Readers in Bangkok may be interested in this seminar at the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre.
Archaeology in Asia: Past Heritages in Contemporaneous Issues
Date: 4 Dec 2012
Time: 1:30 – 5:30 pm
Venue: Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre 2nd floor – Room 207, 20 Borromma-ratchachonni Road, Taling Chan, Bangkok
Speakers:
Dr. Peter Skilling (EFEO)
+ Reading Sutta-nipāta on the Ground: The Ancient Routes of Central India
Sirin Yuanyaidee (Phra Pathom Chedi National Museum)
+ Digging the past: Mr. P. Dupont’s Report from 1937 and the Recent Excavation at Wat Thammasala, Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand
Dr. Martin Polkinghorne (University of Sydney)
+ Ayutthaya Buddha Dissemination in Angkor
Dr. Christophe Pottier (EFEO)
+ Any Heritage beyond the Temples? Geoinformatics Investigations in Angkor (Cambodia)
Prof. Pierre Pichard (EFEO)
+ Developments and Conservation Issues in Pagan (Myanmar)
Dr. Jacques Leider (EFEO)
+ The Invention of the “Rohingya”: Quest of Identity or Re-writing of History?
Announcer: Dr. Trongjai Hutangkura (SAC)
Presentations and Discussions will be held in English
Admission: Free