About - Stephen CHIA MING SOON

Stephen Chia Ming Soon is Professor and Director of the Centre for Global Archaeological Research, Universiti Sains Malaysia, in Penang, where he has worked for the past twenty-eight years. His current research interests include the archaeology and cultural heritage of Malaysia, Southeast Asia and China. He has conducted many archaeological and conservation research and training programs in Malaysia, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, China, and Bosnia. His research work has been presented or published in numerous books, monographs and more than 200 articles in journals, magazines, documentaries, conferences, seminars, and public lectures at the international and national levels. He is involved in advisory and consultancy work on the archaeological and cultural heritage of Malaysia for the Department of National Heritage, Department of Museums Malaysia, state museums and governments, and private organizations. He is the Chairman of the National Committee of Experts on Archaeological Site and Underwater Cultural Heritage of Malaysia, a member of the National History Polemic Committee, the Honorary Curator for Archaeology of the Sarawak Museum Department, a member of the Heritage Council of Penang, and a former Council Member & Senior Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific of the World Archaeology Congress.