CALL FOR PAPERS 

For the 2016 International Conference of ISEAS-BUFS 

To be held on 27 May 2016 and hosted by: 

Institute for Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), 

Busan University of Foreign Studies (BUFS), 

Busan 46234, South Korea 

http://www.iseas.kr 

Conference Themes: 

Revisiting and Reconstructing Southeast Asian Characteristics 

  

Since 2009, the ISEAS-BUFS has been involved in a research project sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea. The umbrella agenda of the research project is “The Recognition and Construction of Southeast Asia as a Holon”.  

The first phase (September 2009 – August 2012) focused on “Outer Civilizations and Infra-Culture of Southeast Asia” and the second phase (September 2012 – August 2015) on “Regional Characteristics of Southeast Asia and Inter-Regional Comparative Studies”.  

 

We have just entered into the third phase of the research project (September 2015 - August 2019). In light of the past two phases, the third phase will attempt to put together the epistemological approaches to Southeast Asia that have been recognized during the past two phases, to come up with alternative methodologies for Southeast Asian Studies. In this regard, the next two years (2015 – 2017) will focus on “Revisiting and Reconstructing Southeast Asian haracteristics” and the following two years (2017 – 2019) will concentrate on “Methodological Quests for Southeast Asian Studies”. 

 

The 2016 International Conference of ISEAS-BUFS invites scholars who are interested in the research agenda “Revisiting and Reconstructing Southeast Asian Characteristics”. Papers may be written on a broad range of humanities and social sciences. Papers

on the following sub-themes are particularly welcomed:  

 

① Unique characteristics of Southeast Asia  ② (Re-)localization of outer civilizations in Southeast Asia  ③ Contemporary hybridization, reconstruction and transformation of Southeast Asian Characteristics  ④ Cross-cultural perspectives  of Southeast Asia Characteristics  ⑤ Methodological issues in reconstructing Southeast Asian characteristics

 

  

■ Submission of Abstracts/Paper and Journal Publication 

 

1) The one-page abstract should contain the basic arguments of the final paper. 

2) The final paper should be written in English, 5,000 to 10,000 words in length, and must conform to the Text and Manuscript Guidelines of SUVANNABHUMI: Multidisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (http://suvannabhumi.iseas.kr). 

3) Submissions should be sent via email to yekyoum@iseas.kr 

4) Schedule for Abstract/Paper 

- Deadline of abstracts, accompanied by Curriculum Vitae: 30 October 2015 

- Submission of Full Papers (for selected abstracts only): 15 April 2016 

5) After the Conference, presented papers are expected to be improved and/or revised by the authors for submission to SUVANNABHUMI: Multidisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, for consideration of publication. The articles will undergo a peer-reviewed process. 

 

■ Privileges for the Conference Participants 

1) Individual Participants (including participants proposing a panel): 

- Individual participants shall be invited according to the merits of the paper proposal. 

- Participants proposing a panel shall be invited according to the merits of the paper proposal based on the theme of the proposed panel. 

- The invited individual participants and panel participants will be provided a round trip air ticket to Busan, a 3-night free hotel accommodation, and a city tour in Busan. 

- Regardless of the travel distance, the subsidy for the cost of air tickets could not be exceeded USD 1,000. 

2) Panel Participants sponsored by other institutions 

- Any panel proposal sponsored by other institutions shall be prioritized by the Conference.  

- The panel participants sponsored by other institutions will be provided a 3-night free hotel accommodations and a city tour of Busan. No subsidy for the air tickets will be provided. 

- Upon request, the institutional title of the panel organizer or sponsor shall be posted in the list of the Conference sponsors. 

■ Contact to: 

Yekyoum KIM, Ph.D. 

HK Professor / Deputy Director 

Institute for Southeast Asian Studies, Busan University of Foreign Studies 

Mobile: +82-10-8809-0194, Office: +82-51-509-6643, Fax: +82-51-509-6649 

Email: yekyoum@iseas.kr