Trade and finance in the Malay World: historical and cultural perspectives

University of Frankfurt

Germany

17-18 June 2010

Organised by the Department of Southeast Asian Studies of the University of Frankfurt, Germany; the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia; and the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore

Deadline: Paper title and abstract: 31 Oct. 2009; full paper: 30 April 2010.

No conference fee for paper presenters. Presenters are expected to find their own funding for travel and hotel costs.

Topic

One of the major impacts of the colonial era in insular Southeast Asia was the (partial) replacement of indigenous trading classes by foreign and migrant merchants. The cultural consequences for the historical construction of ‘Malay identity’ were considerable, influencing discourses in the post-colonial Malay world to the present day. This international seminar aims at discussing both the historical evidence of the replacement process as well as its discursive representation in both historical and contemporary discourses. Contributions from a multitude of disciplinary perspectives are therefore highly welcome.

Conference languages: English and Malay. The organisers plan for a conference publication in English aimed toward a broader international audience. If enough Malay-language contributions are presented, a separate Malay-language publication might be possible.

Convenors:

Prof. Dr Arndt Graf, Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies, University of Frankfurt (arndtgraf@yahoo.de)

Prof. Dato' Dr Abu Talib Ahmad, Dean, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (atalib@usm.my)

Assoc. Prof. Dr Farid Alatas, Dept. of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore (alatas@nus.edu.sg)

Please send your paper title and abstract to:

SECRETARIAT OF THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

‘Trade and Finance in the Malay World’

c/o Prof. Dr Arndt Graf

Department of Southeast Asian Studies

University of Frankfurt

Senckenberganlage 31

60325 Frankfurt

Germany

Tel./Fax: ++49-69-798-28445

Email: arndtgraf@yahoo.de