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We are pleased to announce another timely publication of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies’ latest issue: Vol. 12, No. 2, the second issue of 2017.

This issue consists of the following contributions by authors from various academic institutions:

• Coordinators Bridge Residents and Artists in Regional Japan: A Case Study of the Art Project Hanarart, by Shiro Horiuchi
• Constructs of Development from Inside the Development Communication Syllabi, by Jonalou S. Labor
• Arabs and “Indo-Arabs” in Indonesia: Historical Dynamics, Social Relations and Contemporary Changes, by Sumanto Al Qurtuby
• “We Are the World Itself”: The Construction of “Good” Citizenship and Deviations from It in Ergo Proxy, by Arnab Dasgupta
• Street-based Corruption in the Philippines: Exploring Kotong Frame Alignments Between Enforcers and Motorists in a City in Metro Manila, by Hannah Frances C. Bodegon, Prince Aian G. Villanueva, Janessa Polly J. Esber, Jon Christian A. Fernando, John Andrew C. Guevarra and Charles Daniell B. Valeriano
• Building a New Academic Field: The Institutionalisation of Taiwan Studies in Europe, by Hardina Ohlendorf
• The Many Faces of Tsai Ming-Liang: Cinephilia, the French Connection, and Cinema in the Gallery, by Beth Tsai
• The Passing of Emeritus Professor Nicholas Tarling
• Peter Nicholas Tarling: A Tribute, by Ooi Keat Gin
• Keynote Address – Southeast Asia: Imperial Themes, by Wang Gungwu

In addition to seven original pieces, the journal has also re-published (with permission) two articles, in tribute to one of our editorial board members, the late Emeritus Prof. Nicholas Tarling, who passed away on 13 May 2017.

We congratulate all of our authors, and we extend our appreciation to our reviewers, editorial board members and readers for continuous support to the journal and the publisher.

We are delighted to announce the latest publication of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) Vol. 13, No. 1, the journal’s first issue of 2017.

This another timely publication features the following articles (the issue can also be accessed here):

• Fundamental Liberties in the Malayan Constitution and the Search for a Balance, 1956–1957, by Joseph M. Fernando and Shanthiah Rajagopal
• Iran and Southeast Asia: An Analysis of Iran’s Policy of “Look to the East,” by Mohammad Soltaninejad
• Gendered Citizenship: A Case Study of Paid Filipino Male Live-In Caregivers in Toronto, by Dionisio Nyaga and Rose Ann Torres
• Overview of ASEAN Environment, Transboundary Haze Pollution Agreement and Public Health, by Nazia Nazeer and Fumitaka Furuoka
• Humanism in Islamic Education: Indonesian References, by Abur Hamdi Usman, Syarul Azman Shaharuddin and Salman Zainal Abidin
• Book Review: Radicals: Resistance and Protest in Colonial Malaya, by Abu Talib Ahmad

Congratulations to all authors contributing for this latest publication. We also extend our warm appreciation to our tireless reviewers and readers with the continued support and feedback.

Call for Papers:  International Conference on Tainan Area Studies

“Political, Economic and Cultural Development of the Early Tainan Region (10th-18th Century),” 20-21 October 2017

The Tainan area prides itself on being an historical, political and economic center with a cultural background. This identity defines the distinct lifestyles, customs, beliefs, and ideologies that makes Tainan an integral part of Taiwanese society. The theme of this conference highlights the early political, economic and cultural development in this region (10th–18th century). How can we envision the Tainan region as a center and crossroad for indigenous trade, religious, and cultural networks? What are the academic challenges in exploring some of the linkages between the island’s prehistory and indigenous Formosan (aboriginal) society juxtaposed with the subsequent Han migration and its settlement patterns? Of particular interest are topics that emphasize how the localization of these cultural encounters generated (or not) a unique blend of historical circumstances that characterize the Tainan area, past and present.

Panel Topics

We invite abstract submissions for the following themes:

• Archaeology and Tainan indigenous society
• Han settlement in Tainan (17th and 18th centuries)
• Cultural change and indigenous society (17th and 18th centuries)
• The Dutch East India Company in perspective
• Social and culture origins of the Nanying area (Tainan)
• The Koxinga dynasty and its international network
• New historical data and research trends (17th and 18th centuries)

Dates and Venue of the Conference

Dates: October 20-21, 2017 (Friday and Saturday)
Venue: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), No.1, University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan

Abstract Submission Due

December 31, 2016

Paper Submission Due

August 31, 2017

Submission Process

In preparing your abstract and paper, please take note of the following guidelines:

• Please submit a tentative paper title and a 350 word abstract (English) & 500 word abstract (Chinese) and 5 keywords, as well as a copy of your curriculum vitae by the deadline.
• The languages of the conference will be English and Chinese. The abstract and paper can be written in either English or Chinese.

Financial Support

Paper presenters are eligible for a grant covering travel costs and living expenses during the conference.

Contact

No 245, Liu-an Village, Jiali District, Tainan City, 72242, Taiwan.
Tel: 886 (0)6 7212338
E-mail: ic.tahr@gmail.com
Contact: Mr Sheng-Chih WEN

Planning Committee

• The International Center for Tainan Area Humanities and Social Sciences Research (ICTAHR)
• National Museum of Taiwan History
• Cultural Affairs Bureau of Tainan City Government
• Institute of Archaeology, National Cheng Kung University
• Department of Taiwan Culture, Languages and Literature, National Taiwan Normal University

We are delighted to inform our readers that the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) Vol. 12, Supp. 1 is now published. This is a special issue spearheaded by Stephen C. Druce (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) on Orality, Writing and History: The Literature of the Bugis and Makasar of South Sulawesi.

The articles, downloadable as open access in dual formats: PDF and EPUB are as follow (you may also view full list here):

• Orality, Writing and History: The Literature of the Bugis and Makasar of South Sulawesi (Introduction to Special Issue), by Stephen C. Druce
• Christian Pelras and His Work: 17 August 1934–19 July 2014, by Campbell Macknight
• Orality and Writing among the Bugis, by Christian Pelras (transl. Campbell Macknight)
• The Media of Bugis Literacy: A Coda to Pelras, by Campbell Macknight
• Transmitting the Past in South Sulawesi: The hikajat Sawitto and Other Bugis and Makasar Historical Works, by Stephen C. Druce
• Family Matters: Bugis Genealogies and Their Contribution to Austronesian Studies, by Ian Caldwell and Kathryn Wellen
• The Inside View on Makassar’s 16th to 17th Century History: Changing Marital Alliances and Persistent Settlement Patterns, by David Bulbeck
• The Pau-paunnaIndale Patara: Sufism and the Bugis Adaption and Transformation of the Hikayat Inderaputera, by Nurhayati Rahman
• Narratives of Sexuality in Bugis and Makasar Manuscripts, by Muhlis Hadrawi

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief and the publisher, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press), we express our appreciation to contributing authors.

We are pleased to inform our readers that the second issue of 2016 by International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), Vol. 12, No. 2, is now published and available for access. The articles are downloadable in two electronic formats: PDF and EPUB (optimised for mobile/tablet reading).

The latest issue consists of four original articles and a book review. The contents for this issue are as follows (you may also view full list here):

• Rethinking Linkage to the West: What Authoritarian Stability in Singapore Tells Us, by Su-Mei Ooi
• Discussion of Power through the Eyes of the Margins: Praxis of Post-colonial Aeta Indigenous Women Healers in the Philippines, by Rose Ann Torres and Dionisio Nyaga
• The Effect of Internet Use on Political Participation: Could the Internet Increase Political Participation in Thailand? by Sanyarat Meesuwan
• Transnationality and Nationalism: Shared and Contested Memories of Wu Lien-Teh across East and Southeast Asia in Post-SARS Era, by Por Heong Hong
• Book Review: Krakatau: The Tale of Lampung Submerged, Syair Lampung Karam, by Harry Aveling.

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief and the publisher, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press), we express our appreciation to contributing authors.

Congratulations!

It is with great sadness for friends and colleagues in Asian Studies, and readers of the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (where Mario was an editorial board member), to hear of the recent passing of University of Amsterdam Professor Mario Rutten.

Mario was born in Maastricht on 31 October 1958. After spending his childhood and youth with his siblings in various towns and cities of the Netherlands due to his father’s employment, in 1984 he completed his MA degree in Sociology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, specialising in Organisation Sociology, Management and Comparative/Non-Western Sociology. He then moved to the University of Amsterdam where, under the guidance of renowned Asia scholar Professor Jan Breman, Mario completed his PhD degree in 1991 (with distinction) in the Social Sciences (Anthropology/Sociology) with a dissertation on “Capitalist Entrepreneurs and Economic Diversification: Social Profile of Large Farmers and Rural Industrialists in Central Gujarat, India.” His doctoral studies were funded by the Foundation for the Advancement of Tropical Research (WOTRO) of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and during his field studies in India he became an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Social Studies, Surat.

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We are pleased to inform our readers that the first issue of 2016 by International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) is now published and available for public access. The articles are downloadable in two electronic formats: PDF and EPUB (optimised for mobile/tablet reading).

The latest issue consists of five original articles and a book review. The contents for this issue are as follows (you may also view full list here):

• Bureaucratisation and the State Revisited: Critical Reflections on Administrative Reforms in Post-renovation Vietnam, by Simon Benedikter
• Interpolating South Asian Transnational Heritage: Allegory in South Asian Diasporic Metropolitan in Young Adult Fiction, by Manohari Rasagam and Shanthini Pillai
• Politically Equal but Still Underrepresented: Women and Local Democratic Politics in Indonesia, by Wawan Sobari
• Self-perpetuating Technologies of Religious Synthesis: A Case Study of Socio-political Developments and Religious Change in Singapore, by Fabian C. Graham
• Halal Certification System as a Resource for Firm Internationalisation: Comparison of China and Malaysia, by Francois N. Dubé, Zhao Hongxia, Yang Haijuan and Huang Lijun
• Book Review: Museums, History and Culture in Malaysia, by Ahmat Adam

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief and the publisher, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press), we express our appreciation to contributing authors.

Congratulations!

It is with great sadness we announce that the International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) has lost one of its editorial board members, Prof. Dr. Mario Rutten, who passed away around Christmas time.

Prof. Dr. Mario Rutten was Professor of Comparative Sociology and Anthropology of Asia at the Department of Anthropology and the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research at the University of Amsterdam.

Mario Rutten had been the journal’s editorial board member since the inception of IJAPS in 2005. He was always been proactive and responsive to the journal’s needs. IJAPS has certainly benefited from his advice which enables the journal to continue achieving significant milestones.

Our thoughts are with his family and close associates.

We are pleased to inform our readers that the latest issue of International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS) is published and all articles are now available online. This publication is a special issue on tourism, with Professor Victor T. King as the guest editor.

It is the third issue by IJAPS this year, complementing two regular issues published on January and July 2015.

The issue can be accessed here.

The Universiti Sains Malaysia Press (Penerbit USM) and the editorial team thank all the contributors in making this publication timely and successful.

Dear readers,

We are pleased to inform you that the latest issue of International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, Vol. 11, No. 2, is now published and articles are available for download. Articles are available in two formats, PDF and EPUB.

Altogether, this latest issue consists of six articles. The issue can be viewed and downloaded here.

On behalf of the editorial team and the publisher, Universiti Sains Malaysia Press, we thank our contributors in making this a successful publication. Stay tuned for our next (special) issue, coming up in September 2015!