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SAAAP Postgraduate Internships

The Southeast Asian Art Academic Programme (SAAAP) at SOAS University of London is pleased to announce that we will be awarding bursaries for a small number of Postgraduate Internships for current and graduating Alphawood Scholars (funded through SAAAP) to undertake internships in museums, galleries and libraries in and around London. The internships are intended to facilitate postgraduate work and engagement with ongoing projects related to the SAAAP mission and remit.

30th August 2017

SAAAP Bagan Metropolis Conference

SAAAP proudly supported the Bagan Metropolis Conference and Fieldtrip from 10-14 July 2017 in Yangon and the Bagan Temple complex in Burma/Myanmar.

11th August 2017

Bagan Metropolis Conference held in Myanmar

SAAAP is proud to support the Bagan Metropolis Conference and Fieldtrip 2017, taking place in Yangon and the Bagan Temple complex from 9 - 12 July. The Conference, focusing on discourses and interpretations around the question Was Bagan the Metropolis of Buddhism in Indo-China? is hosted by the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO) Regional Centre for History and Tradition, with sponsorship from SAAAP.

7th July 2017

Book launch and public talk on Malay Magic and Divination

Farouk Yahya, SOAS Postdoctoral Research Associate, will be launching his new SAAAP-sponsored publication, "The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections" at a talk and launch event in Malaysia next month.

16th June 2017

Alphawood Scholars take part in Curating Cultures exhibit

From January to March 2017, Alphawood Scholars on the Curating Cultures MA course worked in exhibition teams to devise displays using the History of Art and Archaeology teaching collections.

24th May 2017

SAAAP presents the Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections

SAAAP is proud to sponsor the seminal new publication, The Arts of Southeast Asia from the SOAS Collections, edited by SOAS Postdoctoral Research Associate Farouk Yahya.

24th May 2017

SOAS joins the Southeast Asia Materials Project (SEAM)

With the support of the Southeast Asian Art Academic Programme (SAAAP), SOAS has become a full member of SEAM - the Southeast Asia Materials Project.

19th May 2017

The SAAAP Paris Study Tour 2017

Alphawood Scholars, along with other students in the History of Art and Archaeology MA and PhD programmes, took part in the SAAAP Paris Study Tour in March/April 2017, visiting a range of pre-eminent collections of ancient Southeast Asian scultures, manuscripts and artefacts.

3rd April 2017

2nd Summer Programme in Southeast Asian Art History Application Form

The 2nd Summer Programme in Southeast Asian Art History with a focus on Hindu and Buddhist art and archaeology of central Java (8-9th Century CE) will be taking place in Yogyakarta, Central Java, July 27–2 August 2017. It is jointly run by SOAS University of London and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM).

24th February 2017

SOAS launches new MA programme in Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies

SOAS University of London students now have the opportunity get first-hand experience of curating their own exhibition through the newly launched MA programme in Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies.

7th September 2016

The Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture Implements Milestone Projects

On 18 February 2016, the Museum of Cham Sculpture in Da Nang officially started its refurbishment project marking the centennial anniversary of its establishment. Founded by the French Institute of Oriental Studies (also known as The École française d'Extrême-Orient – EFEO), the museum houses the largest collection of Cham sculpture in the world. Its first building was constructed in 1915, completed in 1916 and opened to the public in 1919.

22nd August 2016

SAAAP at 2nd SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference, Southeast Asian Archaeology, Bangkok

Thanks to the Southeast Asia Academic Art Programme (SAAAP) of SOAS, four Myanmar scholars presented new research on Myanmar Buddhism at the 2nd SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference, Southeast Asian Archaeology, Bangkok.

6th June 2016

SAAAP Newsletter: First Edition

The first edition of the SAAAP Newsletter can be viewed here.

23rd May 2016

Summer programme in Southeast Asian Art History and Conservation in Trawas, East Java, Indonesia

Dates of Summer School: 23 July – 2 August 2016

This Summer School, open to international but especially Indonesian students, will study aspects of premodern Javanese Art History, from the Central Javanese ‘Hindu-Buddhist’ period to the late Majapahit and Early Islamic period (ca. 8^th-early 17^th century).

15th May 2016

Second SEAMEO SPAFA Southeast Asian Archaeology conference May 2016

The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SEAMEO SPAFA) is pleased to announce the venue for the second Southeast Asian Archaeology conference, to be held from 30 May - 2 June, 2016.

19th April 2016