CALL FOR PAPERS
<ANGLOPHONE CULTURES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: APPROPRIATIONS CONTINUITIES
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An International Conference
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
8 - 11 October 2001
Organized by:
David Parker, Kwok-kan Tam, Andrew Parkin (Chinese University of Hong
Kong)
Rudiger Ahrens, Klaus Stierstorfer (University of Wuerzburg,
Germany)
ANGLOPHONE CULTURES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA is planned as an international
conference to investigate
the history, evolution and cultural interactions of the English language
in Southeast Asia (understood broadly to include
Hong Kong). The primary focus will be literary and linguistic, but we
invite contributions on all cultural formations that
have been negotiated in English or mediated by it in the region in
colonial and postcolonial times,
Contributors might consider the following issues:
- What role does the locale play in Southeast Asian creative writings in
English?
- Is there an Asian voice in Southeast Asian writings in English?
- What concepts of "home" and "nation" do we have in Southeast Asian
writings in English?
- How does Southeast Asia "write back" in the age of globalization?
- What is the relation between the nativization of English and the
politics of identity in Southeast Asia?
- What influence does the English language have on literary writings in
Southeast Asian languages?
- In what ways do other English cultures (British, American, Australian
and Canadian) contribute to the formation of
Southeast Asian cultures?
- What are the uses of literacy in English for the media and advertising
in SE Asia?
- How has the use of English been managed officially, by governments,
schools, universities in Southeast Asia?
All selected papers will have a solid scholarly basis.
Keynote speakers: Gareth Griffiths, Braj Kachru,
Tom McArthu and Edwin Thumboo
Abstracts: Should be of 200 words. Please include a short CV including
major publications and academic
appointments.
The conference proceedings will be published in an appropriate form.
You may submit your information online at <
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/highlights/con2-form.html> or send it to Ms.
Tracy Liang,
Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Room 334,
Fung King Hey Building, Shatin, N.T., HONG KONG.
E-mail: tracyl@cuhk.edu.hk. Fax: (852) 2603-5270.
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