Water in Mainland Southeast Asia

A cross-disciplinary workshop on the many aspects of Water in Mainland Southeast Asia - organized by the Centre for Khmer Studies (CKS), Siem Reap, Cambodia, and the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden/Amsterdam, the Netherlands - is planned to take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, from

30 November – 2 December 2005

In Mainland Southeast Asia water (rivers, lakes, coastal zones) is of utmost importance to all aspects of life. This workshop will pay attention to the role of water in people’s livelihoods divided over three sub-themes: (1) Trade and commerce (local and foreign trade, transport, port cities); (2) Natural resource use and management (rice cultivation, fisheries, water quality, environmental changes), and; (3) Socio-cultural life (rites of passages, traditional medicine, religion).

The organizing committee invites scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds (history, economy, political science, anthropology, environmental sciences) to submit an abstract for the workshop. Papers transcending national boundaries on the above-mentioned themes are strongly encouraged. The proceedings of the workshop will be published.

The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 1 January 2005. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and a CV should be included.

Please send your abstract (or queries) to Dr Wil Dijk, IIAS affiliated fellow
wil.dijk@compaqnet.nl or iiasfellowships@let.leidenuniv.nl