| Body | From http://www.laostudies.org/icls/vi/overview
The Southeast Asia Program (SEAP), Cornell University and the Center for Lao Studies (CLS) will host the Sixth International Conference on Lao Studies (ICLS6) on June 13-15, 2019 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, USA. The main objective of the conference is to promote Lao studies, by providing an international forum for scholars to present and discuss various aspects of Lao Studies. The conference will bring together Lao Studies scholars and researchers from different disciplines.
The following are included within the target groups of the conference:
1) All self-identified ethnic groups of Laos (e.g. Lao, Khmu, Hmong, Ieu-Mien, Akha, Phouan, Phou Tai, Nyouan, etc.);
2) Lao/Thai Isan and other ethnic Lao groups in Thailand (e.g. Lao Song, Phouan, Phou
Tai, etc.);
3) Ethnic Lao living in Cambodia;
4) Cross-border ethnic groups living in Vietnam, China, Burma, Thailand and Cambodia (e.g. Akha, Hmong, Phouan, Ieu-Mien, Khmu, Tai Lue, Tai Dam, Lahu, Brao, etc.; and
5) Overseas diaspora originally from Laos or descendants of people from Laos (including Lao Americans, Hmong Americans, Khmu Americans, French Lao, Australian Lao, Canadian Lao, etc.)
The following are some possible topics of interest to the conference organizers:
* Architectural Transformations
* Art and Music
* Border Trade and Interactions
* Buddhism and Other Religions
* Community
* Cultures of Ethnic Groups in Laos
* Education
* Environment and Health
* Ethnic Groups and Economic and Social Change
* Ethnomusicology
* Extractive Industries
* Families and Children
* Gender Relations
* History
* Identity Politics
* Internet-Based Communications and Networking
* Language, Linguistics and Literature
* Lao American Issues
* Lao Heritage
* Lao People in the Regional/Global Economy
* Lao Relations with People from Other Ethnic Groups
* Large-Scale Economic Land Concessions
* Livelihood Changes
* Nature Conservation (including Wildlife and Protected Area Management)
* Nature-Society Interactions
* Politics
* Research Methodologies in Lao Studies
* Rural Development
* Transnational Networks and Relations
* Urbanization and Development
Deadline for submitting abstracts: December 31, 2018
For more information visit: http://www.laostudies.org/icls/vi/overview
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