conference announcements (EuroSEAS and COTS)

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

2 conference announcements
1)4th EUROSEAS (European Association for Southeast Asian Studies)
(Sorbonne, Paris   Sept 1-4, 2004)
with a "roundtable" on Southeast Asian Language Teaching
2)Council on Thai Studies 2004
(Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Oct 15-16, 2004)

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1) The 4th EUROSEAS (European Association for Southeast Asian Studies)
Conference will be held at the University of Paris (Sorbonne Centre)
from Wednesday 1 September to Saturday 4 September 2004. It will bring
together some 350 to 400 French, European and Asian participants, both
members and non-members of the association. The conference programme
for the Paris meeting lists 36 thematic panels. Besides the panels,
three roundtables are in preparation: one on the radicalisation of
Islam in Southeast Asia, a second on the teaching of Southeast Asian
languages, and the third on relations between Europe and Southeast
Asia. The working languages of the conference will be English and
French.

THE DEADLINE FOR TAKING PART IN A PANEL HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO April 1,
2004.

See the website for more deatils:
http://www.afrase.org/euroseas2004/indexe.php
All enquiries concerning the 2004 Paris Conference should be sent to
the following address:
euroseas2004 at afrase.org
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2) Council on Thai Studies 2004
Call for Papers
The Council on Thai Studies will be holding its annual meeting at
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois October 15-16, 2004.

You are invited to share your research at the annual meeting for the
Council on Thai Studies.  The Council on Thai Studies or COTS is an
informal organization of scholars interested in all aspects of Thai
studies.  COTS provides scholars with a venue for reporting preliminary
findings; opportunities to receive prepublication feedback; and a forum
to discuss field and archive challenges.

Please consider giving a paper yourself or gathering a small group for
a roundtable discussion or panel.  Graduate students are also encouraged
to submit papers.

Paper proposals are due August 30, 2004.

Individual topics and/or groupings of papers may be submitted.  An
effort will be made to group individual papers into panel sessions
around a common theme, issue, methodology, or discipline. Each person
will have a maximum of twenty minutes for an oral presentation and
should be prepared to field questions after the talk.  Since the agendas
of COTS meetings have grown over the past several years, we will try to
adhere to these time limits.  Scholars may distribute written copies of
their papers.

Acceptance of paper proposals, information regarding scheduling of
panels, and assignment of panel moderators and discussants will be sent
in September 2004 to those who submit proposals as well as to those who
indicate their intention to attend.

If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact Danny
Unger (COTS 2004 Chair) at dunger at niu.edu.

Membership in COTS is free and there is no registration fee for the
meeting.  Details about the meeting will be sent out only by email in
September, 2004.  A block of rooms will be held at the Holmes Student
Center at Northern Illinois University for conference participants to
make their own reservations (815-753-1444) or
www.niu.edu/hsc/hotel.shtml.
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