The Rise of the Asian Century: Trends in Asian and Christian聽Philosophy for Building a Just and Sustainable World
Quezon City,聽Philippines, April 10 - 11, 2013 | September 15, 2012
The Asian Association of Christian Philosophers invites abstract聽submissions for its annual conference to be held from April 4 to 5,聽2013, at the Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines.聽The theme of the conference will be: The Rise of the Asian Century:聽Trends in Asian and Christian Philosophy for Building a Just and聽Sustainable World. The conference language will be English.聽Development theorists, economists, and geo-political scientists have聽indicated that this century will mark the rise of Asia as the center聽of economic, political, and cultural activity. Once again, Asian聽cultures will have a great influence in the shaping of human聽civilization. This is an opportune time, as we come to the dawn of the聽Asian century, to reflect upon the trends of philosophical thought聽that Asian and Christian practitioners of philosophy, or practitioners聽of Asian or Christian philosophy, are accomplishing. If we are taking聽a central role in the furthering of human civilization, we must聽understand what concerns us, how we use our traditions to understand聽the world that is unfolding, and how we can participate in the聽articulation of a just and sustainable future.
Each abstract should be no longer than 500 words. Please submit it as聽an e-mail attachment, along with a short CV and a biographical note as聽separate attachments, to聽aacp2013@gmail.com.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2012,聽Notification of acceptance by 30 October 2012,聽Deadline for full papers: 15 January 2013
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Global Encounters in Southeast Asian Performing Arts
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1-3, 2013 | Deadline: September 30, 2012
The World Symposium on Global Encounters in Southeast Asian Performing聽Arts: International Theatre Festival, Conference and Workshop is聽sponsored by Bangkok University , Thailand and University of Victoria,聽Canada and will be held in Bangkok, Thailand on 1-3 February, 2013.聽The main objective of the symposium is to function as a platform of聽exploration, in search of a lasting live performance culture that can聽establish an influential and sustainable position in Southeast Asia,聽regardless of whether it is expressed in traditional, contemporary or聽postmodern form. It is a communal gathering for performing arts聽academics, practitioners and enthusiasts with the aim of establishing聽a productive dialogues and common ground with regard to ways in which聽Southeast Asian creative arts will survive under the tremendous聽pressure of the global spectrum of changes currently taking place.
There will be 4 distinctive themes of the conference panels;聽performance & new media, traditional performance in the changing聽world, spectrum of contemporary vs. intercultural performance, and聽transnationalism and globalization. The themes of the international聽theatre festival and workshop are also both interrelated and operated聽under the themes.
If you would like to contribute and participate, please go to聽 The deadline for full papers and abstracts聽are on the 30th of September, 2012.
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2nd Annual Southeast Asian Studies Symposium
University of Oxford, March 9-10 2013 | Deadline: October 1, 2012
The 2nd Annual Southeast Asian Studies Symposium, organised by Project聽Southeast Asia, will be held on 9-10 March 2013 at the University of聽Oxford. The Call for Panels is now open until 1 October 2012.聽Southeast Asia is a vitally important region of the world, and its聽most urgent issues are transregional and multidisciplinary in nature.聽Project Southeast Asia seeks to contribute to debate on and solutions聽to these issues by providing the Symposium as a platform for the聽dissemination, discussion, and debate of these issues.
Submissions will be accepted in English. Proposals should be submitted聽using the Panel Proposal form at:聽.聽Panel proposers will be expected to circulate their respective Calls聽for Papers from 15 October to 15 December 2012.聽For further information, please visit the Project Southeast Asia聽website a聽 or contact聽symposium@projectsoutheastasia.com
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Panel: Religious Dynamics in Indonesia Between Orthodoxy and Individual Experience
Portugal, July 2-5, 2013 | Deadline: November 30, 2012
The government of Indonesia links religious pluralism with a normative definition of religion聽(agama). This definition is based on a model of scriptural monotheism, in particular Islam, and聽is contrasted with a heterogeneous variety of local forms of ancestor and nature veneration and聽traditional belief systems (adat). Doctrinal purification is progressing quite successfully in Islam,聽as well as having stimulated the invention of a modern Agama Hindu. It is even under way with聽Buddhism on Java. This led to the scholarly assumption that Indonesia's pluralistic tradition is聽gradually being replaced by religious orthodoxy. However, contrary dynamics seem to have聽developed since reformasi in 1998, when the number of religious groups multiplied. Even聽though these groups subscribe to one of the politically accepted religions, they simultaneously
offer their members emotionally-oriented, individual religious experiences.聽The aim of this panel is to investigate the multiple and often opposing relationships between
norm-setting religious agama-politics and increasing religious individualism. The focus is on the聽situation of change since the beginning of reformasi. We are especially interested in case聽studies which investigate these opposing tendencies in specific situations, regardless of the聽religious orientation of the group(s) involved.
Online registration will be open from January 2013 onwards. Registrations until 30th March, 2013 will benefit from the early registration rates. The final program and the book of abstracts will only include the names and abstracts of those who have registered to the conference by May 15, 2013. For more information, see:聽
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Panel: Tracing Political Islam in Southeast Asia: Pan-Islamism, Religious Nationalism, and Contemporary Transnational Networks
Portugal, July 2-5, 2013 | Deadline: November 30, 2012
This panel intends to bring together papers addressing the adaptation of Islamic political聽ideology to its contingent historical circumstances. Ranging from pan-Islamism to the formation聽of nationalist movements committed to the establishment of nation-states rooted on religion,聽and more recent transnational networks, the panel aims at offering perspectives from various聽disciplines and geographical regions. Abstracts are welcomed from scholars focussing on聽Muslim Southeast Asia (or liminal regions in connection to SEA), with no restrictions to聽historical periodization. Panelists will be invited to submit a paper for publication purposes.
Online registration will be open from January 2013 onwards. Registrations until 30th March, 2013 will benefit from the early registration rates. The final program and the book of abstracts will only include the names and abstracts of those who have registered to the conference by May 15, 2013. For more information, see:聽