Engaging With Vietnam #13
The 13th Engaging With Vietnam conference will be held next week, with the main academic part of the conference running from 26 - 28 October.To get a sense of what…
The Lost History of the Mekong Delta
Last weekend I participated in a weekly online forum in Vietnam called “Midnight Talks.” The topic this past week was on “The Lost History of the Mekong Delta.”I presented together…
The Zhu Fan Zhi and the Complete Mess Scholars Have Made
The scholarship on early Southeast Asian history that relies on Chinese sources is a complete mess.From the very beginning, scholars got a lot of things wrong, and then they just…
Seeing Trans-Peninsular Networks in Chinese Historical Sources (Part 1)
Chinese historical sources have long been used to try to gain an understanding of early Southeast Asian history.However, when scholars have made use of these sources, they have usually done…
Srivijaya 3.0 (21): The Language of Jāba – I Can’t Figure It Out
I have recently been writing a lot about a place that I refer to as “Jāba,” a kingdom that I argue was based in the area of what is now…
Srivijaya 3.0 (20): “Jāba” in the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư
By now I think that I have clearly established the fact that there was a kingdom located in the area of what is now Songkhla that was at the center…
Srivijaya 3.0 (19): A Vietnamese Encounter with “Cha Ba” in the Early 19th Century
In 1810, two Vietnamese officials presented to Emperor Gia Long a map of the routes to, and within parts of, Siam with an accompanying text based on information they had…
Srivijaya 3.0 (18): The Burma-Jāba Connection
In many recent posts, I have been writing about a place that I call “Jāba.” This was the center of a major trans-peninsular trade empire, and it was located around…
Srivijaya 3.0 (17): The “Chola Invasion of Srivijaya”
In the eleventh century, a place in Southeast Asia called “Srivishaya” was attacked by a kingdom from southern India known as the Chola kingdom.We know about this from inscriptions in…
Srivijaya 3.0 (16): The “Thai” Origin of the Mongol Invasion of Java
In early 1292, Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor of the Yuan Dynasty in China, gave orders to three of his officials to lead troops to attack the island of Java.Why…
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