2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 3 I R N - C N R S ASEAN-CHINA- NORMS China’s Rise and the Methodolog i ca l Summer Schoo l New Soc ia l Norms in 8 - 14 July 2019

Ipoh, Malays ia South - East Asia # 4 Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, Paris UMR 8170 CNRS-EHESS-INALCO Contact: Thibault Le Pivain/ Institut Pondok Perancis/ thibault.lepivain@hotmail.fr

Credit: CNRS, Derci/ CNRS office in Beijing. July 2018

The InternationalResearchNetwork (IRN),ASEANChinaNorms (2019-2023), ispartof theNationalCentre forScientificResearch(CNRS).ItwascreatedinpartnershipwiththeFrenchInstituteofResearchonEastAsia(IFRAE)and the French Centre on Contemporary China (CEFC),which is part of the “GIS Asie”, or FrenchNetwork forAsian studies. The Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CASE/UMR 8170), supports the implementation of itsactivitiesin2019.TheIRNinvolves11InternationalResearchLaboratoriesinSocialSciences(SouthEastAsiaandEastAsia)and40Researchers.Several events are expected to take place in 2019 as part of the IRN. After its launch on 1 February, for theEuropeanandNorthAmericanstakeholders,anINALCOconferencewillbeheldon28thofMarchandtheIRNwillbe launched,forasecondtime, inHanoionthe4thand5thofApril2019withtheAsiancounterparts.Finally,aMethodologicalSummerSchoolisscheduledinMalaysiafromthe8thtothe14thofJuly2019.Thelatterintendsto share research knowledges and practices, in particular the French expertise, to a diverse array of students(master’sdegree;PhD;Post-doc).The trainingwillbedeliveredby11 trainers to25studentsandwill focusonsensitive topics in China and Southeast Asia such as conducting of social sciences research in highly diversepolitical regimes. The summer schoolwelcomes the participation of students from French institutions (EHESS,INALCO, Paris 7, etc) and from Southeast Asia (Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Laos). The colleges of SarahLawrence,VassarCollege,BardandBennington,constitutingtheConsortiumonForcedMigration,DisplacementandEducation(CFMDE)havealreadyselected8studentsfromtheStateofNewYork.ThelanguageofinstructionisEnglish.TheprogrammeoftheSummerschoolismultidisciplinaryasitisdeliveredbytrainersfromdifferentfieldswhohavestudiedpowerinSoutheastAsiaandChinainitsdifferentaspectsandatvariouslevels:politicalsociology,politicalsciences,anthropologyandpoliticaleconomy.TheprogrammeistheresultoftheclosecollaborationofseveralresearchlaboratoriesoftheAsean-China-NormsnetworksuchastheUniversityofMalaya,theNationalUniversityofCanberra,theCentreofSoutheastAsia(CNRS-EHESS-INALCO,Paris)andLIRIS(U.Rennes2,Rennes).The GIS Asie, Malaysian and Franco-Malaysian institutions (Institut Pondok Perancis, University TerengganuMalaysia, PerakHeritage Society) are supporting the initiative, aswell as the researcherswho are individuallyinvolvedinthenetwork(ParthibanMuniandy,SarahLawrenceCollege,NY;ValeriaBonatti,UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign;ClémentSéhier,Clersé,Lille).TheprogrammeoftheSummerschoolisstructedin5trainingsessionstakingplaceeachdayoftheweekfrom9amto3:30pm.Asdisclosedintheprogrammebelow(page3),anewthemeisaddressedeachdayoftheweekbyoneor two researchers. The latter all have remarkableexperiences in conducting research inEastAsia andSouthEastAsia.TheevolutionofsocialnormsintheregionwiththeChineseinfluencewillbediscussedduringthe programme: economic administrations or Chinese business network inMalaysia and Cambodia; workingconditions in the firms inChinaandCambodia;movementof citizensandworkers inChina. Therewill alsobesessions on field work about the Southeast Asia Royalty (Thailand, Brunei); Ethnographic methodologicalapproaches to Migrant, Undocumented and Transborder populations (Malaysia); Evaluating developmentalpolicies from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach perspective in Malaysia; and parallel political networks inMalaysiaandIndonesia.Local personalities (Member of Parliament; Religious leader; Royalty member; journalist) may also join somesessions. Ultimately, in order to better illustrate the topics discussed in trainings, some site visits should beorganised(PerakRoyalMuseumofKualaKangsar;PoliticaladministrationinLumut).Inadditionoftheseactivities,arangeofshortsitesurveyswillbeconductedinIpohandthendiscussedwiththetrainers.LaureSiegel,aninvestigativejournalistbasedinSouthEastAsia(ARTE,NikkeiAsianReview,Mediapart)withexperiencesindeliveringtrainingonmedia,willinstructstudentshowtoconductfieldreportingandwritingoffieldnotes.Besides,thestudentswillbeencouragedtodiscusstheiracademicperspectiveswiththetrainers,whatprogresstheyaremakingintheirmaster’sdegreeorPhD.Dedicatedsessionsarescheduledforthismatter.Finally, theSummerSchoolwill endwitha sitevisitorganisedby thePerakHeritageSociety.OnSaturday, thestudentsandthetrainerswillleaveIpohfortheverymulticulturalislandofPangkorwherethehistoricalpoliticalTreatywassignedbetweentheBritishandtheSultansofPerakin1874.

ProgrammeoftheSummerSchool

ApplicationformfortheSummerschoolinIpoh,8-14July2019

I IPOH Methodological SUMMERSCHOOL

8-14 July 2019

Local Organizers

Kuala Lumpur: Ins t i tu t Pondok Peranc i s , f o r the IRN (Thibault Le Pivain)

Ipoh: Perak Her i tage Soc i e t y (Law Siak Hong)

With the Support of

- Centre for Southeast Asia Studies (CASE), Paris - Australia National University, CIW, Canberra - Ambassade de France à Kuala Lumpur (Malaisie) - Ambassade de France à Phnom Penh (Cambodge)

GIS Asie INALCO (tbc)

DAY THEME in charge Fie ldworks/ Countr i e s Inv i ta t ion to the day ( t e s t imony ; methodo logy ; e t c . )

1

Controlled social worlds & precluded practices "salariés et citoyens"

- Methodological and Ethical problems encountered in research

- Citizenship and political resistance

Dr Ivan Franceschini (ANU, Canberra) Dr Clément Séhier (U. Lille, Lille) Dr. Chloé Froissart (Liris, Rennes 2)

China, Cambodia China

2 Royalty as praxis Pr. M.-S. de Vienne (Inalco, Paris) Thailand, Brunei Psdt IDEAS

3

Political economy, administration and official data; Chinese business networks

Dr Elsa Lafaye de Micheaux (CASE, Paris)

Dr Antonin Morin (Liris, Rennes & URDSE, Phnom Penh)

Malaysia, Cambodia

4

Parallel political networks (religious, politician clientelism, etc.)

Dr David Delfolie (IDHES, Paris) Dr Gabriel Facal (CASE, Paris)

Malaysia, Indonesia

5 Questioning public policies

Evaluating developmental policies from the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach perspective Dr Jarina Mhd Jani (UMT, Malaisie) Malaysia

Ethnographic methodological approaches to Migrant, Undocumented and Transborder populations

Dr Parthiban Muniandy (SLC, NY) Dr Valeria Bonatti (UIUC, IL) Malaysia, Southeast Asia

AUDIENCE 25 Students 11 Trainers 4 guests/ invited experts

SCHEDULE 2 VN HANOI

Monday to Friday 8 to 12th of July

1.

9h-15h Training Session (+ Invited local expert)

2. 15h30-20h

Site Survey / Mini enquiries

Writing workshops / Student-professor exchanges

Saturday 13th Visiting Pangkor Island (cultural and historical site) Sunday 14th

Celebrating Bastille Day and return

Contact:ThibaultLePivain,InstitutPondokPerancisthibault.lepivain@hotmail.frAcopyofthepassportandaC.Vmustbeprovidedwiththeapplicationformbeforethe14thofApril2019aswellasrecommendationbyafacultymemberiftheapplicantisapplyingindividually.Ifaccepted,theregistrationfeefortheparticipanttotheeventis200euros(225$).Applicationforexemptiongrantwillbeconsideredunderrequest.ThetrainingexpendituresandvisitsarefullycoveredbytheSummerschool;Theparticipants(ortheiruniversities)remainresponsibleforthepurchaseofthetransportationtoMalaysiaandfordailysmallpersonalexpenditure(dinner).Section1:IdentifyinginformationFirstname:Lastname:Address:Street:City,Stat,ZIP/PostalCode:Country:Email:Section2:AcademicHomeInstitution/EducationCurrentUniversity:DateofMatriculation:Department:Degreesought:ExpectedDateofGraduation:Section3:StatementofInterest

1. In your own words, provide a single page (no more than 1000 words) statement as to why you areseekingtopursuetheSummerSchoolinMalaysia.Pleaseindicateyourfamiliarityandknowledgeoftheinter-cultural and cosmopolitan context of Southeast Asia or with China, and why you feel this studyabroadwouldenhanceyouracademicexperienceandcareergoals.

2. Aspartof thestudyabroad,studentswillbeengaged incollaborativeknowledgeproductionwith localcommunity organizations, scholars, and students. In your statement, you should also indicate ways inwhich your education and training prepare you to engagewith these efforts, especially regarding thesessions around the evolution of social norms in South East Asia and East Asia. How would themethodological training provided, the fieldwork practices and experiences shared about conductingresearchinauthoritariancontextsorpoliticallycomplexcontext,contributetoyourworkuponreturningtoyouruniversity?