Fw: H-ASIA: Summer Programme 2012 - World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts, Leiden, Aug 27-Sep 1, 2012 Deadline 16 Nov. 2011

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Subject: H-ASIA: Summer Programme 2012 - World Wide Asia: Asian Flows,
Global Impacts, Leiden, Aug 27-Sep 1, 2012 Deadline 16 Nov. 2011

> H-ASIA
> September 9, 2011
>
>
> IIAS Summer Programme 2012: World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts,
> Leiden, August 27-September 1, 2012
> DEADLINE 16 NOVEMBER 2011 09:00 (CET)
> **********************************************************************
> From: M C van den Haak <M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl>
>
> IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies
>
>
> World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts
>
>
> A four-day master class followed by a two-day international conference
>
> Date: 27 August - 1 September 2012
>
> Venue: Leiden, the Netherlands
> <http://maps.google.nl/maps?q=leiden&hl=nl&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=5
> .060825,14.227295&vpsrc=0&z=13>
>
>
> Deadline for applications: 16 November 2011, 9.00 am (CET)
>
> Programme
>
> The second IIAS <http://www.iias.nl/> Summer Programme in Asian Studies
> will partner with the Leiden Global Interactions Research Group (LGIG)
> <http://research.leiden.edu/research-profiles/global/> at Leiden
> University <http://www.leiden.edu/> to critically explore Asian
> migrations as a globalizing force. The flows of people, goods, capital and
> ideas within and from the Asian continents have been transforming the
> global landscape for centuries. Arguably, this influence has become more
> recognizable and acute in the present day.
>
> The study of Asian mobilities can provide important insights into the
> conditions, processes and effects of globalization and historical global
> forms. In order to gain a nuanced understanding of Asia's role in the
> transformation of the global, the workshop and conference will focus on
> exploring the social, historical, political and economic conditions that
> give rise to particular forms of Asian migration and the diverse impacts
> they have in various local and global arenas. This master class seeks to
> cultivate Asian perspectives on historical and contemporary forms of
> migration and their impact on shaping global-local landscapes,
> practices, relationships and structures.
>
> The programme invites applications from PhD candidates and advanced
> research master's students whose work deals with some aspect of Asian
> migration. Students from Asia and non-European/Atlantic institutions are
> especially encouraged to apply.
>
> The programme will be run by three leading scholars in the fields of
> global migration history, the history of globalization, and modern Asian
> history: Prof. Leo Lucassen
> <http://hum.leiden.edu/history/staff/lucassen.html> (Leiden University
> <http://www.leiden.edu/> ),
> Prof. Adam McKeown
> <http://www.columbia.edu/cu/history/fac-bios/McKeown/faculty.html>
> (Columbia University <http://www.columbia.edu/> ) and
> Prof. Radhika Singha <http://www.gmw.ethz.ch/people/singha/SinghaCV.pdf>
> (Jawaharlal
> Nehru University <http://www.jnu.ac.in/> ), respectively.
>
>
> These scholars will combine their expertise to provide participants with
> an intensive and interactive experience. The master class will focus on
> student works. Students will, therefore, be expected to provide a working
> research paper and will have the opportunity to present their work and get
> productive critical feedback from the conveners and their student peers.
>
> The programme will close with a two-day conference on the same theme of
> Asian Migrations, featuring international scholars. Summer Programme
> participants will be given opportunities to meet and interact with the
> conference panelists and a select number of students may be invited to
> present their research in one of the conference sessions. All students
> will be invited to attend the conference and participate in the
> discussions.
>
>
> Information and Application form:
> Please visit www.summerprogramme.asia:
> <http://www.summerprogramme.asia/>
> for more information on the Summer Programme, the requirements and the
> application form.
>
> For questions, please contact Ms Martina van den Haak at
> M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl <mailto:M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl>
>
> The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral
> research centre based in the Netherlands. The Institute encourages the
> interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and promotes national
> and international cooperation. The Institute focuses on the human and
> social sciences and on their interaction with other sciences.
>
> Martina van den Haak
> IIAS Main Office
> Leiden | P.O. box 9500
> 2300 RA | Leiden
> <http://www.iias.nl/>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFA Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic Societies, Chicago, Dec 2, 2011 (AIIS, AIBS, AIPS)

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFA Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian
Islamic Societies, Chicago, Dec 2, 2011 (AIIS, AIBS, AIPS)

> H-ASIA
> September 9, 2011
>
> Call for Applications:
> Tools and Resources for Study of Women in South Asian Islamic
> Societies, co-sponsored by the American Institute of Bangladesh
> Studies, American Institute of Indian Studies and American Institute
> of Pakistan Studies (funding by Carnegie Corporation), University of
> Chicago, Friday, December 2, 2011
> APPLICATION DEADLINE OCTOBER 31, 2011
> ********************************************************************
> Ed. note: Thanks to Keith Snodgrass for forwarding this item to share
> on H-ASIA. For more information go to the link noted in post. FFC
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Keith Snodgrass <snodgras@u.washington.edu>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: AIBS <aibsinfo@aibs.net>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> A Faculty Development Workshop co-sponsored between AIBS, AIPS, and
> AIIS (funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York) will be held
> at the University of Chicago, Friday, December 2, 2011.
>
>
> Faculty Development Workshop: Tools and Resources for Study of Women in
> South Asian Islamic Societies: Call for Applications
>
> The American Institute of Indian Studies, the American Institute of
> Pakistan
> Studies, the American Institute of Bangladesh Studies and the University
> of
> Chicago South Asia Language and Area Center will hold an all-day workshop
> on
> Friday December 2, 2011 that will provide tools and resources for
> promoting
> the study of women in Islamic Society in South Asia. The focus would be to
> provide a complex and nuanced overview of women and the impacts of women's
> political participation in South Asian Muslim societies. It will emphasize
> their pro-active efforts at community organizing, educational reform,
> anti-corruption, human rights, and public health.
>
>
> Who is Eligible to Participate?
>
> Thirty faculty members will be selected to participate in the workshop.
> The
> workshop is targeted at faculty at community colleges, small liberal arts
> colleges, religious-affiliated colleges, minority-serving colleges, and
> small public colleges in the greater Chicago area and northern Illinois.
>
>
>
> How to Apply?
>
> Please go to http://southasia.uchicago.edu/outreach/islam_workshop.shtml
> and
> fill out the simple application which will require a brief statement of
> purpose about your goals for attending the workshop and how you would like
> to use the tools and resources that will be discussed. The deadline for
> applications is October 15, 2011. All applicants will be informed about
> whether they have been selected no later than October 31, 2011.
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Fw: H-ASIA: AJISS-Commentary No.129 on Reconciliation in Thailand by Akira Suehiro

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Subject: H-ASIA: AJISS-Commentary No.129 on Reconciliation in Thailand by
Akira Suehiro

> H-ASIA
> September 9, 2011
>
> AJISS-Commentary No.129 on Reconciliation in Thailand by Akira Suehiro
> ************************************************************************
> From: Japan Institute of International Affairs <e-commentary@jiia.or.jp>
>
> Editor: Akio Watanabe
> Editorial Board: Hideki Asari, Masashi Nishihara, and Taizo Yakushiji
> Online Publisher: Yoshiji Nogami
>
> AJISS-Commentary No.129
> "Prospects for Reconciliation in Thailand" by Akira Suehiro
>
> [Akira Suehiro is Director of and Professor at the Institute of Social
> Science, The University of Tokyo. The views expressed in this piece are
> the author's own and should not be attributed to The Association of
> Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies.]
>
> http://www.jiia.or.jp/en_commentary/201109/09-1.html
>
> Beating pre-election estimates, the pro-Thaksin Phue Thai (PT) Party swept
> the board in Thailand's general election on July 3. PT amassed a total of
> 265 of the 500 seats in parliament, compared with the 159 secured by the
> Democrat Party. On the following day, PT began negotiations with five
> minor parties, including Chart Thai Pattana, to form a coalition
> government that eventually had a solid majority of 300 seats. On August 5,
> Yinluk Shinawatra, born in 1967 and the youngest sister of former Prime
> Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, was elected to lead the new Cabinet. She is
> the first female prime minister in Thailand, which has had 27 prime
> ministers.
>
> Since the September 2006 coup that ousted Thaksin, battles have continued
> between the pro-Thaksin United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship
> (UDD), known as the "red shirts", and the "yellow-shirt" People's Alliance
> for Democracy (PAD). These battles culminated in bloodshed in 2010, with
> 92 people killed and more than 800 injured in the three months from March
> to May. It is wrong, however, to depict Thailand's political turmoil as
> one between PT represented by the red shirts and the Democrat Party
> represented by the yellow shirts. PT's supporters include not only the red
> shirts but also low-income dwellers in Bangkok and citizens in rural areas
> outside the southern region. Meanwhile, the yellow shirts have started
> this year targeting their criticism not just at PT but also at the
> government led by the Democrat Party's Abhisit Vejjajiva. More
> importantly, the yellow shirts advocated boycotting the July election,
> thus denying the very foundation of democratic principles. The myth that
> the yellow shirts are a pro-democracy force has been shattered.
>
> The biggest factor contributing to PT's victory was the spread of
> democracy from the capital region into rural areas. This allowed rural
> residents to express their frustration at the widening economic
> disparities by ballot rather than the traditional method of making a
> direct plea to the king (thawai thika) or submitting a petition to
> political leaders (kho-rong). This is attested to by the high voter
> turnout of 71.4%, the second highest on record after the general election
> in December 2007.
>
> Let's take a closer look at the results of the 375 seats allocated for
> single-seat constituencies by comparing them with pre-election estimates.
> PT made headway in the northeast region where the party won 103 seats as
> compared with the estimated 70 (of the 126 seats in total), in the north
> where it won 49 as compared with 36 (of the 61 seats in total) and in the
> central region where it won 42 as compared with 36 (of the 102 seats in
> total). In contrast, the Democrat Party suffered a crushing defeat as it
> saw its seats drop from 25 to 4 in the northeast, from 17 to 13 in the
> north and from 42 to 25 in the central region. Even in Bangkok where a
> clear-cut victory was expected for the Democrats, the party secured only
> 23 of the 33 seats. PT's overwhelming strength in rural districts can be
> attributed less to Thaksin's popularity than to the strong frustration
> felt by people at the failure of the Abhisit government to narrow the
> economic gap.
>
> In May, just before the election, the Abhisit government introduced a
> series of electoral reforms. Amendments to election law increased the
> number of proportional-representation seats from 100 to 125 while reducing
> the number of proportional-representation districts across the country
> from eight to one. They also changed the existing multiple-seat
> constituencies into single-seat constituencies. These reforms, however,
> all backfired on the Democrats. In proportional representation, PT with
> Yinluck as its head appealed to the voters with slogans calling for "the
> first female prime minister in Thailand" and "social reconciliation under
> the female prime minister," effectively dispelling the Democrats' attacks
> that PT was Thaksin's proxy party and that the red shirts were a group of
> terrorists. The national leader's popularity has a decisive impact on
> election outcomes in Thailand. The high expectations of the newcomer
> Yinluck far outstripped the popularity of her predecessor, Abhisit
> Vejjajiva, who in people's eyes epitomized the political elite.
>
> Where will Thai politics lead? The instability that has characterized Thai
> politics since the 2006 coup will continue for the time being. It is
> unclear how effectively Yinluck, whose political expertise is unknown, can
> mitigate the domestic conflict. If the new government insists on a
> political comeback for Thaksin and seeks to hold accountable those
> responsible for the 2010 bloodshed, frictions with the military and the
> royalists will grow. On the other hand, if the government carries out PT's
> election pledges of raising the minimum wage to 300 baht a day (the
> current minimum wage in Bangkok stands at 215 baht) and doubling the
> initial salaries of civil servants to 15,000 baht, and couples these with
> economic policies that could add to inflationary pressures, the economy
> could become unstable. This would inevitably be reflected in political
> instability.
>
> Thailand is no longer a developing country; it is a middle-income country.
> The percentage of the population deemed poor dropped from 21% in 2000 to
> 8.5% in 2007. The challenge the country is facing is no longer poverty
> itself but widening domestic gaps in income and employment due to
> inequality of opportunity. This also includes the problems of the social
> security system, which has not yet taken into account the rapidly ageing
> and shrinking population, and the mismatch of education and labor markets
> that is coming to light as an increasing number of people receive higher
> education. Thais expect the new government to address these "middle-income
> country" challenges. What is required is not mere cosmetic political
> reconciliation but rather earnest effort toward resolving the new social
> problems underlying the political conflict.
>
>
> ****************
> AJISS-Commentary is an occasional op-ed type publication of The
> Association of Japanese Institutes of Strategic Studies (AJISS) consisting
> of three leading Japanese think tanks: Institute for International Policy
> Studies (IIPS), The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), and
> Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS).
>
> http://www.jiia.or.jp/en/commentary/
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Class & French Colonialism, FCHS, New Orleans, 30 May-2 Jun 2012

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 7:52 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Class & French Colonialism, FCHS, New Orleans, 30 May-2
Jun 2012

> H-ASIA
> September 8, 2011
>
> Call for panelists Class and French Colonialism, French Colonial
> Historical Society, New Orleans, May 30-June 2, 2012
> DEADLINE OCTOBER 15 2011
> (x-post H-French-Colonial)
> *****************************************************************
> Ed. note: Paul Sager is not a member of H-ASIA, but there may be
> some members with interests that would match his suggestion for a FCHS
> conference panel, either also regarding Indochina or other French
> territories. Please contact him directly. Thanks. FFC
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> From: Paul Sager <paul.sager@nyu.edu>
>
>
> Dear scholars,
>
> Class is a little-studied aspect of colonial history. The racial and
> gender aspects of empire have rightly attracted much interest, but with
> few exceptions class is more often mentioned in passing. It is usually
> tacked on as an incidental or tertiary phenomenon, giving the impression
> that it was a relatively unimportant aspect of colonial social relations.
> To begin to open up the subject, I would like to form a panel focusing on
> questions of social class in French colonial contexts for the next French
> Colonial History Society meeting, to be held in New Orleans in May-June,
> 2012. My own paper will argue that in addition to race and gender,
> class--understood both as primarily discursive imaginings of social class
> as well as more non-discursive stratified socio-economic
> relationships--significantly helped to shape the history of the colonial
> state in French Indochina.
>
> Are any other scholars working on class in French colonial contexts? If
> so, it would be great to get together on a panel.
>
>
> Please contact me off-list at paul.sager@nyu.edu.
>
> The deadline for submissions to this conference is October 15.
>
>
> Paul Sager
> Ph.D. candidate
> New York University
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Fw: H-ASIA: Member pub _Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity_ by Tina Johnson

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Subject: H-ASIA: Member pub _Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering
Modernity_ by Tina Johnson

> H-ASIA
> September 8, 2011
>
> Member's publication: _Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering
> Modernity_ by Tina Johnson
>
> ************************************************************************
> From: Tina Johnson <tpj444@gmail.com>
>
> Dear friends,
>
> I would like to announce the publication of my new book:
>
> Tina Johnson
> _Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity_
> (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, an imprint of Rowman and Littlefield,
> 2011). 268 pp.
> ISBN 0-7391-6440-6 | 978-0-7391-6440-2 (hardcover)
> ISBN 0-7391-6442-2 | 978-0-7391-6442-6 (electronic)
>
> From the back cover:
>
> Childbirth in Republican China: Delivering Modernity is the study of
> a pivotal period (1911–1949) in which traditional midwifery, marked
> by private, unregulated old-style midwives, was transformed into
> modern midwifery through the adoption of a highly medicalized and
> state-sponsored birth model that is standard in urban China today. in
> the twentieth century, biomedical technologies altered the process of
> childbirth on virtually every level. What had been a matter of
> private interest, focusing on family and lineage, became a national
> priority, a symbol of the new citizen who would participate in the
> creation of a revitalized nation. This transformation of reproduction
> coalesces with the broader story of China's twentieth-century
> revolutions, marked by an emphasis on science and modernity. The
> roles of the state and Western medical personnel were paramount in
> affecting these changes, but equally important were the intense
> social and cultural shifts that occurred simultaneously. The dominant
> themes of reproduction in twentieth-century China are characterized
> by expanding state involvement, shifting gender roles, escalating
> consumption patterns accompanying the commercialization of private
> lives, and the increasing medicalization of the birth process.
>
> "This well-researched book is an important addition to the literature
> on state building and mod- ernization in modern China. Focusing on
> the introduction and development of the biomedical birth model in the
> Republican period, it provides a stimulating case study of the
> transformation of reproduction during a period of far-reaching
> social, intellectual, and cultural changes. The author's careful and
> insightful analysis of the issues of modernization, state building,
> gender roles, consumer culture, and the medicalization of birth in
> modern China is scholarly and commend- able. The book will be of
> considerable value to historians of China and medicine, sociologists,
> and anthropologists, as well as gender studies scholars." —Ka-Che
> Yip, author of Health and National Reconstruction in Nationalist
> China: The Development of Modern Health Services, 1928-1937,
> University of Maryland, Baltimore County
>
> "This richly-detailed analysis is an important contribution to our
> understanding of the ways in which gender, medicine, and
> state-building have historically intersected in modern China. Through
> a multi-faceted account of the individuals and institutions who
> sought to reform traditional midwifery practices, Childbirth in
> Republican China reveals how measures intended to improve women's
> status could also subject female reproductive bodies to intensified
> government control. it is sure to become a standard reference in the
> field." —Yi-Li Wu, author of Reproducing Women: Medicine, Metaphor,
> and Childbirth in Late Imperial China
>
>
> Table of contents:
>
> List of Figures and Tables ix
> Acknowledgments xi
>
> Introduction xv
>
> 1 Missionaries and Modernity 1
>
> 2 Reproduction Theory: Modern Childbirth and Modern Motherhood 35
>
> 3 The Midwifery Profession 73
>
> 4 National Reproduction in Republican China 125
>
> Epilogue: Reproduction in Twentieth-Century China 167
>
> Appendix: Translation of ?Good Methods for Protecting
> Newborns and Infants 183
>
> Bibliography 185
>
> Glossary of Chinese Terms 205
>
> Index 211
>
> About the Author 223
>
> For further information: http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/
>
> Best regards,
>
> Tina Phillips Johnson, PhD
> Assistant Professor of History
> Director of Chinese Studies
> Saint Vincent College
> Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650
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Fw: H-ASIA: Talk "Colonial Policing In The Dutch East Indies" 9/9/2011

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To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 12:34 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Talk "Colonial Policing In The Dutch East Indies" 9/9/2011

> H-ASIA
> September 8, 2011
>
> Talk "Colonial Policing In The Dutch East Indies" - Sept. 9, 2011
> ******************************************************************
> From: "Thrasher, Allen" <athr@loc.gov>
>
> Presentation Announcement:
> "Colonial Policing In The Dutch East Indies: The Case Of The Ambonese
> Gewapende Politie (1893-1946)"
> by Martin Thiry, 2011 Library of Congress Florence Tan Moeson Fellow
> Date: Friday, September 9, 2011
> Time: 1:00-2:00pm
> Location: Asian Reading Room Foyer, LJ-150, 1st Floor, Jefferson Building,
> Library of Congress
> [Metro stop: Capitol South on the Blue/Orange Line.]
>
> Summary:
> The role of ethnic minorities in colonial policing is integral to the rise
> of the nation-state and an expression of agency on the part of minority
> groups in the development of the nation-state. During the late colonial
> period an amalgamation of ethnic minorities, referred to collectively as
> the Ambonese, were employed as policing agents. In this capacity the
> Ambonese have been understood as subject forces and less as actors,
> obscuring a fuller history of the Ambonese as colonial police. The ways
> in which they served in the years 1873-1945 helped lay foundations for the
> Indonesian nation-state. The Dutch were trying to form and keep together
> the colonial state; with the help of the Ambonese they served to cohere
> Indonesia.
> The introduction of armed police units, fortified in ever greater numbers
> by the Ambonese (personnel from Ambon, greater Maluku, Manado, and Timor),
> allowed the start of the pacification of the archipelago, particularly in
> the Outer Islands where the Dutch had so far exercised no more than
> nominal control. Ambonese would serve prominently in the Marechausse and
> later in the much more robust gewapende politie, critically in their own
> home areas.
> About the presenter:
> Martin Thiry graduated from Harvard in 2000 and joined the New Orleans
> Police Department where he was a patrolman and a robbery detective. He
> will complete his PhD in History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and
> the East-West Center in Spring 2012.
>
> Contact:
> Anchi Hoh, Ph.D., Tel: 202-707-5673, E-mail:
> adia@loc.gov<mailto:adia@loc.gov>
> Request ADA accommodation five business days in advance.
> Contact 202-707-6862 or ADA@loc.gov<mailto:ADA@loc.gov>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP 3rd Conf of the Asian Borderlands Research Network: Connections, Corridors, and Communities, Kunming, 12-15 Oct 2012

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 10:31 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP 3rd Conf of the Asian Borderlands Research Network:
Connections, Corridors, and Communities, Kunming, 12-15 Oct 2012

> H-ASIA
> September 7, 2011
>
> Call for Papers - 3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research
> Network: Connections, Corridors, and Communities, Yunnan University,
> Kunming, 12-15, 2012
> DEADLINE 1 DECEMBER 2011
> (x-post IIAS)
> *********************************************************************
> From: "Haak, M.C. van den" <M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl>
>
> 3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
>
> Connections, Corridors, and Communities
>
> Deadline for applications: 1 December 2011
>
> Conference dates: 12 - 15 October 2012
>
> Host: Centre for Southwest Borderland Ethnic Minority Studies, Yunnan
> University (YU), Kunming, China
>
> Convenors:
> Prof. He Ming (YU), Dr. Joy Bai (YU), Dr. Tina Harris (University of
> Amsterdam, UvA), Prof. Willem van Schendel (UvA) and Dr. Erik de Maaker
> (Leiden University)
>
>
> Extensive land and maritime networks have crisscrossed Asia for
> centuries,
> providing the basis for encounters between diverse ethnic, linguistic,
> economic, religious, and political groups. Today, developments such as
> new infrastructural projects, an increase in media access, and renewed
> interest in shaping cross-border cultural identities serve to both
> underscore these long-standing linkages and create new forms of
> connections across Asia. During the 3rd Asian Borderlands Research
> Conference in Kunming, we invite submissions that address
> continuities and ruptures along routes and borders in Asia, broadly
> related to the theme, "Connections, Corridors, and Communities".
>
> * Connections: How are Asian borderlands made more (or less) visible
> through the study of cross-border connections? In what ways does the
> idea of the "borderland" remain resilient throughout political and
> historical ruptures? What are the characteristics of various kinds of
> connections that are being created (as well as cut off) in Asian
> borderlands?
>
>
> * Corridors: Are networks and paths throughout Asian borderlands being
> forged, reopened, diverted, or closed, and what are the effects of such
> processes? Can one conceive of "corridors" in relation to maritime or
> island borderlands, information technology networks, or bodily
> borders in Asia?
>
> * Communities: What constitutes a "community" or "communities" in and
> across Asian borderlands, and how might these be contingent upon
> other factors, such as politics, environmental issues, and history?
> What are some of the barriers and restrictions to the creation of
> communities in the context of Asian borderlands? In what ways is a
> community defined by the state, by organizations, and/or by local
> individuals?
>
> Since one of the main goals of this conference is to spur collaboration
> and
> conversation across diverse fields in the hope of building up a more
> nuanced
> picture of the intersections and relationships across Asian borderlands,
> submissions are invited from scholars, writers, policy studies
> researchers,
> artists, filmmakers, activists, the media, and others from a wide variety
> of
> disciplinary backgrounds. We invite conceptually innovative papers, based
> on
> new research, in order to develop new perspectives in the study of Asian
> Borderlands.
>
> Only a small number of individual papers will be selected. We therefore
> encourage you to submit a full panel or roundtable proposal. We will
> consider proposals for panels and roundtables that have a thematic focus,
> are of a comparative character, and involve scholars or practitioners
> affiliated with different institutions.*
>
> *New to this Asian Borderlands conference, the roundtable format is
> intended to allow for a more open forum on a broader theme. Typically,
> panelists will each address the main issue or topic of the roundtable,
> and the remainder of the time is open for an informal discussion
> between the panel members and a more extended question-and-answer
> period with the audience. Some examples of wide themes in relation
> to Asian borderlands may include, but are not limited to: migration;
> security; gender; technology; environmental issues, etc.
>
> Please visit http://asianborderlands.net to submit proposals.
>
> The deadline is 1 December 2011.
>
>
> Participants will be notified towards the beginning of the year 2012.
>
> Very limited financial support may be made available to specific scholars
> residing in Asia and some junior or low-income scholars in other parts of
> the world. If you would like to be considered for a grant, please submit
> along with your abstract for a panel and/or paper a short letter stating
> the motivation for your request. Please also specify the kind of funding
> that you have applied for or will receive from other sources. Please note
> that the conference operates on a limited budget, and will not normally be
> able to provide more than a partial coverage of the costs of travel.
>
>
> urther information about registration fees, the venue, and logistics will
> be provided on the ABRN website once the panels have been accepted.
>
> For more information, please visit the website
> at http://asianborderlands.net, or email info@asianborderlands.net
>
> The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral
> research centre based in the Netherlands. The Institute encourages the
> interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and promotes national and
> international cooperation. The Institute focuses on the human and social
> sciences and on their interaction with other sciences.
>
>
>
>
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