INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON

Angkor and Its Global Connections

Convened by
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
in conjunction with the APSARA Authority and UNESCO Office, Cambodia
10-11 June 2011
Seminar Room
Sofitel Hotel, Siem Reap
Cambodia
PROGRAMME
(as of 1 June 2011)
Friday, 10 June 2011
8.00 am 8.45 am

Registration

8.45 am 9.15 am

Welcome Remarks
HE BUN NARITH
Director General, APSARA Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Ambassador K KESAVAPANY
Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore
PANEL I:

THE
SETTING:
ENVIRONMENT

ANGKOR

AND

ITS

Chairperson:

Dr LY VANNA
Director of Museum, Cultural Development,
Museums and Heritage Norms, APSARA
Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia

9.30 am 9.50 am

Paper Presenter:

HE Ros BORATH (tbc)

Director, Cambodian National Committee for
World Heritage
TITLE OF PAPER

9.50 am 10.10 am

Paper Presenter:

Professor Roland FLETCHER

Department of Archaeology, University of
Sydney
TROPICAL FOREST LOW DENSITY URBANISM AND THE
IMPACT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: A COMPARATIVE
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VIEW OF MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA, SRI LANKA AND

LOWLAND MESOAMERICA
10.10 am 10.30 am

Discussion

10.30 am 11.00 am

Coffee
PANEL II:

ANGKORS CONNECTIONS WITH THE KHMER

WORLD

Chairperson:

Dr Chhany SAK-HUMPHRY
Associate Professor, Indo-Pacific Languages and
Literatures, University of Hawaii at Manoa

11.00 am 11.20 am

Paper Presenter:

Dr Christophe POTTIER
Ecole Franaise dExtrme-Orient
HARIHARALAYA CONNECTED?

11.20 am 11.40 am

Paper Presenter:

Mr THO THON
APSARA Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia
ANGKOR AND ITS GOLD AND SILVER LINKAGES

11.40 am 12.00 noon

Paper Presenter:

Dr Martin POLKINGHORNE
Greater Angkor Project, University of Sydney
ARTISTS ACROSS THE EMPIRE: TRAVELLING
WORKSHOPS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SCULPTURE IN THE
KHMER WORLD

12.00 noon 12.20 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Dominique SOUTIF
Assistant Professor, Ecole Franaise dExtrmeOrient
NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND EPIGRAPHICAL DATA ON
YASHOVARMANS SHRAMAS

12.20 pm 1.00 pm

Discussion

1.00 pm 2.15 pm

Lunch
PANEL III:

INTERACTIONS
ADDRESS

Chairperson:

Dr Tansen SEN
Head, Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

2.15 pm 2.45 pm

Paper Presenter:

Professor Sachidanand SAHAI

Advisor, APSARA Authority, Siem Reap,
Cambodia
THE CULTURAL TRIANGLE: THE BHITA-MISON-ANGKOR
AXIS

2.45 pm 3.00 pm

Discussion
PANEL IV:

WITH

INDIA:

KEYNOTE

ANGKOR AND BUDDHIST INTERACTIONS

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Chairperson:

Ambassador POU Sothirak

Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of
Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

3.00 pm 3.20 pm

Paper Presenter:

Mr Napakadol KITTISENEE
Graduate
Student,
Department
of
Anthropology, Thammasat University, Bangkok,
Thailand
THE CULT OF ANGKOR PILGRIMAGE AND THE CONCEPT
OF WAT

3.20 pm 3.40 pm

Paper Presenter:

Mr Phillip Scott Ellis GREEN

PhD Candidate, Department of Religion,
University of Florida
TENTH CENTURY FORMS OF BUDDHISM AMONG THE
KHMERS AND ITS INTERREGIONAL AND TRANSREGIONAL
INFLUENCES

3.40 pm 4.00 pm

Discussion

4.00 pm 4.30 pm

Tea

PANEL V:

CERAMICS AND EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS

Chairperson:

Ms Louise CORT
Curator for Ceramics, Department of Freer and
Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, USA

4.30 pm 4.50 pm

Paper Presenter:

Mr CHHAY RACHNA
Conservation of Monuments in the Angkor Park
and Preventive Archaeology, APSARA Authority,
Siem Reap, Cambodia
CERAMIC PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT: A GUIDE TO
UNDERSTANDING
KHMER
STONEWARE
CHARACTERISTICS FROM THE LATE 9TH TO EARLY 13TH
CENTURY

4.50 pm 5.10 pm

Paper Presenters: Dr LI Baoping

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Angkor Research
Program, Department of Archaeology, School of
Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University
of Sydney
Professor Roland FLETCHER
Department of Archaeology,
Sydney

University

of

CHINESE CERAMICS AS A VEHICLE FOR ANGKOR-CHINA

INTERACTIONS: THE POSSIBILITY AND SIGNIFICANCE OF
A HOLISTIC APPROACH
5.10 pm 5.30 pm

Paper Presenter:

Professor Yukitsugu TABATA

Department of Archaeology, Sophia University,
Tokyo, Japan
GLOBAL CONNECTION OF THE TRADE CERAMICS FROM
THE ANGKOR PERIOD TO POST-ANGKOR PERIOD: A
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CASE STUDY ON THE RESULT OF THE EXCAVATION OF

THE BANTEAY KDEI TEMPLE
5.30 pm 6.00 pm

Discussion

7.00 pm

Welcome Dinner

Saturday, 11 June 2011

9.00 am 9.20 am

PANEL VI:

ANGKORS LINKS WITH THE WEST AND EAST:

THE LIVING ANGKOR ROADS PROJECT (LARP)

Chairperson:

Dr EA DARITH
Deputy Director, Department of Conservation
of Monuments Outside Angkor Park, APSARA
Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia

Paper Presenters: Dr Surat LERTLUM

Associate
Professor,
Department
of
Mathematics
and
Computer
Science,
Chulachomklao
Royal
Military
Academy,
Thailand
Mr IM SOKRITHY
Deputy Director, Department of Land and
Habitat Management, APSARA Authority, Siem
Reap, Cambodia
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LIVING ANGKOR ROADS
PROJECT AND CURRENT ACTIVITIES

9.20 am 9.40 am

Paper Presenter:

Mr IM SOKRITHY
Deputy Director, Department of Land and
Habitat Management, APSARA Authority, Siem
Reap, Cambodia
Mr KIM SAMNANG
GIS Unit, APSARA
THE STUDY OF THE ANGKORIAN ROAD NETWORK IN
CAMBODIA AND LAOS

9.40 am 10.00 am

Paper Presenter:

Dr Surat LERTLUM
Associate
Professor,
Department
of
Mathematics
and
Computer
Science,
Chulachomklao
Royal
Military
Academy,
Thailand
Mr Pongdahn SAMPAONGERN,
Archaeologist, Fine Arts Department, Thailand
THE STUDY OF THE ANGKORIAN ROAD NETWORK IN
THAILAND AND ITS CONTINUATION

10.00 am 10.30 am

Discussion

10.30 am 11.00 am

Coffee
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PANEL VII:
Chairperson:

11.00 am 11.20 am

Paper Presenter:

ANGKORS LINKS WITH THE WEST AND EAST:

THE INDUSTRIAL CONNECTIONS
Dr Christophe POTTIER
Ecole Franaise dExtrme-Orient
Dr EA Darith
Deputy Director, Department of Conservation
of Monuments Outside Angkor Park, APSARA
Authority, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Mr HENG Than, Mr Kheiu CHAN and Mr Srun
TECH, Archaeologists, APSARA Authority
A STUDY OF THE ANCIENT INDUSTRIES ALONG THE
ANCIENT ROADS IN CAMBODIA

11.20 am 11.40 am

Paper Presenters: Mr Pongdhan SAMPAONGERN

Archaeologist, Fine Arts Department, Thailand
Associate Professor Surapol NATAPINTU
Department of Archaeology, Silapakhorn
University
A STUDY OF THE ANCIENT INDUSTRIES ALONG THE
ANCIENT ROADS IN THAILAND

11.40 am 12.00 noon

Paper Presenter:

12.00 noon 12.30 pm

Discussion

12.30 pm 1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm 1.50 pm

Dr Mitch HENDRICKSON
Postdoctoral
Fellow,
Department
of
Archaeology, University of Sydney
FROM THE ROADS OF ANGKOR TO THE PRODUCTS OF
EMPIRE: RECENT RESEARCH BY THE INDUSTRIES OF
ANGKOR PROJECT AT PREAH KHAN OF KOMPONG SVAY
(BAKAN)

PANEL VIII:

ANGKORS CONNECTIONS TO THE EAST: DAI

VIET, LAOS AND CHAMPA

Chairperson:

Dr Geoff WADE
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, NalandaSriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies (ISEAS)

Paper Presenter:

Mr TRAN Ky Phuong
Senior Researcher, Vietnam Association of
Ethnic Minorities Culture and Arts, Vietnam
THE NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF PREANGKORIAN AND ANGKORIAN ARTIFACTS ALONG THE
MEKONG AND SEKONG RIVERS: EXAMINING THE
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ANCIENT ROYAL
AND THE CHAMPA

HIGHWAY LINKING KHMER ANGKOR

KINGDOM(S)

1.50 pm 2.10 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Thonglith LUANGKHOTH
Vice Director, Division of Archaeological
Research, Department of Archaeology and
Heritage, Ministry of Information and Culture,
Lao PDR
THE NEW ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDINGS OF PREANGKORIAN AND ANGKORIAN ARTIFACTS ALONG THE
MEKONG AND SEKONG RIVERS: ON THE KHMER ROYAL
HIGHWAY IN SOUTHERN LAOS

2.10 pm 2.30 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Michael VICKERY
Greater Angkor Project, University of Sydney
ANGKORS LINKS WITH CHAMPA

2.30 pm 2.50 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Brian A ZOTTOLI
University of Michigan and
Resident Director, Council on International
Educational Exchange, CIEE Study Center at
Vietnam National University, Vietnam
CAMBODIA AND DAI VIET: INTERACTIONS TO THE
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY

2.50 pm 3.30 pm

Discussion
PANEL IX:

THE CAMBODIAN INSCRIPTIONS TOPONYMIC

ATLAS INITIATIVE

Chairperson:

Professor Roland FLETCHER

Department of Archaeology,
Sydney

3.30 pm 3.50 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Julia ESTVE
Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology,
University Sydney
METHODOLOGY AND OUTCOMES OF A TOPONYMIC
ATLAS OF CAMBODIAN INSCRIPTIONS

3.50 pm 4.00 pm

Discussion

4.00 pm 4.30 pm

Tea

4.30 pm 4.50 pm

University

of

PANEL X:

ANGKORS CHINA CONNECTIONS

Chairperson:

Dr LI Baoping
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Angkor Research
Program, Department of Archaeology, School of
Philosophical and Historical Inquiry, University
of Sydney

Paper Presenter:

Associate Professor John MIKSIC

Visiting Senior Fellow, Nalanda-Sriwijaya
Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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(ISEAS);
and
Southeast
Asian
Studies
Programme, National University of Singapore
ANGKORS CONTACTS WITH CHINA
4.50 pm 5.10 pm

Paper Presenter:

Dr Geoff WADE
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, NalandaSriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies (ISEAS)
ANGKOR AND ITS EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE 14TH15TH CENTURIES AS REFLECTED IN THE MING SHI-LU

5.10 pm 5.30 pm

Discussion

5.30 pm 6.00 pm

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Led by Dr LY Vanna, Dr John MIKSIC and Dr Dominique SOUTIF

Sunday, 12 June 2011 (am)

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