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June 2013

June
05
2013
Conference

- Call for Applications -
Europe Meets China: A Forum for Young Leaders
(Berlin; June 5th – 9th, 2013)
www.icd-emc.org

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a number of new and exciting opportunities available in the field of Cultural Diplomacy and also wish to bring to your attention our forthcoming International Conferences and Young Leaders’ Weeklong Seminars, to be hosted by the ICD in partnership with other prestigious organizations.

June
12
2013
Conference

The conference deals with recent physical transformations and developments of Southeast Asian cities. This broadly defined geographical area is characterised in part by the diversity of its human settlements, which historically have experienced intense cultural exchanges with each other and with other cultures from beyond Southeast Asia. These historic interactions have led to the creation of distinctive spatial cultures.
June
13
2013
Lecture

'Pirate' is what I'm Not: The role of the 'Southeast Asian Pirate' in the Discourse of Legitimation for European Colonial Adventurism

(Adjusted Title) Pirate is what I'm not: The use of the term 'Pirate' from the age of colonialism to the current discourse on maritime security in Southeast Asia
June
14
2013
Roundtable

Roundtable Questions

Farish Noor will kick-off the roundtable by speaking about the recent 'invasion' of East Malaysia by Southern Filipinos who claim an ancestral right to their 'native land'. He uses this example as a way to look at the question of the postmodern postcolonial nation state in Asia and is concerned with the following questions:
June
20
2013
Seminar

Abstract:
Over the last decade, massive Chinese investment and migration have deeply reshaped the socio-economic landscape of northern
Laos. This presentation seeks to examine the specificity of China’s engagement in Laos. The peripheral case of Laos highlights the
possibility of analysing China’s rise from a perspective other than that of neo-colonialism.
June
21
2013
Symposium

Barend ter Haar Farewell Symposium.

Everyone is welcome!

Programme

10:30 Welcome

10:45-11:30 Adam Smith: “Literacy in the Shang”

11:30-12:15 Paul van Els: “The Master said... or did he?”

lunch

13:45-14:30 Imre Galambos: “Literacy in Dunhuang material”

14:30-15:15 Dirk Meyer: “The Gùmìng 顧命 (Testimonial charge) and the production of memory in Warring States politico-philosophical debate”

tea

15:45-16:45 Valerie Hansen: “Writing and literacy on the silk road”