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The New York Times: Glitter That Epitomized an Ancient Culture
By Sylviane Gold, Friday 22 July 2011 for The New York Times. Gold was so entwined with the ancient culture of Java, the chief island of the Indonesian archipelago, that even its dogs, it was said, wore golden collars. John Miksic reports the rumors just to debunk them in his book “Old Javanese Gold,” which has …
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New Publication: Decentring & Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from the Region by Goh Beng Lan (ed.)
Goh Beng Lan (ed.) Decentring & Diversifying Southeast Asian Studies: Perspectives from the Region, Singapore: ISEAS Publishing, 2011. Current critical thinking on regions outside the West appears to have shifted from a preoccupation with the limitations of Western discourse to endeavours in fostering inter-referencing in Asian contexts as a means to decentre and diversify knowledge …
New Publication: Old Javanese Gold by John N Miksic
Miksic, John N, Old Javanese Gold, 2nd revised ed., New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011. While ancient Javanese bronze and ironwork have long elicited interest, there is a lesser-known yet equally fascinating aspect of the Indonesian island’s history: gold artifacts, including jewelry, clothing accessories, statues, coins, and containers. Not only do these objects display exceptional …
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New Publication: Borobudur: Majestic Mysterious Magnificent by John N Miksic and Timbul Haryono
Miksic, John N and Timbul Haryono Borobudur: Majestic Mysterious Magnificent, Indonesia: BAB Publishing, 2010. Buddhism might not have originated in Indonesia, but one of the world’s greatest Buddhist monuments stands handsomely in a volcano-rimmed valley on the island of Java in Indonesia. Celebrating the 9th-century wonder that models the Buddhist conception of the universe and …
New Publication: Research on the Ceramics Discovered at the Trowulan Site in Indonesia by John N Miksic and Meitoku, Kamei
Miksic, John N and Kamei Meitoku Research on the Ceramics Discovered at the Trowulan Site in Indonesia, Tokyo,Japan: Senshu University, 2010 A collection of sherds donated to Dr. Miksic consists of very important examples of Yuan Dynasty blue and white ceramics which are believed to have been collected at Trowulan, east Java, Indonesia. This was …
New Publication: Figuring Catholicism: An Ethnohistory of the Santo Niño de Cebu by Julius Bautista
Bautista, Julius, Figuring Catholicism: An Ethnohistory of the Santo Niño de Cebu, Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2010 This book is about a statue of Christ as a boy worshipped by millions of Filipinos from all walks of life. Today the Santo Niño – said to be the same wooden figure brought to the …