Workshop: Water in Mainland Southeast Asia
30 November - 2 December 2005, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Call for Papers
A cross-disciplinary workshop on the many aspects of Water in Mainland Southeast Asia, organized by the Centre for Khmer Studies (CKS), Siem Reap, Cambodia, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden/Amsterdam, the Netherlands is planned to take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 30 November - 2 December 2005.
In Mainland Southeast Asia, water (rivers, lakes, coastal zones) is of
utmost importance to all aspects of life. This workshop will pay attention
to the role of water in people's livelihoods divided over three
sub-themes:
(1) Trade and commerce (local and foreign trade, transport, port cities);
(2) Natural resource use and management (rice cultivation, fisheries,
water
quality, environmental changes), and; (3) Socio-cultural life (rites of
passages, traditional medicine, religion).
The organizing committee invites scholars from various disciplinary
backgrounds (history, economy, political science, anthropology,
environmental sciences) to submit an abstract for the workshop. Papers
transcending national boundaries on the above-mentioned themes are
strongly
encouraged. The proceedings of the workshop will be published.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 January 2005. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and a CV should be included.
Please send your abstract (or queries) to Dr Wil Dijk, IIAS affiliated fellow
(wil.dijk@compaqnet.nl or w.o.dijk@let.leidenuniv.nl).
Dr. Wil O. Dijk
Johannes Camphuysstraat 65-B
2593 CH The Hague, Netherlands
Tel: 31 (0)70 34 78 996
Email: wil.dijk@compaqnet.nl