11th Annual Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference Call for Papers

Call for Papers

 

The Cornell Southeast Asia Program invites submissions for its 11th Annual Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference. This year this annual event will be held at the Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on October 24-26, 2008. We welcome submissions from graduate students at any stage engaged in original research related to Southeast Asia. Graduate students working in the following disciplines as well as other related fields that contribute to the understanding of Southeast Asia are encouraged to apply: history, literature, art history, sociology, musicology, religion, anthropology, archeology, architectural history, gender studies, political science, economics, linguistics and literature.

 

This year we are honored to announce that our keynote speaker will be Professor Benedict Anderson (Aaron L. Bienkorb Professor Emeritus of International Studies, Government and Asian Studies, Cornell University), the author of Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism ([1983], rev. ed. 1991), The Spectre of Comparisons: Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World (1998), and Under Three Flags: Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination (2007).  Papers related to Professor Anderson’s interests are strongly encouraged.
 
We ask that prospective presenters submit a one-page abstract and curriculum vitae by September 1, 2008 to: seapgradconference@gmail.com

 

Final papers will be due by October 10, 2008. Papers should be in English with a reading time of no more than 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes of discussion).

 

Please see http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/symposium/2008fall.asp for details on abstract format and submission, as well as further information and future updates

 

A limited number of modest travel grants are available. Please indicate in your email when you submit the abstract if you would like to apply for a travel grant.

 

Rose Metro and Trais Pearson

SEAP Student Committee Co-Chairs

2008-2009

Quite a few days I didn't blog already. This is a good opportunity!

----

Call for Papers


The Cornell Southeast Asia Program invites submissions for its 11th Annual
Southeast Asian Studies Graduate Conference. This year this annual event
will be held at the Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia at
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on October 24-26, 2008. We welcome
submissions from graduate students at any stage engaged in original research
related to Southeast Asia. Graduate students working in the following
disciplines as well as other related fields that contribute to the
understanding of Southeast Asia are encouraged to apply: history,
literature, art history, sociology, musicology, religion, anthropology,
archeology, architectural history, gender studies, political science,
economics, linguistics and literature.



This year we are honored to announce that our keynote speaker will be
Professor Benedict Anderson (Aaron L. Bienkorb Professor Emeritus of
International Studies, Government and Asian Studies, Cornell University),
the author of Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of
Nationalism ([1983], rev. ed. 1991), The Spectre of Comparisons:
Nationalism, Southeast Asia, and the World (1998), and Under Three Flags:
Anarchism and the Anti-Colonial Imagination (2007).  Papers related to
Professor Anderson's interests are strongly encouraged.

We ask that prospective presenters submit a one-page abstract and curriculum
vitae by September 1, 2008 to: seapgradconference@gmail.com



Final papers will be due by October 10, 2008. Papers should be in English
with a reading time of no more than 20 minutes (plus 10 minutes of
discussion).



Please see
<http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/symposium/2008fall.asp>
http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/southeastasia/symposium/2008fall.asp for
details on abstract format and submission, as well as further information
and future updates



A limited number of modest travel grants are available. Please indicate in
your email when you submit the abstract if you would like to apply for a
travel grant.



Rose Metro and Trais Pearson

SEAP Student Committee Co-Chairs

2008-2009