FWD: SEAP Spring Graduate Symposium

[Waruno Mahdi]

Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 12:21:54 -0500
From: Doreen Lee <dl243 at cornell.edu>
Reply to: <bjs1 at cornell.edu>

  --- Call for Papers ---

Southeast Asia Program (SEAP) Graduate Symposium
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Friday - Saturday, March 29 -30, 2002.

The Place of Memory in Southeast Asia

This year's SEAP graduate symposium invites papers
which explore the place of memory in S.E.A. "Place" can
be read in multiple senses. First, how do physical
sites of memory in Southeast Asia, whether religious,
domestic, or official, capture and represent the past?
To what extent do these representations record
collective memory? How do strategies of "place" and
"memory" coalesce in the relations between centres and
peripheries, as physical borders and margins are
contested and reexamined?

A second reading of "place" refers to the changing
significance of memory in Southeast Asia. Whether
attributed to the processes of globalization,
decentralization, identity, or the blurring of divides
between activism and academia, there appears to be a
wider public arena for new discourses and applicability
of memory.

We welcome you to bring forth new ideas and present
your interpretations on the place of memory in
Southeast Asia, as it relates to your respective
fields.

Deadline for Abstracts:
Prospective presenters are encouraged to send one page
abstract and curriculum vitae by January 31, 2002 to:

Rebecca Scott
The Kahin Center for Advanced Research on Southeast Asia
640 Stewart Avenue Ithaca, NY 14850-3857

or by e-mail to: bjs1 at cornell.edu     <-<< !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Papers should be in English with a reading time of no
more than twenty minutes. Entries from a variety of
disciplines encouraged. Small travel grants are
available.

Please forward this to all relevant departments, list-
serves and interested individuals.