[Tlc] Lao Studies Conference

[justinm at ucr.edu]

The Second International Conference on Lao Studies
May 3-6, 2007
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
www.laostudies.org

The Faculty of Southeast Asian Studies at Arizona State
University, www.asu.edu/asian and the Center for Lao Studies,
www.laostudies.org San Francisco, CA are pleased to announce
the Second International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS) to
be held on Thursday-Sunday, May 3-6, 2007 in Tempe, Arizona,
USA.  The main objective of this conference is to promote Lao
studies by providing an international forum for scholars to
present and discuss various aspects of Lao studies.

Rationale
The Lao PDR today has a population of roughly five million
people, comprising an amazing complex of ethnolinguistic
groups.  Moreover, the number of people in the Lao Diaspora
numbers as many as twenty-five million. In recent years there
has been increased interest in Laos and its peoples as
subjects of serious research and discussion by scholars and
the interested public alike.  Scholarly publications on topics
pertaining to Laos have flourished in the last several decades
and the international media have helped to cultivate interest
in the region.

Program
The program will include invited speakers, paper
presentations, panel presentations, exhibits, performances,
and cultural activities. 

The 2007 conference will feature presentations on any topic
concerning Lao Studies.  Topics include all ethnolinguistic
groups of Laos (e.g. Mon-Khmer, Hmong-Mien, Tibeto-Burman,
Lao-Tai), the Isan Lao and other Lao (Tai) groups in Thailand,
cross-border ethnic groups in neighboring countries, and
overseas diaspora heritage groups. We welcome both proposals
for panels and abstracts for individual papers on a wide range
of interests including but not limited to history, politics,
development and planning, environment, classical literatures,
linguistics, music, sports, science, health, religion and
ritual, ethnic groups, media and art history, and women and
society.

The languages to be used in the conference will be English,
French and Lao.

Abstracts for Panels and Individual Papers
To present a paper at the conference, abstracts must be
submitted by the following deadlines.

December 15, 2006 is the deadline for panel proposals. For
panel proposals, please provide the title of the panel and a
brief paragraph describing its goal/rational, participants’
names, affiliations and e-mail address, the titles of their
presentations and a paragraph-long abstract for each presentation.

January 5, 2007 is the deadline for individual paper
abstracts. For individual papers please provide no longer than
a one page abstract with the title of abstract, author
name(s), author affiliation and e-mail address, and content. 

Time Limitation: Presentations will be 20 minutes with 5
minutes for discussion.
Panel Proposals and Abstracts must be typed and formatted. 
You may submit by postal mail or by an e-mail MS-Word attached
file or at the conference website.

Send abstracts to: icls2 at asu.edu (or)
Arizona State University
ICLS2/Center for Asian Research
Box 871702
Tempe, AZ 85287-1702, USA

Registration
Early registration deadline is April 5, 2007

Additional information on registration will be available on
line at www.laostudies.org. Information on travel and
accommodation and plans for publication of papers will also be
available on the website.

For more information please contact:

Arizona State University
Center for Asian Research
Faculty of Southeast Asian Studies
Box 871702
Tempe, AZ 85287-1702
Email: icls2 at asu.edu
Phone: +1 480 965 0118
FAX: +1 480 965 8317

Center for Lao Studies
1201 San Bruno Avenue, Suite 1
San Francisco, CA 94110
Phone: +1 415 401 6255
Email: laolanxang at yahoo.com

Notice to All Who Plan to Attend
Please go to the conference website soon and indicate there
that you “plan to attend the conference.” This does not
necessarily mean that you intend to give a presentation.  Your
cooperation in doing this will greatly assist the conference
planners in estimating how many will attend and what kinds of
facilities will be needed.  Thank you.

 

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu