Conference Sailing the waves of convergence: Cultural links and continuities across the Bay of Bengal | Wednesday 10 December South and Southeast Asia have been in close contact for over 2000 years. As the annual cycle of the monsoon enabled maritime navigation across the Bay of Bengal from time immemorial, the histories of the regions grew inextricably intertwined. Some of the world’s major religions, such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Islam, were propagated eastwards aboard ocean-faring vessels, while spices, luxury goods and pilgrims travelled in the opposite direction. The interethnic networks that emerged in this maritime interaction sphere open questions pertaining to history, language, literature, religion and heritage, but especially a combination of these fields. To understand the full range of activities connecting the shores, habours and riversides of this area, we can no longer treat South and Southeast Asia as separate entities. This conference, hence, provides an opportunity for scholars straddling the boundaries of the Indian Ocean World to present their ongoing work in an informal setting. Speakers: Tom Hoogervorst (KITLV), Munzir Hitami and Siti Aisyah (UIN Pekanbaru), Sraman Mukherjee (Presidency University Kolkata), Maria Packman (UC Berkeley), Siti Aisyah (UIN Pekanbaru), Abdur Rahoof Ottathingal (Leiden University), Mahmood Kooria (Leiden University), Marieke Bloembergen (KITLV). More information on the program: kitlv.nl/event/conference-sailing-waves-convergence-cultural-links-continuities-across-bay-bengal/
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