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HSEPP Newsletter August 2016

01 September 2016

Dear HSEPP Members and Friends,

Here’s our HSEPP August 2016 Digest. You are all welcome to share your suggestions, publications and information with us and to come to present a research paper to the HSEPP conference. Scholars and researchers who wish to give a lecture presenting need to send us a bio data, presentation title and abstract in English and French, as well as a proposed date. For any questions, please feel free to contact us. Lectures can be given in Khmer, French, or English.

HSEPP Newsletter August 2016

CONFERENCES

International Conference “What is Asia? Changing Boundaries and Identities in Contemporary Asia”

Dates : 26-27 September, 2016

Venue: Room 638-640, 190 avenue de France, 75013 Paris, France

Organizer: GIS Asie, CNRS

Language: English

Presentation: Today, ‘Asia’ has become a key term in academic, economic, and political discussions alike. Despite the frequency of its use, however, the content of the notion of ‘Asia’ is extremely complex and diverse with its borders and definitions constantly renegotiated and reinterpreted. In order to explore such complexity and diversity in the region, GIS Asie, together with its international partners, proposes an initiative “EURASIA” as a means to enhance communication and leverage the expertise among Asian studies researchers in Europe and beyond. As part of the EURASIA initiative, this multilateral and interdisciplinary conference aims to provide an arena to discuss various contemporary issues in Asia with a particular focus on its changing boundaries and identities.

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Connaissance, gouvernance et objectifs de la ville durable en Asie

Date: 11th – 12 th January 2017

Venue: Université de Lille 1, Lille, FRANCE

Organizer: Université de Lille 1

Language : Français

Presentation: La croissance des villes implique une consommation toujours plus importante d’espace, d’énergie et de ressources. Le monde est devenu urbain et cette transition urbaine sans précédent touche tous les continents et particulièrement l’Asie.

Site de la conférence: http://asie2017.sciencesconf.org/

CALL FOR APPLICATION

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: International Relations/Comparative Politics/Southeast Asian Studies

Presentation: The Department of Political Science and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU) anticipate hiring a tenure-track position in comparative politics (CP) or international relations (IR), open to all ranks, beginning August 16, 2017.

The successful candidate will teach classes and conduct research, in either CP or IR, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia. If the candidate’s first field of study is CP it is preferred that their second field be IR. Although the search is open to country experts from anywhere in the region preference will be given to candidates who have studied either Burma or Thailand. Additionally, preference will be given to candidates who can teach quantitative and/or qualitative methods courses at the graduate level. Evidence of excellence in teaching and the strong likelihood of a sustained publication record are expected. A Ph.D. in political science by the time of appointment is required. The Department of Political Science offers B.A., B.S., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees.

How to apply: Applicants at the junior level must send a letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation, appropriate transcripts, writing samples, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Applicants at the senior level must send a letter of application, a curriculum vita, and a list of three references. All materials should be sent via email to polsSEAsearch2016@niu.edu . Questions about the position may be directed to Scot Schraufnagel, Political Science Chair at sschrauf@niu.edu File completion issues should be directed to April Davis at adavis1@niu.edu

Deadline: Review of completed applications will begin onOctober 1, 2016and will continue until the position is filled.

Links: http://polisci.niu.edu/ and http://www.niu.edu/cseas/

Traces and Memories of the Cambodian Genocide: Tuol Sleng in testimony, literature, and media representations

Presentation: Over the years the former Khmer Rouge prison Tuol Sleng (also known as S-21) has become a well-known ‘lieu de mémoire’ of the Cambodian Genocide. Turned into a museum in the immediate aftermath of the Pol Pot’s regime, it is now one of the most visited spots in Phnom Penh, featuring in books, movies, public exhibitions, blogs, works of art, printed and electronic media. Biographical, academic, journalistic, judicial, and artistic accounts create a multifaceted perspective on the place. The seminar seeks to explore such a diversity of views and on this basis reconstruct to some extent the forty year-long history of Tuol Sleng as major landmark in the Cambodian traumascape. We propose to look at different registers and mediums of expression and to examine how these articulate emotional, moral, and political demands. We also intend to investigate the transformation of narratives in and around Tuol Sleng in the context of transition into the postcolonial and the post-Cold War era. We are interested in discussing how this affects the historical function of S-21/Tuol Sleng, what aspects are excluded or left untouched in the process, and finally how the museum shapes the remembrance and understanding of the Cambodian Genocide.

Topics might include:

The role of Tuol Sleng in memory politics in Cambodia since 1979
The transnational construction of S-21 archives
Tuol Sleng and the trial of Duch at the ECCC
Eyewitnesses past and present.
The museum as pedagogical, experiential, and performative tool
Tuol Sleng in movies, artworks, and social media
Dark tourism and memory industry

Those interested are encouraged to contact the seminar organizers before submitting their abstract through the ACLA’s online submission portal.

How to apply:

See full abstract: site ACLA http://www.acla.org

Online submission: site ACLA

Deadline: Proposals due September 23, 2016.

Contacts:

Stephanie Benzaquen: benzaquen@eshcc.eur.nl

Anne-Laure Poree: alporee@gmail.com

Vicente Sanchez-Biosca: Vicente.sanchez@uv.es

International conference on South East Asian Studies in Japan, 14-16 December, Kobe, Japan

FELLOWSHIPS

The Center for Khmer Studies (CKS)’s PhD. And Senior Fellowship for 2017-18 is now open.

American, Cambodian and French scholars are eligible to apply. The application deadline is November 15, 2016. For more information about the fellowship and relevant application forms, scholars are advised to consult the following pages:

For Cambodian and U.S. Scholars, please follow this link:

http://www.khmerstudies.org/fellowships/usa-fellowships

For French scholars, please follow this link:

http://www.khmerstudies.org/fellowships/french-fellowships

PUBLICATIONS

BIDDULPH, R., 2011, Tenure Security Interventions in Rural Cambodia, [in] Geografiska annaler B, pp.223-236

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BIDDULPH, R. 2015, In whose name and in whose interests? An actor-oriented analysis of community forestry in Bey, a Khmer village in Northeast Cambodia, [in] MILNE, S. & MAHANTY, S. (eds.) Conservation and Development in Cambodia: Exploring frontiers of change in nature, state and society.

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JAMMES, J., 2016,La reconnaissance du caodaïsme dans le Viêt Nam contemporain : Un jeu d’équilibriste entre passé et avenir, [in] SABOURET, J.F., GIS-Réseau Asie [on line]

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McGrew, L., 2016, Performance and Perception: The impact of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Open Socity Foundations, New York, 134 p.

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Uk, K., 2016, Salvage: Cultural Resilience Among the Jorai of Northeast Cambodia, Cornell University Press, 256p.

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Dupaigne, B.,2016,Les maîtres du fer et du feu dans le royaume d’Angkor, CNRS Editions, 441p.

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Doyle, S., 2013,City of Water: Architecture, Infrastructure and the Floods of Phnom Penh, [in] SelecterWorks, Iowa State University, pp.19-29

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Diepart, J.-C., They Will Need Land! The current land tenure situation and future land allocation needs of smallholder farmers in Cambodia, MRLG Thematic Study Series #1, Mekong Region Land Governance, Vientiane, 30p.

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Check out the new special issue about indigeneity in Asia. A number of articles in the collection are particularly relevant, including Morton et al. (transboundary Akha, including northern Thailand), Keating (transboundary Bunong, including Cambodia), Baird (Lao in Cambodia) and Baird’s introduction. The other two relate to Myanmar and Nepal.