Culture News: Asia-Pacific
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04.07.16:
Registrations for The Sixth International Congress on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA6) Now Open!
28 November – 2 December, 2016, Fremantle, Australia
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04.07.16:
Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP) calls for papers for “Public History in Southeast Asia” publication
Deadline for paper 15 July 2016
Workshop on 29-30 March 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand
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27.05.16:
Versunken, aber nicht vergessen
Vor über 2000 Jahren blühten im heutigen Myanmar die Pyu-Städte: Halin, Beikthano und Sri Ksetra zeugen noch heute von den Anfängen des südostasiatischen Buddhismus.
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19.05.16:
Fall and Rise of Shantipur Mural Paintings: Conservation team salvages cultural treasure
Shantipur Temple’s fate changed overnight when the 2015 earthquake hit. The disaster left the temple and its mural paintings in a dire state – but not for long. Local communities wanted Shantipur to be rebuilt rapidly...
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19.05.16:
Cultural heritage: Post-quake Rehabilitation Chronicles from the Kathmandu Valley
The earthquakes of April and May 2015, literally and figuratively sent shockwaves through Nepal. More than 8,000 people lost their lives and hundreds of thousands still struggle with homelessness. Amid the terrible...
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14.04.16:
Call for Consultants to support World Heritage activities in the Mekong cluster, with a focus on Myanmar
Deadline: 29 April 2016
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30.03.16:
Monument Conservation in Asia Festschrift Seminar Honouring Pierre Pichard
Thursday, 31st March 2016, 7:00 p.m. at the Siam Society
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14.03.16:
Awareness Raising for Mongolian Youth through World Heritage Education: Launching and Training Workshop of ‘Heritage in a Box’ Toolkit
As part of the initiative to raise awareness among Mongolian youths on heritage values through World Heritage Education, the ‘Heritage in a Box’ toolkit will be launched on 17 March 2016 at Mongolian National Modern Art...
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08.03.16:
Call for Entries Extended to 30 April for 2016 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
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07.03.16:
‘The land cannot sing, paint or dance its identity, so we do’ - How intangible cultural heritage is at the center of the world of Australia’s indigenous people
Australia’s indigenous communities believe that the landscape that surrounds them is alive with the stories that define them. The tangible and intangible worlds interweave and the line between them blurs in a belief...