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Call for Papers: UMAC 2012

Readers may be interested in the upcoming International Committee for University Museums and Collections 12th Annual Meeting to be held at the National University of Singapore this October. Paper proposals are open until May.

UMAC2012 Singapore Encountering Limits: The University Museum 10-12 October 2012 Download the Flyer here.

Public Lecture: Pots and How They are Made in Southeast Asia

Pots EDM

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Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk about ceramics production in Mainland SEA [...]

Singapore coverage of the NSC Field School

Field-school programme participants picking up ancient pottery fragments in Kou Pnouv, Straits Times 20120130

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The Straits Times’ coverage of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School. I’ve been hanging out with [...]

Revisiting the Jewel of Muscat

The Jewel of Muscat

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Remember this?

Yes, it’s the Jewel of Muscat! It is a reconstruction of the [...]

Tang shipwreck treasures at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Asian Civilisations Museum, cc image

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I briefly mentioned this at my last post about the Belitung Shipwreck – The Tang [...]

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School opens in Singapore

Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School 2012

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The Singapore part of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School opened today at the Institute of [...]

Shipwrecks and Shark's Fin Soup

I was on holiday when the Smithsonian announced that it would not be hosting the Belitung Shipwreck exhibition last month. Much inked has been spilled, particularly by commentators in Singapore decrying the decision. Here’s a roundup and my take.

Changsha Wares from the Belitung Shipwreck

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Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre Field School Opening Event 25 January 2012

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The Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre’s Field School is underway in Cambodia right now, and next week the [...]

Live from Singapore

2012 for me looks set with plenty of movement. This year is meant to be my fieldwork year and I hope to be working in a number of sites in Thailand, Cambodia and Laos. Rather than flying out of Canberra for these separate trips, I’m basing myself back in Singapore for a good part of [...]

Singapore's Fort Canning Hill is steeped in history – and archaeology

My native Singapore may be a shopping paradise and a culinary kaleidoscope, but if you’re interested in her archaeology one only has to look at Fort Canning Hill (which, incidentally, sits behind the National Museum of Singapore). This feature from the Bangkok Post showcases the deep history of Singapore’s Forbidden Hill.

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