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CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON INDONESIA

INDONESIAN URBAN CULTURES AND SOCIETIES

CONFERENCE BACKGROUND SYNOPSIS Since the adoption of neo-liberal economic policies in the recent decade, in addition to the change of the Indonesian political regime to a more democratic and open one, Indonesia has witnessed the more dynamic role of market forces as well as the impacts of modernization and globalization on its urban cultures and societies. There has been a fast development and transformation of the urban areas that have greatly influenced the Indonesian people in most aspects of their lives, and in particular, their sense of self and environment. The urbanization and the urbanism processes have driven people to consider the urban cultures and societies as the primary point of reference in their daily lives, wherever they live. The developments of the transportation system and the information technology, the innovation of sciences, the rise of the urban middle classes, and also the freedom of media and expression in arts and literatures have created different definitions about the urban cultures and societies: who they are, what they do, what they like and what they plan in building their environment, how is their mobility going on, how they deal with their counterparts on the other parts of the globe, what are their cultural and other social products, and many other related critical questions have arisen. In considering the above questions and their main emerging (sub) themes, this 3rd International Graduate Student Conference on Indonesia invites graduate students who are doing research and likewise interested in these topic areas from different disciplines (mono or multidiscipline) to present their papers by examining these issues from the perspective of contemporary Indonesia. The presenters are encouraged to come from different disciplines of knowledge, such as media and cultural studies, literature, religious studies, sociology, anthropology, literature, engineering, geography, political science, law, psychology, and other related disciplines. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: This conference will invite 3 experts on these related issues. These tentative Keynote Speakers are: 1. Assoc. Prof. Goh Beng Lan (National University of Singapore, Singapore) 2. Prof. Dr. Danang Parikesit (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia)

3. Assoc. Prof. Freek Colombijn (Vrije University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) DATE AND VENUE The conference will be held in the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University (Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM), Jalan Teknika Utara Pogung Yogyakarta 55281, on the 8th and 9th of November 2011. The conference will be followed by an excursion to Jumoyo and Merapi sites on the 10th of 2011 for the interested participants. They have to register for this activity and should book in advance or otherwise will not be possible to join the excursion. The Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University invites all of the participants to attend the cultural night that will be held on the 8th of November 2011. This activity is free of charge. LANGUAGES English and Indonesian INSCRIPTION Please submit your abstract with a maximum of 250 words to the organizer. The deadline of the submission is on August 30, 2011. A full paper is required and has to be sent to the organizer on October 15th, 2011. The articles will be published in the conference proceedings. High quality research articles selected by the conference committee will be published in The Postgraduate School Journal Kawistara (with permission from the presenters). IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline : Abstract Review : Announcement : Paper submission deadline Registration deadline for presenter : Registration deadline for participant : August 30th, 2011 September 1st-14th, 2011 September 16th, 2011 : October 15th, 2011 October 15th, 2011 November 2nd, 2011

REGISTRATION This conference includes a registration fee. The fees are as follow: Presenters Participants (non-presenters) : IDR 250.000 : IDR 200.000

The participants who wish to join the excursion have to pay an additional cost of IDR 150.000 on the 8th of November 2011 during the registration.

The presenters and participants should make their payments and registration by sending the Registration Form and payment receipt before the 15th of October 2011.

The schedule arrangement will be based on the complete registration, including the bank payment. Please send your payment through: Account Name Bank Swift code : Direktur Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM : BNI Branch UGM : BNINIDJA : 0039227315

Account number

FACILITIES The organizers will provide the seminar kits, certificates, coffee breaks and lunch for the 2 conference days and one dinner on the 8 th of November 2011 during the cultural night.

The participants are required to pay their own transport and accommodation of any mobilization they make except for the excursion. Yogyakarta is one of the cheapest cities in Indonesia and you could easily find the cheap hotels and accommodation for your stay here. For more detail information about the hotels, the organizers would recommend the guest houses of the universities and the hotels close to the university. We recommend the guest houses below since they are cheap and located close to the conference venue:

1. Wisma ICRS-Yogya ( www.icrsguesthouse.ugm.id, icrs@ugm.ac.id

Telp: +62 274 565 425 or +62 (0) 85215334393)

2. Wisma MM UGM (http://housing.mmugm.ac.id Telp (+62) 274 557

988) 3. Wisma UC UGM Telp: +62 274 563 461 or +62 274 557 216

4. Wisma Kagama http://kagama.ugm.ac.id/wisma/ Telp: 0274-560142

Fax. 0274-560186 - email: pphkagama@ugm.ac.id

5. Indraloka

homestay (http://www.yogyes.com/id/yogyakartahotel/budget/indraloka-homestay/ Telp (+62) 274 544428)

For more detail information please contact: Nina Mariani Noor E-mail : igsci@ugm.ac.id and igscindonesia@gmail.com Telp / Fax : +62 274 564239 Mobile Phone : +62 87838656575 Website : igsci.pasca.ugm.ac.id

FORM OF REGISTRATION Applicant Information Name Destination Master/ Ph.D Institution/ University Address Phone number Email Role in the Presenter conference (choose Participant one) Language during English presentation (choose Indonesia one) Participation in the Yes Excursion (choose No one) Title of Paper : Abstract (no more than 250 words):