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Public Lecture: Shopping in Ancient SG: What the Archaeology of Victoria Concert Hall & Victoria Theatre Tells us

Lim Chen Sien from the National University of Singapore will present the findings from recent excavations at Singapore’s Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall.

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Shopping in Ancient SG: What the Archaeology of Victoria Concert Hall & Victoria Theatre Tells us Date: 03 December 2011 Venue: National Library of Singapore, Level 5, Possibility [...]

Public lecture: Alternative stories of Rama

Professor Romila Thapar is scheduled to give a talk at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore on the multiple versions of the Ramayana from the first millennium BCE. Registration required, details below.

Alternative Stories of Rama: Why Did They Emerge in the First Millennium BCE? 17 August 2011 7.00 – 8.30pm Asian Civilisations Museum, [...]

Public Lecture: Sanskrit in the Archipelago

An upcoming public lecture at the National University of Singapore:

Sanskrit in the Archipelago: Translation, Vernacularization and Translocal Identity Prof. Thomas M. Hunter, Faculty of Letters, Udayana University ISEAS Seminar Room II, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore 21 June 2011 4.00 – 5.30 pm

More information here.

Public Lecture: Burmese Palaces and Sacred Sites

For readers in Thailand, Silpakorn University will be hosting a special lecture/seminar next Sunday on sites in Burma. The event is limited to 100 guests, so please register early to avoid disappointment!

Burmese Palaces and Sacred Sites Venue: Faculty of Decorative Art, Room 3104 (Basement), Silpakorn University (Tha Phra Campus) Date: Sunday 30th January [...]

Public Lecture: Non-traders from South Asia in the Malay World

Readers in Singapore might be interested in catching this lecture by Daniel Perret from EFEO, which deals with India-Southeast Asia interactions – without the lenses of Indianisation or trade. Registration is required.

Non-traders from South Asia in the Malay World (end of 13th – end of 17th century) Asian Civilisations Museum 09 [...]

Public Lecture: Sumatran Gold in Southeast Asian Context

Readers in Singapore may be interested in attending Dr. Miksic’s lecture this evening at the Asian Civilisations Museum in conjunction with the Sumatra exhibition.

Gold Land Lords: Sumatran Gold in Southeast Asian Context Thursday, 14 October 2010 7.30 pm Asian Civilisations Museum Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM Empress Place (Basement)

Sumatra has been known as [...]

Public Lecture: The Batujaya Site Complex in West Java

Readers in Singapore my be interested in this public lecture by Professor Pierre-Yves Manguin happening on Wednesday at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies.

FROM PROTO-HISTORY TO BUDDHISM: The in West Java Wednesday, 15 September, 4.00pm- 5.30pm Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore ISEAS Seminar Room 2

Full details and registration information [...]

Public Lecture: Treasure from the Sea

Readers in Singapore may be interested in this public lecture by Dr. Michael Flecker about the Belitung shipwreck, soon to be exhibited in Singapore and around the world!

Treasures from the Sea: An Arab Shipwreck in Indonesian waters by Dr. Michael Flecker Date: 21 August 2010 Time: 4.00pm Venue: Imagination Room, National Library of Singapore [...]

Videos from the Gods of Angkor at the Smithsonian

Here’s a couple of videos related to the current Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia currently exhibiting at the Freer and Sacker Gallery Galleries of the Smithsonian. The first is a news piece on the exhibition by the VOA Khmer Service and is in Khmer.

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Public Lecture: Singapore: A Hub of the Interaction between Chinese and Southeast ASian Ceramic Studies in SEA

Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk happening tomorrow at the National Library.

Singapore: A Hub of the Interaction between Chinese and Southeast ASian Ceramic Studies in SEA Date: 8 July 2010 Time: 5:00PM – Thursday Jul 8, 6:30PM Venue: Level 5 – Imagination in National Library Building

This talk explores the variation [...]