GENERAL
N E WS 2 3 - 2 8 F e b r u a r y 1998
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24-27
23-25
Bangi, Malaysia
Brighton, UK
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Hong Kong
New Delhi, India
The 4th International Conference on Development and Future Studies Sumit K. Mandal, Institute for Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, tel: +60*3-8293205, fax: +60-3-8261022, e-mail: ikmas@pktisc.cc.ukm.my
India 50: Identities, Nation State, and Global Culture Conference secretary India 50, School o f African and Asian Studies, University o f Sussex, Arts C., Falmet, Brighton BNi 9QN, UK, tel: +44-1273-606755, fax: +44-1273-623572, e-mail: k.grassie@sussex.ac.uk
HAS /IOS Conference (part II) Soviet Legacy, Islam and Civic Society in Central Asta Dr D. Douwes, HAS, cel: +31-71-5272227, fax: +31-71-5274162
H ong Kong History and Hong Kong Studies Conference Dr P.T. Lee, Centre o f Asian Studies, The University ofH ong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, tel: +852-28592429, fax: +852-25593185
identity, Locality and Globalization Dr E.B. Locher-Scholten, University of U trecht, Faculty of Geographical Sciences, P.O.Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, tel: +31-30-2532199
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Leiden, the Netherlands Government liability in East and Southeast Asia Dr Yong Zhang, HAS, tel: +31-71-5272227, fax: +31-71-5274162
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Leiden, The Netherlands The Overseas Trade o f Q uanzhou in the Song and Yuan Dynasties Dr Angela Schottenhammer, I1AS, e-mail: schottenham @ rullet.leidenum v.nl
Liverpool, UK INHPH / SSHM conference Health in the City: a history o f public health Sally Sheard or Helen Power, Depts o f Economic and Social History & Public Health, University o f Liverpool, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK, tel: +44-151-7945593, fax: +44-151-7945588, e-mail: hel@liv.ac.uk 1 5 - 1 6
Leiden, The Netherlands AnimalsinAsia Dr John Knight, HAS, e-mail:jknight@ rullet.leidenuniv.nl 17-18
Hanoi, Vietnam ASEAN Today and Tomorrow Prof Nguyen Duy Quy, N ational Centre for Social Sciences and H um anities of Vietnam, 34-36 Hang Chuoi Street, Hanoi, Vietnam, tel: +84-4-8259067, fax: +84-4-8259071 17-20
Moscow, Russia The Fourth International Conference on the languages of the Far East, Southeast Asia and West Africa Executive secretary: Marc Kaplun, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Moscow State University, 11 Mokhovaya, 103009 Moscow, Russia, tel; +7-95-2032725 / 2032963 19-21
Helsinki, Finland 14th Annual Conference ofNASEAS, Regional Mobility and Local Attachment: networks and migration in Southeast Asia Eija Kettunen, Dept, o f Economic Geography, Helsinki School o f Economics, tel: +358-9-4313456, fax: +358-9-4313539, e-mail: ekettune@hkkk.fi 2 1 - 26
Pondicherry, India Indo-French Relations (1700-1990) Prof K.S. Mathew, Dept, o f History, Pondicherry University, Library Building. Kalapet, Pondicherry 605 0x4, India, tel: +91-413-65177, fax: +91-413-65211, e-mail: bioinpu@ iitm.ernet.in 2 2 - 26
Sankt Augustin, Germany From Kaijeng to Shanghai -Jews in China. Dr Roman Malek, In stitu t M onum enta Serica and - China-Zentrum Arnold-Janssen-Str. 20, D-53754 Sankt Augustin, Germany. Tel:+49 22 41 237431, fax: +49 22 41 20 58 41 2 3 - 24
Geneva, Switzerland 14th Sino-European Conference Patterns and Trends in International Relations in the Next Century: civilizations, national powers, and economics: convergence or clash? Mrs Mariejo Due, Modern Asia Research Centre, 63 rue de Lausanne, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland, tel: +41-22-7328310, fax: +41-22-7383996, e-mail: regnier@uni2a.unige.ch
Changing Labour Relations in Contemporary Asia IISG /HAS, Rama Saptari, Cruquiusweg 31,1019 AT Amsterdam, the Netherlands, tel: (only on Tue and Fri): +31-20-6685866 (ext.285), fax: +31-20-6654181, e-mail: rsa@iisg.nl 29-31
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4 -6 M a r c h
23-26
venue in Asia
London, UK
Conference secretariat, School of Building and Estate Management, M ational University ofSingapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260. tel: +65-7723440, fax: +65-7755502. e-mail: bemgen9@abem1.nusstf.nus.sg
Hong Kong in Transition Royal Institute o f International Affairs, SOAS, and the univerities ofWarwick, Leeds, and Keele. Contact: Dr R. Porter, Dept, o f Politics, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 %bg England, tel: +44-1782-583448, fax: +44-1782-613847, email: poa23@cc.keele.uk
1 4 - 1 6 M ay
Charleston, USA The Evolution o f the Portuguese Atlantic
Canton, China O C T O B E R 1997
Moscow, Russia China, Chinese Civilization, and the World: history, modem times, and prospects D r S. Gorbunova, Executive secretary of the Russian Academy o f Sinologists, Institute o f Far Eastern Studies, Krasikova Street 27, Moscow 117218, Russia, tel: +7-95-1240835, fax: +7-95-3107056 1-4
Tokyo, Japan Trade andNavigation in Southeast Asia ProfN guyên Thé Anh, Lab. Péninsule Indochinoise, URA 1075, Maison de 1’Asie, 22 avenue du President Wilson, 75116, Paris, France, fax: +33-1-53701872
Business Relations between China and Europe: Shaping the Future C hristian Henriot, director In stitu t d ’Asie Oriëntale, Maison Rhone-Alpes des Sciences de 1’Homme, 14 Avenue Berthelot 69363 Lyon cedex 07, France, tel: +33-4-72726540, fax: +33-4-72726490, e-mail: iao@mrash.fr
The 5th Women in Asia Conference H eather Barker, Faculty o f Arts & Social Sciences, University o f New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia, fax: +61-2-93851566, e-mail: h.barker@unsw.edu.au 3-5
Lahti, Finland Symposium o f the N ordic Association for China Studies Education and Minorities in China Pertti Nikkila, Nordic Association for China Studies. Ranta-Nikkilantie 2, 37800 Toijala, Finland. Fax: +358-0-19123591.
Utrecht, The Netherlands First NVAPS Conference Mobility in Asia and the Pacific NVAPS Office, P.O.Box 131, 2300 AC Leiden, the Netherlands, tel: +31-71-5274138, fax; +31-71-5272632, e-mail: nvaps@ rullet.leidenuniv.nl 6-11
Moscow, Russia Third Soviet-French Symposium on Southeast Asia: The State ideology and the Traditional Religions in Modern Southeast Asia Foundation ‘Centre Franco-Russe d ’Etudes sur 1'Asie de Sud-Est’,att. of: Paul Pozner, 7a Malyi Vlassievsky per., Moscow 121002, Russia, tel: +7-95-2440775, fax: +7-95-2440749 13-17
Leiden, The Netherlands Perspectives on the Bird’s Head oj Irian Java ISIR Secretariat, Perspectives Conference, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, tel: +31-71-5272419, fax: +31-71-5272632, e-mail: projdiv@ ruIlet.leidenuniv.nl 15-17
Lyons, France Wartime Shanghai (1937-1945) C hristian H enriot, director In stitu t d’Asie Oriëntale, Maison Rhone-Alpes des Sciences de 1’Homme, 14 Avenue Berthelot 69363 Lyon cedex 07, France, rel: +33-4-72726540, fax: +33-4-72726490, e-mail: iao@mrash.ff
16-23
and the Sea Route to India: Quincentenaiy Rejections, 1498-1998. Dr Tim othy Coates, College o f Charleston, D epartm ent o f History, 66 George Street, Charleston SC 29424-0001, USA, fax:+1-803-9536349, e-mail: coates@cofc.edu
Patna Bihar, India Bihar in the World Dr Katinka Sinha-Kerkhoff, State Resource Centre, ADRI, B.S.I.D.C. Colony, O ff Boring Paliputra Road, Patna - 800 014 India, tel:+91-651-4555434/ 205790(0}, fax:+91-651-502214.
31- 1 N o v e m b e r
Binghamton, NY, USA
18-20
2 8 - 3 1 M ay
New York Conference o f Asian Studies: Asia and the World John Chaffee, Program Chair, Dept, of History, Bingham ton University, Binghampton NY 13902-6000, USA, tel: +1-607-7776025, fax: +1-607-7772896, e-mail: chaffee@binghamton.edu
Leiden, The Netherlands The History o f North Indian Music:
Uppsala, Sweden The Culture o f llankai Tamtlar Peter Schalk, professor in the History • o f Religions, Uppsala University, tel: +46-18-182293, fax: +46-18-128471, e-mail: tamil. studies@relhist. uu.se
i4th-20th Centuries D r Fran$oise Delvoye, D r Joep Bor and D r Emmy te N ijenhuis, IIAS, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands, tel: +31-71-5272227, fax: +31-71-5274162, e-mail: IIAS@RulletLeidenUniv.nl
25-28 J u n e
Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands
N O V E M B E R 1997
First International Convention o f Asian Scholars (AAS / IIAS) Helga Lasschuijc, IIAS, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, the N etherlands tel: +31-71-5272227, fax: +31-71-5274162, e-mail: nvaps@ rullet.leidenuniv.nl
18- 2 J a n u a r y
3-5
The University o f New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Singapore The Quality o f Life in Cities
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Taipei, Taiwan Poitiers, France Fourth Euro-Asia International Research Seminar Organizational Structures, Business Strategies and Competitiveness in Asia Karine Goter or Anne D raillatd, Groupe ESC Nantes-Atlantique, 8 route de la Jonelière, BP72, 44003 N antes Cedex 01, France, tel: +33-2-40373404, fax: +33-2-40373407 16-21
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Asia Pacific Literary Conference Haji H am dan Yahya, director o f Conference, Asia Pacific Literary Conference, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, P.O. Box 10803, 50926 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, tel: +60-3-248x269, fax: +60-3-2414x09 / 2443875, e-mail: hamdan@dbp.gov.my
Eighth International Conference on Ausrronesian Linguistics Prof Paul J.K. Li, Academia Sinica, Taipei, fax: +886-2-7868834, e-mail: hspaulli@ccvax.sinica.edu.tw
1- 8 J u l y
Melaka, Malaysia La t e 1 9 9 7
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The 16th Congress oflndo-Pacific Prehistory Association Dr Peter Bellwood, Dept, o f Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU, Canberra ACT 0200, Australia, tel: +61-6-2493120, fax; +61-6-2492711, e-mail; Peter.Bellwood@anu.edu.au, website: http://w w w .alang.ukm .m y/kam al/ ippa.htm
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Blaubeuren, Germany Religion and Economy in East Asia (China,Japan, Korea) Professor H.U. Vogel, Seminar for Sinology and Korean Studies, University ofTübingen, Wilhelmstrasse 133, 72074 Tübingen, Germany. Tel: +49-7071-565101, fax; +49-7071-565100, e-mail: hans-ultich.vogel@ uni-tuebingen.de
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Second EUROSEAS Conference Southeast Asia: Looking/orward. looking back The EUROSEAS Secretariat: Ms Ageeth van der Veen, KITLV, P.O.Box 9515,2300 RA Leiden, The N etherlands, fax +31-71-527 2638, e-mail: euroseas@ rullet.leidenuniv.nl
19-21
Leiden, The Netherlands The Pace o f Life in Southeast Asia and Pacific Asia D r Vincent Houben, Dept, o f Languages and Cultures o f Southeast Asia and Oceania, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9515,2300 RA Leiden, the N etherlands, tel: +31-71-5272560 27-29
Paris, France The Lhasa Valley: History, Conservation and Modernisation m Tibetan Architecture Dr H eather Stoddard, In stitu t national des languages et civilisations orientales, CNRS URA 1229,127 m e de Sèvres, Paris 75006 France, tel/fax: +33-1-45679503
28-30 Ja n u a r y
8- 12 Se p t e m b e r
Quezon City, the Philippines
Prague, Czech Republic
Southeast Asia in the 20th Centuiy The conference secretariat on SEA in the 20th century, c/o The Third World Studies Center, College o f Social Sciences and Philosophy, University o f the Philippines at Diliman, Quezon City 1101, the Philippines, tel/fax: +632-9205428 ƒ9263486, e-mail: seasrep@cssp.upd.edu.ph
15th European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies Institute o f Indian Studies, Charles University, Celetna 20. 116 42 Praha 1, Czech Republic, e-mail: southasia@cuni.cz
14-16 F e b r u a r y D E C E M B E R 19 9 7
Leiden, The Netherlands Encompassing Knowledge: Indigenous Encyclopedias, in Indonesia in the i7th-20th Centunes Prof B. Arps, Dept, o f Languages and Cultures o f Southeast Asia and Oceania, University o f Leiden, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The N etherlands, tel: +31-71-5272222
p t e m b e r
Hamburg, Germany
San Diego, USA Compering Modernities in Twentieth Centuryjapan (H): Empires, Cultures, Identities, 1930-1960 D r Germaine H oston, Center for Democratization and Economic Development, Dept, o f Political Sciences 0521, University o f California San Diego, 301 Social Science Building, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla CA92093-0521, USA, tel: +1-619-5347376, fax: +1-619-5381179, e-mail: ghoston@ ucsd.edu, Internet: h ttp://w eber. uesd. edu/~ghos ton
10-14 Se p t e m b e r
Edinburgh, UK 12th EACS Conference: Chinese at Work, Chinese at Play Prof. Bonnie S. McDougall, Scottish Centre o f Chinese Studies, Dept, o f East Asian Studies, University o f Edinburgh, 8 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, UK, tel: +44-131-6504229 / 4227, fax: +44-131-6511258, e-mail: bonnie.s.mcdougall@ed.ac.uk
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