CALL FOR PAPERS
The Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany;
the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia;
and the Department of Malay Studies, National University of Singapore
invite interested scholars to participate in the following jointly organised International
Seminar:
Trade and Finance in the Malay World:
Historical and Cultural Perspectives
DATE AND VENUE: University of Frankfurt, Germany, 17-18 June 2010
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.
On the topic of the seminar:
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 Malaylanguage
contributions are presented, a separate Malay-language publication might be
possible.
Convenors:
Prof. Dr. Arndt Graf, Department of Southeast Asian Studies, Goethe-University 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, Department 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
Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies
Goethe-University Frankfurt
Senckenberganlage 31
60325 Frankfurt
Tel./Fax: ++49-69-798-28445
Email: arndtgraf@yahoo.de
The convenors would be very pleased if you could pass on this Call for Papers to other
scholars who might also be interested to participate. Thank you!
