http://www.iias.nl/iiasn/31/IIASN31_49.pdf
In the IIAS Newsletter (issue 29), we announced the second call for proposals for the Annual Asia-Europe Workshop Series (2003/2004) sponsored by the Asia-Europe Foundation and the European Alliance for Asian Studies. This encouraged academic researchers to submit proposals for the organization of workshops focusing on a variety of issues affecting both regions. The criteria of proposals were determined by considerations of interregional and multilateral importance and the applicants were requested to focus on contemporary topics concerning both Asia and Europe in a comparative perspective. Most importantly, the workshops had to be organized by an Asian partner and European partner, to stimulate dialogue between both regions.
The Workshop Series secretariat received 31 proposals by 1 March 2003, covering a wide range of topics. The Selection Committee Meeting was held in Leiden, the Netherlands on 9 April, 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 overall quality of the proposals. It was as well pleased that the majority of the proposed workshops were to be held in Asia. The six proposals selected excelled due to their clear-cut relevance to Asia as well as Europe, stimulating dialogue between the two regions and creating an intersection between the scientific and the "practical domain".
The six selected proposals are:
Mr Warkum Sumitro (Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia)
Dr Ruly Marianti (Belle van Zuylen Institute, the Netherlands)
Old-Age vulnerabilities: Asia and European perspectives
Prof. Anne Power (London School of Economics and Political Science, U.K.)
Prof. Tuan Yang (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)
Enabling Role of the Public Sector in Urban Housing and Regeneration:converging and diverging experiences in Asia and Europe
Dr Sophie Le Coeur (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
Dr Evelyne Micollier (Université de Provence, France)
Social science and Aids in Southeast Asia
Dr R. Pertierra (University of the Philippines)
Prof. Daniel Miller (University of London, U.K.)
Social and cultural effects of computer mediated interactive communications technology in Europe and Asia
Dr R. Kluver (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Dr Nicholas Jankowski (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands)
The Internet and elections in Asia and Europe
Dr Carl Grundy-Warr (National University of Singapore)
Prof. Didier Bigo, (Sciences-Po, France)
The security paradox of open borders: surveillance and control of migrants
