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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 [...]

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 [...]

Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship 2012-2013

Applications are now open for the Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship for 2012-2013. The research themes for the upcoming term are Peranakan material culture, Confucianism and Christianity in Asia (up to 1800).

For more information about the fellowship and how to apply, click here.

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, [...]

Conference on Maritime Archaeology at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Readers in Singapore may be interested in this conference at the Asian Civilisations Museum next week.

Conference on Maritime Archaeology 18 June 2011 ACM Empress Place, Ngee Ann Auditorium

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Asian Civilisations Museum Fellowship Grant

The Asian Civilisations Museum is calling for applicants for their one-year fellowship for 2011-2012. The focus of research for this round is on Buddhist Art, Guan Yin and the influence of tradition on contemporary art.

photo credit: yeowatzup

ACM Research Fellowship Grant

The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore invites scholars specialising in Buddhist [...]

Last chance to catch Sumatra: Isle of Gold

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The Sumatra: Isle of Gold has been exhibiting at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore [...]

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 [...]

Sumatra's treasures on show in Singapore

The newest exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore showcases the treasures from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the first such international travelling exhibition to do so.

Sumatran artefacts on display Straits Times, 28 July 2010

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Treasury of the World: The Jewelled Arts of India and the Mughals

At a recent visit to the Asian Civilisations Museum, I managed to catch their latest exhibition entitled Treasury of the World: Jewelled Arts of India in the Age of the Mughals. It’s on until the end of June, and worth a visit if you’re in Singapore (that, and their Southeast Asian collections!)

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