Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Workshop Inter-Asian Connections IV, Istanbul, Oct 2-5, 2013

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From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Workshop Inter-Asian Connections IV, Istanbul, Oct 2-5,
2013


> H-ASIA
> August 28, 2012
>
> Call for papers: Workshop proposals: Inter-Asian Connections IV, Istanbul,
> October 2-5, 2013
>
> **************************************************************
> From: H-Net Announcements <announce@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
>
> Request for Workshop Proposals - Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul
> (October 2-5, 2013) Location: Turkey
> Conference Date: 2012-10-02
> Date Submitted: 2012-08-28
> Announcement ID: 196615
>
> Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul is the fourth conference in a series,
> following on conferences held in Dubai in February 2008, Singapore in
> December 2010, and Hong Kong in June 2012. As with the preceding events,
> this four-day conference aims to effect a paradigm shift in the study of
> the Asian expanse, re-conceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected
> historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the
> Middle East through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, to East Asia.
> Workshops will have the dual aim of showcasing innovative research from
> across the social sciences and related disciplines as well as exploring
> themes that transform conventional understandings of Asia.
>
> The Inter-Asian Connections Conference Organizing Committee - composed of
> representatives from the Social Science Research Council, Yale University,
> the National University of Singapore (NUS), the Hong Kong Institute for
> the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) at the University of Hong
> Kong, Gottingen University and Ko University - is pleased to announce an
> open call for proposals from faculty members at accredited universities
> and colleges in any world region to organize and direct one of four-to-six
> thematic workshops at the Istanbul conference.
>
> Proposals are invited from faculty interested in organizing and directing
> a workshop that addresses one of the following broadly conceived fourteen
> themes:
>
> 1. The Social Life of Capital in Asian Cities
> 2. Green and Brown in Asia
> 3. Hubs and Hinterlands
> 4. Connected Empires
> 5. Food and Foodways
> 6. Universities and New Transregional Classes
> 7. Politics of Racialization
> 8. Land Speculation across Asia
> 9. Media and the Politics of Accountability
> 10. Aging Societies : public policies, intimate dynamics, and
> biotechnologies
> 11. Inter-Asian Tourism
> 12. The Post Neo-Liberal State
> 13. Refugees in the Making of Asia
> 14. Picturing and Fictionalizing Asia
>
> Each workshop should have two directors (with different institutional
> affiliations and preferably representing different disciplines) who, if
> selected, will be expected to help recruit and choose ten international
> workshop participants (senior and junior scholars, graduate students,
> other researchers) competitively from across relevant disciplines in the
> social sciences and related fields.
>
> The full text of the request for proposals, along with information on the
> application process and eligibility, can be found on the program's
> website.
>
>
> Holly Danzeisen
> Social Science Research Council
> One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor
> Brooklyn, NY 11201
> Email: interasia@ssrc.org
> Visit the website at http://www.ssrc.org/programs/interasia-program/
>
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