Satyawadhna (ed.):
                    Sitthi chumchon nai Aesia-akhane (Community Rights in Southeast Asia). Bangkok: Thammasat University

                    1998a Northern Thai Textiles at the Asia-Pacific-Weeks. IIAS Newsletter 15 (1998)

                    1998b On administration and ritual in Tai baan-müang. A selected bibliography. Tai Culture International Review
                    on Tai Cultural Studies Vol. III/2

                    1997a Erneuerung durch Tradition. Das Wirken des Vajiranana Varorasa bei der Modernisierung des thailändischen
                    allgemeinbildenden Schulwesens. SEACOM Studien zur Südostasienkunde Bd. 4, Berlin: SEACOM Edition

                    1997b (ed.) Zwischen Verklärung und Erwachen. Eine kritische Betrachtung ethnologischer Beiträge zur
                    Südostasienkunde. SEACOM Studien zur Südostasienkunde Bd. 3, Berlin: SEACOM Edition

                    Jana Igunma M.A., M.A. (LIS)

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