[Tlc] Lao Studies Conference

[justinm at ucr.edu]

CALL FOR PAPERS

 

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, Center for Asian
Research 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)

ICLS2

Faculty of Southeast Asian Studies, Center for Asian Research,

Arizona State University, P.O. 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:

 

Faculty of Southeast Asian Studies,

Center for Asian Research                               
Center for Lao Studies

P.O. Box 871702                                            
1201 San Bruno Avenue, Suite 1

Arizona State University                                   
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tempe, AZ 85287-1702                                  Phone:
+1 415 401 6255

Email: icls2 at asu.edu                                       
Email: laolanxang at yahoo.com

Phone: +1 480 965 7184

FAX: +1 480 965 8317

 

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