The Human Sciences Encounters in Phnom Penh

HSEPP/CKS UP COMING CONFERENCE

«Ethnicity and the Reformulation of Political Community in Khmer Chronicles of the Nineteenth Century»

By Matt Reeder

Date: Thursday 09, June 2016

Time: 6:00 PM

Venue: Meeting Room of Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh

N 72, Ang Yukanthor street (st 19) corner of street 178

To see abstract and biodata of the speaker: http://www.shs-encounters-cambodia.ird.fr/content/view/full/67705

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UC Berkeley Shinjo Ito Pistdoctoral Fellowship in Buddhist Studies, 2017-2019

With the generous support of the Shinnyo-en Foundation, the Program in Buddhist Studies at UC Berkerley is pleased to invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral research-teaching fellowship. The term of the appointment is July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019.

Application Deadline: Before Monday, January 30, 2017

Please follow the links below for details: http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/fellowship/

UBC Tianzhu Charitable Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in East Asian Buddhisme

Application Deadline: June 15, 2016

For the details: http://asia.ubc.ca/department/vacancies/

International Research Scholars Program 2016

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announce the International Research Scholars Program which aims to support up to 50 outstanding early career scientists/physicians worldwide. The program’s aim is to help develop scientific talent worldwide. Awardees will receive a total of $650,000 over five years, and they can do research in their own countries.  Investigators from around the world can apply, but please review eligibility criteria. We are wondering if you would be willing to refer your fellows or junior investigators to this program.

The details can be perused on https://app.trialect.com/ or

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PUBLICATIONS

Fauveaud G., 2015,La production des espaces urbains à Phnom Penh. Pour une géographie sociale de l’immobilier [The production of urban spaces in Phnom Penh: a social geography of real estate], Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 368p

Fauveaud G., 2015, «Leborey: une nouvelle référence résidentielle pour Phnom Penh ? [The borey: a new generic residential form for Phnom Penh?]» in Franck M. et Sanjuan T. (dir.),Territoires de l'urbain en Asie.Une nouvelle modernité ?, Paris, CNRS Éditions, pp. 261-279

William Noseworthy'sreview of Kok-Thay Eng's dissertationFrom the Khmer Rouge to Hambali: Cham Identities in a Global Agehas recently been published on Dissertation Reviews: http://dissertationreviews.org/archives/13489

Anne Meike Fechter, Living Well’while ‘Doing Good’? (Missing) debates on altruism and professionalism in aid work  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09700161.2012.698133

 Alison Carter and Nancy Beavan, Glass Beads from the Jar Burials of the 15th to 17th centuries in the Cardamom Mountains of Cambodia  https://www.academia.edu/9995392/Glass_Beads_from_the_Jar_Burials_of_the_15th_to_17th_centuries_in_the_Cardamom_Mountains_of_Cambodia?auto=view&campaign=weekly_digest

Alvin Cheng-Hin Lim, Desiring Camboida : https://www.academia.edu/9657686/Desiring_Cambodia 

Jame Mak, OF Dream and Space-Stories Takeo-Cambodia : http://conversations.aaschool.ac.uk/of-dreams-and-spaces-stories-from-takeo-cambodia/

Ian Baird, Non-government Organizations, Villagers, Political Culture and the Lower Sesan 2 Dam in Northeastern Cambodia  : https://www.academia.edu/23621311/Non-government_Organizations_Villagers_Political_Culture_and_the_Lower_Sesan_2_Dam_in_Northeastern_Cambodia

Mona Lilja, (Re) figurations and Situated Bodies: Gendered Shades, Resistance, and Politics in Cambodia: http://www.academia.edu/25021915/_Re_figurations_and_Situated_Bodies_Gendered_Shades_Resistance_and_Politics_in_Cambodia

Patrick Heuveline The boundaries of genocide: Quantifying the uncertainty of the death toll during the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia (1975-1979): http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00324728.2015.1045546

Patrick Heuveline and Savet Hong, One-Parent Families in Contemporary Cambodia: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01494929.2015.1076553

OTHER

Proceedings from the Workshop on"The Heritage of Ancient and Urban Sites: Giving Voice to Local Priorities"(held last March 2016) can now be downloaded from the website of ISEAS !

Papers from this workshop organized by the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre are case studies from six Southeast Asian countries: Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand. They range from grassroots initiatives to transregional and UNESCO World Heritage Sites, showcasing how on-site education and cooperation sustain community awareness and participation in safeguarding sites for future generations.
Workshop Proceedings: https://www.iseas.edu.sg/centres/nalanda-sriwijaya-centre/research-tools/compilations/proceedings-heritage-of-ancient-and-urban-sites
NSC Website: http://nsc.iseas.edu.sg/

Nalanda–Sriwijaya Centre Archaeology Unit (NSC AU) Archaeology Report Series. The series is an avenue for disseminating archaeological and interdisciplinary research results conducted by NSC AU and collaborating partners. Publications range from monographs to technical research reports with a geographic emphasis on Southeast Asia and proximate regions.

https://www.iseas.edu.sg//articles-commentaries/nsc-archaeological-reports 

Prof. Ashley Thompson's Inaugural Lecture, "Double Realities: The Complex Lives of Ancient Khmer Statuary," on 5 May 2016 at SOAS is now available to view online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=475-cqbaYFc&index=1&list=PL1z_PGhPjwcpF1Bjah2zW5UsmL71PhKP6

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