| Khmer Studies Symposium 2005 |
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Page 2 of 2  Program The Workshop consisted of three major elements: 1/ Postgraduate research presentations from postgraduate students involved in Khmer Studies. 2/ Guest speaker presentations. Approximately 30mins in length with 15mins discussion time. 3/ Roundtable discussion of key University of Sydney scholars and international speakers exploring multidisciplinary research directions in Cambodia. Timetable: Monday 18th July 2005 Opening Remarks - A/Prof Roland Fletcher, Archaeology, U Sydney Postgraduate Research Presentations 9:15 - 9:40: Preliminary Research on Stone Adze Material from Cambodia and Thailand (Tessa Boer-Mah, Archaeology, U Sydney) 9:40 - 10:05: Visualising Angkor: Digital Reconstructions of Settlements and Religious Architecture (Tom Chandler, IT, Monash) 10:05 - 10:45: Morning Tea 10:45 - 11:10: Geo-prospecting the canals of Angkor: a preliminary investigation (Sam Player, Soil Science, U Sydney) 11:10 - 11:35: Sustaining Cambodia's Cultural Landscape: Law and Policy (Georgina Lloyd, Environmental Law, U Sydney) 11:35 - 12:00: Of microwaves and leftover rice: Can new techniques challenge accepted chronologies of the past in Southeast Asia? (Damian Evans, Archaeology, U Sydney) 12:00 - 13:30: Lunch Special Guest Speakers 13:30 - 14:15: The State of Current Archaeological Research in Kompong Cham (Heng Sophady, Memot Center for Archaeology, Cambodia) 14:15 - 15:00: Problems and Progress in Khmer Archaeological and Ethnographic Research (Kyle Latinis, National University of Singapore) 15:00 - 15:30: Break 15:30 - 16:15: Cultural datasets on Cambodia, past and present: A brief review (Various) 16:15 - 17:30: From pre-Angkorean settlements to Angkorean urbanism: Excavations in Roluos 2004-2005 (Christophe Pottier, EFEO) Timetable: Tuesday 19th July 2005 Postgraduate Research Presentations 9:15 - 9:40: The Metallurgy of the West Mebon Vishnu (Bronwen Doran, Archaeology, U Sydney) 9:40 - 10:05: Sandstone Quarries of the Khmer Empire on the Plain of Angkor, and the Application of AirSAR Data (Graeme Priestley, Cultural Heritage Studies, U Canberra) 10:05 - 10:30: Closing the Gap: Archaeological Investigations in the Tumnup Barang Area, 8th to 15th Centuries C.E. A preliminary PhD Research Proposal (Shaun Mackey, Archaeology, U Sydney) 10:30 - 11:10: Morning Tea 11:10 - 11:35: The Road Most Travelled? Research on the development of communication routes in the Angkorian heartland (Mitch Hendrickson, Archaeology, U Sydney) 11:35- 12:00: Phum Leap Amphil: Depth Seeks Meaning (Leonard Cox, Archaeology, U Sydney) 12:00 - 12:25: Ain't No Temple Mountain High Enough: Pattern and Disjuncture in Khmer Temples (Martin Polkinghorne, Art History & Theory and Archaeology, U Sydney) 12:25 - 14:00: Lunch Special Guest Speakers 14:00 - 14:45: Archaeology and Ethnography Potentials in Sambor Prei Kuk (Heng Piphal, Heritage Watch NGO, Cambodia) 14:45 - 15:30: The status of research on Angkor's natural environment and climatic history (Dan Penny, Geosciences, U Sydney) 15:30 - 16:00: Break Roundtable Discussion 16:00 - 17:30: Roundtable Discussion on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Cambodia Research (Chair: Prof. Stephanie Fahey, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific, U Sydney) Article written by Damien Evans - University of Sydney, 2005 |
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Written by Kath Sund on Monday, 08 August 2005. Last Updated by Kath Sund on Thursday, 29 September 2005 |
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