From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP 3rd Conf of the Asian Borderlands Research Network:
Connections, Corridors, and Communities, Kunming, 12-15 Oct 2012
> H-ASIA
> September 7, 2011
>
> Call for Papers - 3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research
> Network: Connections, Corridors, and Communities, Yunnan University,
> Kunming, 12-15, 2012
> DEADLINE 1 DECEMBER 2011
> (x-post IIAS)
> *********************************************************************
> From: "Haak, M.C. van den" <M.C.van.den.Haak@iias.nl>
>
> 3rd Conference of the Asian Borderlands Research Network
>
> Connections, Corridors, and Communities
>
> Deadline for applications: 1 December 2011
>
> Conference dates: 12 - 15 October 2012
>
> Host: Centre for Southwest Borderland Ethnic Minority Studies, Yunnan
> University (YU), Kunming, China
>
> Convenors:
> Prof. He Ming (YU), Dr. Joy Bai (YU), Dr. Tina Harris (University of
> Amsterdam, UvA), Prof. Willem van Schendel (UvA) and Dr. Erik de Maaker
> (Leiden University)
>
>
> Extensive land and maritime networks have crisscrossed Asia for
> centuries,
> providing the basis for encounters between diverse ethnic, linguistic,
> economic, religious, and political groups. Today, developments such as
> new infrastructural projects, an increase in media access, and renewed
> interest in shaping cross-border cultural identities serve to both
> underscore these long-standing linkages and create new forms of
> connections across Asia. During the 3rd Asian Borderlands Research
> Conference in Kunming, we invite submissions that address
> continuities and ruptures along routes and borders in Asia, broadly
> related to the theme, "Connections, Corridors, and Communities".
>
> * Connections: How are Asian borderlands made more (or less) visible
> through the study of cross-border connections? In what ways does the
> idea of the "borderland" remain resilient throughout political and
> historical ruptures? What are the characteristics of various kinds of
> connections that are being created (as well as cut off) in Asian
> borderlands?
>
>
> * Corridors: Are networks and paths throughout Asian borderlands being
> forged, reopened, diverted, or closed, and what are the effects of such
> processes? Can one conceive of "corridors" in relation to maritime or
> island borderlands, information technology networks, or bodily
> borders in Asia?
>
> * Communities: What constitutes a "community" or "communities" in and
> across Asian borderlands, and how might these be contingent upon
> other factors, such as politics, environmental issues, and history?
> What are some of the barriers and restrictions to the creation of
> communities in the context of Asian borderlands? In what ways is a
> community defined by the state, by organizations, and/or by local
> individuals?
>
> Since one of the main goals of this conference is to spur collaboration
> and
> conversation across diverse fields in the hope of building up a more
> nuanced
> picture of the intersections and relationships across Asian borderlands,
> submissions are invited from scholars, writers, policy studies
> researchers,
> artists, filmmakers, activists, the media, and others from a wide variety
> of
> disciplinary backgrounds. We invite conceptually innovative papers, based
> on
> new research, in order to develop new perspectives in the study of Asian
> Borderlands.
>
> Only a small number of individual papers will be selected. We therefore
> encourage you to submit a full panel or roundtable proposal. We will
> consider proposals for panels and roundtables that have a thematic focus,
> are of a comparative character, and involve scholars or practitioners
> affiliated with different institutions.*
>
> *New to this Asian Borderlands conference, the roundtable format is
> intended to allow for a more open forum on a broader theme. Typically,
> panelists will each address the main issue or topic of the roundtable,
> and the remainder of the time is open for an informal discussion
> between the panel members and a more extended question-and-answer
> period with the audience. Some examples of wide themes in relation
> to Asian borderlands may include, but are not limited to: migration;
> security; gender; technology; environmental issues, etc.
>
> Please visit http://asianborderlands.net to submit proposals.
>
> The deadline is 1 December 2011.
>
>
> Participants will be notified towards the beginning of the year 2012.
>
> Very limited financial support may be made available to specific scholars
> residing in Asia and some junior or low-income scholars in other parts of
> the world. If you would like to be considered for a grant, please submit
> along with your abstract for a panel and/or paper a short letter stating
> the motivation for your request. Please also specify the kind of funding
> that you have applied for or will receive from other sources. Please note
> that the conference operates on a limited budget, and will not normally be
> able to provide more than a partial coverage of the costs of travel.
>
>
> urther information about registration fees, the venue, and logistics will
> be provided on the ABRN website once the panels have been accepted.
>
> For more information, please visit the website
> at http://asianborderlands.net, or email info@asianborderlands.net
>
> The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) is a postdoctoral
> research centre based in the Netherlands. The Institute encourages the
> interdisciplinary and comparative study of Asia and promotes national and
> international cooperation. The Institute focuses on the human and social
> sciences and on their interaction with other sciences.
>
>
>
>
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