Old Manuscripts in the Modern World: Preservation and Technical Challenges July 2016

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2 Old Manuscripts in the Modern World: Preservation and Technical Challenges July 2016 Venue: Conference Room, Silpakorn University (Bangkok) Date: 14 July 2016 (English sessions) Morning Session Registration 08: Opening ceremony and welcome speeches Welcome speech by Asst. Prof. Chaicharn Thavaravej (President of Silpakorn University) Reporting speech by Boonlert Sananon (President of Manuscript Conservation Association) Honorary Speech by General Tanasak Patimapragon (Deputy Prime Minister) and the official opening of the conference Honorary Speech by Somdej Phrabuddha Chinnawong Group photos Honorary speech by Phramahabodhivongsajan LUNCH Afternoon Session I Chair: Dr. Andrew Skilton (King s College London) Contour Art as a Genre in Manuscript Drawings Prof. Baas Terwiel (Hamburg University, Germany) Pali Manuscripts in the Twenty First Century Prof. Peter Skilling (EFEO, Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre) Overview of Southeast Asian manuscripts in the UK (5 mins video) Dr. Gillian Evison (Head of Bodleian Libraries Oriental Section, Oxford University) The Text Encoding Initiative: an international standard for manuscript cataloguing and description Dr. Pip Willcox (Head of the Centre for Digital Scholarship, Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University)

3 TEA BREAK Afternoon Session II Chair: Dr. Prachark Wattananusit (Thai Library Association) Safeguarding Documentary Heritage: Memory of the World Misako Ito (Advisor in Communication and Information, UNESCO Asia- Pacific Regional Bureau) German Foreign Ministry s Cultural Preservation Program Herr. Jan Blezinger (Counsellor, Germany Embassy in Thailand) The Preservation of Palm-leaf Manuscripts by Local Communities in the North of Thailand Phramaha Dr. Suthit Apakaro (Director of the Buddhist Research Institute, Mahachulalongkorn University) Tai Nuea Manuscripts in China and Laos David Wharton (University of Passau and National Library of Laos) Sangha Acts in Manuscripts TEA BREAK Dr. Pinij Larpthananon (Social Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University) Afternoon Session III Chair: Prof. Baas Terwiel (Hamburg University) Research on Contents of Southeast Asian and South Asian Manuscripts Dr. U-tain Wongsathit (Silpakorn University): Buddhist Palm-leaf manuscripts at Wat Panan Choeng, Ayutthaya Trent Walker (University of California, Berkeley): Liturgical Texts in Khmer Leporello Manuscripts: A Preliminary Analysis Dr. Pyi Kyaw (King s College): Mulakammaṭṭhāna manuscript at Universities' Central Library, Myanmar Dr. Suchada Srisetthaworakul and Dr. Bunjerd Chaowalitroengrit (Tipitaka Project): Tipitaka and Manuscript Collections in Burma, Cambodia, Lao and Sri Lanka Hunter I. Watson (Silpakorn University): The Use of Palm-leaf manuscripts as teaching tools in Mon Villages

4 Date: 15 July 2016 (Thai sessions) Session I: Presentation Registration MOU Signing Ceremony: Manuscript Conservation Association with Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University and Buddhist Research Institute, Mahachulalongkorn University An Overview of Manuscript Work in Thailand by The Fine Arts Department Anandha Chuchoti (Director of The Fine Arts Department) Did Khmer script really come from Cambodia?: Linguistic Evolution of Khmer script from Ayutthaya to Rattanakosin TEA BREAK Boonlert Sananon (Manuscript Conservation Association) Sangharaj Pae s Manuscripts at Wat Suthatthepvaramram Phra Supichai Sukhito (Pimsirijan) (Manuscript Specialist, Wat Suthat) Methods of Conserving Manuscripts Sophit Panyakhan (Conservation Scientist, National Museum) Thai/Tai inscriptions: research and publications Cha-em Kaewklay (Ancient languages specialist) Lunch Session II: Presentation/Reporting-in sessions: Mon manuscripts in Thailand Pisarn Boonphuk (Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA)) Manuscript Preservation Project in the northeast of Thailand Asst. Prof. Dr. Rachan Nilawanapha (Mahasarakham University) Palm-leaf manuscript work in the south of Thailand Chaiwat Sikaew (Nakon si Thammarat branch of National Library) Research on Sārasamgaha manuscripts in Thailand Phrarajrattanamuni (Mahachulalongkorn University) Manuscript work by Chiangmai Rajabhat University Direk Injan (Chiangmai Rajabhat University)

5 Manuscript work by Manuscript Conservation Association TEA BREAK Boonlue Buransarn and Dr Phibul Choompolpaisal (Manuscript Conservation Association) Session III: Presentation Considerations in the Conservation of Manuscripts Dr. M.R.L. Rujaya Abhakorn (Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFA)) Concluding Remarks Boonlert Sananon (Manuscript Conservation Association) Group photos Session IV: Group Discussion on the standardisation of manuscript work Discussion, including: survey, cataloguing, and digitisation.

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