Dear all,



EUROSEAS 2007: Naples 12 - 15 September 2007



Call for Papers



Panel Title: The Cold War in Southeast Asia: New Sources and Interpretations



Chair: Anthony Reid, Director Asia Research Institute




The Panel


The goal of this Panel is to bring together scholars working of diverse aspects
of the history of the Cold War in Southeast Asia so as to explore new resources,
new perceptions and new possibilities in this area. In the light of the
emergence of hitherto closed archival materials in China, Russia and in
Southeast Asia itself, the appearance of new memoirs by revolutionary
strategists and fighters, and a willingness on all sides to examine anew the
history of the years 1948-80, it is hoped that through new interpretations of
the period it will be possible to better address and overcome the cleavages
which emerged in Southeast Asia during those years.


Papers could address any of the following areas of investigation:


1) The collection, translation and analysis of the fast-disappearing memories of
key members of the Communist Party of Malaya and the Sarawak Communist Party,
analogous figures in the labour movement and various fronts, and of the key
figures involved in their suppression. We are looking particularly for hitherto
obscure evidence of connections between Southeast Asia and China, and among SE
Asian parties and peoples.


2) Ditto for communist and united front movements in Thailand, Indonesia and
Burma and, if papers are offered, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos and Cambodia.


3) Accessing the newly-opening archives of Beijing, and those of Taiwan, on the
relations of the CCP and the KMT to Southeast Asian movements on both sides of
the Cold War.


4) Documenting the cultural expressions of both the political left and the right
in the 1950s-1970s, including the Southeast Asian expressions of socialist
realism and the Cultural Revolution, and the invasion of US popular culture and
its local adaptations.


5) The battle for history, in terms of the textbook constructions of the new
states on both sides of the bamboo curtain of their respective histories and
identities.


6) Analysis of the way in which the Cold War affected the longer-term
adjustments of Asian states to modernity, including the international diplomatic
and security systems, national integration and majority-minority relations,
national culture, and the viability of the new states in themselves.



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Please submit expressions of interest or proposals and short (up to 350 words)
abstracts to:



Geoff Wade, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, AS7, 5
Arts Link, NUS, Singapore 117570



Email: arigpw@... <mailto:arigpw@...> Tel: (+65) 6516 4562



NB: Unfortunately, the organisers have no financial assistance to offer to
participants in this panel

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Thanks

Geoff Wade

arigpw@... <mailto:euroseas@yahoogroups.com>



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