*Call for Papers:* *Asia and the Pacific in German Culture* Friday, February 14 - Saturday, February 15, 2014 University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa *Keynote Speakers*: Doug McGetchin, Professor of History, Florida State University Author of *Indomania, Orientalism: Ancient India's Rebirth in Modern Germany *(2009) * * James Bade, Professor of German, University of Auckland, New Zealand *Editor of Karl Hanssen’s Samoan War Diaries August 1914-May 1915:* *A German Perspective on New Zealand’s Military Occupation of German Samoa* (2011) The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s German Program and Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures invite submissions for a conference that will explore the imagings of Asia and the Pacific in German culture. Inversely, papers may also focus on imagings of German culture in Asia-Pacific regions. We welcome paper proposals from a variety of disciplines: literature, cultural studies, philosophy, religion, linguistics, history, political science or personal narratives. We welcome submissions from academics, independent scholars, filmmakers, curators, artists, activists, and storytellers. *Possible topics:* · Captains’ logs on perceptions at first contact · Logs of perceptions of colonizers at first contact · Gender ideologies · Germany’s loss of its colonies at the end of World War I · Linguistics studies of, connections w/ and influences on Asia-Pacific · Perceptions of Eastern religions in 19th-century Germany · Trade and commerce between Germany and Asia-Pacific · History of trade in German cultural texts · German and Asia-Pacific commerce and labor movements of the 19th and 20th centuries · Exclusion of German history and of colonization in education in the former colonies · Defining the self vis--vis the “other” · Military vs. commercial administration in German colonies · Germany’s purchase of the Northern Pacific from Spain and WWI losses · German missionary involvement in Asia-Pacific · Contemporary relations between Germany and Asia-Pacific · Local perceptions in Asia and the Pacific of Germans · German descendants in Asia and the Pacific · Asia-Pacific migrants in both Germanies · Intellectual underpinnings of German colonialism in Asia and the Pacific Please submit abstract (300 words max) and curriculum vitae (5 pp. max) *by Fri. Aug. 16, 2013* to: [log in to unmask] Conversations are underway to publish select papers as part of a special volume or journal issue. Conference Co-organizers: Professor Sai Bhatawadekar (IPLL/Hindi), Professor Christina Gerhardt <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/llea/?page_id=754%20> (LLEA/German) and Professor Fata Simanu-Klutz (IPLL/Samoan). Generously co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor of Academic Affairs <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ovcaa/>; College of Arts and Humanities<http://www.hawaii.edu/arthum/> ; College of Languages, Linguistics and Literature<http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/> ; School of Pacific and Asian Studies <http://manoa.hawaii.edu/spas/>; Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures <http://ipll.manoa.hawaii.edu/>; and Department of Languages and Literatures of Europe and the Americas<http://manoa.hawaii.edu/llea/?page_id=41> . -- Dr. Uli Kozok Associate Professor Indonesian-Malay Language Program <http://ipll.manoa.hawaii.edu/indonesian> 2540 Maile Way, Spalding 255 Honolulu, HI 96822, USA T: +1.808.956 7574 F 956 5978 http://indonesian-online.com