Himanshu Prabha Ray
Research fellow and archaeologist specializing in maritime networks, Buddhism, and heritage studies; editor of the volume Re-centering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections and a longtime scholar of South and Southeast Asian maritime pasts.
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Feb 15, 2026 • 1h 4min
Himanshu Prabha Ray ed., "Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections" (Routledge, 2026)
Himanshu Prabha Ray, archaeologist and maritime networks specialist, explores how colonial histories reshaped India–Southeast Asia ties. Short, sharp conversations cover maritime Buddhism, shipwrecks and relic circulation. Discussions include museum categorization, postwar Japan–Myanmar Buddhist links, and the call to revive Indian maritime scholarship.
Feb 15, 2026 • 1h 4min
Himanshu Prabha Ray ed., "Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections" (Routledge, 2026)
Himanshu Prabha Ray, a trained archaeologist turned maritime and heritage scholar, discusses rethinking South and Southeast Asian connections. She highlights colonial-era reshaping of regional histories. Conversation centers on maritime networks, Buddhism’s cross-border flows, shipwrecks and relics, and how heritage practice reframes political and cultural ties.
Feb 15, 2026 • 1h 4min
Himanshu Prabha Ray ed., "Recentering Southeast Asia: Politics, Religion and Maritime Connections" (Routledge, 2026)
Himanshu Prabha Ray, archaeologist and maritime historian at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, discusses decolonizing heritage and reviving India’s maritime links with Southeast Asia. Short takes cover colonial reshaping of regional histories, Buddhist and Hindu afterlives of temples, Japan–Southeast Asia religious ties, shipwrecks and coastal networks, and a push for underwater archaeology and crossregional perspectives.
