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General

Butcher, Melissa and Velayutham, Selvaraj, eds. 2009 Dissent and Cultural Resistance in Asia’s CitiesLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 207, ill., 978 0 415 49142 6

Collet, Christian and Lien, Pei-te, eds. 2009 The Transnational Politics of Asian AmericansPhiladelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 235, tables, 978 1 59213 861 6

Sleeboom-Faulkner, Margaret, ed. 2009 Human Genetic Biobanks in Asia: Politics of trust and scientifi c advancementLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 211, tables, 978 0 7130 1341 6

Tarling, Nicholas, 2009 History Boy: A MemoirWellington, New Zealand: Dunmore Publishing. pp. 277, 978 1 87739 945 9

Tan See-Kam, Peter X Feng, and Gina Marchetti, eds. 2009 Chinese Connections: Critical Perspectives on Film, Identity, and DiasporaPhiladelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 311, ill., Chinese, 978 1 59213 268 3

Wan, Margaret B., ed. 2009 Green Peony and the Rise of the Chinese Martial Arts NovelNew York: State University of New York Press. pp. 235, ill., 978 0 7914 7701 4

Yang, Dali L. & Litao Zhao. 2009 China’s Reforms at 30: Challenges and ProspectsNew Jersey, London and Singapore: World Scientifi c. pp. 200, tables, 978 981 283 424 9

Yu, Haiqing. 2009 Media and Cultural Transformation in ChinaLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 217, ill., 978 0 415 44755 3

Zhou, Min. 2009 Contemporary Chinese America: Immigration Ethnicity, and Community TransformationPhiladelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 310, 978 1 59213 858 6

Zhu, Ying & Chris Berry, eds. 2009 TV ChinaBloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. pp. 259, tables, 978 0 253 22026 4

East Asia

Torck, Mathieu. 2009 Avoiding the Dire Straits: An Inquiry into Food Provisions and Scurvy in the Maritime and Military History of China and wider East AsiaWiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 280, tables, 978 3 447 05872 8

Yip, Ka-che, ed. 2009 Disease, Colonialism, and the State: Malaria in Modern East Asian HistoryHong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 161, tables, 978 962 209 587 8

India

Almogi, Orna. 2009 Rong-zom-pa’s Discourses on BuddhologyTokyo: The International Insitute for Buddhist Studies. pp. 549, 978 4 906267 62 0

Baviskar, BS and George Mathew. 2009 Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field Studies from Rural IndiaLos Angeles, London and New Delhi: Sage Publications. pp. 453, ill., 978 81 7829 860 3

Bharadwaj, Aditya and Peter Galsner, eds. 2009 Local Cells, Global Science: the rise of embryonic stem cell research in IndiaLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 140, ill., 978 0 415 39609 7

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Vergara, Benito M. jr., ed. 2009 Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly CityPhiladelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 220, ill., 978 1 59213 665 0

Central Asia

Morozova, Irina Y. 2009 Socialist Revolutions in Asia: The social history of Mongolia in the twentieth centuryLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 172, ill., maps & tables, 978 0 7103 1351 5

China

Campany, Robert Ford, ed. 2009 Making Transcendents: Ascetics and Social Memory in Early Medieval ChinaHonolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. pp. 300, ill., 978 0 8248 3333 6

Chen, Yun. 2009 Transition and Development in China: Towards Shared GrowthSurrey: Ashgate. pp. 407, tables, 978 0 7546 4834 5

Fuxi, Gan & Brill, Robert H. & Shouyun, Tian, eds. 2009 Ancient Glass Research along the Silk RoadSingapore: World Scientifi c Publishing. pp. 473, ill., maps & tables, 978 981 283 356 3

Ho, Elaine Yee Lin and Kuehn, Julia, eds. 2009 China Abroad: Travels, Subjects, SpacesHong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 287, ill., 978 962 209 989 0

Hsiao, Hsin-Huang Michael and Lin, Cheng-yi, eds. 2009 Rise of China: Beijing’s strategies and implications for the Asia-Pacifi cLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 312, maps & tables, 978 0 415 46882 4

Kang, Wenqing. 2009 Obsession: Male Same-Sex Relations in China, 1900-1950Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. pp. 191, 978 962 209 981 4

Katz, Paul R. 2009 Divine Justice: Religion and the development of Chinese legal cultureLondon and New York: Routledge. pp. 224, ill., 978 0 415 44345

Keping, Yu. 2009 Democracy is a Good Thing: Essays on Politics, Society, and Culture in Contemporary ChinaWashington DC: Brookings Institution Press. pp. 219, 978 0 8157 9694 7

Rogers, Katherine Manchester. 2009 Tibetan LogicIthaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications. pp. 524, 978 1 55939 315 7

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This conference aims to investigate how Muslim scholars and intellectuals deal with the concept of democracy and good governance in post-New Order Indonesia from a conceptual and Islamic theological perspective. Moreover, it will go into the issue of how these theoretical reflections are used on an operational level in order to legitimise or criticise the existing political culture in Indonesia.

We invite you to submit paper abstracts for this conference. You are also welcome to send in panel proposals.Deadline to send in abstracts: 10 August 2009Notification of selection: 20 August 2009 Deadline to send in full papers: 1 October 2009

• Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words and be accompanied by a short resume/CV (max. 2 pages) • Funds will be made available to invited speakers and to those selected speakers (from Africa, the Middle East and South/Southeast Asia) who do not have resources available to cover their travel and lodging expenses. To qualify for a grant, please submit a short letter of motivation to the given email-address

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ISLAM, DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN INDONESIA6 - 8 OCTOBER 2009, SEMARANG, INDONESIA

Brown, Rebecca A. 2009 Art for a Modern India, 1947-1980Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 196, colour ill., 978 0 8223 4375 2

Plofker, kim, ed. 2009 Mathematics in IndiaPrinceton and Oxford: Princeton University Press. pp. 357, ill., 978 0 691 12067 6

Strasser, Balz. 2009 We are as Flexible as Rubber! Livelihood Strategies, Diversity and the Local Institutional Setting of Rubber Small holders in Kerala, South IndiaNew Delhi: Manohar Publishers & Distributors., maps & tables, 978 81 7304 803 6

Indonesia

Abdullah, Taufi k. 2009 Indonesia: Towards DemocracySingapore: ISEAS. pp. 640, 978 981 230 365 3

Bush, Robin. 2009 Nahdlatul Ulama and the Struggle for Power within Islam and Politics in IndonesiaSingapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 235, 978 981 230 875 7

Erb, Maribeth and Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, eds. 2009 Deepening Democracy in Indonesia?: Direct Elections for Local Leaders (Pilkada)Singapore: ISEAS. pp. 392, ill., maps & tables, 978 981 230 840 5

McCulloch, Neil, ed. 2009 Rural Investment Climate: In IndonesiaSingapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 337, tables, 978 981 230 853 5

Mietzner, Marcus. 2009 Military Politics, Islam, and the State in Indonesia: From Turbulant Transition to Democratic ConsolidationSingapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 426, 978 981 230 787 3

Japan

Farris, William Wayne, ed. 2009 Daily Life and Demographics in Ancient JapanAnn Arbor: The University of Michigan. pp. 137, tables, 978 1 929280 49 0

Fuller, Ellen V., ed. 2009 Going Global: Culture, Gender, and Authority in the Japanese Subsidiary of an American CorporationPhiladelphia: Temple University Press. pp. 210, ill., 978 1 59213 688 9

Hiromi Mizuno, ed. 2009 Science for the Empire: Scientifi c Nationalism in Modern JapanStanford, California: Stanford University Press. pp. 269, ill., 978 0 8047 5961 8

Kovalio, Jacob. 2009 The Russian Protocols of Zion in Japan:Yudayaka/Jewish Peril, Propaganda and Debates in the 1920sNew York: Peter Lang. pp. 113, ill., 978 1 4331 0609 5

Morton, Leith. 2009 The Alien Within: Representations of the Exotic in Twentieth-Century Japanese LiteratureHonolulu: University of Hawai’i Press. pp. 259, 978 0 8248 3292 6

Nornes, Abe Mark and Gerrow, Aaron. 2009 Research Guide to Japanese Film StudiesAnn Arbor: Center of Japanese Studies, University of Michigan. pp. 197, 978 1 929280 53 7

Korea

Suh, Doowon. 2009 Political Protest and Labor Solidarity in Korea: White-collar labor movements after democratization (1987-1995)London and New York: Routledge. pp. 222, tables, 978 0 415 46453

South Asia

Fortier, Jana. 2009 Kings of the Forest: The Cultural Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-GatherersHonolulu: University of Hawai’i Press., ill., maps & tables, 978 0 8248 3356 5

Lall, Marie, ed. 2009 The Geopolitics of Energy in South AsiaSingapore: ISEAS. pp. 255, tables, 978 981 230 827 6

Southeast Asia

Acharya, Amitav. 2009 Constructing a Security Community in Southeast Asia: ASEAN and the problem of regional orderLondon & New York: Routledge. pp. 322, tables, 978 0 415 41429 6

Bradley, Mark Philip. 2009 Vietnam at WarOxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 233, ill., 978 0 19 280349 8

Emmerson, Donald K., ed. 2009 Hard Choices: Security, Democracy, and Regionalism in Southeast AsiaSingapore: ISEAS. pp. 398, 978 981 230 914 3

Fujita, Koichi & Mieno, Fumiharu & Okamoto, Ikuko, eds. 2009 The Economic Transition in Myanmar after 1988: Market Economy versus State ControlSingapore: NUS Press. pp. 322, maps & tables, 978 4 87698 350 6

Hughes, Caroline, ed. 2009 Dependent Communities: Aid and Politics in Cambodia and East TimorNew York: Southeast Asia Program Publications. pp. 265, ill., 978 0 87727 748 4

Lowe, Peter. 2009 Contending with Nationalism and Communism: British Policy towards Southeast Asia, 1945-65Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 312, tables, 978 0 230 52123 0

Maung Aung Myoe, ed. 2009 Building the Tatmadaw: Myanmar Armed Forces Since 1948Singapore: ISEAS. pp. 254, ill., maps & tables, 978 981 230 848 1

Newson, Linda A. 2009 Conquest and Pestilence: In the Early Spanish PhilippinesHonolulu: University of Hawai’I Press. pp. 420, ill., maps & tables, 978 0 8248 3272 8

Takashi Shiraishi, ed. 2009 Across the Causeway: A Multi-dimensional Study of Malaysia Singapore RelationsSingapore: ISEAS. pp. 276, tables, 978 981 230 783 5

Trinh, Phan Chau (author) and Sinh, Vinh (ed.). 2009 Phan Chau Trinh and His Political WritingsIthaca: Cornell University. pp. 139, 978 0 87727 749 1

Turnell, S. 2009 Fiery Dragons: Banks, Moneylenders and Microfi nance in BurmaCopenhagen: NIAS publishing. pp. 387, tables, 978 87 7694 040 9


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