The Workshop Series secretariat received 30 proposals by 1 June 2002, covering a wide range of topics. The Selection Committee Meeting was held in Singapore on the 27 June, and the committee consisted of Amb. Delfin Colomé (ASEF), Prof. Jean-Luc Domenach (Tsinghua University), Prof. Chaibong Hahm (Yonsei University), Prof. Lily Kong (National University of Singapore), Prof. Hanns Maull (University of Trier), Prof. Shamsul A.B. (University Kebangsaan Malaysia) and Prof. Wim Stokhof (Asia Alliance).
The committee showed enthusiasm with regards to the quality of the proposals and a possibility of a series of projects in the future. ASEF as well as the Alliance thus expressed the interest in funding another Workshop Series in the year 2003/2004, of which the Call for Proposals was published in the IIAS Newsletter (issue 29, November 2002).
Read article in IIAS Newsletter 27
Read update in IIAS Newsletter 28
The six selected proposals for the 2002/2003 round were:
Land Registration and Spatial Planning in Transition Countries: Opportunities for Asian and the European Union
Dr P. Ho (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) Prof. Dai Guangcui (Forestry Economic Research Institute, China) Mega-urbanization in Asia and Europe Dr P. Nas (Universiteit Leiden, the Netherlands) Prof. J. Silas (Institut Teknologi, Indonesia)
Transborder Exchanges: Business, Networks and Identity Formation in Asia's and Europe's New Economy
Dr H. Dahles (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands) Dr Loh Wei Leng (University of Malaya, Malaysia)
New Perspectives in Eurasian Archeology
Dr M. Fiskesjö (Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Sweden) Dr Chen Xingcan (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)
The Restructuring of Old Industrial Areas in Europe and Asia
Dr R. Hassink (University of Bonn, Germany) Dr Shin Dong-Ho (Hannam University, Korea)
Interweaving Medical Traditions: Europe and Asia, 1600-2000
Dr S. Bhattacharya (Welcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, UK) Dr R.K. Chhem (National University of Singapore)
