Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology International Conference “Connectivity in Motion: New Studies on the World of the Indian Ocean” 16 – 18 October 2014 Organiser: Burkhard Schnepel PROGRAMME – Update Thursday, 16th October 2014 15.00 – 16.00 Registration at the MPI 16.00 – 16.30 Welcome Addresses by Günther Schlee, Managing Director of the MPI for Social Anthropology, and Burkhard Schnepel 16.30 – 17.00 Burkhard Schnepel: Introduction to the aims of the conference 17.00 – 17.45 Gita Dharampal-Frick Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg Transcultural Networks in the Eastern Indian Ocean, 1000-1800: Continuities and transformations 19.00 Dinner at restaurant ‘Wildschütz’ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Venue: MAIN SEMINAR ROOM of the MPI for Social Anthropology, Advokatenweg 36 Phone: +49 (0)3 45 29 27 - 0 1 Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology Friday, 17th October 2014 Chair: Felix Girke 9.15 – 10.00 Hermann Kulke Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel Srivijaya Revisited 10.00 – 10.45 Pius Malekandathil Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Maritime India and the World in Motion: A study on the changing patterns of exchanges in the Indian Ocean, 1500-1800 10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break Chair: Boris Wille 11.15 – 12.00 Patrick Neveling University of Utrecht and University of Hamburg Port-Hinterland Connectivities and the Motions of Global Trade: Rooting contemporary export processing zones and special economic zones in the Indian Ocean 12.00 – 12.45 Engseng Ho Duke University, Durham Dubai and Singapore: Asian diasporics, global logistics, company rule 12.45 – 14.15 Lunch break Chair: Hanne Schönig 14.15 – 15.00 Jacqueline Knörr Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle Betawi, Peranakan, Indo: Mixed heritage and connectivity as constituents of Jakartan identity ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Venue: MAIN SEMINAR ROOM of the MPI for Social Anthropology, Advokatenweg 36 Phone: +49 (0)3 45 29 27 - 0 2 Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology 15.00 – 15.45 Iain Walker University of Oxford Islands and Deserts: Making space for places in the ports of the Indian Ocean 15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break Chair: Judith Beyer 16.15 – 17.00 Kjersti Larsen Museum of Cultural History, Oslo Moving Ideas, Connecting Practices: A discussion of knowledge, motion and continuity seen from Zanzibar Town 17.00 – 17.45 Noel Salazar University of Leuven From ‘Area Studies’ to ‘Ocean Studies’, from Fixity to Mobility: Anthropological notes and queries on ‘cool’ academic imaginaries and ‘fluid’ concept-metaphors Dinner at restaurant ‘La Fontana’ 19.00 Saturday, 18th October 2014 Chair: Felix Girke 9.15 – 10.00 Jean-Claude Galey École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris Mangalore, Tulu Society and the Oman Sea: Ethnographic traces and historical fragments of an inclusive interaction 10.00 – 10.45 Burkhard Schnepel Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg Pirates in the Southwestern Indian Ocean (1680-1730): Detrimental or vital to ‘Connectivity in Motion’? ________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3 Venue: MAIN SEMINAR ROOM of the MPI for Social Anthropology, Advokatenweg 36 Phone: +49 (0)3 45 29 27 - 0 Max-Planck-Institut für ethnologische Forschung Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology 10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break Chair: Mareike Pampus 11.15 – 12.00 Ulrike Freitag Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin Educational Reform across the Ocean: The network of the al-Falah schools 12.00 – 12.45 Angela Schottenhammer University of Salzburg China’s Gate to the South: Iranian and Arab networks in Guangzhou during the Tang-Song transition 12.45 – 14.15 Lunch break Chair: Peter Kneitz 14.15 – 15.00 Eva-Maria Knoll Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna Considering Male‘ as a Hub for Health-Related Mobilities 15.00 – 15.45 Karl-Heinz Kohl Frobenius-Institut, Frankfurt Indian Commodities in East Indonesian Matrimonial Exchange Cycles 15.45 – 16.15 Coffee break 16.15 – 17.00 Final Discussion on Conference Themes, Future Collaborations and Publication Chair: Burkhard Schnepel ________________________________________________________________________________________________ Venue: MAIN SEMINAR ROOM of the MPI for Social Anthropology, Advokatenweg 36 Phone: +49 (0)3 45 29 27 - 0 4