[Tlc] Voices of Islam in SEA

Tue Aug 29 00:11:07 PDT 2006

FYI from Bonnie Brereton.
Thanks,
justin

"Voices of Islam in Southeast Asia"

A Workshop on Islamic Studies and the Study of Muslim
Societies in Southeast Asia for Young Southeast Asian Scholars

Organized by

The Regional Studies Program, Liberal Arts, Walailak University

24-25 February 2007

CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop Description

On 20-22 January 2006 the Regional Studies Program, School of
Liberal Arts, Walailak University, and the Department of
Cross-cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen,
organized a three-day Workshop titled "Voices of Islam in
Europe and Southeast Asia". The aim of the Workshop was to
gather leading scholars in Europe and Southeast Asia, from
diverse disciplinary backgrounds, to discuss changes in the
study of Islam and Muslim societies and how these changes are
impacting upon our understanding of Islam and Muslims in
Europe and Southeast Asia.

The Regional Studies Program, in conjunction with our
principal sponsor, the Southeast Asian Studies Regional
Exchange Program (SEASREP), are pleased to announce a
follow-up Workshop that will develop the themes raised in the
first Workshop. However the aim of this workshop will be to
highlight the research being carried out by younger scholars
in Southeast Asia on current issues in Islamic Studies and
other social science research on Islam and Muslims in
Southeast Asia.  

Objectives

The objectives of the Workshop are:

1.      To highlight the diversity of discourses about Islam
and Muslim societies in contemporary Southeast Asia.

2.      To support and highlight the latest research currently
being carried out by young Southeast Asian scholars in the
field of Islamic Studies and on the study of Muslim societies
in Southeast Asia.

3.      To produce a published volume of essays on these themes.

Organizer

Regional Studies Program
School of Liberal Arts
Walailak University

Nakhon Si Thammarat

Thailand

Sponsor

The Workshop is sponsored by the Southeast Asian Studies
Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP).

Venue and Date

·         Walailak University, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand

·         24-25 February 2007

Participants

The Workshop invites scholars working in Islamic Studies and
on Muslim societies in Southeast Asia, primarily, but not
exclusively, from the Southeast Asian region. The Workshop
Organizers will give preference to younger scholars and early
career researchers. Participants may be university lecturers
or graduate students, NGO workers, or researchers from other
institutions based in Southeast Asia.

Workshop Themes

The Workshop committee will accept proposals on all aspects of
contemporary research in Islamic Studies and the study of
Muslims in Southeast Asia. However particular consideration
will be given to proposals that address the following issues:

Trends in Islamic Studies in Southeast Asia

Trends in the Study of Southeast Asian Muslims

Islam and the Social Sciences

Islam and Liberalism

Islam, Southeast Asia, and America
Southeast Asian Islam and the Middle East

Wahabism in Southeast Asia

Discourses of "Moderate", "Conservative", and "Radical" Islam

Islam and Gender Issues

Islam in Contemporary Southeast Asian Politics

Grants

Partial grants may be provided for selected participants from
Southeast Asian countries. The grants will cover travel and
accommodation costs during the Workshop at Nakhon Si
Thammarat. However, the Workshop committee encourages
participants to also seek other funding. Successful
participants will be selected by the Workshop committee based
primarily on the originality and quality of their paper
proposal. However the region that their research covers, and
the gender of the researcher will also be taken into account
in the interests of achieving a broader representation of
topics and scholars.

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of abstracts                   30
October 2006

Confirmation of accepted abstracts                   20
November 2006

Submission of papers                                       5
February 2007

Workshop Details and Updates

More information about the Workshop as well as regular updates
are available at the Workshop website:
http://viesea.wu.ac.th/en/index.php?lang=en

Contact Us

Regional Studies Program
School of Liberal Arts
Walailak University
222 Thaiburi, Tha Sala
Nakhon Si Thammarat
THAILAND 80160

Tel. +66 75 672 073
Fax. +66 75 673 001
Email: jpatrick at wu.ac.th ; kbustamam-ahmad at students.latrobe.edu.au
http://webhost.wu.ac.th/regionalstudies/index.asp

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