Dr. Jessica Lee Patterson

About Dr. Jessica Lee Patterson

Jessica Lee Patterson has a PhD in History of Art from the University of California, Berkeley. Her primary research interests are nineteenth-century and Buddhist art, with a particular focus on the role of Chinese immigration and trade on the art, culture, and religion of Southeast Asia.

Wat Dan, a Buddhist monastery adjacent to a high-rise condominium complex in Bangkok, Thailand (photo by the author). — A Thai Buddhist monastery combines elements of the solemn and the fun, allowing it to serve a wide range of spiritual, aesthetic, and social needs.

Thai Buddhist Monasteries

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