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held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 10-12 June 2011.<br>
<br>
Applications close 10 April 2011<br>
Email: <a href="lucyliu@iseas.edu.sg">lucyliu@iseas.edu.sg</a> [sic]<br>
<br>
Queries should be directed to:<br>
Ambassador Pou Sothirak (<a href="sothirak@iseas.edu.sg">sothirak@iseas.edu.sg</a>) or<br>
Dr Geoff Wade (<a href="gwade@iseas.edu.sg">gwade@iseas.edu.sg</a>)<br>
<br>
<br>
In collaboration with the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and<br>
Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap) National Authority<br>
of Cambodia, and with the support of the UNESCO Phnom Penh Office, the<br>
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,<br>
Singapore is pleased to announce the convening of a conference<br>
entitled Angkor and Its Global Connections in Siem Reap over three<br>
days 10-12 June 2011.<br>
<br>
<br>
The aim of the proposed conference is to examine the history of the<br>
Khmer polities which were centred in and around the Angkor region, the<br>
development of their urban centres, and the links between these<br>
polities and other political and cultural centres in Southeast Asia,<br>
East Asia and beyond. It is hoped that the papers presented,<br>
selections of which will be subsequently published in an edited<br>
volume, will offer a state-of-the-field overview of Khmer polities,<br>
their urban development and their relations with other polities and<br>
cultural centres, including Tai, Thai, Cham, Viet, and Chinese<br>
polities, the Arab and Persian worlds and maritime Southeast Asia.<br>
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The need for such a conference is obvious. While there are annual<br>
ICC-Angkor meetings held in Siem Reap under the auspices of APSARA and<br>
UNESCO, these relate mainly to the preservation and maintenance of the<br>
monuments of the Angkor region. It has often been the case, however,<br>
that these ancient cities have been examined in splendid isolation,<br>
without sufficient reference to their external links which, it must be<br>
affirmed, are integral and essential elements for any functioning<br>
metropolis in history or today.<br>
<br>
The most recent major scholarly conclaves to address the broader<br>
issues of the historical and external contexts of the Khmer centres<br>
were the ?Khmer Studies Symposium?, hosted by the Greater Angkor<br>
Project at Sydney University in 2005 and the ?Contemporary Research<br>
on Pre-Angkor Cambodia? conference convened by the Centre for Khmer<br>
Studies, Siem Reap in the same year. The amount of archaeological,<br>
textual, epigraphic and comparative research which has been conducted<br>
since then suggests that the field would benefit from another<br>
gathering of specialists, with some new foci. It is to this end that<br>
the proposed conference is being convened. This is the first<br>
conference in the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre?s ?Early Cities of<br>
Southeast Asia? series.<br>
<br>
Research institutes throughout the world are invited to nominate<br>
scholars whose participation in the conference they will financially<br>
support. Independent scholars are also invited to submit proposals,<br>
but funding will be limited to those from Asia most in need of<br>
financial support.<br>
<br>
The languages of the conference will be English and Khmer.<br>
<br>
Proposals should be directed to:<br>
<br>
Angkor and its Global Connections<br>
<br>
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre<br>
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies<br>
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace<br>
Singapore 119614<br>
Email: <a href="lucyliu@iseas.edu.sg">lucyliu@iseas.edu.sg</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Applications close 10 April 2011<br>
Queries should be directed to:<br>
<br>
Ambassador Pou Sothirak (<a href="sothirak@iseas.edu.sg">sothirak@iseas.edu.sg</a>)<br>
or<br>
Dr Geoff Wade (<a href="gwade@iseas.edu.sg">gwade@iseas.edu.sg</a>)<br>
<br>
With all best wishes,<br>
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre<br>
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies<br>
Singapore<br>
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