Journal of Lao Studies (JLS)

Journal of Lao Studies (JLS) 
December 2024 Volume 8 Issue 1 Now Available!

Table of Contents

Information and Announcments

Including: Call for Article Submissions; International Conference on Lao Studies Announcement; Note from the JLS Editor, Dr. Mike Rattanasengchanh
pp. i-vii

RESEARCH ESSAYS

The Partitioning of Laos: Lost Voices from both sides of the Mekong River in 1893 and the creation of modern Laos

RYAN WOLFSON-FORD
pp. 1-21

A Rare Stone Creation from Laos: The Luang Prabang ‘Philosopher’
LIA GENOVESE and VIENGKEO SOUKSAVATDY
pp. 22-40

Statue and Mine: Chao Anouvong, Chinese Capital, and Rescaling the Lao Nation
AL LIM
pp. 41-71

Laos in the East German Berliner Zeitung, 1947-1990: Socialist news between Second and Third World during the Cold War 
Peter Gutter
pp. 72-120

The Lao American Archive Project: Opening up Lao American History
IAN G. BAIRD and AKARATH SOUKHAPHON
pp. 121-142

BOOK REVIEW

High, Holly, ed. Stone Masters: Power Encounters in Mainland Southeast Asia. NUS Press, Singapore: 2022
LIA GENOVESE
pp. 143-147