I’ll be taking a short break from the blog as I’ll be heading up to see the Angkor temples for a long-awaited holiday. There won’t be any news updates from now until the coming week, although if all goes well, news updates will resume on Thursday, 5th July. In the meantime, I’ve lined up a [...]
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Earlier this month, I was able to catch a lecture about the shipwreck laden with Tang Dynasty treasures that sunk off Belitung island in the 9th century. What was it about this shipwreck that made it so spectacular? What treasures were stored aboard the ship and where was it headed? And what did the Belitung Shipwreck tell us about maritime trade n Asia and Southeast Asia at that time? [...] Nei Xue Tang (roughly translated as “The Hall of Inner Peace), home to some 10,000 pieces of Buddhist art with examples from different styles, regions and periods from around the world. [...] Dear readers, SEAArch has been nominated for the Best Education Blog category in this year’s Blogger’s Choice Awards! [...] Malaysia has previously pushed for an Asian version of UNESCO, and this call for an Asian chapter of UNESCO is now bolstered by backing from China. While I agree with the fact that there the World Heritage sites seem skewed towards Europe and America, I can’t help but feel that this push by Malaysia and China (the latter not particularly known for actually treasuring their cultural heritage) is more keyed to economics and the tourist dollar rather that treasuring heritage for heritage’s sake. [...] SEAArch is listed as a web resource in Intute, a service run by a partnership of UK universities to bring you the best web resources on research and education. [...] Which is the birthplace of Malay civilisation? Kelantan or Perak? That is what the Kelantan wants to find out, through analysis of archaeological material found in the Nenggiri Ulu Valley. The aim is to shed light on the origin of a pre-Islamic, prehistoric even, civilisation in Kelantan. [...] 21 June 2007 (Jakarta Post) – Have you visited your museum lately? If you’re in Indonesia, you’ll have no less than the president exhorting you to visit the museum! President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was encouraging Indonesians to visit their museums. It’s interesting to see how museums are now seen as cultural repositories of the past, [...] 21 June 2007 (Bangkok Post) – The Angkor temple of Prasat Preah Vihear was mentioned recently when Cambodia submitted the site for consideration as a World Heritage Site. The temple, which stands close to the Thai-Cambodia border is in the news again – this time, Thailand wants to have a say in the proposals as [...] In this second part of the Ancient Script of Southeast Asia (click here for part 1), we’ll explore two more exhibits from the Aksara: The Passage of Malay Scripts exhibition at the National Library of Singapore. These two pieces are from Terengganu in Malaysia, and Java in Indonesia. [...] |
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