Ten Years After: Reformasi and New Social Movements

Announcing a Call for Papers

UC Berkeley & UCLA
JOINT CONFERENCE on SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES

"Ten Years After: Reformasi and New Social Movements
in Indonesia, 1998-2008"
University of California, Berkeley
April 25-26, 2008

In May 1998, following months of protests, and
triggered by the outbreak of rioting in Indonesia’s
major cities, the authoritarian New Order regime of
President Suharto collapsed after more than thirty
years in power. Since these tumultuous events took
place, Indonesia has experienced profound change at
many levels in society, often at a rapid pace.

As the tenth anniversary of the fall of the New Order
approaches, the Center for Southeast Asia Studies at
UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies
at UCLA announce a CALL FOR PAPERS for a JOINT
CONFERENCE that will examine the new forces for change
that have emerged in Indonesia over this past decade
and the transformations that have occurred, while also
reflecting upon the New Order and its legacies.

We invite submissions for presentations from scholars
and graduate students conducting original research in
the social sciences and humanities that address the
primary theme of the conference. Specific topics or
categories suggested for paper presentations include
the following:

· Agrarian movements
· Contending histories
· Cultural transformations
· Religious movements
· Labor movements
· NGO advocacy and activism
· Political parties and political change

Abstracts (up to 500 words) should be sent to CSEAS at
UC Berkeley by Friday, February 1, 2008. Abstracts
should include your name, affiliation and contact
information (including e-mail address). Notification
to those whose papers have been selected will be made
by Monday, March 3, 2008.

Special guest speakers to be announced. The conference
will be held on the UC Berkeley campus. Small travel
grants for presenters from outside California may be
available.

The Center for Southeast Asia Studies at UC Berkeley
and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA
form a consortium U.S. Department of Education Title
VI National Resource Center for Southeast Asian
Studies.

Contact: Center for Southeast Asia Studies, 2223
Fulton St., No. 617, Berkeley CA 94720 – 2318. Tel:
(510) 642-3609; Fax: (510) 643-7062; E-mail:
cseas@berkeley.edu. http://ias.berkeley.edu/cseas