Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011 - 23-30 September 2010
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Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in Southeast Asia, 1511-2011
23-30 September 2010
Singapore and Melaka
CFP Website: http://www.iseas.edu.sg/cfp28-30sep10.pdf
In recognition of the half-millennium that has transpired since Afonso de Albuquerque's conquest of Melaka in 1511, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies issues this call for papers for a three-day interdisciplinary international conference of about 25 scholars to explore the legacies and evolution of Portuguese and Luso-Asian peoples and communities in Southeast Asia (along the Goa-Melaka-Macau axis) over the past 500 years. Contributors are encouraged to submit paper abstracts whose themes build on recent scholarship that is introducing fresh perspectives for characterizing and contextualizing Portuguese/Luso-Asian experiences and interactions in the region.
Papers that also attempt to demonstrate (a) long-term legacies and evolutionary processes, or (b) linkages between the Portuguese/Luso- Asians in Southeast Asia and the larger Portuguese world globally are especially welcome. Possible themes for papers include:
- Societal accommodation and attendant outcomes
- Collaboration, integration, adaptation, and networking
- Continuities, discontinuities, and transformations (political, economic, social, cultural, religious, or scientific)
- Reciprocal cultural impacts and social hybridity
- Interactions and conflicts
- The dynamics and impact of both formal and informal Portuguese and Luso-Asian structures and communities
Paper selection will begin on 12 April 2010 and conclude on 10 May 2010. Invitees will be informed of acceptance no later than 17 May 2010. A draft of an accepted paper must be submitted on or before 23 August 2010 for the benefit of commentators and panel chairs, and to maintain a publication schedule. Final versions of papers that incorporate suggestions made by commentators and other revisions will be due 20 December 2010.
Electronic versions of proposals should be submitted to: Dr. Laura Jarnagin Pang lpang@iseas.edu
Final versions of papers will be reviewed and selected by a review committee for publication in an edited volume that will be launched in 2011 at an event to be hosted by the Embassy of Portugal in Singapore. A Portuguese language edition is also being planned.
The conference hosts will absorb the cost of lodgings and some meals in Singapore and Melaka. A major portion of international travel costs will be covered only for participants who submit their draft papers by the 23 August 2010 deadline.
