Saturday, May 7, 2011

Fw: H-ASIA: Member's pub: Pollard, State Capitalism, Contentious Politics and Large-Scale Social Change

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Subject: H-ASIA: Member's pub: Pollard, State Capitalism, Contentious
Politics and Large-Scale Social Change


> H-ASIA
> May 7, 2011
>
> Member's publication: State Capitalism, Contentious Politics and Large-
> Scale Social Change by Vincent Kelly Pollard
> **********************************************************************
> Ed. note: Thanks to Professor Parthasarathy for this thoughtful gesture
> in providing the news of the publiction of the late Vincent Pollard's
> book. As many of you will recall, Dr. Pollard was a long-time member of
> H-ASIA who repeatedly provided constructive responses to the queries of
> other members. I believe this is the first instance in our seventeen
> years of posting that we have had a posthumous publication note. FFC
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Prof. D. Parthasarathy <dp@hss.iitb.ac.in>
>
> Friends of Vincent Kelly Pollard will be happy to hear of the posthumous
> publication of his edited work "State Capitalism, Contentious Politics and
> Large-Scale Social Change" (Brill), that he almost completed before his
> quite untimely passing about a year ago. Members of H-Asia will know him
> as a regular contributor, and this volume emerged out of a panel at an AAS
> conference in San Diego which itself was facilitated through a CFP he
> posted in H-Asia. David Fasenfest, the Brill Critical Social Sciences
> Editor has written an "In Memoriam" for Dr.Pollard. Dr.Pollard spent many
> years on bringing out this volume fighting his own health problems and
> several other unexpected delays. Apart from an introduction, he has also
> contributed an article on Phillipines.
>
> A promised third piece for the volume was left unfinished. Other
> contributors have written on state capitalism themes in Russia, China, and
> India (by myself). The complete reference with Table of Contents is given
> below.
>
> D.Parthasarathy
> Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
> -------------------------------------------------------
> Vincent Kelly Pollard (Ed.), _State Capitalism, Contentious Politics and
> Large-Scale Social Change_, Studies in Critical Social Sciences Series
> (Series Editor, David Fasenfest),
> Leiden: Brill Academic Pub, 2011
> Pages, Illustrations: xv, 236 pp.
>
> ISBN-10: 9004194452; ISBN-13: 9789004194458;
>
> Table of contents
> -----------------
> List of Tables
> Notes on Contributors
> Acknowledgements
>
> In Memoriam: Vincent Kelly Pollard (1944-2010), David Fasenfest
>
> Foreword, Peter T. Manicas
>
> 1. State Capitalist Analysis - Before the Russian Revolution, in Reaction
> to Stalin's Consolidation of Power, and after the Cold War,
> Vincent Kelly Pollard
>
> 2. State Capitalism versus Communism: What Happened in the USSR?,
> Satya Gabriel, Stephen A. Resnick, and Richard D. Wolff
>
> 3. Labor, Exploitation and Capitalism in Russia before and after 1991,
> Michael J. Haynes
>
> 4. The Russian Question and the U.S. Left,
> Martin Oppenheimer
>
> 5. Planning and the Fate of Democracy: State, Capital, and Governance in
> Post-Independence India,
> D. Parthasarathy
>
> 6. What Happened to Chinese Communism: The Transition from State
> Feudalism to State Capitalism,
> Satya Gabriel, Stephen A. Resnick, and Richard D. Wolff
>
> 7. Labor Representation and Organization under State Capitalism in
> China,
> Jackie Sheehan
>
> 8. A Consideration of China's Incomplete Retreat from State Capitalism,
> Rumy Hasan
>
> 9. Chinese 'Develop the West' Campaigns and their Environmental Impacts:
> The Post-Socialist Condition in China,
> Yuehtsen Juliette Chung
>
> 10. State Capitalist Aspirations and the Two-Stage Theory of Revolution
> in the Philippines,
> Vincent Kelly Pollard
>
> Index
>
> D. Parthasarathy
> Indian Institute of Technnology Bombay
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Fw: H-ASIA: Announcing the Renewal of Southeast Asian Studies (fwd)

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Subject: H-ASIA: Announcing the Renewal of Southeast Asian Studies (fwd)


> H-ASIA
> May 7, 2011
>
> Announcing the Renewal of Southeast Asian Studies (Kyoto University)
> online journal
> ************************************************************************
> Ed. note: In a time when we receive so many pieces of negative news, it
> provides great satisfaction to have this report of the continuation and
> renewal of the online journal Southeast Asian Studies published by
> the Center for Southeast Asian Stgudies at Kyoto University. Note also
> that there is anticipation of the launching of two editions (in Japanese
> and in English) beginning in the coming year. I am sure scholars working
> on Southeast Asia will welcome the renewal of this valuable resource.
> FFC
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Mario Ivan Lopez <marioivanlopez@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
>
> Announcing the Renewal of Southeast Asian Studies
>
> The Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University, would like
> to announce the renewal of the website for its quarterly bilingual
> journal Southeast Asian Studies (SEAS). Published since 1963 SEAS
> reflects the center's principle of dedicated fieldwork based,
> multidisciplinary, and contemporary approaches toward research. It
> publishes work from various fields of study on Southeast Asia
> including the natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The
> journal is rigorously peer-reviewed by a broad range of specialists,
> and also carries book reviews and special issues at least twice a
> year.
>
> Our newly launched website can be accessed below.
>
> http://kyoto-seas.org/
>
> Access to the journal is free of charge and all our back issues have
> been digitized. All articles as of the 47th volume are searchable as
> PDFs.
>
> We are also presently splitting our bilingual journal with the aim of
> launching an English-language international journal in 2012. For
> authors who are interested in submitting articles or book reviews, or
> have ideas for special issues for our new journal, please contact us
> using the email address below. Submissions, ideas and inquiries are
> accepted all year round.
>
> The English Editorial Committee: english-editorial@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>
> For inquiries on submitting articles in Japanese, please contact
> japanese-editorial@cseas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
>
> Mario Ivan Lopez
> Kyoto University
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Gujarat Studies Association Conf, Dubai,Feb 15-16, 2012

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Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 1:12 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Gujarat Studies Association Conf, Dubai,Feb 15-16, 2012


> H-ASIA
> May 7, 2011
>
> Call for papers: "The Gujarati Community: Globalisation, Mobility and
> Belonging" Gujarat Studies Association Fourth Biennial Conference,
> Dubai, UAE, February 15-16, 2012
>
> ************************************************************************
> From: Dr. Sharmina Mawani <s.mawani@gujaratstudies.org>
>
> The Gujarat Studies Association (GSA) will be holding its 4th biennial
> conference on 15-16 February 2012 in Dubai, UAE. Keynote speakers at the
> conference will be, Dr. Farouk Topan (ISMC-AKU) and Prof. Helene Basu
> (University of Münster).
>
> For further details, visit: www.gujaratstudies.org
>
> Conference Theme - The Gujarati Community: Globalisation, Mobility and
> Belonging
>
> *Call for Papers*
>
> One word has come to dominate discourse in relation to the migration of
> goods and people – 'globalisation'. It is a controversial area and one
> that
> is usually discussed in relation to the benefits offered which include
> amongst others, economic growth; employment opportunities and cultural
> interconnectedness. However, the losses associated with this phenomenon
> are frequently omitted – family and community disconnect, loss of language
> and culture, exploitation of labour as well as job insecurity. From
> childhood we become familiar with the idea of 'belonging', whether to
> family, community, sports teams or schools, amongst others – and it is
> through these memberships that we form our multiple identities. As
> social beings, individuals often achieve a sense of belonging through
> group membership which is instrumental in giving one a positive
> self-image. For minority groups, including the Gujaratis, who either
> select to migrate or who are forced into a refugee status,
> marginalization or dissociation from the majority society may lead to
> low self-esteem and in some cases a sense of alienation. In a world where
> individuals or families are disconnected and where the notion of multiple
> homes has quickly become the norm, is there a need for individuals to
> affiliate with particular groups, places or communities, even if
> momentarily, in order to achieve a sense of rootedness or belonging? This
> conference will explore issues of globalization, mobility and belonging
> as they relate to Gujaratis worldwide.
>
>
> The Gujarat Studies Association (GSA) invites abstracts in English for
> papers from academics in all areas of study for an interdisciplinary
> conference that addresses various aspects relating to the complex issues
> of globalization, mobility and belonging as they relate to the Gujaratis.
>
>
>
> Sub-themes include, but are not limited to, the following:
>
> •Multiculturalism, Citizenship and Identity
>
> •Inclusion and Exclusion
>
> •Networks and Trade
>
> •Belief and Symbolism
>
> •The Local and Global
>
> Temporary and Forced Migration
>
> Media, Technology, Art and Material culture
>
> Economy and Consumption
>
> Ethnicity, Culture, and Language
>
> Law and Politics
>
> Health and Medicine
>
>
>
> Submissions are encouraged from graduate and post-graduate students.
>
> A limited number of student bursaries are available for master's level,
> doctoral and post-doctoral candidates presenting papers at the conference.
>
> For further details, please visit the GSA website: www.gujaratstudies.org
>
>
>
> Abstracts for 20-minute papers in English should be 200 – 250 words.
> The Abstract Submission form can be found at the GSA website: *
> www.gujaratstudies.org*
>
>
>
> *Important Dates:*
>
> 1 September 2011 Conference registration opens
>
> 12 September 2011 Abstract submission deadline / Bursary
> application deadline
>
> 31 October 2011 Abstract acceptance notification / Bursary
> status notification
>
> --
> ______________________________
> Dr. Sharmina Mawani
> Vice-President/Treasurer
> Gujarat Studies Association
> Email: s.mawani@gujaratstudies.org
> Website: www.gujaratstudies.org
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CONF Anthropolgy & Archaeology in Comparison, Rome, May 20-21, 2011 (Museo "Pigorini" - Antropologia e archeologia a confronto: Rappresentazioni e pratiche del Sacro, Roma

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Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:51 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CONF Anthropolgy & Archaeology in Comparison, Rome, May
20-21, 2011 (Museo "Pigorini" - Antropologia e archeologia a confronto:
Rappresentazioni e pratiche del Sacro, Roma


> H-ASIA
> May 7, 2011
>
> {Conference: Anthropology and Archaeology in Comparison of Religious
> Representation and Practice]: Museo "Pigorini" - Antropologia e
> archeologia a confronto: Rappresentazioni e pratiche del Sacro,
> Rome, May 20-21, 2011
> ************************************************************************
> Ed. note: While the principal focus lies somewhat more to the west, we
> find that H-ASIA member Massimiliano A. Polichetti is presenting on
> Vedic religion. FFC
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: m.a.polichetti <indotibetanstudies@gmail.com>
>
> Antropologia e archeologia a confronto:
> Rappresentazioni e pratiche del Sacro
>
> Roma, Museo Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini"
>
> 20-21 Maggio 2011
>
> Il secondo incontro di studi "Antropologia e archeologia a confronto" ha
> come obiettivo quello di affrontare, nello specifico, alcune delle
> tematiche rimaste inevitabilmente e volutamente a margine della prima
> edizione del convegno, le quali possono trovare una adeguata sintesi nel
> concetto stesso di "sacro" che figura nel titolo della manifestazione e
> in quello delle sette sezioni in cui si è deciso di articolarla. Il
> termine va ovviamente inteso nella sua accezione problematica, quale
> categoria rafforzata dalla fenomenologia religiosa e indebolita dalla
> prospettiva antropologica.
>
> Fine del nostro incontro vuole essere quello di approfondire, nella
> duplice prospettiva antropologica e archeologica che ha contraddistinto
> il convegno del 2010, quelli che sono gli aspetti archetipici del senso
> del sacro nelle sue molteplici manifestazioni, quali possono essere colte
> attraverso l'indagine etnografica e/o le tracce che se ne possono
> individuare grazie alla ricerca archeologica.
>
> La sede prescelta per la manifestazione sembra già di per sé appianare
> tale distanza, offrendo in un unico luogo alcune delle testimonianze più
> importanti della preistoria e protostoria italiana e dell'etnografia
> mondiale, discipline nate e sviluppatesi a partire dal medesimo impulso
> nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento. È proprio in questo periodo, infatti,
> che si colloca la fondazione del Museo Preistorico-Etnografico di Roma,
> espressione di un tempo in cui, più di quanto accada oggi, archeologia e
> antropologia venivano considerate due facce della stessa medaglia.
>
> Nel corso delle due giornate, esperti di entrambe le discipline si
> confronteranno sulle questioni cardine del "sacro", analizzandole
> attraverso il filtro della documentazione e della ricerca archeologica ed
> etno-antropologica, in un percorso che, di relazione in relazione, si
> snoderà attraverso sette distinte unità tematiche che, a nostro avviso,
> dovrebbero fornire una adeguata esemplificazione di quelli che sono o
> possono essere i suoi principali tratti caratterizzanti, in una
> prospettiva che ne valorizzi gli aspetti archetipici a prescindere da
> limitazioni di carattere cronologico e/o spaziale che circoscrivono,
> inevitabilmente, l'esperienza di ogni studioso e ricercatore.
>
> A cura di Luigi La Rocca e Valentino Nizzo
>
> Per ogni ulteriore informazione scrivere a convegno@ediarche.it
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Programma
> Venerdì 20/V/2011
>
> Apertura dei lavori:
>
> Presentazione degli atti del Convegno Internazionale: Dalla nascita alla
> morte: antropologia e archeologia a confronto. Incontro di studi in onore
> di Claude Lévi-Strauss. Roma 21 Maggio 2010
>
> 9.00 - 9.15 LUIGI LA ROCCA: Introduzione e saluti
>
> 9.15 - 9.35 MARIO TORELLI: Presentazione del volume
>
> 9.35 - 9.50 VALENTINO NIZZO: Introduzione ai lavori
>
> Apertura del Convegno:
>
> Prima sessione: "I luoghi del sacro"
>
> Presiede ALFONSO MELE
>
> 9.50 -10.10 MASSIMO OSANNA: Luoghi del sacro di età arcaica presso le
> genti indigene di Puglia e Basilicata
>
> 10.10 -10.30 GIANLUCA TAGLIAMONTE: I luoghi del sacro nel Sannio
> preromano
>
> 10.30 -10.50 ENRICO COMBA: Tra l'erba e sotto le stelle: luoghi del sacro
> tra gli indiani del Nord America
>
> 10.50 -11.10 ANNA MARIA GLORIA CAPOMACCHIA: I luoghi degli eroi
>
> 11.10 -11.25 Pausa caffè
>
> Seconda sessione: "I tempi del sacro"
>
> Presiede MARIANO PAVANELLO
>
> 11.30 - 11.50 ALESSANDRO GUIDI: I tempi del sacro nel Lazio protostorico
>
> 11.50 - 12.10 MASSIMILIANO DI FAZIO: Il ruolo del sacro nell'elaborazione
> di una memoria culturale. Il caso degli Etruschi
>
> 12.10 - 12.30 MANUELA MARI: La morte, il tempo, la memoria. Funerali
> pubblici e calendario civico nella Grecia antica
>
> 12.30 - 12.50 PIERCARLO GRIMALDI: Pieter Bruegel e i tempi del sacro
>
> 12.50 - 13.10 ILEANA CHIRASSI COLOMBO: "Per il pensiero storico ogni
> phainomenon è un genomenon" (Raffaele Pettazzoni 1953). La costruzione
> del sacro come controllo umano dello spazio tempo"
>
> 13.10 - 14.00 Discussione I e II sessione
>
> Moderano: ALFONSO MELE / MARIANO PAVANELLO
>
> 14.00 -15.00 Pausa
>
> Terza sessione "Gli scopi e i gesti del sacro"
>
> Presiedono VITO LATTANZI / PAOLO XELLA
>
> 15.00 - 15.20 PIERO BARTOLONI: Aspetti storici e archeologici del
> problema "Tofet"
>
> 15.20 - 15.40 IDA OGGIANO: Scopi e modalità delle azioni rituali
> femminili nell'area siro-palestinese del I millennio. Il contributo
> dell'archeologia
>
> 15.40 - 16.00 MATTEO D'ACUNTO: Il tempio di Dreros: il record
> archeologico e la ricostruzione della funzione di un tempio greco
> alto-arcaico
>
> 16.00 - 16.20 MARIA JOSÈ STRAZZULLA: Gesti e parole nei riti della
> Vittoria in età romana
>
> 16.20 - 16.40 ALESSANDRA CIATTINI: Tra Madonne e Cemì. Relazioni tra
> storia, antropologia e archeologia nel Caribe
>
> 16.40 - 17.00 PINO SCHIRRIPA: Il corpo e il sacro: la possessione
>
> 17.00 - 17.20 MASSIMILIANO A. POLICHETTI: Presupposti metafisici
> possibili nella scarsità di evidenze archeologiche e storico-artistiche
> afferenti alla ritualità vedico-brahmanica
>
> 17.20 - 17.40 Pausa caffè
>
> 17.40 - 19.00 Discussione III sessione
>
> Moderano: VITO LATTANZI / PAOLO XELLA
>
> Sabato 21/V/2011
>
> Quarta sessione: "Gli operatori del sacro"
>
> Presiede MARCELLO MASSENZIO
>
> 9.00 -9.20 MARIA PAOLA BAGLIONE: Gli aspetti ricostruibili e tangibili
> del rito: esempi dal santuario meridionale di Pyrgi
>
> 9.20 -9.40 MARINA PIRANOMONTE: Maghi professionisti alla fonte di Anna
> Perenna. L'aggressivo rituale magico e il suo significato
>
> 9.40 -10.00 SERGIO BOTTA: Lo sciamanesimo in Mesoamerica tra
> antropologia, storia e archeologia
>
> 10.00 -10.20 MARIANO PAVANELLO, MATTEO ARIA: Mediatori del sacro e del
> politico tra memoria e postmodernità
>
> 10.20 -10.40 Pausa caffè
>
> Quinta sessione: "Le immagini del sacro"
>
> Presiede GIOVANNI COLONNA
>
> 10.40 - 11.00 LUCA CERCHIAI, MAURO MENICHETTI: Sacro e cultura visuale
>
> 11.00 - 11.20 MASSIMO CULTRARO: Quis deus? Su alcune rappresentazioni di
> carattere cultuale nella Sicilia dell'età del ferro
>
> 11.20 - 11.40 STEFANIA TIBERINI: Mami Wata. Arte e agency
>
> 11.40 - 13.00 Discussione IV e V sessione
>
> Moderano: GIOVANNI COLONNA / MARCELLO MASSENZIO
>
> 13.00 - 13.30 Poster e Forum on line
>
> a cura di ELISA CELLA, GIANLUCA MELANDRI
>
> 14.00 -15.00 Pausa
>
> Sesta sessione "Gli oggetti del sacro"
>
> Presiedono LUIGI LA ROCCA / VINCENZO PADIGLIONE
>
> 15.00 -15.20 MARIA TOMMASA GRANESE: "Dare un senso alle cose". La
> funzione degli oggetti nei contesti sacri: il caso del santuario sul
> Timpone Motta di Francavilla Marittima (CS)
>
> 15.20 - 15.40 VINCENZO BELLELLI: Vei: nome, competenze e particolarità
> cultuali di una divinità etrusca
>
> 15.40 - 16.00 ALESSANDRA CARDELLI: Divinazione a Porto Novo.
> L'armamentario del sacerdote del Fa
>
> 16.00 - 16.20 STEFANO ALLOVIO: L'uso di oggetti nei rituali iniziatici e
> le forme dell'immortalità
>
> 16.20 - 17.00 Discussione VI sessione
>
> Moderano: LUIGI LA ROCCA / VINCENZO PADIGLIONE
>
> 17.00 - 17.20 Pausa caffè
>
> 17.20 - 18.00 Discussione generale
>
> Moderano: MARIO TORELLI / ILEANA CHIRASSI COLOMBO
>
> 18.00 - 18.30 Conclusioni
>
> MARIO TORELLI
>
> A cura di LUIGI LA ROCCA e VALENTINO NIZZO
>
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>
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>
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>
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