16 Jan 2008

Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI)
ZIORI, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Self-description: "The Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI) is a research-oriented independent institution. It will endeavour to encourage, facilitate, and co-ordinate research on all aspects of the Indian Ocean by local as well as foreign scholars, with particular emphasis on the social sciences of Zanzibar, the Swahili coast, and the Indian Ocean."
Supplied note: "Call for Papers, Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI), Conference on 'The Indian Ocean: the largest cultural continuum in the world' Zanzibar, 29-31 August, 2008, ZIORI is planning to organise its inaugural conference on 'The Indian Ocean: The largest cultural continuum in the world' in Zanzibar. ZIORI is an independent research institute dedicated to the promotion of research on all aspects of the Indian Ocean in the social sciences, especially by scholars from within the region; and to help develop the research capacity of its aspiring young scholars. [...] We can identify the following themes and sub-themes that deserve such papers, and there may be other suggestions that we would welcome. 1. Maritime cultures & globalisation in the Indian Ocean 2. Indonesian migrations to Madagascar & Africa 3. Hadhrami migrations across the Indian Ocean, & relations with the homeland 4. Slave trade & slavery in the Indian Ocean 5. Indentured labour in the Indian Ocean, & the creation of new societies 6. Swahili civilisation & politics of city-states and marginalization. - ks."
Site contents: * About us; * Research (Maritime Culture of the Indian Ocean ['The heroes of Indian Ocean trade were places like Kilwa and Mombasa on the East African coast, Aden and Hormuz at the mouths of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, Calicut on the Malabar coast, and Malacca at the Straits of Malacca'], Migrations & Formation of New Societies in the Indian Ocean: free movement, slave trade, & indentured labour; Swahili Civilisation & Politics of City-States & Marginalisation * Facilities; * Stakeholders; * Activities (Capacity Building, Knowledge Sharing, and Research Promotion & Coordination.)
URL http://ziori.org/
Internet Archive: (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Kathleen Sheldon (ksheldon--at--ucla.edu), forwarded by h-asia--at--h-net.msu.edu
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