Fw: H-ASIA: CFP: Penang and the Indian Ocean (17 and 18 September 2011)

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Mar 2 2011

CFP: Penang and the Indian Ocean (17 and 18 September 2011)
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From: Loh Wei Leng <loh.weileng@gmail.com>

Penang and the Indian Ocean

Penang has long been at the centre of inter-regional networks of
exchange.
Although much work has focused on Penang's position within a Chinese
maritime world of commerce and migration, less attention has been paid
to
Penang's equally significant connections with South Asia. This
workshop—which forms part of the broader Penang Story 2 project—aims to
bring together scholars with interests in Penang's role as a gateway
to the
Indian Ocean over the past two centuries.

The workshop will examine the multiple networks, imperial, commercial,
cultural, and

biographical, that linked Penang with the littorals of the eastern
Indian
Ocean, stretching from Burma and Sri Lanka to the "Coromandel Coast" of
India. How might Penang be treated as a site through which to examine
the
density of cultural and economic interactions in the Indian Ocean
world, and
between the regions conventionally divided into South and Southeast
Asia?
How have Penang's urban landscape, its population, and the development
of
its civic culture borne the imprint of its Indian Ocean connections? How
does Penang's Indian Ocean history feature in popular and official
memory in
the present day, and with what implications for the future?

We invite proposals that investigate any aspect of Penang's Indian Ocean
history, broadly

conceived. Topics might include: migration, the interactions between
multiple diasporas, trade and flows of material culture, and the
history of
political and religious ideas.

Paper proposals of 300 words should be sent to
penangindianocean@gmail.comby 15 March 2011. Regretfully, we are
unable to offer financial support for
travel to successful applicants, who are asked to find funding from
their
own institutions, if available, or from external sources. However,
discounted rates for accommodation can be arranged.

The conference will be held on 17 and 18 September 2011 in Penang (at a
venue to be determined). The convenors are Professor Loh Wei Leng
(University of Malaya, ret'd.), Dr Tim Harper (University of
Cambridge) and
Dr Sunil Amrith (University of London).

website:http://www.thinkcity.com.my/penangstory/index.php/events

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