*CALL FOR PAPERS*



Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf, Chair, Department of Southeast Asian Studies,
Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany;



Prof. Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak, Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains
Malaysia, and



Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ampuan Dr Haji Brahim Bin Ampuan Haji Tengah, Faculty of
Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Brunei Darussalam



invite interested scholars to participate in the following jointly organised
International Seminar:

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*Merantau: *

*Imagining Migration in the Malay World.*

*International Seminar in Honour of Prof. E. U. Kratz*





DATE AND VENUE: University of Frankfurt, Germany, 30-31 March 2011



DEADLINE: Paper title and abstract: 20 Dec. 2010; full paper: 15 March 2011.



No conference fee for paper presenters. Presenters are expected to find
their own funding for travel and hotel costs.

* *

*On the topic of the seminar:*



Located at the major sea route between East and South Asia, Insular
Southeast Asia has a long tradition of migration, exchange and cultural
contact, both in the region and internationally. This International Seminar
is mainly focusing on the traces of this long-standing flow of ideas in the
imagination of Indonesia and the Malay World. In this, concepts of
migration, exchange, and cultural contact from Insular Southeast Asia, such
as *merantau*, are an important point of departure for the analysis of the
underlying cultural and social process. With this framework, this
International Seminar is also conducted in honour of Professor E.U. Kratz as
one of the precursors in the study of mutual literary influence between
Insular Southeast Asia and Europe. Contributions from a multitude of
disciplinary perspectives are highly welcome.



*Conference languages*: English and Malay. The organisers plan for a
conference publication in English aimed toward a broader international
audience. If enough Malay-language contributions are presented, a separate
Malay-language publication might be possible.





Please send your paper title and abstract to:



SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

“Merantau. Imagining Migration in the Malay World”

c/o Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf (Frankfurt) and Dr. Rahimah Abdul Hamid
(USM/Frankfurt)

Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies

Goethe-University Frankfurt

Senckenberganlage 31

60325 Frankfurt



Tel./Fax: ++49-69-798-28445

Email: Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf [log in to unmask] or Dr. Rahimah Abdul Hamid (
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The convenors would be very pleased if you could pass on this Call for
Papers to other scholars who might also be interested to participate. Thank
you!


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Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf
Director, Interdisciplinary Centre for East Asian Studies (IZO)
Chair, Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies
Goethe-University of Frankfurt
Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt
Germany
Phone: ++49-69-798-23643
Fax: ++49-69-798-28445
Email: [log in to unmask]





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