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THE PHILIPPINES: CHANGING LANDSCAPES, HUMANSCAPES,
AND MINDSCAPES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD

(Organised by the International Institute of Asian Studies, Leiden)

Abstract Deadline:  10/1/2003

Event:
The 7th International Conference on Philippine Studies (7th ICOPHIL), Organised by the International Institute of Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden

Event Date & Location:
June 16-19, 2004; The Netherlands (Leiden-Amsterdam)

Website:
www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/icophil/

Information:
Much substantive research in Philippine studies remains to be done, but much is already being effected by a sizeable contingent of scholars all over the world, particularly in the Philippines itself. The ICOPHIL organisers are committed to provide a forum for them, and to help promote scholarship that does not remain inside the walls of academia, but contributes substantially to strategic thinking and policy making for sustainable development.

Some panel topics as suggested by the Organizing Board (naturally, other topics are also welcome):
-Nationalism and culture
-Indigenous peoples and ancestral domains
-Environmental politics
-Migration: new insights
-Conflict and conflict resolution
-State-society relations
-Issues in agrarian change
-Urban dynamics
-Old and new social movements
-Health, illness, and body politics
-Gender, class, and ethnicity: connections
-Socio-economic mobility
-Demography: the population problem revisited
-Philippine literature
-The media in social life
-Philippine studies: a state of the art
-ICT and new global Philippine entrepreneurship
-Regionalism and federalism
-Geopolitical developments in and around the Philippines

Submission Guidelines:
Proposals for panels and papers should be submitted by 1 October 2003, and be sent to IIAS at iias@let.leidenuniv.nl or by fax: +31 71 527 4162. Proposals will be refereed. Abstracts of approved papers are to be submitted by 1 December 2003. Submission of complete papers to panel organisers by 1 April 2004. The Advisory Committee decides on admission of panels and papers upon receipt of proposals/abstracts. It will also actively approach scholars to organise panels on subjects as yet sparsely covered. The Organizing Committee encourages diversity and balance in the composition of panels, in particular concerning nationality and institutional affiliation. Panels consist of three to four scholars.

Registration Information:
Registration will be in the morning of 16 June in Leiden. The participants will be transferred by bus to Amsterdam in the afternoon for the a plenary session with Opening Ceremony, Keynote Address and Reception. An evening program on current developments in the Philippines is planned in Amsterdam, after which participants will be brought back to their hotels in Leiden. 17, 18 and 19 June will be devoted to parallel panel sessions in Leiden, the closing session, and excursions. The conference will be designed in such a way that ample time for informal discussions will be available, while some extracurricular Philippine activities (special museum exhibition, photographic exhibition, film showings) are being considered.

The Conference fee is Euro 150 which covers the conference costs, book of abstracts, transport to Amsterdam for the opening session and snacks after the opening session. Participants take part in the conference at their own expense.

Contact: 
This conference website www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/icophil/ will be updated regularly from autumn 2002 onwards. Information on the conference and programme will also be published in the IIAS Newsletter regularly.

Marloes Rozing
IIAS
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
Tel. +31 (0)71 527 22 27
Fax +31 (0)71 527 41 62
E-mail: iias@let.leidenuniv.nl
Website: www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/icophil/

Posted: 4/7/2003


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