Sukhothai Art Without Inscription No. 1

Aug 2, 2024

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Sukhothai Art Without Inscription No. 1

In his lecture, given on 16 August 1988, at The Siam Society, Dr Piriya Krairiksh reassessed the dating of Inscription No. 1. Subsequently, scholars from such diverse fields as history, archaeology, epigraphy, and linguistics, drew together to debate Piriya’s proposition. Almost all of them put an end to the debate by maintaining the status, authenticity, and validity, of the inscription.

Steadfast in his original argument, Dr Piriya has continued his decades-long quest for the history of Sukhothai art. After thirty-six years of his seminal lecture, he will be sharing insights into his latest studies of Sukhothai art.

About the speaker

Professor Piriya Krairiksh is a prolific author, artist, and scholar of South East Asian art history. Upon completing a thesis entitled The Chula Pathon Cedi: Architecture and Sculpture of Dvaravati, he obtained his doctorate from Harvard University in 1975. He served as a curator of Asian art at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra (1976-77), before returning to Thailand, where he taught first at Silpakorn University (1977-78), and subsequently at Thammasat University (1978-2002). In 1999, Piriya was named the TRF Senior Research Scholar by the, then, Thailand Research Fund (TRF). He was President of The Siam Society (1989-92), and Director of Thai Khadi Research Institute at Thammasat University (2003-2006). He has published widely, and well beyond his official retirement. In 2012, he founded the Piriya Krairiksh Foundation to promote and encourage the study of and new thinking on the art history of Thailand and the neighbouring countries.

When

Saturday, 26 October 2024 at 14:00 – 16:00

Where

Auditorium, The Siam Society

Admission

Free of charge

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