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Download Full Edition The Newsletter | No.51 | Summer 2009 theNewsletter Encouraging knowledge and enhancing the study of Asia 51 The Study page 16-17 The painted photograph marks a crucial chapter in the history of photography. Enjoy privileged views from the Alkazi Asia/EU Collection. The Study page 10 With tensions on the Thai-Khmer Energy SecurityEnergy border attracting international attention. Eisel Mazard examines todays confl ict in the context of past American support for Cambodian Communism. The Review page 34 Hans Martin Krämer reviews the fi rst western-language book in almost 40 years to challenge our thinking about Christianity in Japan. The Portrait page 44 A glimpse into the world of highly collectible, often intricately decorated, Chinese snuff bottles. Photograph by Martin Heinsius. www.fl ickr.com Martin by Heinsius. www.fl Photograph The Focus page 18-27 Cooperation or competition? Guest Editor Mehdi Amineh’s theme on energy security addresses the challenges to EU-China relations. The Newsletter | No.51 | Summer 2009 3 Director’s note The Study 4-5 ‘Forty houses should forbid the girls…’: bride kidnapping amongst the Kazakh of western Mongolia Anna Portisch 6 Asian performing arts in the academy Matthew Isaac Cohen 7 The future of the Chinese and East Asian musical past Frank Kouwenhoven 8-9 The hungry tide: Bengali Hindu refugees in the Subcontinent Rituparna Roy 10 American wars, French borders: Thailand’s acrimonious adjacency to Cambodia (Part 1) Eisel Mazard 11 Dances with an Indian ‘tribe’ Markus Schleiter 12-13 Celebrating life and longings: Bollywood dancing in Amsterdam Dipika Mukherjee 14 A trip to Amnye Machen: the diary of Joseph F. Rock Emilia Roza Sulek 15 Social capital to alleviate poverty: fi sheries cooperatives in southern Sri Lanka Oscar Amarasinghe 16-17 The art of realism: painted photographs from India Rahaab Allana The Focus: Energy Security: Asia/EU 18-19 Tapping global energy stocks: energy security challenges for the EU and China Mehdi Amineh and Yuang Guang 20 Securing China’s oil supply: from Saudi Arabia to Sudan Chen Mo 21 China’s energy security and student attitudes Eduard B. Vermeer 22 Russia’s emerging place: the Eurasian hydrocarbon energy complex Robert M. Cutler 23 The energy policy of Iran towards the EU and China Eva Patricia Rakel 24 Courting the prize in Pakistan: India, China and the geopolitics of Iranian gas Philip Sen 25 Japan-China nuclear energy cooperation Raquel Shaoul 26 Transition management and institutional reform Daniel Scholten 27 EU-China energy relations and geopolitics: challenges for cooperation Frank Umbach The Review 28-29 New For Review 30 Bookmarked / Shedding light on Malaysia’s special branch Julian C.H. Lee 31 Women in the Portuguese colonial empire Michael Pearson 32 Tibetan literary movements Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa 33 The rise of the ‘new rich’ in China Friederike Fleischer 34 Re-thinking Christianity in Japan Hans Martin Krämer 35 The politics of Islamic instruction Dick van der Meij The Network 36-37 IIAS News and comment 38 Digitisation at SOAS | Asian cultural actors connect in Bangalore 39 Asian governance 40 Announcements 41 IIAS Research 42 IIAS Fellows 43 Colophon The Portrait 44 Chinese snuff bottles Vincent Fausone Go to www.iias.nl for more information over IIAS or to download previous editions of the IIAS Newsletter The Newsletter | No.51 | Summer 2009 Director’s note 3 From the Director This issue of the Newsletter features a thematic which we expect will be a continuous and growing concern for all, that of energy security. The demand for energy will grow, especially in Asia, and to secure its production and delivery, a stable political and economic situation is crucial. Dr Mehdi Amineh, IIAS fellow and head of the IIAS Energy Programme Asia is the guest editor of this issue. The new look Newsletter continues to provide readers with a wide range of articles, always informative and often surprising. Number 51 is no exception, with articles on bride-kidnapping in Western Mongolia (pp.4-5); the confl ict on the Thai/Cambodian border (p.10) and we’re very privileged to have a selection of painted photographs to share with you from the Alkazi Collection in this issue (pp.16-17). August sees the 6th International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS), organised in Daejeon, Korea. It is the largest gathering of Asia scholars in the world and once again attracts participants from all over the world. I warmly commend it to you and hope those attending the convention, as well as those of you unable to be in Korea, will appreciate the special ICAS supplement in the centre pages of this newsletter. This is to be my last preface as Director of IIAS. As of 1 October 2009, after three good and fruitful years, I have decided to stop with my work for IIAS and spend more time on research. The institute is healthy and bustling with activity. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work for the institute and I wish my successor well. Max Sparreboom, Director Important notice How would you like to receive your Newsletter? In a bid to print less and distribute less, we’ve decided that from 2010 the Newsletter will be available in a digital and a paper format. While the paper version will still be available, we hope that many of you will decide to go digital! Please go to www.iias.nl and follow the links to let us know in which format you want to receive the Newsletter: digital or paper. Or return this form by post ticking the appropriate checkbox below. We will send this message once again with Newsletter #52, but if we don’t hear from you by the end of From 2010 the Newsletter will be available in a digital 2009, we will assume you no longer wish to receive the Newsletter. If you choose to receive the digital version, from 2010 onwards you will automatically receive an email notification when the new Newsletter is ready. We look forward to hearing from you. version. On the A4 address label which accompanies Anna Yeadell, Editor I wish to receive the Newsletter in: Digital format your copy of the Newsletter you will fi nd a request Please re-confirm your addressPrinted detailsformat to indicate in which format you wish to receive Surname Initials Academic degrees/title the newsletter in the future – paper or digital. University/Institute Faculty Professional or home address (fill in as necessary): Department Street name and number Please give this your attention. Those subscribers P.O. Box Postal code City County who do not react by the end of this year will Telephone (incl. country code) Fax (incl. country code) Extention number be removed from the mailing list. Email Nonnensteeg 1-3, P.O. Box 9515, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. T +31-71-527 2227, F +31-71-527 4162, [email protected], www.iias.nl The Newsletter | No.51 | Summer 2009 4 The Study ‘Forty houses should forbid the girls…’ Non-consensual bride kidnapping is practiced in western Mongolia amongst the Kazakh diaspora. In neighbouring Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan the practice is thought to be increasing. In Mongolia there are no data indicating the prevalence of the practice, but according to local women it is a common occurrence. Although bride kidnapping is illegal, incidents are not generally reported to the police, and kidnappers are almost never charged. Anna Portisch considers one young woman’s kidnapping, and reflects on social control mechanisms within the community and how they are negotiated. Anna Portisch ON A COLD WINTER MORNING IN 2005, Maira and I stood talk- was tired; had he not recognised the turning? He and his ing in the central square in the provincial centre of Bayan-Ölgii. companions kept silent. She realised she had been tricked and She was a music teacher at the school in the village where pleaded with the men to take her home. She cried and tried to I was conducting fieldwork, and had come to Ölgii on school force them to stop the car. She tried to open the door, but was business. As we exchanged news, I became aware of someone restrained by the men who sat on either side of her. shouting behind her. I ignored the man’s voice thinking it was a drunk returning home. The shouting continued and as we Once the kidnapped bride arrives at her potential parents- both turned to face the man Maira froze. I asked her a question in-law’s house where the wedding is planned to take place, but she stared past me at the square behind. Then I heard she must face the elders of this family, whom, ordinarily, she her name being shouted, ‘Hey! Maira’s come to town. Maira should treat with respect. The eldest woman will try to put a is here…’ One of the drivers of Ölgii’s dilapidated fleet of Lada- scarf over her head. If she succeeds, this indicates the captured taxis was hanging out the car door in a heavy sheepskin coat bride’s acceptance of the marriage. Her initial resistance is shouting at us in a mocking voice. Maira asked me to walk with likely to be interpreted as the ‘correct role play’ of a modest her to her aunt’s house. Shaking and looking nervously over and well-behaved girl. If she continues to resist the ‘proposal’, her shoulder, she explained that the man had been amongst the elders of the household are likely to physically and those who had kidnapped her the previous year. psychologically coerce her to stay, the women pointing out that they too were kidnapped; assuring her of the groom’s The previous winter, Maira had accompanied her music good character; or reminding her that if she leaves her chances students to an annual school competition in the neighbouring of marrying a man of her choice will be slim (cf.
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