May 2021 Update:
Given that EWV 12 and ICAS 12 will now be held virtually, we have received inquiries from colleagues who are are interested in participating since travel is no longer necessary.
To accommodate such interested participants we are re-opening the call for proposals. The deadline to submit is 31 May 2021. The information below should all be sufficient, and the links should all be active, but please do contact us if you encounter any difficulties (engagingwithvietnam[at]gmail.com).
For additional information, including the fee rate, please visit the ICAS website.
ICAS 12, our collaborating partner for EWV 12, has recently decided to go ahead with a 100% virtual conference this August, and EWV has agreed to do so as well.
By this point, I think we have all participated in some form of online conference and we all recognize certain pros and cons of that format. Based on such experience, EWV and ICAS are determined to try to enable as many “pros” as possible and to reduce the “cons” of this format for the upcoming conference.
Panel Format
One of the main reasons why we go to conferences is to INTERACT with other people and to get FEEDBACK on our work. With that in mind, the panels at EWV/ICAS will be reserved mainly for DISCUSSION rather than for presenting. All participants will upload a video of their presentation before the conference (and that video will remain available to conference participants for a few weeks beyond the conference), and the panel time will be devoted to DISCUSSING the papers.
To facilitate that process, EWV will assign a discussant to each panel to make sure that there is someone there who has heard all of the presentations, and who has questions ready to facilitate a discussion.
Time Differences
One problem with online conferences is that participants can be in different parts of the world and that can make scheduling very difficult. ICAS is doing its utmost to set up a schedule that will fit people’s normal lives.
Publication Goal
It is always our goal at EWV to guide and nurture some of the papers towards publication. Indeed, a book publication with papers from the previous conference will be out very soon.
With that in mind, we actually see the virtual format of EWV 12 as a positive development in that it will enable us to have considerable interaction with the presentations and presenters. Our hope is that through being able to view the presentations, engage in discussions, and go back and review the presentations, we will be able to develop a plan for encouraging and helping EWV participants interested in producing a publication from the conference to be able to do so.
The Hard Truth
We of course would love to be meeting everyone in Kyoto, but the hard truth is that it is impossible to do so this year, and it is unclear if next summer will be possible either. Meanwhile, time goes on. People who have papers that they are working on now will want to be working on something else come next year.
There are many things that we have had to postpone during the pandemic, but scholarship doesn’t need to wait. We can start engaging with each other’s scholarship, and moving it towards publication, now.
So let’s do this!!
Engaging With Vietnam: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue - Call for Proposals
The 12th Engaging With Vietnam (EWV) Conference will be held in conjunction with the 12th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) virtually from 24-28 August 2021
Conference Theme: “Engaging with Vietnam and ASEAN: Mobilities and Identities in an Age of Global Transformation”
For over a decade, the Engaging With Vietnam (EWV) conference series has worked to develop cutting-edge knowledge about Vietnam.
At our conferences in Melbourne, Hanoi, Honolulu, Thai Nguyen, Oregon, Bac Ninh, Ho Chi Minh City, An Giang, Phan Thiet and Leiden, EWV has crisscrossed the globe to bring together scholars who examine, from multidisciplinary perspectives, the tremendous changes taking place in Vietnam as it develops and integrates into the world.
At the same time that the EWV conferences have focused on Vietnam, they have also always welcomed contributions from scholars who focus on other countries and societies so as to benefit from comparative insights.
Given that Vietnam chairs ASEAN in 2020, we feel that this is an opportune moment to emphasize the comparative element that has always been an important component of EWV by expanding the focus for the 12th Engaging With Vietnam conference to cover the theme of:
“Engaging With Vietnam and ASEAN: Mobilities and Identities in an Age of Global Transformation.”
Many of the issues that Vietnam currently faces are shared by its fellow ASEAN partners, and are also ultimately global issues.
At the broadest level, the entire ASEAN region, like much of the rest of the world, is witnessing the ever-increasing mobility of people, goods, ideas, and now diseases at a time when the environment is being ever-more-intensely transformed by humans and climate change.
Meanwhile, in the midst of all of these dramatic transformations, people are seeking to find ways to ground themselves through their sense of identity and belonging.
In facing all of these transformations, Vietnam and ASEAN, like the rest of Asia, are striving to find the best ways to move into the future, a future that is increasingly global.
This is the issue that the theme of ICAS 12 – Crafting a Global Future – seeks to address.
We, therefore, feel that the themes of the two conferences complement each other very well, and we look forward to holding EWV 12 together with ICAS 12 so that scholars from both conferences can attend each other’s panels, interact with each other, and help craft a prosperous future for scholarship on Vietnam, ASEAN, and Asia.
Types of Proposals
The focus of EWV 12 is “Engaging With Vietnam and ASEAN: Mobilities and Identities in an Age of Global Transformation,” but proposals for EWV 12 may involve topics from all disciplines in the Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities that deal with either Vietnam, ASEAN, or an individual country or society in ASEAN, or a combination of any of the above. Please visit the Engaging With Vietnam website to see the programs of our previous EWV conferences.
We welcome various types of proposals, from individual presentations to organized panels, or roundtable discussions and art exhibitions and film screenings.
Note 1: Like participants at ICAS 12, participants at EWV 12 may only present one paper, however, they may participate in another capacity in other forums, such as serving as a chair or discussant for an organized panel, or participating in a roundtable discussion, etc.
Note 2: Due to the large number of panels it is impossible to accomodate individual programme requests concerning date and timing of presentations. All participants are expected to be able to present at any time during the duration of the conference.
Note 3: If you have already submitted a Vietnam-related paper to ICAS 12 and would like to present that paper in a panel under EWV 12, there will be an opportunity to make that arrangement after papers have been accepted in December.
Note 4: Participants of ICAS 12 will be able to attend EWV 12 panels and vice versa.
You can always email us if you need more instructions or clarifications at engagingwithvietnam[at]gmail.com.
Deadline for Proposal Submissions: 31 May 2021
Notification of Acceptance: ASAP after the deadline
Individual Presentations
- Proposal submissions are in English and no more than 250 words. Proposals for individual presentations can be single-authored or multi-authored.
- The abstract has to be included in the proposal form and cannot be sent separately. Please avoid the inclusion of diacritics or non‐Roman characters.
- Applicants are only allowed to submit one paper proposal. It is not permitted to submit two or more abstracts.
- If accepted, only those who register can have their names listed in the program. This applies to all presentations, single-authored or multi-authored.
- The EWV 12 Selection Committee will compile panels of 4–5 individual paper presenters. The time slot for a panel composed of individual papers is one hour and forty‐five minutes. Please note that the ICAS 12 Academic Selection Committee will do its utmost to gather papers with the same theme together in a panel. In exceptional cases this might prove difficult.
- The organisers will assign a chair for each thematic panel, and in some cases a discussant if necessary.
- All proposals are to be submitted online via the official ICAS 12 Proposal Submission Form (link below).
- After submitting your proposal, a notification email will be sent to your email address informing you that the proposal has been successfully submitted. Please contact the ICAS 12 Secretariat at icas12@iias.nl in case you have not received this notification (please check your spam folder as well before contacting us).
Deadline: 31 May 2021
Organised/Institutional Panels
- The conference also accepts proposal submissions in English for a organized panels that discuss a related or common theme. This type of session provides panelists with the opportunity to plan ahead how to run the session and to coordinate presentations and discussion in a fruitful manner. It is encouraged that the panelists leave ample time for overall discussion and Q&A. Interacting with the audience is highly encouraged.
- The time slot for an organised/institutional panel is one hour and forty‐five minutes. The organised/institutional panel should consist of a chair, discussant (optional) and 3–5 presenters.
- If you would like to submit multiple panels, please submit a separate form for each panel. The titles of the panels can be the same, but please number them separately (e.g. Law and Order I, Law and Order II). You are permitted to submit a maximum of four panels with the same panel title.
- The maximum number of words for a panel abstract is 400 words. No exceptions are possible. The abstract has to be included in the proposal form and cannot be sent separately. Please avoid the inclusion of diacritics or non‐Roman characters.
- The maximum number of words for a paper abstract is 250 words. No exceptions are possible. The abstract has to be included in the proposal form and cannot be sent separately. Please avoid the inclusion of diacritics or non‐Roman characters.
- We only accept complete panel proposals. Please make sure that you have gathered the details of all participants (including paper abstracts and personal details for each presenter) before you start filling in the form.
- If accepted, only those who register can have their names listed in the program. This applies to all presentations, single-authored or multi-authored.
- All proposals are to be submitted online via the official ICAS 12 Proposal Submission Form (link below).
- After submitting your proposal, a notification email will be sent to your email address informing you that the proposal has been successfully submitted. Please contact the ICAS 12 Secretariat at icas12@iias.nl in case you have not received this notification (please check your spam folder as well before contacting us).
Deadline: 31 May 2021
In-depth Roundtable Discussion Sessions
- An in-depth Roundtable Discussion is a form of academic discussion, which is often interactive, lively and in focus, and is led by a chair. Participants agree on a specific topic to discuss and debate. Each person is given equal right and time to participate, and as such no one should dominate the discussion. This format is facilitated and illustrated by the idea of a circular layout referred to in the term round table.
- The maximum time for a Roundtable Discussion is one hour and forty-five minutes, and the maximum number of members is 10 for each session. You may request multiple sessions if the number of participants is more than 10 and if the topic under discussion requires extensive engagement. We encourage general conference participants to attend this type of session, and therefore Roundtable Discussion members are asked to engage with the audience as much as possible during the session.
- The maximum number of words for a roundtable abstract is 400 words. No exceptions are possible. The abstract has to be included in the proposal form and cannot be sent separately. Please avoid the inclusion of diacritics or non‐Roman characters.
- We only accept complete roundtable proposals. The roundtable proposal should be submitted by the convenor. Please make sure that you have gathered the details of all participants before you start filling in the form.
- Only those who register will have their names listed in the program.
- All proposals are to be submitted online via the official ICAS 12 Proposal Submission Form (link below).
- After submitting your proposal, a notification email will be sent to your email address informing you that the proposal has been successfully submitted. Please contact the ICAS 12 Secretariat at icas12@iias.nl in case you have not received this notification (please check your spam folder as well before contacting us).
Deadline: 31 May 2021
Documentary/Film Screening
- We welcome proposals for documentary/film screenings.
- We will need a synopsis of the documentary/film in 250 words or less, information about its length, who among the film/documentary making team will participate, and information about any post-screening discussion.
- All proposals are to be submitted online via the official ICAS 12 Proposal Submission Form (link below).
Deadline: 31 May 2021
Art Exhibitions/Installations/Workshops
- We welcome proposals for art exhibitions/installations/workshops. Proposals can be emailed directly to engagingwithvietnam[at]gmail.com.
- We need a detailed description of the proposed event, who will participate, if artist’s talk is included, and what is required in terms of space, space setting, equipment, sound and lighting.
- Please note, however, that availability of space will depend on what the local host is able to provide.
Deadline for Proposal Submissions: 31 May 2021
Notification of Acceptance: ASAP after the deadline
Publications
Following our publication projects initiated from the previous EWV conferences, we will continue these projects with the 12th EWV conference.
After the conference, full papers will be invited for consideration for publication in edited volumes or special issues of journals published by international publishers.
**Please note no publication is guaranteed until all papers have passed peer review and satisfy the requirements of each publication project.
Contacting EWV
Queries and questions can be directed to EWV conference email: engagingwithvietnam[at]gmail.com.
You can also keep up to date with Engaging With Vietnam by following us on social media.
EWV 12 looks forward to meeting you in Kyoto in August 2021!!
Founders of Engaging With Vietnam
Phan Le Ha (Universiti Brunei Darussalam and University of Hawaii at Manoa) & Liam C. Kelley (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
EWV 12 Conference Convenors
Phan Le-Ha (UBD & UHM), Liam C. Kelley (UBD) & Jamie Gillen (University of Auckland)
Members of the EWV 12 Organising Team (regularly updated)
Le Thuy Linh (Monash University), Yabit Alas (ICE, UBD), Najib Noorashid (ICE, UBD), Masitah Shahrill (SHIBI & ICE, UBD), Phung Ha Thanh (ICE, UBD & VNU-Hanoi), Bruno Jetin (IAS, UBD), CY Hoon (CARe, UBD), Chester Keasberry (ICE & FASS, UBD), Meredian Alam (ICE & FASS, UBD), Kathrina Mohd Daud (ICE & FASS, UBD), Tran Anh Tien (VNU-HCM), Vu Minh Hoang (FUV), Tran Kien (VNU-Hanoi), Tran Nguyen Khang (VNU-HCM), Tran Thi An (VNU-SIS Hanoi), Chau Duong Quang (SUNY Albany), Dang Phuong Anh (VNU-Hanoi), Vu Duc Liem (HNUE), Morragotwong Phumplap (Thammasat University and NUS), Hong Bui (University of Bath)
CONFERENCE SECRETARIES
Le Thuy Linh (Monash University), Chau Duong Quang (SUNY Albany)