Free Talk | Spiritual Offerings: Diversity of Styles and Values in Luang Prabang

We are honoured to have Luang Prabang resident expert, TAEC supporter, and friend, Mr. Francis Engelmann give a free talk at TAEC this month! It’s sure to be a fascinating introduction to daily spiritual activities in Laos. Please join us!

Museum ticket or reservation is not required.

Spiritual Offerings: Diversity of Styles and Values in Luang Prabang

Francis Engelmann has been living permanently in Luang Prabang since 2002. He worked for 3 years at the Luang Prabang Conservation Authority (today officially known as The Luang Prabang World Heritage Department), and later with The Quiet in the Land – Art and Education Project, Luang Prabang. http://www.thequietintheland.org/laos/

His educational background includes Town Planning, Political Science and Socio-Economy. But he has been involved also in a wide range of research missions such as Art history, Botany, Paleontology, and Anthropology, with different scholars’ teams in Asia.

He has been involved in heritage issues in Laos with UNESCO since 1994 during the preparation of the official application for the nomination of Luang Prabang as a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1995.

He has been deputy chairman of a local non-profit association involved in Lao culture and education.

He is now officially retired but still lecturing and writing books and articles.

For more information about this event, please email us at information@taeclaos.org.