National University of Singapore
ARI Seminar Room
Conference dates: 24 – 25 November 2011
Deadline: 1 July 2011

Most of the world’s Muslim population lives in Asia, but to date this important region continues to be underrepresented in studies of contemporary Islam. Contemporary Muslim leaders across Asia confront major changes in their diverse socio-political environments, experiencing varying degrees of democratization, the rise of populist religious movements, and the (re-) assertion of autocratic rule. Within these contexts, Muslim religious leaders face complex questions regarding how to exercise authority in the public sphere. This workshop will develop a nuanced assessment of the developing roles of Muslim religious leaders (ulama) in modern Asia, pursued through contextualized studies of social, legal and political dynamics of Islamic religious leadership in diverse Asian contexts. In doing so, it will address questions including, but not limited to:

* How do ulama and their religious organizations engage with electoral politics?
* What is the involvement of ulama and their religious organizations with political parties, politicians and the state bureaucracy?
* How are political activities undertaken by ulama and their religious organizations regulated by the state?
* What are the public perceptions of religious leaders who participate in politics?
* What are the potential consequences of ulama involvement in politics? How does their involvement in political activities bolster or compromise their spiritual and communal roles?

SUBMISSION DETAILS

We invite those interested in participating in the workshop to submit original paper proposals which should include a title, an abstract of 250 words, a short biography of 100-150 words, and should be submitted using the Paper Proposal Submission Form. Please submit your proposal to Sharon Ong at arios@nus.edu.sg by 1 July 2011. Papers that have been selected will be notified by 1 August 2011. If accepted, the full paper must be submitted by 30 September 2011. Participants are encouraged to seek funding for travel from their home institutions. However, a limited number of travel grants will be available for the participants.

CONTACT DETAILS

Workshop Convenors

Dr Jeremy Kingsley (arijjk@nus.edu.sg)
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

Assoc Prof Michael Feener (arifm@nus.edu.sg)
Asia Research Institute and Department of History, National University of Singapore

Secretariat
Miss Sharon Ong
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
#10-01 Tower Block,469A Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 259770
Email: arios@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 8784
Fax: (65) 6779 1428

For more information http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=1165

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The 14th International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists

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7th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference
THE POLITICS, PRACTICES, AND POETICS OF THE ARCHIVE
Singapore
Conference dates: 19 – 22 June 2012
Deadline: 30 November 2011

Eight years since the first Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference which heralded the resurgence of cinematic new waves in the region, we turn our eyes to the state of film archiving and the relationship between cinema and the archives. Filipino film critic Alexis Tioseco’s 2009 open letter to the Film Development Council of the Philippines mentions current holdings stored in ‘deplorable conditions’. In his letter, Tioseco praises the National Film Archive of Thailand for its work in doing so much with so little. In Indonesia, the Sinematek Indonesia which was established in the early 1970s has also seen cuts that make the archive a shadow of its former glory. It is only in Singapore that a young Asian Film Archive (est. 2005) has taken root.

The 7th Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference (2012) emphasizes the politics, practices, and poetics of the archive. How does one define an archive? And who can be said to do archival work? Might DVD pirates, private collectors, cinephiles, film bloggers and film societies be considered film archivists of a sort when governments do not or no longer perceive the need to fund national film archives? If so, how does this change the public nature of an archive, and what implications does it have on the production of knowledge? What might film curators take into consideration when they select and preserve films for the archive? What are the social, political, aesthetic, and scholarly roles of the archive? How does the archive negotiate issues of power and accessibility? What is the role of the archive in the digital age of new media?

At the same time, in interrogating the relationship between film and the archive, might film itself as a socio-cultural text not be regarded as an archive and as a necessary site to re-think temporalities and the reasons for nostalgia? As Derrida reminds us, “The question of the archive is not a question of the past” but rather “a question of the future itself.” Where does the archive lie in creating, defining, and constructing cultural memory or cultural heritage? This conference then invites papers that comment not only on the nature of what an archive is and the role it plays in South East Asia, but also how films and film archives ask us to think about the timeliness of cultural work.

Each year, the conference has included film practitioners in recognition of the crucial role they have played in increasing film education and discourse in the region. We have previously provided space for independent filmmakers and screenings of their works, focused on curriculum development, and highlighting alternative cultures of cinema. This year, the conference seeks to include workshops that bring together film archivists from within the region.

We invite panels that address this theme, particularly questions concerning:

Film Archival Materials as Intertexts
Comparative Studies of Archives or Case Studies of Specific Archives
Role of the Academic / Film Critic / Filmmaker in Relation to the Archive
Technology / New Media
Production of Temporalities and Spatialities
Politics of Taste
Preservation and Dissemination
Archival Research Methods
Intellectual Property
The Relationship between Southeast Asian Archives and the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF)
Historiography
Scholarly Accessibility
Subtitling and the Archive
Film Policy and the Archive
The State and the Archive
Short Films and the Archive

We also welcome submissions for the open call. Please check ourwebsite archives and conference programs for past paper topics as we are less likely to accept topics that have been covered before:
http://seaconference.wordpress.com/conference-program/

Please send an abstract (max. 500 words) and short bio (max. 100 words) to: Sophia Siddique Harvey (soharvey@vassar.edu), Khoo Gaik Cheng (gaik.khoo@gmail.com) and Jasmine Nadua Trice (jntrice@gmail.com). We are currently attempting to get funding for travel subsidies and accommodations but cannot offer any as of yet.

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Council on Thai Studies
Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Ingraham Hall)
University of Wisonsin-Madison
Location: Madison, WI USA
Meeting dates: 7 & 8 October 2011
Deadline: 9 September 2011

The Council on Thai Studies announces its annual meeting to be held at the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (Ingraham Hall), the University of Wisconsin-Madison on 7 & 8 October 2011. We invite students, faculty, and other scholars of Thailand and Tai peoples to submit papers for this conference. This is a premier opportunity to exchange ideas and present new and on-going research. We welcome all topics at this conference. This is a small conference. It is an ideal venue for presenters and attendees to share and test ideas.

Submit papers or panels by 9 September 2011 to Dr. Kate Gillogly (gillogly@uwp.edu). You can also contact Kate Gillogly for further information.

Hotel Reservations: A block of rooms will be reserved at the Lowell Center, 610 Langdon Street, Madison, WI, 53703. The phone number for reservations (866) 301-1753, or you can contact the Lowell Center via email at lowell@ecc.uwex.edu. Students: Sleeping bag space is available with advance notice.

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Asian Studies Centre
St. Anthony’s College
Oxford University
Location: Oxford, UK
Deadline: 6 May 2011

The Asian Studies Centre at St Antony’s College invites proposals from post-doctoral researchers and graduate students to organise and host a one day symposium on a theme that focuses on countries in Southeast Asia or else adopts a comparative approach that includes two or more SE Asian countries alongside other countries that are relevant to the main theme. Ideally the symposium should have wide relevance and should appeal to an audience that would include both Asianists and non-Asianists.

Suggested topics could include:
* Nation-building
* Migration and citizenship
* Consumerism
* The Middle Classes
* Responses to Natural Disasters
* The environment
* Ethnic minorities
* Population – e.g. fertility decline, ageing, gender relations
* Education
* Experiences of ‘Development’
* Civil society
* The Internet and New Media
* ASEAN and security issues
* Other topics are welcome

SE Asian Countries include: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Peninsular & East), East Timor, Indonesia, Brunei, East Timor, the Philippines and Singapore
The workshop must be held during either MT or HT 2011-2012.

The proposal should be 1-2 A4 pages and should include the following:
1. Three to four paragraphs that outline the thematic focus and rationale for the workshop
2. A tentative list of proposed speakers and the areas on which they would talk – please indicate where the proposed speakers are based as this will have implications for the travel costs.
3. Please ask your supervisor to submit a brief character reference on your behalf.

The proposal and the reference are to be emailed to kirsty.norton@sant.ox.ac.uk. Applicants will be notified of the outcome by Friday, 27th May 2011.
If your proposal is selected, the Asian Studies Centre will arrange the following:
* A workshop venue free of charge
* A £1400 contribution to the travel and accommodation costs of participants.
* Administrative support
If your proposal is selected, the ASC administrator will work with you in the early planning stages to ensure that the scope of the project fits within the budget.

Please address enquiries to kirsty.norton@sant.ox.ac.uk

Kirsty Norton
Asian Studies Centre Administrator
St Antony’s College
Oxford OX2 6JF
E-mail: asian@sant.ox.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1865-274559
Office Hours:-
Tue & Thu 09:30-16:00
Wed & Fri 09:30-15:00
Closed on Monday’s
Website: www.sant.ox.ac.uk/asian

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Inter-Asian Connections III: Hong Kong
Conference dates: 6 – 8 June 2011
Deadline: 10 March 2011

The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) at the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (the Organizers) are pleased to announce an open call for proposals from faculty members at accredited universities and colleges in any world region to organize and direct one of four thematic workshops at a 3-day international conference entitled “Inter-Asian Connections III.” Following on successful conferences held in Dubai in February 2008 and Singapore in December 2010, this conference will be held in Hong Kong in June 2012. The conference aims to showcase innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines on themes of particular relevance to Asia, re-conceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, to East Asia.

Proposals are invited from faculty interested in organizing and directing a workshop on one of the following four themes:

* New Politics of Inequality

* Globalizing Asia

* Security and Insecurity

* Old Histories, New Geographies

Each workshop should have two directors (with different institutional affiliations and preferably representing different disciplines) and if selected will be expected to help recruit and choose 10 international workshop participants (senior and junior scholars, graduate students, other researchers) competitively from across relevant disciplines in the social sciences and related fields.

The full text of the call for proposals, along with information on the application process and eligibility can be found on the program’s website. For additional inquiries, please contact interasia@ssrc.org, tel: (212) 377-270, or fax: (212) 377-2727

This event is organized and co-sponsored by The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) at the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC).

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The School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa is seeking papers and presentations for its 2011 Graduate Student Conference. The conference will be held from April 3-5, 2011 on the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus in Honolulu. The theme is “Crossing Borders: Emerging Trends in Pacific and Asian Studies.”

In particular, we are looking for papers that incorporate:

• New and emerging trends in Pacific and/or Asian Studies
• Insights on the importance of area studies
• Interdisciplinary approaches
• Any other original research on the region(s)

Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words to gradconf@hawaii.edu. Abstracts should include your name, discipline, university affiliation, and contact information.

Abstract submission deadline: January 28, 2011

Conference Dates and Location:
April 3-5, 2011
Center for Korean Studies
University of Hawai’i at Manoa
Honolulu, HI

Please note that the SPAS Graduate Student Conference is immediately following the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference (March 31-April 3) and precedes the Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) Annual Spring Symposium (April 6-8).

Limited travel subsidies to the conference site may be available.

Direct any questions to gradconf@hawaii.edu. Additional information is available on our website and on Facebook! These sites will be updated as additional information becomes available.

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April 8th and 9th 2011.

The Space, Place and The Production of Knowledge Conference at UH-Mānoa seeks to explore the sites where place-based cultures and practices meet with scholarship. This includes an examination of how region and environment influences scholars and their methods. The conference welcomes work from a wide variety of intellectual fields including but not limited to:

Marine Biology, Astronomy, Visual Art, Political Science, American Studies, Pacific Island Studies, Hawaiian Studies, Environmental Studies, Architecture, Anthropology, Law, Botany, Marine Science, Geology, Linguistics, Film Studies, English, Education, Kinesiology, Medicine, Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Music and Performance.

In addition to traditional conference format, the organizers also encourage submissions by artists, poets, photographers, filmmakers, musicians and theatrical performers.

For more information, please visit the conference website at https://sites.google.com/site/spaceplaceandpok/home

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EXPLORATIONS is edited and published by graduate students at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa with administrative support provided by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS). The journal provides a peer-reviewed forum for graduate scholarship on Southeast Asia. Submissions are welcomed from all disciplines, however the author must be currently enrolled in an academic program or a recent graduate (within the last year). The journal is produced through a blind review process, by volunteer editors with the guidance of a faculty advisor. EXPLORATIONS is published electronically and in hard copy, and is distributed to Southeast Asian Studies programs, centers, and university libraries both nationally and internationally. Works published in EXPLORATIONS are not necessarily representative of the views of the editors or CSEAS, and responsibility for the opinions expressed and the factual accuracy of papers lies with the individual authors.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

• Submissions should be sent to explore@hawaii.edu.
• Submissions should be in any of the following formats: Word (.doc), MPEG, MP3, Quicktime, or WMV.
• Submissions should follow APA or Turabian style, and essays must include a complete bibliography.
• Submissions should not be currently under review for another publication or previously published.

TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS CONSIDERED:

• Original essays (up to 30 pages in length including bibliography)
• Reviews of films, music, online resources, archives, museums, libraries (up to 3 pages in length)
• Travelogues on airports, harbors, bus stations, train depots, river ferries, taxis (up to 3 pages in length)
• Photo essays and “Notes from the Field”

QUESTIONS? PLEASE CONTACT US AT: explore@hawaii.edu or amedrano@hawaii.edu

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From 19-22 May 2011, Thammasat University in Bangkok is hosting an international conference on “Governance, Human Rights and Development: Challenges for Southeast Asia”

Scholars and Graduate level students are encouraged to submit their proposals to: abstracts@icird.org

Abstracts should consist of max. 500 words and include research question(s) and research method(s). Proposals will be peer-reviewed. The conference committee will send an acceptance letter with scheduling information and other instructions for submitting final abstract statements and full versions of papers.

Deadline for abstract submission: 30 October 2010

Full papers are requested by 1 March 2011
Full details at http://www.icird.org/index.html

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