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Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Translation. A Conversation about James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room (2023)
Journal Article
Glazer, L., & Pierson, S. (2023). Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Translation. A Conversation about James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room. https://doi.org/10.1086/728448

The authors discuss Chinese ceramics and James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room as a case study in cultural translation and cosmopolitan aestheticism. The article, derived from a talk given by the authors at a conference on the global impact of Asian... Read More about Cosmopolitanism and Cultural Translation. A Conversation about James McNeill Whistler’s Peacock Room.

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History (2023)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2023). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History. Berliner indologische Studien, 26,

The concluding part of the essay Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhadeśa II presents illustrated sections on Indora, Māmoṃ, Thūbana, Bahorībanda, Seroṃna, Pacarāī, Golākoṭa, Mahebā and Bajarañgagaṛha, Devagaṛha and Būṛhī Canderī. It introduces the method of f... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.2: Heritage without History.

Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ] (2023)
Journal Article
Saw, T. L. (2023). Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ]. Pratu (London), 2(Report 1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039642

The Shwedagon Pagoda situated on Singuttara Hill in the centre of Yangon, is traditionally believed to have existed during the lifetime of the Buddha. Some archaeological remnants of earlier periods have occasionally been found during renovation and... Read More about Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ].

Six Jaina Bronzes (2023)
Book Chapter
Flügel, P., Krüger, P., & Shah, P. (2023). Six Jaina Bronzes. In P. Flügel, H. De Jonckheere, & R. Söhnen-Thieme (Eds.), Pure Soul: The Jaina Spiritual Traditions (96-103). Centre of Jaina Studies, SOAS

Jain metal altars can be found in numerous museums and
collections outside India. Most of these objects come from
western India and were produced between the 11th and 19th
century. Although large numbers of these altar pieces exist, an
in-depth s... Read More about Six Jaina Bronzes.

The Power of Provenance. Dr Johnson’s Teapot and the Materialization of Fame (2022)
Journal Article
Pierson, S. (in press). The Power of Provenance. Dr Johnson’s Teapot and the Materialization of Fame. https://doi.org/10.48640/tf.2022.1.91511

In the British Museum collection, there is an eighteenth-century Chinese teapot that is named on its label ‘Dr Johnson’s teapot’. Evoking the famous lexicographer and tea drinker Samuel Johnson (1708-84), this teapot has been given a name that associ... Read More about The Power of Provenance. Dr Johnson’s Teapot and the Materialization of Fame.

Shwezigon Pagoda (2022)
Book Chapter
Tan, H. (2022). Shwezigon Pagoda. In P. L. Bonfitto (Ed.), World Architecture and Society: From Stonehenge to One World Trade Center (643-648). ABC-CLIO

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory (2021)
Journal Article
Flügel, P. (2021). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory. Berliner indologische Studien, 25, 213-308

In Jaina Studies, the articulation between lived religion, cultural memory, and the cultural unconscious remains largely unexamined. The biographies of “founding figures” are obscure, and very little can be said about the origins of key texts and fra... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa II.1: Sites of Non-Memory.

Tourism and Collecting in Kyoto: The Miyako Hotel as an Agent in the Creation of the Hon. Henry Marsham Collection of Japanese Art, Maidstone Museum, Kent (2018)
Journal Article
Fukunaga, A. (in press). Tourism and Collecting in Kyoto: The Miyako Hotel as an Agent in the Creation of the Hon. Henry Marsham Collection of Japanese Art, Maidstone Museum, Kent. Journal for Art Market Studies, 2(3), https://doi.org/10.23690/jams.v2i3.66

The Hon. Henry Marsham (1845-1908) was a British businessman who collected Japanese works of art in Kyoto during the 1900s. His Kyoto ware collection at Maidstone Museum, Kent, is superior in both quantity and quality to other collections in Japan an... Read More about Tourism and Collecting in Kyoto: The Miyako Hotel as an Agent in the Creation of the Hon. Henry Marsham Collection of Japanese Art, Maidstone Museum, Kent.

Blowing and Hitting: Music for Korean Envoys (2017)
Book Chapter
Howard, K. (2017). Blowing and Hitting: Music for Korean Envoys. In A. Contadini (Ed.), Celebrating Art and Music: The SOAS Collections (218-231). SOAS University of London

Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar (2016)
Book Chapter
Khine Pyae Sone, & Tan, H. (2016). Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar. In S. Murphy (Ed.), Cities and Kings. Ancient Treasures from Myanmar (58-73). Asian Civilisations Museum

Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition Cities and Kings. Ancient Treasures from Myanmar. Organised by the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore in collaboration with the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, Ministry of Cultu... Read More about Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar.

Firdawsi: a Scholium (2016)
Book Chapter
Waghmar, B., & Sharma, S. (2016). Firdawsi: a Scholium. In S. Sharma, & B. Waghmar (Eds.), Firdawsii Millennium Indicum: Proceedings of the Shahnama Millenary Seminar, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 8-9 January, 2011 (7-18). K. R. Cama Oriental Institute

Craftwork as Problem Solving: ethnographic studies of design and making (2016)
Book
Marchand, T. H. (Ed.). (2016). Craftwork as Problem Solving: ethnographic studies of design and making. Ashgate. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315562803

This volume brings together a cross-disciplinary group of anthropologists, researchers of craft, and designer-makers to enumerate and explore the diversity and complexity of problem-solving tactics and strategies employed by craftspeople, together wi... Read More about Craftwork as Problem Solving: ethnographic studies of design and making.