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New Publication: Perspectives
We are pleased to announce the latest publication of Perspectives that tackles the important topic of Pandemic Politics and the Peripheries.
This second Perspectives publication features two prominent scholars: Victor King on The Covid-19 Pandemic and the Marginalised: Tourism as a Southeast Asian Case and Kathryn Robinson on Global Inequality, the SDGs and COVID-19: What About Women (and Girls)?
To visit the Editor-in-Chief’s editorial note and the respective Perspectives articles, please visit this link.
Announcement – Call for Book Reviews
IJAPS welcomes critical book reviews that are relevant to the study of Asia Pacific in the following disciplines: politics, history, indigenous languages and literature, religion, man and the environment, ethno-history, anthropology, cultural heritage, social issues, economic development, war and conflict resolution, prehistory and archaeology, and the arts.
The books to be reviewed should be:
- recent / latest publications that have been produced within the last one year
- innovative and original, or provide findings that are relevant or significant to the field
If you are interested in reviewing a book for us, please contact the Book Review Editors, Dr. Tan Chee Seng (tancs@usm.my) and/or Dr. Ku Boon Dar (kubd@usm.my), with details of the book (author, title, publisher, and publication year).
IJAPS also welcomes recommendations of new books for review in IJAPS, which should ideally be accompanied by suggestions of suitable reviewers for the recommended books.
IJAPS New Look & Section
IJAPS is pleased to make two important announcements:
First, our website has been updated with a new banner and logo design that better reflects who we are and what our journal is about.
Second, today we officially launch a new section titled Perspectives, which aims to capture significant views and voices about Asia Pacific in the here and now.
Published twice a year, and focused on specific themes, Perspectives features experts from academia and other fields, including the arts, performance and the media, who share their perspectives on topical issues that are relevant to their work and Asia Pacific.
Brought to you in this inaugural publication are three eminent scholars: (1) Shirley Geok-lin Lim, an award-winning poet and author, and Professor Emerita of English Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara; (2) Louise Edwards, the Scientia Professor of Chinese History at the University of New South Wales, Sydney; and (3) Ooi Keat Gin, formerly Professor of History from USM, the founding editor of IJAPS, and presently the Honorary Advisor of IJAPS.
IJAPS Vol. 16, No. 2
We are pleased to announce the latest publication of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2.
All articles in this latest issue can be accessed via this link.
We take this opportunity to thank our contributors, reviewers and the production time for making this yet another timely publication.
IJAPS Vol. 16, No. 1 (2020) Published
We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), Vol. 16, No. 1 (Jan 2020) is now online, featuring the following contributions:
- Local community and policy maker perspectives on sustainable livelihoods, tourism, environment and waste management in Siem Reap/Angkor, Cambodia, by Tahmina Rashid
- Empowerment issues in Japan’s care industry: Narratives of Filipino nurses and care workers under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) labour scheme, by Ron Bridget T. Vilog, Ma. Keren Happuch D. Arroyo and Tezla Gael G. Raquinio
- The centrality of “fringe history”: Diaspora, the Internet and a new version of Vietnamese prehistory, by Liam C. Kelley
- The “Pauk Phaw” narrative and China’s relations with Myanmar since the 1950s, by Zhu Tingshu and Morakot Meyer
- Book review: Ethnic and religious identities and integration in Southeast Asia, by Victor T. King
All articles can be accessed via this link.
On behalf of the publisher and the journal, we congratulate our authors and contributors, and we look forward to publishing more quality research works in the future.
Call for Paper: The Sixth International Conference on Tainan Studies, 2020 Art and Material Culture in the Tainan Area
Please note that IJAPS merely publishes this announcement. For inquiries regarding contents of the announcement, please liaise using contact details provided below.
CONFERENCE TOPIC
Tainan is spontaneously seen as a place with a rich tangible and intangible cultural heritage. This has its roots in the history of lowland indigenous people and Han immigration, but also results from previous trade relations with the outside world and the different functions that successive authorities on the island attributed to this locus. Long-lasting Taiwanese capital of traditional artistic expressions and know-hows, Tainan has also become the chief-place of their preservation and research on restoration, while making them resources for the cultural promotion of the region.
In addition to the historical buildings and sites attached to highly contrasted periods of the past, showing remarkable and varied architectural styles, the city and the hinterland count myriads of temples that are the repositories of age-old material culture, as well as innumerable religious celebrations that form the crucible of intangible culture; both facets constitute the pillars that support their transmission and stimulate a traditional aesthetic with flamboyant aspects, engaging all the senses.
Tainan has also been keen to create a dynamic around new institutions such as Tainan Art Museums I & II, the redeployed Chimei Museum, art galleries, art exhibitions, and to welcome more and more public concerts, dance and theatre performances. A number of performing arts troupes have a sustained local action. Besides, several cultural parks have established artist residencies where works of art rooted in their environment are born, accomplished by Taiwanese or foreign artists who have come to meet the inhabitants and have drawn from their life stories. On the other side, the inhabitants have always been strongly attachment to their region and are aware of what it represents for Taiwan’s history and culture.
This leads us to consider cultural and artistic life in the relation between the center and the periphery (and this is all the more interesting because Tainan has also been a center in the past), between the north and south of the island and, locally, between the city and the countryside. And moreover to tackle the subjects of cultural roots, the affirmation of identity through art, and aesthetics as a capital of distinction.
Aside from encouraging the illustration and analysis of this artistic, creative and traditional abundance of Tainan, this conference also aims to invite researchers to address a broader theme, concerning ‘art’ in its relationship to ‘place’, based on what we see in Tainan, or starting from Tainanese experiences in comparison with those of other places, including overseas. In this regard, the following questions can be asked: What is the relationship that artists and works of art maintain with the spaces they invest? How is a territory embodied by artistic expression? Can a work of art become a “lieu de mémoire”? What makes the sensory, emotional or ideal anchoring in a particular place a unique experience and how is it projected in the field of art?
CONTENT OF PRESENTATIONS
The presentations should be in line with Taiwan studies in the humanities and social sciences. All periods are concerned. The fields considered are: visual arts in the broadest sense, including film and architecture, applied art and handicraft, music, performing arts, live performances. Poetry and literature, which alone would deserve a symposium, are not included here.
Possible interests and orientations for papers might include:
- Museums, public or private collections, galleries, exhibitions;
- Architecture in the city, in the countryside, monuments, sites and parks;
- Material culture and restoration, know-hows and skills;
- Music and performing arts: traditional, past, present;
- Temples: architecture and decoration, votive statuary, objects;
- Aesthetic arrangements of rituals (objects, costumes, gestures, voice-music-sounds);
- Content, graphic depiction and aesthetics on ancient maps and historical illustrations;
- The new place of art in the public space of Tainan (public sculptures, installations, “painted villages”, living spaces embellished by local residents, routes performances and outdoor performances, etc.);
- Tainan’s artist residencies: creation, interactions, works of art, exhibitions;
- Tainan’s place in Taiwan’s visual art, art history and art criticism;
- Art and identity (local, ethnic, national) from Tainan’s standpoint.
CONFERENCE INFORMATION
Dates and venue of the conference:
Dates: October 17-18, 2020 (Saturday and Sunday)
Venue: The National Center for Research & Preservation of Cultural Properties (Ministry of culture, Bureau of Cultural Heritage) B1 International Conference Hall (No. 1-1, Zhongzheng Rd., West Central Dist., Tainan City 700, Taiwan)
Abstract submission due on February 23, 2020.
Please submit by the deadline a tentative paper title and a 350-word abstract (English) or a 500-word abstract (Chinese) and 5 keywords, as well as a copy of your curriculum vitae. Proposals will be evaluated by the Conference planning committee.
- For accepted proposals, full papers will be due on August 31, 2020.
- Languages of the conference and financial support:
- The abstract and paper can be written in either English or Chinese. The languages of the conference will be Chinese and English.
- Travel costs and living expenses during the conference will be covered by the organizers.
CONTACT
Please send your submission and questions to:
WEN Sheng-Chih 溫勝智 (ICTAHR’s scientific assistant)
E-mail: ic.tahr@gmail.com
Tel: 886 (0)6 7212338 or 886 (0)6 6324453
No 245, Liu-an Village, Jiali District, Tainan City, 72242, Taiwan.
ORGANIZATION
Organizers: The International Center for Tainan Area Humanities and Social Sciences Research (ICTAHR) & The Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government
Co-organizer: Bureau of Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture (The National Center for Research and Preservation of Cultural Properties)
Joint organizers: College of Liberal Arts (National Chen Kung University) &
Department of Art History (Tainan National University of the Arts).
Conference coordinators:
- Fiorella Allio (艾茉莉) (CNRS, France / ICTAHR, Tainan)
- Yen Ting-yu (ICTAHR, Tainan)
IJAPS Winner of CRÈME 2019
The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) is once again selected as the recipient of the CRÈME award for year 2019, accorded by the Ministry of Education Malaysia.
The award was first introduced in 2015 under CREAM (which has now been rebranded to CRÈME) as a recognition to highly performing scholarly journals in the country. It is also an incentive to promote continued excellence in research and publications, maintaining visibility in major databases, and attracting top researchers to showcase their breakthrough findings.
The award ceremony was held on 5 November 2019 at Zenith Hotel, Putrajaya. IJAPS was represented by Associate Editor, Dr. Grace V.S. Chin.
This is the third time IJAPS given the award, after winning it in 2015 and 2016.
The journal and the publisher, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia are honoured with this recognition.
IJAPS Vol. 15, No. 2 (2019) Published
We are delighted to inform our readers that the second, latest issue of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies for 2019 (Vol. 15, No. 2) is now published.
In this latest publication, six contributions and articles of of diverse disciplines and geographical spread are made available for downloads. All of the contents published are licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY).
Articles published are as the following:
- Moscow’s Great Power Dilemmas: The Role of Asiatic Russia in Russia-China Relations, by Rafael Contreras-Luna
- When Does a Newborn Democracy Fail? Evidence from South Korea’s Second Democratic Regime, 1960-1961, by Inhye Heo
- An Investigation of Archaeological Remains at Lamreh Site, Aceh, Indonesia and Their Context Within the Lamuri Kingdom, by Amir Husni, Saryulis, Husaini Ibrahim and Mokhtar Saidin
- Education Governance Reforms and Skills Certification of Filipino Entertainment Workers Exported to Japan (1994-2004), by Mark Maca
- South Korea’s (Incomplete) Middle-Power Diplomacy Toward ASEAN, by Brendan Howe and Min Joung Park
- The Filipinos and the Philippines in Nora Cruz Quebral’s Development Communication Discourse: Strengthening Communication’s Groundedness in a Nation’s Context, by Romel A. Daya
The journal and the publisher, Penerbit USM (USM Press) thank our contributors, reviewers and readers for their continued support to the journal.
IJAPS Vol. 15, No. 1 (2019) Published
The International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies is delighted to inform our readers that our latest publication, Vol. 15, No. 1 (January 2019) is now published.
In this latest issue, articles of multi disciplines and geographical spread are made available for downloads. All of the contents published are open access and licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY).
Full articles can be accessed and downloaded here.
The journal and the publisher, Penerbit USM (USM Press) thank our contributors, reviewers and readers for their continued support to the journal.
IJAPS Vol. 14, No. 2 (2018) Published
We are delighted to inform our readers that the second, latest issue of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies for 2018 is now published.
In this latest issue, 10 articles of diverse disciplines and geographical spread are made available for downloads. All of the contents published are licensed under Creative Commons (CC-BY).
Article list:
- Tourism and Erik Cohen in Thailand: Comparisons, Impacts, Mobilities and Encounters, by Victor T. King
- The Value of Knowledge in the Malay Mind: A Cognitive Semantic Analysis, by Khazriyati Salehuddin
- The Effect of Education on Income Inequality in Selected Islamic Countries, by Abolfazl Shahabadi, Morteza Nemati and Seyed Ehsan Hosseinidoust
- Making History in Borneo: Ong Sum Ping and His Others During the Late Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties, by Johannes L. Kurz
- The Samoan Side: How Sia Figiel Debunks Orientalism in Where We Once Belonged, by Sadiya Abubakar
- Ganesa and His Cult in Contemporary Thailand, by Ruchi Agarwal and William J. Jones
- Space-Time Formations in the South Indian Tamil Popular Film Kannathil Muthamittal, by Ramesh Loganathan, Shanthini Pillai and Pramela Krish
- Private Law Schools in Indonesia: Their Development, Governance and Role in Society, by V. Selvie Sinaga
- Book Review: Chinese Ways of Being Muslim: Negotiating Ethnicity and Religiosity in Indonesia, by Maszlee Malik and Hamidah Mat
- Book Review: The Malayan Emergency: Essays on a Small, Distant War, by Ahmad Abu Talib
The journal and the publisher, Penerbit USM (USM Press) thank our contributors, reviewers and readers for their continued support to the journal.
