via SOAS, 25 October 2022: This newly-funded project will build on what our colleagues at SOAS have been working on for the past few years on the repatriation and restitution of Southeast Asian Art, that sometimes have their own problematic ownership histories.
The Getty Foundation has awarded Professor Ashley Thompson and Dr Stephen Murphy a grant of $315,000 (approximately £280,000) for the project, ‘Circumambulating Objects: Paradigms of Restitution of Southeast Asian Art.’
The project will launch in early 2023, with Professor Louise Tythacott and SOAS alumni from the Southeast Asian Art Academic Programme, Dr Udomluck Hoontrakul, Seng Sonetra and Panggah Ardiyansyah, making up the rest of the core project team.
The collaborative work will take place in the form of critical thinking labs and archaeological, pagoda and museum visits in Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia.
Source: SOAS team awarded grant of over £250,000 for Southeast Asian art restitution project | SOAS
