CFP: SEA Studies Symposium 2018
The 7th Annual Southeast Asian Studies Symposium will be held in March 2018 at Universitas Indonesia with the theme: “What...
PhD Scholarships in Buddhist Studies at LMU Munich
Readers may be interested in two PhD scholarships offered for Buddhist studies in 2018 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. Source: PhD...
Kuala Lumpur’s heritage buildings under threat
via Straits Times, 08 August 2017: SE Asia News -Misguided spending, poor maintenance and bad planning have left these icons...
Old teeth from a rediscovered cave show humans were in Indonesia more than 63,000 years ago
Exciting new paper just published in Nature indicates evidence for humans in Sumatra as early as 63,000 years ago from...
Colonial conquest’s lost treasures return to Myanmar
via Frontier Myanmar, 08 August 2017: Artefacts taken from the Shwemawdaw Pagoda in Bago during the 19th century as part...
More Buddha sculptures found at Tonle Snguot site
via Khmer Times, 09 August 2017: More fragments of Buddha images have been found at the Tonle Snguot, which made...
Jail for tourist who wore shoes inside Bagan pagodas
via Coconuts Yangon, 03 August 2017: The tourist was told multiple times to remove his shoes before entering the pagodas,...
Cambodia: Preserving forgotten pagoda
via Eleven Myanmar, 04 August 2017: For decades, the pre-Angkorian Kampong Preah temple and an early 20th-century pagoda have sat...
New place to view Bagan pagodas
via Myanmar Times, 03 August 2017: A new place to view the world-famous Bagan pagodas will be opened this month...
Parts of Pyi Min Thar Monastery restored
via Myanmar Times, 02 August 2017: The conservation work on portions of the 178-year-old Pyi Min Thar Monastery in Mandalay...
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