CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE | 19 AUGUST 2016
China-Arabia, Encounters and Engagements
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15-16 December 2016 |
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Asia Research Institute, ARI Seminar Room |
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https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/fa7f6be3-f3f6-4f2a-bb2f-813704d58782
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The Asia Research Institute (ARI), National University of Singapore, is pleased to invite paper proposals for the Third Annual Muhammad Alagil
Conference in Arabia-Asia Studies, 15-16 December 2016, in Singapore. With a view to developing and promoting work in this area over the next few years, we invite paper proposals on
all aspects of China-Arabia relations, from the distant past, through the present and into the future. We are open to proposals from all disciplines and topics. We are also open to submissions for well-focussed panels, from groups of 3 scholars.
Examples of possible topics include:
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Geostrategy, e.g. Abbasid relations with things Chinese; patterns of Song trade and fiscal control; Mongol promotion of West Asia-East Asia political and commercial links especially
during the Yuan dynasty; Admiral Zheng He's stage-setting ventures across the Indian Ocean; Chinese development aid in the Middle East in the PRC period; China's One Belt, One Road New Silk Route initiative, encompassing infrastructure, finance and broad-based
alliances.
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Diplomacy, e.g. roles played by Chinese Muslims in different periods, opening and cultivating relations between Chinese and Arab state and non-state actors, and involving countries
along the way by land or sea; inter-state rivalry, e.g. between China and Japan in employing Chinese Muslims for state missions abroad.
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Trade goods and their broader significance, e.g. silk, porcelain, tea, incense, spices, opium, medicines, horses, oil and gas, consumer manufactures.
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Circulation of knowledges, technologies and innovations, such as paper, porcelain, cotton and silk, gunpowder, bills, cheques and currency.
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Trading emporia, economic zones and diasporic merchants in between, such as in Cairo, Suez, Jedda, Aden, Dubai, Hormuz, Kishn, Gwadar, Kashgar, Randir, Quilon, Kayilpattinam, Calcutta,
Aceh, Melaka, Riau, Singapore, Pattani, Ternate, Saigon, Hainan, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Quanzhou, Yiwu, Shanghai, Dalian, Kobe, Seoul.
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Wealth, War and the West: Trade surpluses, sovereign wealth funds, colonialism, and other shared/comparable aspects of relations with the West.
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Pilgrimages, their religious and cultural meanings, and their associated social phenomena such as learning, trade, migration, exile, intermarriage, routes and travel infrastructure,
diplomatic relations and rivalry.
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Literary, travel, historical, doctrinal, educational, genealogical, propagandistic writings and translations, connecting or comparing China with Arabia, or East and West Asia more
generally, including perceptions and imageries of each other.
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Cultural, religious, musical, intellectual and other exchanges.
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Individual experiences, e.g. of students, workers, labourers, priests, pilgrims, exiles, dancers, musicians, merchants, soldiers, travellers, diplomats, etc.
Submission of Proposals
Please submit a one-page abstract with title and a brief CV with current affiliation, email and telephone contacts to
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19 August 2016 using the paper proposal form. Selected presenters will be notified by 8 September, and should
send in a completed draft paper (5,000-8,000 words) by 15 November. Based on need and availability of funds, partial or full funding will be granted to paper presenters. Full funding covers economy class air travel to Singapore, plus board and lodging for
the duration of the conference.
Conference Convenors
Prof Engseng HO
Asia Research Institute, and Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
Dr Nisha MATHEW
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
DrWEN-Shuang
Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore
James D Sidaway :: Professor of Political Geography :: Department of Geography :: National University of Singapore :: Kent Ridge :: Singapore 117570
http://profile.nus.edu.sg/fass/geojds/stf_geojds.htm
"An indispensable guide to the inevitable"
http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9780754679752
"Transecting Security and Space in Kurdistan, Iraq"
http://epn.sagepub.com/content/47/10/2113.abstract
Geography and Geographers: Anglo-American human geography since 1945, 7th Edition
Jasmin Leila Award
http://www.rgs.org/ourwork/grants/research/jasmin+leila+award.htm