2ND SUMMER Programme in southeast asian art history FOCUS: HINDU & BUDDHIST ART & ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL JAVA (8TH–9TH CENTURY CE) School of oriental and african studies (soas) universitas Gadjah mada (ugm) Yogyakarta, central Java (Indonesia), July 27–2 August 2017 Upper terrace, Borobudur; photo A. Acri Teaching Schedule 2ND SUMMER Programme The four days teaching schedule will include four 1-hour sessions per day (two in the morning and two in the in southeast asian art history afternoon). Participating students will be invited to present their ongoing research. FOCUS: HINDU & BUDDHIST ART & ARCHAEOLOGY OF CENTRAL JAVA (8TH–9TH CENTURY CE) Art History Tour Programme School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) & Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) The programme will include a two-day tour to temples, museums and relevant archaeological sites across Yogyakarta, Central Java, July 27–2 August 2017 Central Java (viz. Borobudur, Prambanan, Ratu Boko, Project Coordinators: Andrea Acri, Fajri Adieyatna, Mimi Savitri, Peter Sharrock Dieng Plateau, and other less well-known sites in the region). Candi Loro Jonggrang, Prambanan; photo A. Acri Programme Overview The programme will be held over 7 days—from 27 July Participants’ Selection Criteria through 2 August 2017—at Universitas Gadjah Mada In 2016, a pioneering Summer Programme in Southeast in Yogyakarta, ideally located at the centre of a history- The Programme mainly caters to (post)graduate (MA/PhD) Asian Art History and Conservation focusing on laden region dotted with Hindu and Buddhist temples, students in a relevant discipline—primarily South and/or premodern Javanese Art was held in Trawas (East Java). including the majestic Borobudur (the largest Buddhist Southeast Asian Art History and Archaeology. Applicants In 2017, the second edition of the Programme will be monuments on earth) and Prambanan, with its imposing with a relevant background and research interest in held in Yogyakarta, the iconic royal city of Central Java. and exquisitely crafted Śaiva temple complex Loro Museology, Religious Studies, and Cultural Studies with It will focus on Central Javanese Hindu and Buddhist Jonggrang, the Buddhist Candi Sewu, Candi Plaosan focus on the region in the premodern period will also be Art History in both its local and translocal dimensions. and Candi Kalasan, and the enigmatic Ratu Boko considered. Senior scholars and curators are welcome The period covered is from the early 8th to the late 9th plateau a couple of miles away. to apply, although they may be required to cover their century—the heyday of the Central Javanese civilisation. international travel as well as on-site costs. Objectives The programme targets an audience of 20 Southeast Lecturers Asian and overseas students/scholars from various By attending the lectures and interacting with the disciplinary backgrounds and interests. Taught by a pool teaching experts, participants will become familiar A mix of Indonesian and overseas experts from diffe- of international experts, the programme will showcase with the general tracts of ancient Central Javanese Art rent disciplinary backgrounds (i.e. Art History, Archaeolo- state-of-the-art research on Central Javanese Art History History, as well as with specific religious, historical, and gy, Philology, and Religious Studies) will form the pool of and related aspects of culture, history, and religion. socio-cultural issues bearing on the interpretation of lecturers: Dr. Andrea Acri (EPHE), Dr. Anggraeni (UGM), buildings, reliefs, statuary, and artefacts. They will also Panggah Ardiyansyah (Borobudur Conservation), Swati This Summer Programme is the result of a collaborative be introduced to the basics of the archaeology of the Chemburkar (Jnanapravaha), Dr. John Guy (NY MET), Dr. effort between SOAS (UK) and UGM (Indonesia). It is region and current approaches to museology in a local Hudaya Kandahjaya (Numata), Dr. Mimi Savitri (UGM), Dr. envisaged as the second of a series of events resulting and global context. Tours to archaeological sites inearby Peter Sharrock (SOAS), and Jeffrey Sund berg (Arizona Uni- from a strategic partnership between Southeast Asian will provide an opportunity to apply the theoretical versity), among others. institutions and SOAS’ Southeast Asian Art Academic approaches learnt in the classroom. Program (SAAAP) at the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Arts, aiming to foster the Grants study of Southeast Asian Art History in the region and internationally. A grant will be offered to successful applicants to (partially) cover their airfare, depending on their airport of embarkation and financial needs. Boarding and lodging Upper terrace, Borobudur; photo A. Acri during the eleven days will be covered by the organisation. Coordinators Dr. Andrea Acri | [email protected] Fajri Adieyatna | [email protected] Dr. Mimi Savitri | [email protected] Dr. Peter Sharrock | [email protected] For more details and application forms, please visit: https://www.soas.ac.uk/saaap Application deadline: 15 March, 2017 Acceptance notification by: 15 April, 2017 Relief at Candi Loro jonggrang, Prambanan; photo A. Acri Candi Sewu, Prambanan; photo A. Acri A. Acri collection, photo Surakarta; private Agastya, of Statue.