About - Nicolas REVIRE

Nicolas Revire holds a doctoral degree from the University Paris 3–Sorbonne Nouvelle. He specializes in the Buddhist art and archeology of early Southeast Asia, with a research focus on premodern Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. He is the general editor of Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology (with Stephen A. Murphy, River Books, 2014) and Decoding Southeast Asian Art: Studies in Honor of Piriya Krairiksh (with Pitchaya Soomjinda, River Books, 2022). After nearly two decades of teaching and research at Thammasat University in Bangkok, he is presently the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Research Fellow at the Art Institute of Chicago, serving both the Arts of Asia and Curatorial Documentation and Research departments.