EASAS General Meeting

The Centre for Asian Studies of the University of Edinburgh hosted the Sixteenth European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies , during which the biennial general meeting of members of European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) was held on 7 September 2000. This short report highlights the main items on the agenda.

* By NETTY BONOUVRIÉ

The President, Professor Rothermund, opened the meeting by welcoming all EASAS members that were present, and alluded to the publication of the second EASAS Newsletter and the 'List of Scholars Resident in Europe', which was unfortunately published and mailed rather too late.

Professor Rothermund also drew attention to the ICAS 2 Convention that has since been held in Berlin (9 to 12 August 2001). Regarding the EASAS website, which is presently under construction, he remarked that members will be individually approached with regard to objections to publish their e-mail addresses on this site.

After this opening and announcements, Professor Kolff (secretary-cum-treasurer) elucidated the financial situation of the EASAS on the basis of income (membership fees; funding by the ESF Asia Committee) and expenditures (financial support of Russian scholars attending the last Conference at Prague; design and printing of letterhead paper; publication and mailing of EASAS Newsletter 2; support of the present Conference on Modern South Asian Studies). The EASAS still has sufficient reserves on its bank account to cover payments for its website and next newsletter.

It was furthermore decided that the organization is to try to negotiate a substantial discount for its members to participate in the next European Conference, in Heidelberg in 2002.

Forthcoming activities of the EASAS include publishing the next 'List of Scholars Resident in Europe' and the third EASAS Newsletter, both in 2001, and constructing and maintaining the EASAS website in the time to come. *