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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!) [...] Readers in Singapore might be interested in Dr Arlo Griffith’s talk next week on the epigrahy of Champa. New Light on the Ancient Records of Campa (Vietnam) by Dr Arlo Griffiths 26 February, 7.00 – 8.30 pm Asian Civilisations Museum RSVP Required – details here [...] Readers in Singapore may be interested in a public lecture by Dr John Miksic of the National University of Singapore on Southeast Asian Ceramics. For readers who might not be able to attend the lecture, you may want to purchase Dr Miksic’s latest book, Southeast Asian Ceramics. Ceramics for the Archaeologist: Recent Advances in Understanding [...] The Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore is offering another 12-month research fellowship for scholars in Buddhist art and Indian Trade Textiles. Interested scholars can read the details and download the relevant forms here. Deadline is Feb 15, 2010. photo credit: yeowatzup [...] I was back in Singapore over the weekend for my brother’s wedding when I chanced upon a familiar design at the Singapore Changi International Airport… [...] The Archaeology of Buddhist Sumatra Date: 22 October 2009 Time: 4 – 6 pm Venue: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Seminar Room II Registration Required: Email Betty (betty@iseas.edu.sg) by 21 Oct 2009 [...] Archaeological exploration in the past decade has revealed a new Bronze-iron Age culture in central Myanmar. As most finds are located along the Samon River valley, they have become known as the Samon culture. Principally mortuary goods, many of the artifacts are unique and not found outside Myanmar. Other objects, however, parallel bronzes of the [...] The Asian Civilisations Museum hosts a public lecture by Hiram Woodward about Borobudur and the hypothesis of a Javanese Monk who was behind the construction. photo credit: F H Mira Bian-hong: Mastermind of Borobudur? Date: 2 Sep 2009 Time: 7:00 – 8:45pm Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore Limited seating. Register by emailing nhb_acm_rpu@nhb.gov.sg [...] If you’re in Singapore, check out this talk by Prof. Pierre-Yves Manguin at the Asian Civilisations Museum on Thursday. Registrations closes tomorrow (Tuesday). The Spread of Vaishnavism: Religion, Trade and State in Early Historic Southeast Asia Date: 09 July 2009 Time: 7:00 – 8:45 pm Venue: Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum Empress Place Much [...] The Asian Civilisations Museum dropped me a note about their upcoming one-day conference on the Reign of the 17th century Kangxi Emperor, in conjunction with the museum’s major exhibition for the year. The conference will touch on the life and times of the Kangxi Emperor, and also his foreign policy in which Southeast Asia features. [...] |
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