Fw: Re: Slavery Workshop 2000

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From: paul lovejoy <plovejoy@YorkU.CA>
To: DIASPORA@YorkU.CA
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 02:35:45 -0500
Subject: Re: Slavery Workshop 2000
Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19991119023545.0125f980@postoffice.yorku.ca>

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 Dear Colleague,

Please find below a call for papers for a workshop on slave systems in
the 
Indian Ocean-Asia regions in the 19th and 20th centuries, to be held at 
Avignon in May 2000. If you are interested, do let me know. Also, kindly 
distribute the information to anyone (or any e.mail networks) you
consider 
might be interested.

Very Best Wishes

Gwyn Campbell
CERINS
Workshop Organiser

Workshop on SLAVE SYSTEMS IN ASIA AND THE INDIAN OCEAN:
Their Structure and Change in the 19th and 20th Centuries

 
CERINS, University of Avignon, 18-20 May 2000
 
Co-organisers: IIAS, INALCO


This workshop is organised around the theme of systems of slavery in
Asiaand 
the Indian Ocean, where European participation in the slave trade and 
ownership of slaves was far less than in the Atlantic system. The 
definition of slavery has been and remains a matter of debate. Strict 
adhesion to the legal concept of 19th century slavery has led to an 
under-valuation of the perpetuation of forms of slavery into the post 
-Abolition period - notably in the Asia-Indian Oceanregion. This
workshop 
aims to generate from regional case studies of slave systems a general 
overview of structures of slavery in the Asia-Indian Ocean region -
taking 
advantage of  the rich comparative framework offered by similar studies
of 
the Atlantic system. Workshop themes will include:

-   The slave market (supply and demand: organisation, credit structure, 
  
routes,     numbers, sex 
    and age ratios etc.) 
-   The structure of slavery (ownership, slave status, differentiation of

roles,
    economic significance, accumulation of material possessions,
heritage, 
etc.)
-   Abolition  (cause and impact)
-   Perpetuation of Disguised Slavery (the transition of structures
ofunfree 
labour 
    from slavery through ‘emancipation’ )
-   The Role and Status of the ex-Slave (social status, nomenclature, 
economic role)
-   Gender in Slavery (the male-female differentiation in status
andeconomic 
activity 
    before, during and after abolition)

To facilitate the main aim of generating comparative
discussion,participants 
will be expected to submit copies of their workshop paper to the
organisers 
by 1 March 2000. Papers will be photocopied and each workshop
participantand 
discussant will receive a complete set before the end of April 2000. 
Participants  will be expected to read and prepare comments on those
papers, 
thus obviating the need to read their own papers publicly. Rather, for
each 
session a discussant will  be asked to present a 30 minute comparative 
critique of groups of papers linked  by region and theme. 

Our intention is to produce a publication from the workshop proceedings. 

The workshop registration fee is FF200 due by 1 March 2000. 
Allparticipants 
will  be expected to seek funding for their transport and lodging.
Howeverwe 
are ready to provide letters of support or any further documentation
which 
may assist you in funding applications to cover these costs. We can also 
offer information on local hotels and  transport.

In addition to workshop sessions, there will also be an opportunity to
relax 
and get to know colleagues in the convivial atmosphere of Provence.
Avignon 
is the European city of Culture in the year 2000 and as such will provide
a 
vibrant background for the workshop; we are planning several activities, 
including a wine tasting trip to the famous Chateau Neuf du Pape
vineyards, 
and a workshop dinner.

Those interested in participating should contact:

Gwyn Campbell
Workshop Organiser

Address: CERINS, Université d' Avignon, Case N°19, 74 rue LouisPasteur,

84029 Avignon Cedex 1, France
tel: (+33) 04.90.16.27.18      fax: (+33) 04.90.16.27.19  e.mail: 
gcampb3195@aol.com

Co-organisers: INALCO, IIAS