19th International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) Conference

The International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) invites proposals for individual papers and panels for the 19th IAHA Conference, which will be held in Manila, Philippines, on 22-25 November 2006. It will be hosted by the Philippine Social Science Council (PSSC).

The IAHA is a loose network of historians and scholars whose geographic focus is Asia. Held every two years, the IAHA conferences provide Asian specialists an opportunity to come together and share the fruits of their scholarship.

The first IAHA conference was held in the Philippines in 1960, and the most recent was held in Taiwan in 2004. Following tradition, the 19th IAHA Conference welcomes paper and panel proposals covering a wide spectrum of interests in historical research. Papers and panels will be group under the following main themes:

* Beyond Eurocentrism and Occidentalism: Asia-Europe Comparisons
* Intercivilizational Encounters: Religion, Language, Commerce, and Technology
* Framing Asia in Global History: Labor, Culture, Commodities, and Ideology
* Business Empires, Economic Networks: The Old and The New
* The Past in Current Social Conflicts
* Historicizing Gender Hierarchies
* Continuity and Change in Political Histories
* At the Margins, Borders and Interstices of Asian History
* Coping with the Vicissitudes of Everyday Life: Health, Environment, and Culture
* Revisiting Classic Texts in Asian History
* Literature as a Window to Asian History
* Visuality, Orality, and Literacy in the Reconstruction of the Asian Past
* Archaeological Illuminations on the Asian Past
* Heritage and Cultural Preservation: A Legacy for Future Generations
* Education and the Historical Profession

Contact:
The IAHA National Organizing Committee
c/o The Philippine Social Science Council
PSSCenter, Commonwealth Ave.
Diliman, Quezon City
Philippines