Dr Peter D. Sharrock lectures at London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) on the spread of Buddhism across Maritime Asia as it is visible in the art and architecture of Cambodia, Vietnam and Java from 800 to 1400 CE.

His passion for the art of Indochina and Southeast Asia was behind his signing up as Reuters’ correspondent during the American war in Indochina.

Dr Sharrock’s writings include Vibrancy in Stone: Masterpieces of the Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture (2018), Banteay Chhmar: Garrison-temple of the Khmer Empire (2015) and (with Vu Hong Lien) Descending Dagon, Rising Tiger: a History of Vietnam (2014).