26 Feb 2010
Friday | 7pm-8.30pm | @ Ngee Ann Auditorium, ACM Empress Place (Basement)
This lecture presents recent developments in the study of the written records of the ancient Campa kingdom(s), which lay in what is now central and southern Vietnam. The study of Campa epigraphy, which once flourished in French colonial times, has all but died out after World War II and has only recently been revived. Newly discovered inscriptions have started to be published. A census of Campa inscriptions was undertaken in September–October 2009 in museums and archaeological sites of Vietnam. The aim of the census was to up-date the general inventory of Campa inscriptions, whose last published instalment dates to 1942, and to record essential data of previously known and newly discovered epigraphical documents. The presentation will discuss some new inscriptions, which throw new light on the history of Campa and its place within the larger scale development of Southeast Asian history.
Speaker Biography
Arlo Griffiths holds a PhD in Sanskrit from Leiden University. After holding a position as lecturer in Indian Religions at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and holding the chair of Sanskrit at Leiden University, he joined the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO) in 2008 as Professor of Southeast Asian history. His main fields of interest are Hindu religious/ritual literature in Sanskrit, on the one hand, and inscriptions of Southeast Asia in Sanskrit and vernacular languages, on the other. His approach to the (ancient) history of Southeast Asia is primarily epigraphic, and he is currently involved in projects concerning the inscriptions of ancient Cambodia, ancient Indonesia, and Campa.
Due to limited seating, registration is required. Please R.S.V.P to nhb_acm_rpu@nhb.gov.sg by 25 February 2010, Thursday.
Successful registrants will be notified by email.
This talk is free of charge. Admission charges apply only if guests wish to visit the museum’s galleries. Light refreshments will be served before the lecture.
Speaker Biography
Arlo Griffiths holds a PhD in Sanskrit from Leiden University. After holding a position as lecturer in Indian Religions at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and holding the chair of Sanskrit at Leiden University, he joined the French School of Asian Studies (EFEO) in 2008 as Professor of Southeast Asian history. His main fields of interest are Hindu religious/ritual literature in Sanskrit, on the one hand, and inscriptions of Southeast Asia in Sanskrit and vernacular languages, on the other. His approach to the (ancient) history of Southeast Asia is primarily epigraphic, and he is currently involved in projects concerning the inscriptions of ancient Cambodia, ancient Indonesia, and Campa.
Due to limited seating, registration is required. Please R.S.V.P to nhb_acm_rpu@nhb.gov.sg by 25 February 2010, Thursday.
Successful registrants will be notified by email.
This talk is free of charge. Admission charges apply only if guests wish to visit the museum’s galleries. Light refreshments will be served before the lecture.
This lecture is jointly organised by the Research and Publication Unit of ACM and Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, ISEAS.
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