When: Friday, 19 April 2013 to Sunday, 21 April 2013
Where: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (Pyle Center)
The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Center for Lao Studies (CLS) are pleased to announce that the Fourth International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS) will be held on April 19-21, 2013 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The main objective of the conference is to promote Lao studies, broadly defined, by providing an international forum for scholars to present and discuss various aspects of Lao Studies. Conference information (as well as information on previous International Lao Studies Conferences) can also be accessed at the Center for Lao Studies Conference website.
Theme
The theme of the Fourth International Conference on Lao Studies is ‘Lao Studies’ as well as ‘The diverse ethnic groups of Laos’. However, this conference intends to accommodate all academic scholarship in the social sciences and humanities related to Laos, and peoples linked either to identifying as Lao or to the country of Laos more generally, including people from all ethnic groups in Laos, and diaspora communities all over the world.
Description
The conference will bring together Lao Studies scholars and researchers from all disciplines in the social sciences and humanities, and all intellectual and political perspectives, to share paper presentations, panel presentations, exhibits, performances, and cultural activities.
PROCEDURES and TIMELINES
- Please submit abstracts in English before October 31, 2012
- Submit abstracts electronically, sending preferably a Microsoft word file (document) in an e-mail attachment to 4thinternationallaostudiescon@gmail.com (see here for specific instructions regarding preparing abstracts)
For further information, see here, or for discussion of the previous conference in Khon Kaen, Thailand, in 2010, see here, here, and here.
Please consider joining us!
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Would join for sure if the venue was nearer to Laos/Thailand…
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Although we have already received a large number of abstract submissions for the 4th International Lao Studies conference, we have decided to extend the deadline for submissions from October 31, 2012 to November 30, 2012. That is because some people contacted us and asked for more time to prepare their abstracts. That means that there is still time, so please consider joining us for this conference.
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The deadline for submitting abstracts for the 4th International Lao Studies Conference has now passed, and we are pleased with the large number of abstracts that have come in. We are looking forward to an excellent conference!
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Greetings,
The 4th International Conference on Lao Studies, which was convened at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, from April 19-21, 2013, was successfully completed yesterday. There were 125 presenters organized into 38 panels at the conference, and a total of 250 people attended. There were many presentations of interest. For example, there were panels related to hydropower dam development, large-scale economic land concessions, the impacts of UXOs, resettlement issues, and swidden and other agriculture in Laos. There were also round table panels focused on the ongoing impact of Sombath Somphone and the present circumstances of ethnic minorities/indigenous peoples in Laos. Bruce Shoemaker made a presentation about Sombath Somphone just before Yves Goudineau’s keynote address, which was focused on ethnicity and resettlement issues in Laos.
The conference program, and all the abstracts from the conference, can be found at:
http://seasia.wisc.edu/Lao%20Studies/LaoConferenceHomepage.htm
An edited book with a selection of the best papers from the conference will be produced in the future.
Stay tuned for the 5th International Conference on Lao Studies, which will be held at Thammasat University in Bangkok, Thailand in 2016.
Cheers,
Ian Baird
Co-Chair
4th International Conference on Lao Studies
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