Raffles, Archaeology, and the British in Indonesia - Part 2 of 4
Channel: Archaeology Unit
Date: 2012-11-27

Raffles, Archaeology, and the British in Indonesia
Date: Saturday 24th November, 2012
Time: 02:00 PM -- 04:00 PM
Venue: Possibility Room, National Library Building (Level 5)
About: During his tenure as lieutenant governor of Java and as governor of Bencoolen, Raffles contributed much to the study of ancient Southeast Asia. This talk focuses on Raffles' career and his role in fostering the study of the past before archaeology existed, as well as on what we have learned about the British in Sumatra from excavations at York Fort in the 1980s.

This talk was given in association with the NLB exhibition entitled, "Raffles' Letters: Intrigues behind the Founding of Singapore."

Part 1: http://youtu.be/K88Qi8BT0wE

About the Speaker
Dr John N. Miksic is an Associate Professor at the Southeast Asian Studies Department, National University of Singapore, and Head of the Archaeological Unit in the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.