International Conference on Shan Studies

 
Rationale
            The Institute of Asian Studies (IAS), the Institute of Thai Studies, Chulalongkorn University and the Euro-Burma Office are organising the first international conference on Shan Studies in Bangkok, Thailand. The conference seeks to bring together scholars of Shan Studies from all over the world to share their knowledge and discoveries as well as to meet and promote their co-operation.

            The majority of Shan people live in the Shan State of Myanmar, in the North of Thailand, and in the South of China. There are also Shan communities in the other parts of the world. The Shan have a distinct language, and they have maintained their cultural identity up to the present. The organisers look forward to attracting the attention of and participation from scholars of Shan Studies. The fruits of the conference will contribute greatly to the building up of our awareness and knowledge on various development in political and social history, arts, language, literature, performing arts, religions and beliefs.
 
Objectives
 

1. To serve as an arena for specialists, academics, students and those interested in Shan Studies to present their research work on various aspects of Shan Studies and exchange their research findings with each other.
2. To serve as a meeting ground  for participants from Thailand and other parts of the world to create and strengthen collaboration, at national and international levels, in their studies and research on Shan Studies.

 
Activities:

1. Academic panels
2. Performing arts
3. Exhibitions: costumes/ royal palaces

 
Date of Conference
15 - 18 October 2009
 
Venue
            Chulalongkorn University

Presentation and publication

The organisers invite papers on all aspects of Shan Studies, including, anthropology, architecture, art history, environment, gender, history, literature, linguistics, music, performing arts, popular culture, religions and traditional medicine.

Each contributor will have approximately 30 minutes for presentation. The languages to be used in the conference will be English and Thai.

A selection of the papers presented will be published in an edited volume within a year after the conference. The paper should be submitted by 1 September 2009. The paper should not exceed 10,000 words and it should include appropriate bibliography and citations.
Abstract submissions
 
An abstract of not more than 300 words (using 1” margins on all sides and 12 pt font size and submitted as attachments, in MS Word or PDF format) is requested to send to the organisers by 28 February 2009 at e-mail: shan.studies@yahoo.com or shanstudies@chula.ac.th   Please provide the title of the paper, the name of the author/authors, the affiliation of author/authors, and contact details.
 
The conference organizers will then decide which abstracts to accept. We will then extend invitations to the authors of the selected abstracts to
prepare and present their papers to the conference. All abstracts submitted in time will be published in the abstract booklet. The organizers also reserve the right to solicit papers, if necessary, from individuals who did not submit abstracts.
 
For abstract submission, more information or inquiry, please contact
 
Mrs. Charunee Lucktong.
Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University,
7^th Floor, Prachadhipok-Rambhai Barni Building,
Phyathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330. THAILAND
Telephone: 662 – 218 – 7463-4   Fax: 662-255-1124
Email: charunee.l@chula.ac.th

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