Invitation for Submitting Abstract to ICJS 1

Dear Colleagues, 

Registration for ICJS 1 is now open.

We invite you to attend the First International Conference on Jambi Studies to be held from November 21-24, 2013 in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia.  250 word abstracts are due by June 1. The selection committee will provide notification of the accepted abstracts by June 15. Completed papers are due by November 1. Papers not provided by this date will not be included in the ICJS 1 Proceedings.  

ICJS 1 is to be the first international academic gathering in Jambi on issues relevant to Jambi Studies and Malay Heritage. Organized by Seloko Journal, Dewan Kesenian Jambi (The Arts Council of Jambi or DKJ), the conference is intended to provide an international forum for research on Jambi as the origin of Malay culture. The call for papers is open for any research relevent to the history, art and culture, religion and social change of the region. Please send your abstract in by June 1 to: icjs12013@gmail.com. The official language for abstract will be in Bahasa Indonesia or English.

Further information will be made avalaible on the conference's official website at

www.icjs1.blogspot.com by May 1.

Please also use the attached forms if you would like to register as a participant. DKJ intends to publish the proceedings both as individual articles were relevant in the Seloko Journal and separately as a proceedings of collected papers. Seloko is a new Indonesian journal which has been created in order to support the publication of emerging research on Jambi Studies.  For information on this journal, please see www.jurnalseloko.com

Please kindly distribute this information to your colleagues and students who might be interested in attending this conference. All local expenses will be covered by Seloko Journal.

With warm regards,

On behalf of ICJS I Organizers