TYPES OF PUBLICATIONS
In order to facilitate
publication and disseminate research findings, APRU undertakes the following
types of publication:
I. Occasional Paper Series
Word limit: 8 000 to 10 000
words
Edited working papers from seminars, symposiums,
conferences, workshops, and discussion groups
II. Reports Series
Word limit: 3 000 to 8 000
words
Field Reports Series
Summary of findings from field studies/work
Interim Reports
Preliminary findings of projects/programmes that await completion
III. Translation Series
Word limit: Open
Significant works in other languages that merit a
wider audience and dissemination to be translated into English
IV. Monograph Series
Word limit: 80 000 to 100
000 words
An academic paper on a single specialized topic/subject
A peer reviewed, bi-annual (May and November) academic e-journal focusing on
Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Rim regions of the Americas in the fields of
politics, history, indigenous languages and literature, religions, environment,
ethnohistory, anthropology, cultural heritage, socio-economic development, war
and conflict resolution, pre-history and archaeology, and the arts. IJAPS
undertakes to publish articles based on original research of the highest
scholarship. An Editorial Panel and an International Advisory Board assist the
Chief Editor.
All APRU publications are in the English medium in line with its major objective
of disseminating research findings in USM to a worldwide academic audience.
ASIA-PACIFIC RESEARCH UNIT (APRU) COMMITTEE
Chair/Coordinator
Associate Professor Dr OOI Keat Gin
kgooi@hotmail.com
Secretary
Dr
SHAKILA Abd Manan
shakila@usm.my
Committee Members
Dr ANISWAL bt Abd Ghani
aniswal@usm.my
En
AZIZ bin Abdul Majid
amaziz@usm.my
Dr
Lalita SINHA
lalita@usm.my
Associate Professor Dr ZAILAN Moris
zailan@usm.my
COORDINATOR OF APRU AND
CHIEF EDITOR OF IJAPS
Ooi Keat Gin holds a doctorate in Southeast Asian Studies (History) with wide
experience in research and has also developed a network with various
institutions, foundations, and organizations in East Asia, Europe, North
America, and Australasia. He has held fellowships at institutions such as the
Australian War Memorial (Canberra, Australia) and the International Institute
for Asian Studies (IIAS) (Amsterdam and Leiden, The Netherlands). Dr Ooi is
scheduled to take up a Fellowship in Indonesian Studies with the Netherlands
Institute for War Documentation (NIOD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands in 2006.
Besides having numerous articles in academic journals (Journal of Southeast
Asian Studies, Modern Asian Studies, Indonesia and the Malay World,
Borneo Research Bulletin, etc.), he has published with Oxford, Macmillan
(now Palgrave), Ohio, ABC-CLIO, Academia Sinica, and others. He is the editor of
the award-winning pioneering work entitled Southeast Asia: A
Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor, 3 vols. (Santa
Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2004) that witnessed a launching in Europe in
Amsterdam by IIAS, Leiden, The Netherlands and in Asia in Bangkok jointly by
Thammasat University and Chulalongkorn University. Dr Ooi is a Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society (London, UK) and of the Faculty of Politics and
International Studies, University of Hull (Hull, UK). He is now an associate
professor in the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang,
Malaysia.
CONFERENCE
The Second International APRU Conference: Independence and
After in Southeast Asia: Old and New Interpretations
Date / Place: 7-8 August 2007, Penang,
Malaysia
Organizer: Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU),
School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
List of Participants
Conference Brochure
Second Announcement
PAST ACTIVITIES
2003
On
11-13 December 2003, APRU together with the University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands organized a workshop entitled ‘Brokers of Capital, Labour and
Knowledge’. It was held in the School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
Penang, Malaysia.
2004
APRU was officially launched on 20 July 2004. In conjunction with the launch,
APRU organized its inaugural international conference with the theme “Southeast
Asia since 1945: Reflections and Visions”, 20-23 July 2004. There were 8
concurrent panels, viz. Ecology and the Natural Environment, History and Its
Lessons, Language and Education: Speakers, Audience and Contents, Culture and
Heritage, Literature: Identity, Globalization and Vision for the Future, Wither
Morals, Ethics and Values, and Prosperity and Backwardness: Economic Growth and
Development.
2005
APRU Book Workshop Series was
initiated with three proposed tentative working titles viz. ‘Exploring Space:
Trends in Linguistics, Literature and Translation’, ‘Ecology and the Natural
Environment: Southeast Asia since 1945’, and ‘Islam in the 21st
Century’. The majority of participants are drawn from the School of Humanities,
Universiti Sains Malaysia.
In November IJAPS made its debut
appearance with Volume 1 (Inaugural Issue) that is accessible at
www.usm.my/ijaps/
FORTHCOMING ACTIVITIES
Joint Research (2006-2008)
Plans are underway to initiate
joint research ventures with the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation
Studies (CAPSTRANS), University of Wollongong, Australia and the European
Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.
---------- * ----------
CONTACT ADDRESS
For inquiries relating to the
International Journal
of Asia-Pacific Studies (IJAPS),
write to:
Associate
Professor Dr Ooi Keat Gin
Editor,
International Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies
(IJAPS)
Asia-Pacific
Research Unit (APRU)
School
of Humanities, Universiti
Sains
Malaysia
11800 USM, Penang, MALAYSIA
Phone:
604-6533341; Fax: 604-6563 707
e-mail: kgooi@hotmail.com
To contact
us:
