Miksic, John N and Goh Geok Yian (eds.), Ancient Harbours in Southeast Asia : The Archaeology of Early Harbours and Evidence of Inter-Regional Trade, Thailand: SEAMEO SPAFA, 2013 The archaeology of harbours is critical to understanding patterns of ancient trade… Continue Reading
Kammen, Douglas and Katharine McGregor (eds.), The Countours of Mass Violence in Indonesia, 1965-68, Singapore: NUS Press, 2012 The violence directed against the political left in Indonesia from 1965 until 1968 has been the subject of intense speculation. The large… Continue Reading
Bautista, Julius (ed.), The Spirit of Things: Materiality and Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia, Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program Publications, 2012 What role do objects play in crafting the religions of Southeast Asia and shaping the experiences of believers? The… Continue Reading
Miksic, John N, The Court of Surakarta, Menteng, Jakarta: BAB Publishing Indonesia, 2012 In the early 20th century, Indonesia was divided into 350 greater and lesser kingdoms. Although Dutch imperialism influenced this pattern, the political history of the archipelago over… Continue Reading
Johnson, Irving Chan, The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah: Encounters, Mobilities, and Histories along the Malaysian-Thai Border (Critical Dialogues in Southeast Asian Studies), Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2012 The Buddha on Mecca’s Verandah examines the many ways in which people… Continue Reading
Miksic, John, Florina H. Capistrano- Baker and John Guy (eds.), Philippine Ancestral Gold, Singapore: NUS Press, 2012 Philippine Ancestral Gold is a spectacular publication in full-color that features more than 1,000 gold objects that were recovered in the Philippines from… Continue Reading
Miksic, John, Goh Geok Yian and Sue O’Connor (eds.), Rethinking Cultural Resource Management in Southeast Asia: Preservation, Development, and Neglect , London: Anthem Press, 2011 Presenting both the need for – and difficulty of – introducing effective cultural resource management… Continue Reading
Goh Beng Lan (ed.) Decentring & Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from the Region, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2011. Current critical thinking on regions outside the West appears to have shifted from a preoccupation with the limitations of Western discourse to… Continue Reading
Miksic, John N, Old Javanese Gold, 2nd revised ed., New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. While ancient Javanese bronze and ironwork have long elicited interest, there is a lesser-known yet equally fascinating aspect of the Indonesian island’s history: gold artifacts,… Continue Reading
Miksic, John N and Timbul Haryono Borobudur: Majestic Mysterious Magnificent, Indonesia: BAB Publishing, 2010. Buddhism might not have originated in Indonesia, but one of the world’s greatest Buddhist monuments stands handsomely in a volcano-rimmed valley on the island of Java… Continue Reading