MCLC: Un-thinking Asian Migrations

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Vanessa Ward <vanessa.ward at otago.ac.nz>
Subject: Un-thinking Asian Migrations--cfp
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SCall for Papers
Un-thinking Asian Migrations: Spaces of flows and intersections
25-26 August 2014, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

 
The Asian Migrations Research Theme is a collective of scholars working in
Asian Studies at the University of Otago, that focuses on movements of
peoples and ideas––past and present––in East, South, and South-East Asia
and into the Pacific (encompassing the Pacific Islands, Australia, and New
Zealand). It engages with the fields of diaspora, intercultural, global,
and transnational studies, which have grown over the last twenty years to
become key frameworks for understanding culture beyond the boundaries of
one nation. We see significant shortcomings in the current theories and
methodologies of Asian migration and diaspora and especially in their
application to the Asia-Pacific region. Our focus on Asian migrations
allows us to highlight and address these shortcomings and to develop new
approaches. The goal of the Theme is to develop a theoretical and
methodological framework for understanding the Asia-Pacific region as
comprised by movements of peoples, ideas, and commodities.

 
This symposium sets out to question and challenge current Asian migration
studies. It aims to build upon the interdisciplinary foundations inherent
in the field and, as the area begins to reach maturity, suggests that
there is now a need to broaden, re-think and more importantly, un-think
how Asian migration studies are currently conceived. The conference
proposes that a broadening of the concept of migration should encompass
the movement of ideas, cultures, and objects (as well as people) to offer
new, different and fruitful avenues of research that embrace the diversity
of scholarship in this field.

 
The Asian Migrations Research Theme at the University of Otago invites
abstracts for individual papers and panels for this symposium.

 
Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words; abstracts for panels should
provide the title of the panel, detail the scope of the panel, and
identify the convenor.

 
Abstracts should be submitted to asian.migrations at otago.ac.nz by 30 March
2014.
 

Please forward this CFP to any interested colleagues; apologies for
cross-posting.

Kind regards,

Vanessa
on behalf of the Asian Migrations Research Theme

Vanessa B. Ward (Dr.)

Lecturer in East Asian History
Department of History & Art History
University of Otago
Tel +64 3 479 8787
Vanessa.Ward at otago.ac.nz
http://www.otago.ac.nz/historyarthistory/
http://www.facebook.com/OtagoHistoryAndArtHistory