International conference on Thai studies: April 2004;

[Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong]

FYI. Please note that the proposal deadline is October 30, 2004.
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The Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies
April 3 - 6, 2005
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb Illinois

Conference Website: http://www.niu.edu/thaiconf/


Continuing a tradition of gathering scholars interested in Thai Studies,
Northern Illinois University invites participation in a scholarly
conference to be held on the NIU campus in DeKalb, Illinois. As with the
previous conferences which have alternated venues in Thailand and abroad,
the Ninth ICTS will embrace a broad definition of Thai studies to include
studies of all ethnic groups within the Kingdom of Thailand, as well as
Thai/Tai peoples of Southeast Asia, India and China. Papers and
presentations from all scholarly disciplines and all intellectual
perspectives will be welcomed.
The Ninth ICTS has been intentionally scheduled April 3 - 6, 2005 in
DeKalb, Illinois to follow the March 31 - April 3, 2005 annual meeting of
the Association for Asian Studies in Chicago, Illinois (some 65 miles east
of DeKalb, Illinois).

Procedures and Timelines
1.	Please submit proposals in English before October 30, 2004.
2.	To submit proposals electronically, send preferably a Microsoft
Word file (document) in an email as an attachment to
thai_conference at niu.edu.
3.	To submit proposals by mail, send preferably a Microsoft Word file
(document) on a diskette along with a printed copy to
Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, Illinois 60115, USA
FAX 815-753-5202 / TEL 815-753-5200
4.	The Program Committee will review proposals and send an acceptance
letter with scheduling information and with instructions for submitting
final abstract statements and full versions of papers.
5.	Abstracts of panels, roundtables and individual papers and full
versions of conference papers will be collected for distribution at the
conference. These final versions of abstracts and papers must be submitted
by February 1, 2005 to assure distribution at the conference.
Themes
The Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies will embrace a broad
definition of Thai Studies to include studies of all ethnic groups within
the Kingdom of Thailand, as well as Thai/Tai peoples of Southeast Asia,
India and China. Proposals for papers and presentations from all
disciplines and intellectual perspectives are welcome as are
considerations of all themes and topics from previous international Thai
studies conferences.
>From the following list two themes are being lifted up for special focus
and consideration: the Thaksin government and Southern Thailand.

THEMES
ENVIRONMENT politics of the environment, natural resources, privatization,
"the commons"

o Sustainable DEVELOPMENT differing regional and ethnic values

o POLITICAL ECONOMY post 1997 recovery

o CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUES globalization, tourism
o MEDIA, POPULAR CULTURE, MUSIC the Thai press, film

o THAKSIN governance, economics, populism, politics, nationalism

o CONSTITUTION of 1997

o REGIONAL ISSUES boundaries and local autonomy, Isan studies, shifting
rural-urban frontiers, historical communities such as Lanna, political and
social change in Southern Thailand

o THAI/T'AI peoples, languages, communities in Vietnam, India, China,
Burma, Laos

o THAI LITERATURES AND LANGUAGES

o MINORITY PEOPLES of THAILAND integration, assimilation, disappearance,
diaspora (eg. Hmong in America)

o RELIGION AND SOCIETY resurgent Islam; Buddhist-Muslim interactions;
Buddhist art, poetry, education, contemporary preaching and practices

o THAILAND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (historical and current) ASEAN;
Thailand's relations with Cambodia, with Laos, with Burma/Myanmar; illegal
immigration; migration; refugees; regional economic issues; post 9/11
issues

o GENDER legal rights of women; women in governance; labor issues;
prostitution

o HEALTH medicine, nutrition, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

o EDUCATION higher education, private and state institutions, Buddhist
education

o THAI HISTORY new studies, new evidence, unconventional methods and new
interpretations of Thai history; counter memory against the Master
Narrative including the history of marginalized events. places or people,
the history of borders and border crossings and the history of the
forgotten, subversive or silenced.

o COMPARATIVE KINGSHIP legacy of Rama VII, historical Thai kings and
regional princes

o CIVIL SOCIETY dissent, revival of left-wing politics, past, present and
future of the Thai Left, democracy