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INTRODUCTION

Faculty of Humanities of Airlangga University will hold its First International Symposium on “Language, Culture, and Globalization in Southeast Asian Countries” to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The symposium seeks to bring analyses in the field of humanities to bear on the complex relationship between language, culture and history, and the process of globalization in Southeast Asian countries. It also seeks to explore questions concerning commonalities and differences among Southeast Asians, who often come from radically different social, cultural and political contexts and yet who live in a world that is increasingly globally connected.
The symposium especially invites contributions from scholars or professionals who are interested in the issues in the humanities and its new trends in relation to the globally changing world. The symposium has identified several sub-themes to explore under this main theme. There are, among others, linguistics, literary works, translation studies, and cultures of Southeast Asia as regional identity markers in the domain of globalization, linguistic genocide, ethnography, and media in the era of globalization, indigenous studies and regional history: challenges and responses. In particular, participants are encouraged to engage with multidimensional and multidiscipline perspectives to share the researches in linguistics, literature, history, and culture in the domain of hegemonic globalization in Southeast Asian countries.

MAIN AND SUB THEMES

The main these of the symposium is “Language, Culture, and Globalization in Southeast Asian Countries.” Meanwhile the sub-themes (”sites of inquiry”) of the symposium are:
Issues and new trends in linguistics, literary works, translation studies, and cultures of Southeast Asia as regional identity markers in the era of globalization.
Examinations in linguistic genocide, ethnography, and media in the era of capitalist globalization.
Discussions in indigenous studies and regional history: challenges and responses.
Processes of ICT (Information and Communication Technology), literacy identity, and regional community in Southeast Asia.
Examinations of how perpetuation of tradition and processes of modernization/globalization – and tensions between them – affects the lives in Southeast Asian communities within different social and historical contexts.
Processes of globalization, their intersections with particularistic forms of Southeast Asian indigenous cultures, and the dilemma thus faced by emergent global identities.
Analyses of the diversity of the cultural norms that give rise to Southeast Asian images affected by globalization processes in various forms of representation and self-expressions, ranging from art, to religion, to the media.
Discussions of biomedical practices, and other uses of science and technology, that may threaten Southeast Asian communities to their integrity and social autonomy.
We welcome participations of diverse backgrounds in addressing the problems in the field of humanities through an exploration of any of the above “sites of inquiry.” Proposals that address other “sites of inquiry” will also be considered.

OPENING CEREMONY
The Symposium will be officially opened by:
Prof. Dr. H Fasich, Apt
Rector of Airlangga University
Aribowo, Drs., M.S.
Dean of Faculty of Humanities

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Prof. Dr. Koike Mokoto
(Momoyama University -St. Andrew University)
Dr. Rochayah Machali
(The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia)
Dr. Melani Budianta
(University of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia)
Dr. Ampuan Ibrahim
(Brunei University)
Sita van Bemmelen
(Leiden University – Sruti Denpasar)
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
The symposium will provide sessions for contributed
papers for presenters who write an abstract and full
paper to discuss and share ideas and critical issues of
language, culture, and globalization in Southeast
Asian countries.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPANTS
The symposium invites experts, journalists, researches,
lecturers, graduate students and others to present papers
in the symposium.
The deadline for abstracts is October 31, 2008.
Abstracts should include (1) author’s name, mail and
email address; (2) an indication (if appropriate) of the
“site of inquiry” for which the contribution is intended; (3)
the length is around 300 – 500 words.
The notification for the selected abstracts is November 15,
2008.
Deadline for full papers is December 3 rd 2008.
The full paper must not exceed more than 15 pages
(single spaces), and sent to the symposium secretariat or
e-mailed to: fib.seminar@gmail.com or:
fib.seminar@unair.ac.id
The deadline of presenter registration is December 7 2008
The deadline for participant registration is December 11,
2008
As a number of participants will be limited, early registration
is strongly encouraged.


SYMPOSIUM FEES
Rp. 200.000,00 Paper Presenters from Indonesia
US$ 50,00 Participants from other countries
Rp. 250.000,00 Participants from Indonesia (non students)
Rp. 50.000,00 Participants (students)
PAYMENT
For paper presenters/participants from Indonesia, payment
can be made to: BCA Bank, c/o. Moch. Ali (reckening Account,
1010574206)
For paper presenters/participants from other countries, payment
can be paid directly to the organizing committee upon
their arrival on the day of the symposium.

SYMPOSIUM FACILITIES
Participants are entitled to a symposium kit, a certificate
and lunch. Accommodations are not provided. If a participant
wishes for an accommodation, the secretariat will be
available for assistance. The list of nearby accommodations
will be provided.
The symposium proceeding will be available upon the day of
the symposium.

Contact Address:
Secretariat of the First International Symposium
Moch. Ali
Faculty of Humanities (Fakultas Ilmu Budaya)
Airlangga University
Jln. Dharmawangsa Dalam
Telp :+6231-5035676, 5033080
Fax :+6231-5035807
HP : 08123263969 (Adi Setijowati)
Email : fib.seminar@gmail.com, fib@unair.ac.id