IIAS/ASC CONGRESS

MALAGASY CULTURAL IDENTITY 
from the Asian Perspective

The International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) and the African Studies
Centre (ASC) in co-operation with the Interuniversity Institute for
Missiological and Ecumenical Research (IIMO) and the Projects Division of the
Department of Languages and Cultures of South-East Asia and Oceania of Leiden
University, are organizing the first Madagascar Congress in the Netherlands,
which will be held on the 28th and 29th of March, 1994. The congress is
entitled: "Malagasy Cultural Identity from the Asian Perspective". The
emphasis of the congress will be on the state-of-the-art of Madagascar-studies
in Europe. Lectures by European and Malagasy scholars will be held into four
disciplines: Cultural Anthropology; Language and Literature; Church History;
and General History.


Programme: (Open to public)

MONDAY 28 MARCH

9.00 - 10.30:  
      - Opening by Prof. L. Leertouwer, Rector Magnificus of Leiden
      University.
      - Speech by His Excellency C. Richard, the Ambassador of Madagascar in
      Brussels. 
      - Lecture by His Excellency R. Ranjeva, Judge of the International
      Court of Justice: "Les enjeux politiques de l'enseignement des sciences
      sociales dans l'universit� malgache".

10.30 - 11.00: - Coffee break

11.00 - 13.30: - First session: General History
               
Chairperson: Dr S. Ellis
Speakers: 
      - Dr. M. Allibert (Paris): "Les Hollandais � Madagascar".
      - Prof. F. Raison (Paris): "The Asian influences in Madagascar".
      - Prof. W. Marschall (Bern): "Critical survey on theories of
      settlements of Madagascar."
      - Drs. Y. Ranjeva-Rabetafika (The Hague): "Madagascar tourn� vers
      l'Asie: le mythe japonais aux XIXe si�cle et aujourd'hui."
          
13.30 - 14.30: - Lunch

14.30 - 17.00: - Second session: General History

Chairperson: Drs. Y. Ranjeva-Rabetafika
Speakers: 
      - Dr R. Barendse (Leiden): "Slaving on the Malagasy coast 1640-1700".
      - Prof. L. Munthe (Stavanger): "L'abolution de l'esclavage dans la
      r�gion de la Grande Ile".
      - Drs. J. Ravell (Johannesburg): "The export of slaves from Madagascar
      to South Africa       under the VOC, 1652-1795".
      - Prof. G. Rantoandro (Antananarivo): "Slavery in Madagascar". 

19.30 - 21.30: - Third session: Church History

Chairperson: Dr R. Ross
Speakers: 
      - Prof. B. H�bsch (Francheville): "Madagascar et le Christianisme".
      - Dr L. Ramambason (Manchester): "The Merina/Sakalava encounter in the
      region of Analavala. Fallibility and betrayal in Non-Western missionary
      enterprises".
      - Prof. M. Spindler (Leiden): "Histoire des Martyrs Malgaches vue
      d'Indon�sien".

TUESDAY 29 MARCH

9.30 - 10.00:   - Opening

10.00 - 12.00:  - Fourth session: Language and Literature

Chairperson: Prof. W. Stokhof
Speakers: 
      - Dr A. Adelaar (Melbourne): "Malagasy and the Austronesian
      linguistics". 
      - Prof. O. Dahl (Stavanger): "L'importance de la langue malgache dans
      la linguistique austron�sienne".
      - Prof. P. V�rin (Paris): "l'Historique du probl�me du placement du
      malgache dans les langues austron�siennes". 

12.00 - 13.00: - Lunch

13.00 - 15.00: - Fifth session, part one: Cultural Anthropology

Chairperson: Prof. M. Bloch
Speakers: 
      - Dr R. Astuti (London): "Learning to be Vezo: the construction of the
      person among the fishing people of western Madagascar".
      - Dr P. Beaujard (Paris): "Rituels en riziculture chez les Tanala du
      Sud-Est de Madagascar. Leurs rapports avec la mythologie et
      l'organisation sociale". 
      - Drs. S. Evers (Amsterdam): "Current ideology and terminology of
      slavery on the southern highlands"

15.00 - 15.30: - Coffee break

15.30 - 17.00: - Fifth session, part two: Cultural Anthropology

Chairperson: Prof. M. Spindler
Speakers: 
      - Dr K. Middleton (Oxford): "Tombs, umbilical cords, and history in a
      southern Malagasy Landscape".
      - Dr M. Razafiarivony (Antananarivo): "Le riz, trait d'union entre
      Madagascar et le Sud-Est de l'Asie et de l'Oc�anie".
      - Dr A. Roca (Barcelona): "Ethnicity and nation".

For more information:
International Institute for Asian Studies
Drs. Sandra Evers
Rapenburg 35
2311 GG Leiden
Tel: 071-272227