H Back to Lectures Dunhuang Revisited: Mogao Buddhist Caves (4th -14th Centuries) Mogao, the cave-temples near the town of Dunhuang in the west of China’s Gansu province, form what is arguably the world’s most extraordinary gallery of Buddhist art: hewn from the...
H Back to Lectures Art, Diplomacy and the Projection of Power: The Thai Elephant Statues in Singapore, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City In Singapore, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City stand bronze elephant statues gifted by Thai Kings. Erected in 1872 (Singapore and Jakarta),...
H Back to Lectures British Plans for the Upper Siamese-Malay Peninsula Over the Nineteenth Century In this lecture, I reconstruct British plans during the nineteenth century to join its territories in Malaya and Burma by annexing the upper portion of the Siamese-Malay...
H Back to Lectures Tai Herbalism There is a saying among minority people, “To annihilate my culture and identity, you must first destroy my language and writing.” Through intentional political policy or simple ignorance and neglect, minorities worldwide remain at risk...
H Back to Lectures Colonial Law Making: Cambodia Under the French “Like its neighbour Siam, but unfortunately to a far inferior degree, Cambodia has made, during these last years, serious efforts to improve her justice.” (Note on Cambodian Justice, by Henri...
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