All Outputs (2)

Calling the Earth to Witness (2023)
Digital Artefact
Thompson, A. (2023). Calling the Earth to Witness. [Post: Notes on Art in a Global Context]

In relation to the Māravijaya, an occurrence in the Buddha’s life that is commonly represented in Cambodian art, and Letters from Panduranga, a video work by artist and filmmaker Nguyễn Trinh Thi, art historian Ashley Thompson discusses ideas of land... Read More about Calling the Earth to Witness.

Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII (2023)
Book Chapter
Thompson, A. (2023). Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII. In M. Hendrickson, M. T. Stark, & D. Evans (Eds.), The Angkorian World. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351128940-39

The reach of Angkor will always exceed the territorial and temporal delimitation which historians and politicians alike seek to give it; indeed, attempts to pin down dates and borders shed light on the uncontainability of empire which defines empire,... Read More about Mainland Southeast Asia after Angkor: On the Legacies of Jayavarman VII.