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| Dr. Jai Maharaj |
 Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:35 am |
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FIRST INTL CONF ON ACEH AND INDIAN OCEAN STUDIES, 24-27 FEB 2007
Forwarded message
[ Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007
First International Conference of Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies
24-27 February 2007
Swiss BelHotel, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Aceh has been the focus of an unprecedented international
rehabilitation effort in response to the devastating
earthquake and tsunami of 26 December 2004. During this
process it has also begun the transition from war to peace
as a consequence of the August 2005 Memorandum of
Understanding between the Indonesian Government and the
Aceh Independence Movement.
At the mid-point of the reconstruction effort, and 18
months on from the peace, it is necessary to take stock of
what the world has learned from Aceh, and Aceh from the
world, during these processes. This will be the first
international conference to bring together both experts on
Acehnese society and history, and those who have been
intensively concerned with post-tsunami developments.
Conscious of Aceh's historic role as Indonesia's point of
intersection with the Indian Ocean world, the Conference
will play particular attention to the geographical,
historical, commercial and religious factors that linked
Aceh to these two worlds. As the effects of the tsunami
were felt around the Indian Ocean littoral, comparative
analyses of both disaster relief and peace-making in this
region will be welcomed.
This conference is sponsored by the Rehabilitation and
Reconstruction Executing Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) and
the Asia Research Institute, NUS, Singapore. The cost of
invited speakers will be met by funds generously provided
by BRR. Participants should plan to arrive in Banda Aceh on
February 23rd. The Conference will be followed, on 27th
February, by a planning meeting of invited potential
stakeholders in an International Centre for Aceh and Indian
Ocean Studies.
The papers of the conference will form the basis of a path-
breaking book, to be published in both English and
Indonesian.
The three-day conference will contain the following panels:
1. Seismology, geology and environmental impact
2. History of Aceh and the Indian Ocean world
3. Language, culture and society
4. Post-tsunami relief, reconstruction and disaster
mitigation
5.Conflict resolution, peace-making and democratisation
issues
6. Islam, law and society
For more information on the conference please refer to the
following link:
http://www.ari.nus.edu.sg/events_categorydetails.asp?categoryid=6&eventid=539
REGISTRATION
Expressions of interest to attend the conference should be
addressed to Miss Alyson Rozells (ariaar@nus.edu. sg) for
International Participants or to Mr Sidik Permana
(sidik.permana@ brr.go.id) for Indonesian Participants by
31 January 2007.
Kindly click here for the Registration Form à Conference
Registration Form
Kindly click here for the Tentative Conference Programme à
Programme
ACADEMIC ORGANIZERS:
Prof. Anthony Reid, Director, Asia Research Institute
aridir@nus.edu.sg
Assoc. Prof., Michael Feener, ARI/FASS, NUS
arifm@nus.edu.sg
Dr Patrick Daly, Asia Research Institute
aripd@nus.edu.sg
Sher Banu, Ph.D. Candidate, Queen Mary, University of London
sbanuaidi@yahoo.com.sg
SECRETARIAT:
Alyson Rozells, ARI ariaar@nus.edu.sg; (65) 6516 8787
Aidi Abdul Rahim, ARI ariv23@nus.edu.sg
Fuad Mardhatillah, BRR fuad.mardhatillah@brr.go.id
Sidik Permana, BRR sidik.permana@brr.go.id
Lead me from the unreal to the Real;
Lead me from darkness to Light;
Lead me from death to Immortality.
Asato ma sad gamaya
Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
Mrtyor maamrtam gamaya
Brhadaranyaka Upanishad
End of forwarded message
Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/27wukl
http://www.mantra.com/jai
http://www.mantra.com/jyotish
Om Shanti |
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