Register here: https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtf-iqrjMiE9GbpWrFQZUs-gaEOVNF2zKGFew of the world’s premodern polities outside of China achieved the scale or density of urbanismfound in the 9th-15th century Angkor empire, which governed a substantial swath of mainlandSoutheast Asia. Angkorian rulers built cities, water reservoirs, stone monuments, and roads thatcrisscrossed the empire. Carved images glorify their gods, rulers, and ancestors; inscribed stelaecelebrate political accessions and conquests, and narrate religious merits, economic properties,and status of the populations. Heng will introduce the ancient metropolis of Angkor and its Khmerworld through recent archaeological findings using historical sources, excavation and remotelysensed ground survey (LIDAR) data. Heng is the 2022-24 postdoctoral scholar at the Cotsen Instituteand the Program for Early Modern Southeast Asia (PEMSEA). His research interests include religiouschange, urbanism, political economy, public archaeology, and heritage management. He was a featuredcommentator in “Angkor 3D: The Lost Empire of Cambodia,” at the California Science Center IMAXtheater.