Welcome to ISSCO!
ISSCO, the International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas, was established in 1992. Professor Wang Gungwu, National University of Singapore, was appointed President and Professor Wang Ling-chi, Department of Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley, Secretary-Treasurer together with a number of regional Board members.
ISSCO is a scholarly, non-political, non-profit professional society of individuals and institutions interested in and committed to the study of Chinese overseas. The primary purposes of the society are to advance research and scholarly exchange in the study of Chinese overseas, to provide means for research and publications, and to organise and support national and international conferences.
ISSCO Official website : http://www.issco.info
Email: isscosecretariat@gmail.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The ISSCO 2011 Hong Kong Conference has just been successfully concluded June 21 to 22. Here is a copy of Dr. Tan Chee Beng (lead convenor) on the conference. Please log on to the website for the other conference proceedings.
Meanwhile, ISSCO is pleased to announce also that next year 2012 Conference will be convened by Dr. Cheong Yong Rok at the Seoul National University, Korea on May 31 to June 3, 2012. The ISSCO VIIIth International Conference is slated in Vancouver, Canada tentatively end of July or early August 2013.
Report
on the ISSCO Hongkong Conference
Actual Number of
Participants
ISSCO 2011 Conference Announcements
Conference theme: Chinese
Overseas: Religions and Worldview
The International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas (ISSCO) and
the Department of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong are
organizing an international conference on Chinese Overseas: Culture, Religions
and Worldview. Scholars and researchers interested in presenting papers
or organizing conference panels are welcome. Click
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for more conference details and reply form ...
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Upcoming ISSCO Conferences
2011 -- June 21-22 Hong Kong, Chinese University
of Hong Kong
2012 -- Korea, Seoul National University, South Korea
2013 -- ISSCO VIII, Vancouver, Canada
List of Officers
2010-2013 List of Officers
2007-2010 List of Officers
2003-2007 List of Officers
President's Message
I
was elected as president of ISSCO after the ISSCO VI International Conference
at Beijing in 2007. With the help and support of former ISSCO president
Teresita Ang-See who served as secretary/treasurer during my term and
other board members, we were able to organize a regional conference at
Auckland University (New Zealand) in 2009 and the ISSCO VII International
Conference at the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) in May,
2010. Owing to the support of our members, the ISSCO VII International
Conference was very well attended and approximately 200 papers were presented.
After the ISSCO VII International Conference, I was asked to serve for another term (2010-2013) as president in order to provide continuity. I feel very honored. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation for the help and support rendered me by board members in the past and present. This can be seen from the post-conference activities and the planning of future conferences. We have had very proactive commitment by ISSCO members in planning the two regional conferences for 2011 (Hong Kong) and 2012 (Seoul), and the ISSCO VIII International Conference for 2013 (Canada). I am looking forward to the full participation of ISSCO members in these conferences.
Thank you. My warmest regards and best wishes to you all!
Leo Suryadinata
President
About Prof. Dr. Leo Suryadinata
Leo Suryadinata is Director, Chinese Heritage Centre (Singapore) and Adjunct Professor, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He was Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, and Professor of Political Science at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
He received his degrees from the following Universities: B.A. from Nanyang University (Singapore, 1962), Sardjana Sastra (Drs.) from Universitas Indonesia (Jakarta, 1965), M.A. from Monash University (Australia, 1970) and Ohio University (USA, 1972), and Ph.D. from The American University (USA, 1975).
He was Editor and later, Co-editor of the Asian Journal of Political Science (1993-June 2002), and Editor-in-Chief of the Asian Culture (Chinese title: Yazhou Wenhua, 1990- date). He has published extensively on ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia, Indonesian politics and foreign relations, and China-ASEAN relations. His recent books include Elections and Politics in Indonesia (2002), Indonesia’s Population: Ethnicity and Religion in a Changing Political Landscape (co-author, 2003), Chinese and Nation-Building in Southeast Asia (1997, reissued in 2004 with a postscript), China and ASEAN States: the Ethnic Chinese Dimensions (1985, reissued in 2005 with a postscript); Emerging Democracy in Indonesia (co-author, 2005), Chinese Diaspora Since Admiral Zheng He (editor and contributor, 2007) and Understanding Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia (2007).