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Authored Books

Thompson, Ashley (2016) Engendering the Buddhist State: Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor. Abingdon; New York, NY: Routledge. (Critical Studies in Buddhism)

Edited Book or Journal Volume

Murphy, Stephen A and Stark, Miriam T, eds. (2016) The Archaeology Issue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. Vol. 47, no. 3)

Murphy, Stephen A, ed. (2016) Cities and Kings: Treasures from Ancient Myanmar. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum.

Book Chapters

Khine Pyae Sone and Tan, Heidi (2016) 'Cultural Landscapes of Later Myanmar.' In: Murphy, Stephen, (ed.), Cities and Kings. Ancient Treasures from Myanmar. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, pp. 58-73.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Inspired by the Past: the Art of Chöying Dorjé and Western Himalayan Sculpture.' In: Debreczeny, Karl and Tuttle, Gray, (eds.), The Tenth Karmapa and Tibet's Turbulent Seventeenth Century. Chicago, IL: Serindia, pp. 107-151.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'The Nako Monuments in Context.' In: Krist, Gabriela, (ed.), Nako: Research and Conservation in the Western Himalayas. Wien; Köln; Weimar: Böhlau, pp. 19-45.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Prajnaparamita, Alchi and Kashmir - On the Cultural Background of a Unique Bronze.' In: Luo, Wenhua, (ed.), An Exceptional and Magnificent Bronze Alloy Figure of Prajnaparamita. Beijing: Poly Auction.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Puja and Piety in Buddhism.' In: Pal, Pratapaditya, (ed.), Puja and Piety: Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art from the Indian Subcontinent. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art and University of California Press, pp. 116-137.

Murphy, Stephen A (2016) 'Cities and Kings: A journey through the art and archaeology of Myanmar.' In: Murphy, Stephen A, (ed.), Cities and Kings: Treasures from Ancient Myanmar. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, pp. 14-21.

Murphy, Stephen A and Kyaing, U Win (2016) 'The Pyu: an ancient civilization of upper Myanmar.' In: Murphy, Stephen A, (ed.), Cities and Kings: Treasures from Ancient Myanmar. Singapore: Asian Civilisations Museum, pp. 22-33.

O'Meara, Simon (2016) 'Muslim Visuality and the Visibility of Paradise and the World.' In: Günther, Sebastian and Lawson, Todd, (eds.), Roads to Paradise: Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam. Leiden: Brill, pp. 555-565. (Islamic History and Civilization)

Savage, Polly (2016) 'Reading Between the Lines: African Students in the USSR.' In: Nash, Mark, (ed.), Red Africa: Affective Communities and the Cold War. London: Black Dog Publishing, pp. 35-43.

Thompson, Ashley (2016) 'Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past.' In: Jerryson, Michael, (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism. New York: Oxford University Press.

Thompson, Ashley (2016) 'A Witness to Genocide: Vann Nath.' In: McDaniel, Justin Thomas, Rowe, Mark Michael and Samuels, Jeffrey, (eds.), Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia. Honolulu, Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press.

Tythacott, Louise (2016) 'British travels in China during the Opium Wars (1839-1860): Shifting Images and Perceptions.' In: Hill, Kate, (ed.), Britain and the Narration of Travel in the Nineteenth Century: Texts, Images, Objects. London, UK: Routledge, pp. 191-208.

Journal Article

Corey, Pamela (2016) 'Beyond yet Toward Representation: Diasporic Artists and Craft as Conceptualism in Contemporary Southeast Asia.' The Journal of Modern Craft, 9 (2). pp. 161-181.

Dovey, Lindiwe (2016) 'On the Matter of Fiction: An Approach to the Marginalization of African Film Studies in the Global Academy.' Black Camera, 7 (2). pp. 159-173.

Kang, Jaeho (2016) '“Ink-play”: Walter Benjamin’s Chinese Curios.' Sociétés: Revue des sciences humaines et sociales, 131 (1). pp. 119-130.

Kang, Jaeho (2016) 'Urban Spectacle and Utopian Space: a Reflection on the Rio Olympics [in Korean].' 인문 예술 잡지 F, 22. pp. 20-32.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Portable Heritage in the Himalayas. The Example of Namgyal Monastery, Mustang: Part 1, Sculpture.' Orientations, 47 (2). pp. 120-130.

Luczanits, Christian (2016) 'Portable Heritage in the Himalayas. The Example of Namgyal Monastery, Mustang: Part 2, Books and Stupas.' Orientations, 47 (5). pp. 22-32.

Murphy, Stephen A (2016) 'The case for proto-Dvaravati: A review of the art historical and archaeological evidence.' Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 47 (3). pp. 366-392.

Murphy, Stephen A and Stark, Miriam T (2016) 'Introduction: Transitions from late prehistory to early historic periods in mainland Southeast Asia, c. early to mid-first millennium CE.' Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 47 (3). pp. 333-340.

Tythacott, Louise (2016) 'The power of taste: the dispersal of the Berkeley Smith collection of Chinese ceramics at Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum (1921-1960).' Journal of the History of Collections, 28 (2). pp. 327-343.

Yang, Panpan (2016) 'Rotoscoping Body: Secret Dancers, Animated Realism and Temporal Critique.' Spectator, 36 (1). pp. 33-42.

Book Reviews

Branfoot, Crispin (2016) 'Review of: George Michell, Late Temple Architecture in India, 15th to 19th Centuries: Continuities, Revivals, Appropriations, and Innovations. New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2015).' Transactions of the Ancient Monuments Society, 60 . pp. 146-148.

Branfoot, Crispin (2016) 'Review of: Tamara I. Sears. Worldly Gurus and Spiritual Kings: Architecture and Asceticism in Medieval India. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2014).' The Burlington Magazine, 158 (1354).

Savage, Polly (2016) 'Revolution Embodied: Omar Victor Diop’s ‘Liberty / Diaspora'.' Source: Thinking Through Photography (96).

Sendra Fernandez, Estrella (2016) 'Film Review: 'Samba Gadjigo and Jason Silverman, directors. Sembène! 2015. 90 minutes.'.' African Studies Review, 59 (2). pp. 317-319.

Tythacott, Louise (2016) 'Review of: The Great Chinese Art Transfer: How so Much of China’s Art Came to America by Michael St. Clair, Rowman and Littlefied, 2016.' The China Quarterly, 228 (December). pp. 1140-1142.

Yang, Panpan (2016) 'Review of Weihong Bao. Fiery Cinema: The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945.' 当代电影 = Contemporary cinema, 2016 (4). pp. 199-200.

Shows/Exhibitions

Cabos, Marine (2016) Sandro Miller: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich: Homage to Photographic Masters. Lianzhou Foto Festival, Lianzhou, China. [Shows/Exhibitions]

Theses

Callus, Paula (2016) Animation in Sub-Saharan Africa: trajectories of ideas and practice. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00023812

Da Fonseca, Anais (2016) Continuity and change in contemporary Cheriyal paintings from Telangana, India. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00026669

Han, In-Sung Kim (2016) Islamic Material Culture in Medieval Korea and Its Legacy. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00026513

Hirsch, Phoebe (2016) Islamic architecture in the Cape South Africa, 1794-2013. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00023644

Peterson, Sara (2016) Roses, poppies and narcissi : plant iconography at Tillya-tepe and connected cultures across the ancient world. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00026495

Timperman, Ilse (2016) Early Niche Graves in the Turfan Basin and Inner Eurasia. PhD thesis. SOAS University of London. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00025496

Films

Sendra Fernandez, Estrella (2016) Témoignages… “waa Suñu Gaal”. Estrella Sendra. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cj9K6NmpvRE&featur....

Other

Corey, Pamela (2016) 'Shortlist: Cambodia.' Hong Kong: Asia Art Archive.

Corey, Pamela (2016) 'Vandy Rattana: When Time Becomes Still the Landscape will Speak.' In: HUGO BOSS ASIA ART Award for Emerging Asian Artists 2015. Berlin: Sternberg Press and Rockbund Museum of Art, Shanghai.

Tan, Heidi (2016) 'Curating the Shwedagon Pagoda Museum in Myanmar.' Buddhistdoor Global . Hong Kong: Buddhistdoor Limited.