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MSAP seeks to serve as a national resource center for academics
and the
general public seeking information on Muslim societies in Asia and the
Pacific. In our newsletters we try
to reflect a diversity of topics, issues, and themes
relevant to the program's overall focus. Enjoy this week's offerings!
Mahalo,
Program Coordinators
Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific |
MSAP Graduate Assistantship
Our program is looking for new teammembers to help us take the MSAP program to new heights!
Pending position clearance and availability of funds.
Two
graduate assistant positions available Position numbers 85073 and 000GA09. Starting August 16, 2010 to May 13, 2011 for academic year 2010-2011.
more info
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Calls for Submissions
BOOK & ESSAY COMPETITION
Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) Book Awards and Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Book competition deadline: 15 May 2010
Essay competition deadline: 10 Sept. 2010more info
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
New Journal Looking for Submissions
Asia Pacific World: The Journal of the International Association for Asia Pacific Studies (IAAPS)
Ongoing
more info
Open Issue
Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of
Third World Studies
Submission deadline: 30 June 2010
more info
A Special Issue on Gender and
Economics in Muslim Communities
Feminist Economics
Journal of the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE)
Abstract deadline: 15 August 2010
more info
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Third International Ramayana Conference
18 - 19 September 2010
Submission deadline: 17 May 2010
more info
Conference
on Inter-Asian Connections II
8 - 10 December 2010
Submission deadline: 31 May 2010
more info
Fifth Annual Himalayan
Policy Research Conference: A focus on SAARC Countries
October 14 - 17 2010
Submission deadline:
30 June 2010
more info
Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Conference
31 March - 3 April 2010
Submission deadline: 5 August 2010
more info
Understanding Marketing from the Perspective of Islam
1st International Conference on Islamic Marketing and Branding
16 August 2010
more info
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Summer Courses
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I:
Religion and Identity in Southeast Asia (ASAN 491s)
Summer Session II
6 July- 13 August 2010
Monday-Friday, 10:30 - 11:45 am
more info
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY:
Justice and Peace in Pakistan (JUPS 288)
7 June 9 - July 2010
Monday - Thursday, 8:00 - 10:00 am
more info
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Events in Honolulu
EXHIBIT
The Golden Ceremony:
Weddings in Asia
11 April - 13 June 2010
East-West Center Gallery, Burns Hall
Honolulu, Hawai'i
more info
SUMMER INSTITUTE
The Silk Roads: Early Globalization and Chinese Cultural IdentitiesAsian Studies Development Program -- A Joint Project of the East-West Center and the University of Hawai'i
24 May - 25 June 2010
East-West Center
more info
LECTURE
Silk Roads: Chinese and Islamic Cultural Relations
By Morris Rossabi
17 June 2010, 7:30 pm
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu
Academy of Arts
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Events Elsewhere
The Marketplace of Creative Arts - Defining Youth and the Muslim World Through Arts
18 May 2010
(as part of the World Islamic Economic
Forum on 18 - 20 May 2010)
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Malaysia
more info
Mughal Gardens and Other Approaches to Landscape and Nature
By Professor Ebba Koch (Vienna University and Austrian Academy of Sciences)
27 May 2010
School of Oriental and African Studies
London, UK
more info
International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance: Cross Border Practices and Litigation
15 - 16 June 2010
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
more info
ASPAC (Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast) Conference 2010
18 - 20 June 2010
OF INTEREST:
"A New Silk Road? Sino-Tajik Relations in the 21st Century" by Andysheh Dadsetan, Monterey Institute of International Studies (Panel: China's Foreign Relations)
"International Response to Uyghur Separatism in Xinjiang" by Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Jawaharlal Nehru University
(Panel: Uyghurs in China)
"Uyghur Women in Xinjiang" by Elena Caprioni, University of British Columbia
(Panel: Uyghurs in China)
"Kisses from Outer Space: South Korean Images
of Central Asia" by Stephen Epstein, Victoria University of Wellington (Panel: Culture and
Politics in South Korea)
more info
21st International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA)
Conference
22 - 25 June 2010
Singapore
City, Singapore
more info
Nine Lives - In Search of the Sacred in Modern India
By William Dalrymple and the Bauls
28 June 2010
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
more info
6th Annual Southeast Asian Cinemas Conference: Circuits of Exchange (with)in Southeast Asian Cinemas
1 - 4 July 2010
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
more info
The Sixth Islamic Manuscript Conference: Central Asian Islamic Manuscripts & Manuscript Collections
8 - 10 July 2010
Queens' College
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
more info
IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research)
Braga Conference
Islam and Media Working Group
18 - 12 July 2010
Braga, Portugal
more info
Global Crossroads - The Port Clusters of Southeast Asia
and the Middle East
27 - 29 July 2010
Nalanda-Sriwijaya
Centre, ISEAS
Singapore
more info
"China on the Water"
30 - 31 July 2010
Singapore
or Xiamen, China (TBD)
more info
7th International Conference on Media, Religion and Culture
9 - 13 August 2010
Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
more info
Oceans of Sounds Conference
9 September 2010
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
more info
The Future of Faith in the Age of Globalization
18 - 19 September 2010
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
more info
Portuguese and Luso-Asian Legacies in
Southeast Asia, 1511-2011
28 - 30 September 2010
Singapore and Melaka (Malaysia)
more info
Fifth Annual Himalayan
Policy Research Conference: A focus on SAARC Countries
14 - 17 October 2010
Madison, Wisconsin
more info
1st International Conference on Islamic Marketing and Branding
29 - 30 November 2010
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
more info
Conference on Inter-Asian Connections II
8 - 10 December
2010
Singapore
WORKSHOP OF INTEREST:
Inter-Asian Temple and Trust Networks Within and Out of Southeast Asia
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Ongoing Events
Behind the Scenes: Conservation in Focus at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
10 March - 10 June 2010
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
more info
Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts at the Walters
Art
Museum
20 March - 13 June 2010
10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
(Wednesday - Sunday)
Baltimore, MD
more info
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Application deadlines
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Summer program: Expressions of Diversity - An Introduction to Muslim Cultures
Center for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures
Simon Fraser University, Canada
15 May 2010
more info
NEH Grant: Bridging Cultures The Muslim World and the Humanities
National Endowment for Humanities
1 June 2010
more info
International Institute for Asian Studies Fellowships
Leiden, The Netherlands
1 June 2010
more info
Circulation of Popular Images and Media
in Muslim Religious Spheres
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, Ohio, USA
30 June 2010
more info
INTERNSHIP
Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism
8 July - 5 August 2010
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies
Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
21 May 2010
more info
OPEN POSITIONS
Curator of Islamic Arts
Shangri La, Doris Duke Foundation
for Islamic Arts
Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
Ongoing
more info
Ieoh Ming Pei Professorship in Islamic Art and Architecture
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
17 May 2010
more info
Senior Research Associate in Shi'i Studies
Institute of Ismaili Studies
London, United Kingdom
7 June 2010
more info
Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Position in Classical Islamic history and culture American University
of Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
15 June 2010
more info
Teachers, Facilitators, and Researchers
Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
15 July 2010
more info
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The Muslim Societies in Asia and the Pacific program at the University of
Hawai'i-Mānoa, is a newly launched initiative, funded in part by the
State of Hawai'i Legislature, the School of Pacific and Asian Studies
(SPAS), and the US Department of Education. MSAP seeks to serve as a
national resource center for academics and the general public seeking
information on Muslim societies in Asia and the Pacific.
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