Fw: H-ASIA: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Inter-Asian Connections III: Hong Kong

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Subject: H-ASIA: CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Inter-Asian Connections III:
Hong Kong

> H-ASIA
> Mar 2 2011
>
> CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Inter-Asian Connections III: Hong Kong
> ***************************************
> From: InterAsia <interasia@ssrc.org>
>
> CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
> DEADLINE: Thursday, March 10, 2011
> Inter-Asian Connections III: Hong Kong (June 6-8, 2012)
>
> The Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS)
> at the University of Hong Kong, the National University of Singapore
> (NUS), and the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (the Organizers)
> are pleased to announce an open call for proposals from faculty members
> at accredited universities and colleges in any world region to organize
> and direct one of four thematic workshops at a 3- day international
> conference entitled "Inter-Asian Connections III." Following on
> successful conferences held in Dubai in February 2008 and Singapore in
> December 2010, this conference will be held in Hong Kong in June 2012.
> The conference aims to showcase innovative research from across the
> social sciences and related disciplines on themes of particular relevance
> to Asia, re-conceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical,
> geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East
> through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, to East Asia.
>
> Proposals are invited from faculty interested in organizing and directing
> a workshop on one of the following four themes:
>
> 1) New Politics of Inequality
>
> 2) Globalizing Asia
>
> 3) Security and Insecurity
>
> 4) Old Histories, New Geographies
>
> Each workshop should have two directors (with different institutional
> affiliations and preferably representing different disciplines) and if
> selected will be expected to help recruit and choose 10 international
> workshop participants (senior and junior scholars, graduate students,
> other researchers) competitively from across relevant disciplines in the
> social sciences and related fields.
>
> The full text of the call for proposals, along with information on the
> application process and eligibility can be found on the program's website
> (http://www.ssrc.org/programs/interasia-program/). For additional
> inquiries, please contact interasia@ssrc.org<mailto:interasia@ssrc.org
> >.
>
> *******************************************
> Tel: (212) 377-2700/Fax: (212) 377-2727
> interasia@ssrc.org<mailto:interasia@ssrc.org>
>
> This event is organized and co-sponsored by The Hong Kong Institute for
> the Humanities and Social Sciences (HKIHSS) at the University of Hong
> Kong, the National University of Singapore (NUS), and the Social Science
> Research Council (SSRC).
>
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