BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2026//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2026 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Madrid X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Madrid BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T083500 UID:euroseas-2026-chinese-in-southeast-asia-religion-economy-and-conviviality-1 SUMMARY:Chinese in Southeast Asia: Religion, Economy, and Conviviality (1) LOCATION:Classroom B 51 DESCRIPTION:For centuries, Southeast Asia has been influenced by economic a nd religious dynamics that originated in China and are represented by a var iety of social groups, networks and cultural practices that are, in one way or another, described as ‘Chinese’. This double session investigates the m anifold Chinese presence and (political, economic, cultural) impact in Sout heast Asia from different historical and anthropological perspectives.\nFir st, a panel investigates mutual religious interactions between Southeast As ia and China. On the one hand, it explores how Chinese religious practices have been transformed through long-term encounters with diverse sociocultur al environments in Southeast Asia. On the other hand, it also examines reli gious negotiations among actors moving from Southeast Asia to China, in ord er to investigate how Southeast Asian religious influences are reconfigured within Chinese contexts.\nSecond, a roundtable discusses historical trajec tories of the Chinese presence in the northern Lao and Vietnamese borderlan ds – harking back to precolonial caravan trade networks – and explores cont emporary patterns of conviviality, integration and economic exchange.\nBoth sessions aim to shed light on the historical contingencies and cultural di versity of the Chinese presence in Southeast Asia – avoiding the primacy of the nation-state while highlighting everyday interactions, cultural practi ces and creative assemblages on the ground in SE Asia.\nThe panel on religi ous practices brings together case studies from Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailan d, and China to examine the negotiations between Chinese and Southeast Asia n religious traditions. The first paper focuses on a group of Chinese relig ious devotees in Thailand, analyzing their aesthetic preferences and materi al creativity in their participation in Hindu rituals. The second paper inv estigates how Chinese Buddhist communities position themselves within natio nal religious regimes in Myanmar and Indonesia. The third paper shifts atte ntion to the influence of Southeast Asian religious practices in China, exa mining the dynamics between Tai Lue and Thai monastic traditions, with part icular focus on Tai Lue monastics in Sipsong Panna who have had religious e xperience in Thailand.\nThe subsequent roundtable discussion on Chinese com munities and networks in the northern Lao and Vietnamese borderlands contri butes to debates on mutual perceptions and relations in the multiethnic soc ieties of highland Southeast Asia. Through taking an ethnographic and micro historical grassroots perspective, the speakers explore the everyday encoun ters and interactions that have been shaping social life in culturally dive rse border towns such as Boten in Laos and Móng Cái in Vietnam – rapidly ur banizing places that mark historical trading hubs and today constitute key sites of economic and cultural exchange on the Sino-Southeast Asian frontie r. This roundtable gives particular attention to patterns of (non-)integrat ion of Chinese actors into the social fabric of northern Laos and Vietnam.* *** URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/chinese-in-southeast-asia-religion-economy-and-conviviality DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T113000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260604T083500 UID:euroseas-2026-chinese-in-southeast-asia-religion-economy-and-conviviality-2 SUMMARY:Chinese in Southeast Asia: Religion, Economy, and Conviviality (2) LOCATION:Classroom B 51 DESCRIPTION:For centuries, Southeast Asia has been influenced by economic a nd religious dynamics that originated in China and are represented by a var iety of social groups, networks and cultural practices that are, in one way or another, described as ‘Chinese’. This double session investigates the m anifold Chinese presence and (political, economic, cultural) impact in Sout heast Asia from different historical and anthropological perspectives.\nFir st, a panel investigates mutual religious interactions between Southeast As ia and China. On the one hand, it explores how Chinese religious practices have been transformed through long-term encounters with diverse sociocultur al environments in Southeast Asia. On the other hand, it also examines reli gious negotiations among actors moving from Southeast Asia to China, in ord er to investigate how Southeast Asian religious influences are reconfigured within Chinese contexts.\nSecond, a roundtable discusses historical trajec tories of the Chinese presence in the northern Lao and Vietnamese borderlan ds – harking back to precolonial caravan trade networks – and explores cont emporary patterns of conviviality, integration and economic exchange.\nBoth sessions aim to shed light on the historical contingencies and cultural di versity of the Chinese presence in Southeast Asia – avoiding the primacy of the nation-state while highlighting everyday interactions, cultural practi ces and creative assemblages on the ground in SE Asia.\nThe panel on religi ous practices brings together case studies from Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailan d, and China to examine the negotiations between Chinese and Southeast Asia n religious traditions. The first paper focuses on a group of Chinese relig ious devotees in Thailand, analyzing their aesthetic preferences and materi al creativity in their participation in Hindu rituals. The second paper inv estigates how Chinese Buddhist communities position themselves within natio nal religious regimes in Myanmar and Indonesia. The third paper shifts atte ntion to the influence of Southeast Asian religious practices in China, exa mining the dynamics between Tai Lue and Thai monastic traditions, with part icular focus on Tai Lue monastics in Sipsong Panna who have had religious e xperience in Thailand.\nThe subsequent roundtable discussion on Chinese com munities and networks in the northern Lao and Vietnamese borderlands contri butes to debates on mutual perceptions and relations in the multiethnic soc ieties of highland Southeast Asia. Through taking an ethnographic and micro historical grassroots perspective, the speakers explore the everyday encoun ters and interactions that have been shaping social life in culturally dive rse border towns such as Boten in Laos and Móng Cái in Vietnam – rapidly ur banizing places that mark historical trading hubs and today constitute key sites of economic and cultural exchange on the Sino-Southeast Asian frontie r. This roundtable gives particular attention to patterns of (non-)integrat ion of Chinese actors into the social fabric of northern Laos and Vietnam.* *** URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/chinese-in-southeast-asia-religion-economy-and-conviviality DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260902T133000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR