Asia Research Institute Third Graduate Students Workshop
CALL FOR PAPERS ON
States of Transgression: Strategies of Domination, Accommodation and Resistance across Asia
25-27 May 2005
organised by
Asia Research Institute
National University of Singapore
The Asia Research Institute invites graduate students to submit
abstracts for the Third Annual Graduate Students Workshop. This workshop
will provide a forum for discussion of graduate level research in
progress with a demonstrated interest in aspects of political processes
across Asia. It will explore emerging understandings of the state in the
region, and macro- and micro-levels of responses to it, whether at the
community or the individual level. It will encourage dialogue between
various disciplinary perspectives and provide access to feedback from a
variety of specialists. Our title is inspired by the writings of
Professor James C. Scott (Visiting Fellow at Asia Research Institute,
Sterling Professor of Political Science and Anthropology and Director,
Programme in Agrarian Studies, Institution for Social and Policy
Studies, Yale University) and he will act as a key facilitator of the
workshop, offering his feedback to participants in discussions of the
papers presented. Within the overall theme of the workshop - States of
transgression: strategies of domination, accommodation and resistance
across Asia - we welcome innovative research papers on the following
topics:
* Ethnic and/or Class Conflict
* Social Movements and Everyday Forms of Resistance
* Cross-border Issues
* State Surveillance and Control
* The Politics of Identity and Minority Issues
* Resource Conflicts within State-imposed Frameworks
* State Planning and Informal Social Order
Papers will be selected and assigned to panels. Each verbal presentation (max. 15 mins) will receive comments and suggestions (5 mins) from a discussant and will be followed by a broader panel discussion.
Graduate students who are interested in presenting a research paper at
the workshop should submit a 250 word abstract of their proposed paper
to the address below, electronically (MS word) or by post before Friday
14 January 2005. The abstract should clarify the substantive issues
which your paper will address and be firmly grounded in the results of
your research project. Please include your name, institutional
affiliation, e-mail address and other contact information. One
confidential letter of recommendation from a supervisor should also be
forwarded to this address by the same date.Full length papers, of around 5000 words in length, should be submitted
by Monday 4 April 2005. These are not expected to be final drafts but
will be circulated to participants by e-mail beforehand to enable
fruitful roundtable discussions. For this reason, the argument of the
paper needs to be clear enough for comments and discussions by others.
Financial assistance
On campus shared accommodation for the nights of 24-27 May 2005 will be
provided for students presenting travelling from overseas. A limited
number of travel subsidies will be available for non-Singaporean
residents travelling from within Asia. Priority for financial assistance
will be given to students from less-advantaged institutions in Asia
where such funding is not available. Lunches, refreshments and a
workshop dinner will be provided over the course of the workshop for all
participants presenting papers. Applicants seeking financial assistance
should first seek funding from their universities or from other sources,
and should also indicate when submitting their abstracts that they may
be applying for a travel subsidy.
All enquiries and abstracts should be directed to:
Graduate Students' Workshop Secretariat,
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
5 Arts Link, (AS7), Level 4 Shaw Foundation Bldg.
Singapore 117570
FAX: +65-6779-1428
E-mail: arigrad@nus.edu.sg