Hmong Diaspora Thailand

The Hmong Diaspora Ethnographic Field School is a team-based research program that trains students to undertake collaborative ethnographic research. Students will contribute to a range of projects that seek to understand the social and cultural dynamics in Hmong communities across the global diaspora. In 2026, the program will be based in a Hmong community in northern Thailand, with shorter visits to other communities in the region. While specific research topics will vary, these typically focus on issues of religion, ritual practice and healing, cultural change and adaptation, intergenerational dynamics, and other issues that are relevant to understanding how people adapt to new social contexts and what it means to be an ethnic minority in a society like Thailand. Students will also be trained in visual anthropology methods and other multimodal approaches, and they will contribute to the production of a collaborative short ethnographic film. This program fulfills the majority of the requirements for an Anthropology minor at BYU, and it also fulfills key credits for a Cultural Anthropology major. Please contact the program director for further details.

Click here to apply today!