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Sat Oct 7 00:23:35 PDT 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS / PANELS
The Second International Conference in the History of Medicine
in Southeast Asia (HOMSEA)

Treating Diseases and Epidemics in Southeast Asia over the
Centuries

Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU)
School of Humanities
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Penang, Malaysia, 9-10 January 2008

The Second International Conference in the History of Medicine
in Southeast Asia with the theme Treating Diseases and
Epidemics in Southeast Asia over the Centuries intends to
explore how the inhabitants of Southeast Asia faced the
ravages of innumerable diseases and epidemics over the ages.
Adopting a liberal time frame (prehistoric to modern times),
participants are encouraged to trace the development of
medical and religious responses to diseases and the
devastation of epidemics. Further lines of thought are offered
for deliberation, viz. ‘How did the peoples fight off diseases
that might spell their extinction?’, ‘What did communities do
to prevent the spread of certain illnesses?’, ‘Were European
colonial administrations more successful in disease
containment than indigenous authorities?’ These are just some
of the questions that deserve attention. 

Deadline for Abstracts: 1 May 2007; Deadline for Working
Papers: 15 November 2007

Individuals are invited to present a 20-minute working paper
relevant to any aspect of the conference’s theme. They are
requested to submit an abstract (150-200 words) to the
Secretariat.

Scholars who wish to organize a panel (4-5 presenters; 1-hour
per panel) based on a particular topic relevant to the
conference’s overall theme are to submit to the Secretariat
the following materials:

Proposed Panel:         Abstract (350-400 words)
Convenor / Panelist I:          Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist II:                    Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist III:                   Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist IV:                    Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist V:                     Abstract (150-200 words)

Organizer / Conference Secretariat:
Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU), School of Humanities,
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
and
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine,
University College, London, UK

Venue: Penang, Malaysia

Date: 9 –10 January 2008

For further information and inquiries, General correspondence,
submission of abstracts, proposed panel, and working papers
please contact:
The Conference Secretariat
The Second International Conference HMSEA
Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU)
School of Humanities
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang
Malaysia
Tel: 604 6533888 Ext. 3377; Fax: 604 6563707
E-mail: shakila at usm.my Website: http://www.hum.usm.my/apru.asp
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Call for Papers: The Second International APRU Conference:
Independence and After in Southeast Asia: Old and New
Interpretations
Date / Place: 1415 August 2007, Penang, Malaysia
Organizer: Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU), School of
Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

The region of what is today referred to as Southeast Asia is
home to eleven sovereign nation states, viz. Myanmar (formerly
Burma), Thailand (formerly Siam), Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam,
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines, and Timor
Leste. Except for the newly independent Timor Leste, the
remaining aforesaid countries comprise members of the
Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) that was
established in 1967. The combination of sustained economic
growth, comparative political stability, regional cooperation
in the spirit of ASEAN, and an overall gradual rise in the
standard of living across the region portends well for a
promising future for Southeast Asia.

The year 2007 marks the 50th anniversary of Merdeka
(independence) for Malaysia. Malaysia’s attainment of
political independence from British colonial rule in August
1957 was through constitutional means with the smooth handing
over of sovereignty and administration from the British
government to Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, the prime
minister and architect of Merdeka A decade earlier, two other
fellow nations achieved their freedom but through bloodshed in
the process, namely Burma (1946) and the Philippines (1946).
Indonesia was plunged into a conflict of nearly half a decade
before independence became a reality. The Indochina states of
Laos and Cambodia, with the status of French colonial
protectorates, became sovereign states in 1954. Neighbouring
Vietnam, however, had to struggle for another two decades
before it attained independence. The city-state of Singapore
gained independence from colonial rule through merging with
Malaysia in 1963; two years later (1965) Singapore seceded
from the Federation of Malaysia to chart its own course. The
Sultanate of Brunei finally decided to stand on its own as a
sovereign nation in 1984 since becoming a British protectorate
nearly a century ago. The notable exception  thanks to the
then geopolitical circumstances and prudent native leaders 
is Thailand, which escaped the European shackles of colonial
domination by remaining the only independent, sovereign
nation-state in the region. Timor Leste was the most recent in
2002 to be freed from a colonizing power.

The discourse of nations achieving political independence and
the characterization of the years that followed as the
"postcolonial" period has long been a mainstay of the academic
agenda in studies of Southeast Asia, particularly in the
disciplines of history, political science, economics,
literature and language, anthropology, and sociology. The road
to independence was often long and arduous. The years
following the attainment of national sovereignty were equally
troublesome and problematic with seemingly insurmountable
challenges. Whilst Malaysia faced the sensitive issue of
managing race relations, the Philippines struggled with a
leftist insurgency, and Thailand’s see-saw with weak civilian
governments and military juntas. Meanwhile Myanmar was
secluded under a military dictatorship, and Cambodia’s
nightmare following the establishment of a genocidal regime.
The ups and downs of nation-building, the maintenance of
political stability and economic sustainability are but some
of the major issues that faced post-independent nation-states
of Southeast Asia.

Deadline for Abstracts: 15 January 2007
Deadline for Working Papers: 1 June 2007

Individual Participants: Individuals are invited to present a
20-minute working paper relevant to any aspect of the
conference’s theme. They are requested to submit an abstract
(150-200 words) to the Secretariat.

Specialized Panels: Scholars who wish to organize a panel (4-5
presenters; 1-hour per panel) based on a particular topic
relevant to the conference’s overall theme are to submit to
the Secretariat the following materials:

Proposed Panel: Abstract (350-400 words)
Convenor / Panelist I: Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist II: Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist III: Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist IV: Abstract (150-200 words)
Panelist V: Abstract (150-200 words)

Dr SHAKILA Abdul Manan (Secretary) (shakila at usm.my)
Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

Further Information:
The Conference Secretariat
The Second International Conference (2APRU)
Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU)
School of Humanities,
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Penang
Malaysia
Tel: 604 6533888 Ext. 3377; Fax: 604 6563707
E-mail: shakila at usm.my Website: www.usm.my/APRU/index.html
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Call for Papers: Continuity and Change in the Asia-Pacific:
People, Places, Systems

The East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii will host the 6th
International Graduate Student Conference from February 15th -
17th 2007. This is an annual event catering particularly to
scholars of the Asia - Pacific region and has attracted a
large body of talented graduate students across the world
every year. Though focused on development issues, the
conference spans a wide diversity of disciplines including
Politics, Governance, and Security; Economics; Environmental
Change, Vulnerability, and Governance; Population and Health;
and Education.   

Detailed information on the conference may be accessed at: 
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference

The theme of this year's conference is "Continuity and Change
in the Asia Pacific: People, Places, Systems"

The abstract submission process will close on 23rd October 2006.

Further questions may be directed to
studentconference at eastwestcenter.org.
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Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia

Dear Colleagues,

We are happy to announce a new issue of the Kyoto Review of
Southeast Asia on a new website: http://kyotoreviewsea.org/.

This issue features a collaboration with guest editor
Alexander Horstmann of the Institute of Ethnology, University
of Munster, who has assembled a diverse group of scholars to
write about the anthropology of borderlands in Southeast Asia.

We are happy to introduce our new website with this issue, as
it allows us to post the photographs accompanying two of our
feature articles (on the Burma-Bangladesh border and southern
Thailand), as well as a photo album about cash crops in the
northern mountain region of Vietnam. The site also includes
audio and video streaming, which we will use to disseminate
conferences, discussions, and interviews. In this issue, we
are posting a 1985 recording of the late Southeast Asia
scholar and Cornell University professor George Kahin
interviewing Ferdinand Marcos six months before he fell from
power.

Notwithstanding these innovations, text remains the primary
mode of intellectual discourse and we remain committed to its
translation. Therefore, we are pleased that our new site is
textually dynamic, both in scrolling through an individual
text and in shifting between languages. Many thanks to Nicolas
Servino and Squeaky Studios of Manila for their innovative
ideas and hard work.

We are glad to be back and trust it's been worth the wait.

All the best and happy reading,

Patricio N. Abinales (on behalf of the staff)
Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies
http://kyotoreviewsea.org/
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Northwestern University Summer Study Abroad - Thailand 2007

Hosted by Payap University, Chiang Mai

Northwestern University will again be offering its Thailand
Summer Study Abroad Program in 2007.  This program was
developed in 1998 and first offered in 1999.  It is a strong
academic program for undergraduates interested in
understanding the society, traditions and culture of Thailand
and Southeast Asia.  There will be six weeks of classes over
the program dates from
20 June - 4 August, 2007.

Students may choose to take either two or three of the credit
courses - all taught in English; each course offers at least
30-hours of student-instructor class contact; free non-credit
lectures
on Survival Spoken-Thai and Thai Culture, are included. 
Students will enjoy Chiang Mai's scenic mountain setting,
brand new a/c student residences, and classes with Payap's
talented, charismatic faculty-instructors, plus escorted tours
to historic sites.

Courses offered in 2007:
RELIGION             The Buddhist Religious Tradition  
POLI-SCI              Southeast Asian Politics: focus on
Thailand (Security & Foreign Policy)
BIOL/ENVR SCI     Nature-Making & Society: Global
Environmentalism in Southeast Asia               

Visiting students from other universities are warmly invited
to join our programs.  For extra information, costs and online
application, kindly visit:
http://www.northwestern.edu/studyabroad/summerstudy/thailand/

For further details including course syllabus, please contact:
Dana Bumpus, Assistant Director, Study Abroad Office:
d-bumpus at northwestern.edu
Tel: 847.467.2947.  Fax: 847.467.6410

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