ISEAA Director Dr. Joyce White to give a talk at the 2015 CITU Forum January 21, 2015 774 0 Join ISEAA director Dr. Joyce White for her talk Preserving Heritage through Building Partnerships: Archaeology, Museology & Law Enforcement at the 2015 CITU Forum on Jan. 30 at 1 pm. The lecture will be held on the 5th floor of Thammassat University’s College of Innovation, and include translation, discussion and a Q&A. Apply to participate
ISEAA Director to give lecture on looting, development and the future of archaeology in the Middle Mekong Basin at the Siam Society December 12, 2014 726 0 Dr. Joyce White will be giving a talk on the major issues affecting archaeological progress in the Middle Mekong in the new year. Check out the flyer below and our Facebook event for details.
ISEAA 1 Year Anniversary Donor Updates & Newsletter November 6, 2014 716 0 Our one year anniversary celebration was a great success! Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. For updates on ISEAA, here’s our latest newsletter with donor updates, and pictures from our celebration.
The first ISEAA newsletter is now available! September 23, 2014 759 0 Read the 2014 issue of the ISEAA Newsletter.
ISEAA announces new international award for early career Southeast Asian Archaeologists September 10, 2014 752 0 The Institute for Southeast Asian Archaeology is pleased to announce the establishment of the first international award in the discipline of Southeast Asian archaeology. The ISEAA Early Career Award will be open to nominees who have defended their dissertations and received Ph.D. degrees within the five year period from August 31, 2010 to September 1,
“Hot Pots” talk at AAS Conference gets great turnout! April 3, 2014 772 0 Seen here: Dr Michael Gilligan, President of the Henry Luce Foundation, confers with Joyce White before the talk, as Luce colleague Helena Kolenda (Program Officer for Asia) listens in. Also included: Dr. Thongchai Winichakul, AAS President (far right). Photo by Ben Abrams. “It was a dark and gloomy night” on March 29th…….but despite the weather, about
In the New Book – Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective: Methods and Syntheses February 20, 2014 812 0 Archaeometallurgy in Global Perspective: Methods and Syntheses. Roberts, Benjamin W.; Thornton, Christopher (Eds.) Springer. New York. 2014. This volume grew out of papers from an innovative 2008 Society of American Archaeology (SAA) symposium that pulled together cutting-edge archaeometallurgical researchers to address “big” questions in the field, both theoretical and practical. The symposium was a rousing
A Must-See at the AAS Annual Conference February 19, 2014 791 0 “Hot Pots, Museum Raids, and the Race to Uncover Asia’s Archaeological Past” A Special Address by Dr. Joyce C. White highlighting Asian archaeology at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference WHEN: Saturday, March 29th, 5-7 PM WHERE: Grand Ballroom, Salon H, Marriott Hotel- Downtown, 1201 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19107 Free and open
A Siam Society Lecture December 23, 2013 809 0 Archaeology of the Middle Mekong Basin: Will knowledge survive development and looting? A talk by Joyce White DATE: Thursday, 23 January 2014 TIME: 7:30 p.m. PLACE: The Siam Society, 131 Asoke Montri Rd, Sukhumvit 21 For more information click the following link: http://www.siam-society.org/lectures/1401Archaeology.html
Hot Pots, Museum Raids, and the Race to Uncover Asia’s Archaeological Past November 19, 2013 794 0 You may be interested in a talk that Dr. Joyce White, Executive Director of ISEAA, will be giving in Philadelphia on March 29, 2014. The presentation is a behind-the-scenes look at recent archaeological research in Laos, as well as recent investigations by the US Justice Department into the smuggling of looted antiquities from Southeast Asia,
New Beginnings November 6, 2013 811 0 From Dr. Joyce White (ISEAA Executive Director) Some of you reading this may have already heard the news—at the end of June 2013 Penn Museum downsized its research staff—including me. But for every door in life that shuts, a new door to a potentially better future can open. Therefore I am excited to inform the
Year of Ceramics (YOC) August 5, 2010 1651 0 The Ban Chiang Project designated the academic year 2010-2011 as the Year of Ceramics (YOC), with activities to advance the scholarly study of the famous ceramics of Ban Chiang. The focus was on the ceramics on loan to the University of Pennsylvania from the Thai government since the 1970s. The Year of Ceramics included new coursework,
