MAHISASURA-MARDINI IN INDONESIA: AN ICONOGRAPHIC STUDY By Dr. Bachchan Kumar South East Asian Studies Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Art New Delhi, INDIA The present study on the goddess Mahisasura-mardini places this female deity in the wider context of social structure and examines the process of transformation of an alien deity according to Indonesian ethos. It also examines the enigmatic character in the sculptures of the deity.

    FOREWORD TO HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY* Carl O. Sauer   APOLOGIA These remarks are directed to the nature of historical geography and to some of its problems. By preference I should present data and conclusions from my own work in Mexico. On second thought, however, I am moved to do what has been done so often in the annual address before this body, to set forth in some manner a confession of the faith that has stood behind one's work.  It is obvious that we who call ourselves geographers do not at present understand each other very well. We have…

INDIAN AND CHINA IN THE ART OF SUKHOTHAI Richard Pearson  In the middle of twelfth century, in the northwestern corner of the Khmer Empire, a small locality defied the authority of its Khmer governor, and became autonomous, Sukhothai, Sawankhalok, and two small states Muong Rat and Muong Bang Yang had been ruled by Thai chiefs under Khmer sovereignty. During the uprising, the king of Muong Bang Yang became the ruler of Sukhothai and Sri Satchanalai, or as it is alternatively called, Sawankhalok. Within half a century, Sukhothai had expanded to include most of the northern Thailand, with the exception of…

CULTURAL STUDIES IN VNU-HCMC: THEORETICAL BASIS AND APPROACH   Prof. Dr. Tran Ngoc Them (Vietnam National University - HCMC)   In: 2007 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Society Shanghai Conference "Conditions of Knowledge and Cultural Production", Shanghai, 15-27 June 2007

CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ASIAN MODERNIZATION Robert M. BELLAH The problem posed by this symposium to commemorate the Centennial of Kokugakuin University is a central one for Japan, Asia and, indeed, for the whole world. How to reconcile cultural identity and modernization is a question that every nation and every people has to face today.

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS OF THE TAY, THE NUNG AND THE ZHUANG IN CHINA   Nguyễn Thị Yến ASF member cohort IV th   The Tay, Nung and Zhuang are the three most populous ethnic minority groups belonging to the Thai language-speaking community, the biggest in Asia. The groups spread over Southeast Asia, including Viet Nam and China. Research into their religious belief should shed light on the similarities and particularities of the religious beliefs of each group. This constitutes the most important target of our research project. The initially achieved results have met this target.

    WOMEN IN VIETNAMESE FOLKLORE CONG HUYEN TON NU NHA TRANG Chính chuyên lấy được chín chồng Vê viên bỏ lọ gánh gồng đi chơi Ai ngờ quang đứt lọ rơi Bò ra lổm ngổm chín nơi chín chồng. (Respecting the rule of fidelity I have married nine husbands Rolling them into balls, I put them in a jar and carried it with a shoulder pole. Accidentally the suspending frame broke and the jar fell to the ground; Out crawld the nine husbands scatteringly in nine different directions.)

THE SIGNIFICATION OF NAGA IN THAI ARCHITECTURAL AND SCULPTURAL ORNAMENTS                                                                                       Phan Anh Tú                                                                      University of Social Sciences & Humanities,                                                                                   VNU-HCMC                                                                                              Member of Asian Scholarship Foundation cohort VIITh            The Nak (Phaya Nak or Naga) in Thai architectural and sculptural ornaments are an associational achievement between the indigenous serpent cult of the mainland Southeast Asian region and Naga of Indian religions in ancient times. It seems that the remains of indigenous serpent cult, however, which have existed up to now being only what told in the Thai folklore. In their religious and belief aspect, most of the Thais have been strongly…

SOUTHEAST ASIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY FROM TYPOLOGICAL-SYSTEMATIC VIEW   Prof. Dr.Sc. Tran Ngoc Them University of Social Sciences & Humanities, VNU-HCMC   3rd International Conference on "SouthEast Asian Cultural Values: Promoting Community Spirit", December 12-13, 2007, Phnom Penh, Cambodia I- The approaching way of researching culturological theories. II- The approaching way of researching world cultures. III- Basic characteristics of tranquillity-dominated cultural type. IV- Southeast Asian cultural identities.

TOWARDS A PLURALISTIC CULTURE: Essays on Cultures in the Postmodern Age by Tran Van Doan   GS.TS. Trần Văn Đoàn giảng về Pluralistic Culture cho HVCH VHH k7 ĐHKHXH-NV ngày 25-1-2008 Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series IIID, Southeast Asia, Volume 8 General Editor: George F. McLean   The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy Copyright  ©   2006 by Box 261, Cardinal Station, Washington, D.C. 20064 All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication