{"id":5,"date":"2022-06-23T08:20:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T08:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pssm.org.my\/msc13\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-06-29T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:19:09","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pssm.org.my\/msc13\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-light-green-cyan-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8c2d9fb8\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Convenors and Objectives<\/h2><div class=\"uagb-separator-wrap\"><div class=\"uagb-separator\"><\/div><\/div><p class=\"uagb-desc-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia (Malaysian Social Science Association \u2013 PSSM) in cooperation with the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) will be convening MSC12 on 17-18 August, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_249d29-17 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_249d29-17\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_249d29-17\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_3d21b4-10 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_3d21b4-10 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_3d21b4-10 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_3d21b4-10 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_3d21b4-10{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_3d21b4-10\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_088ae4-6b, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_088ae4-6b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_088ae4-6b\"]{text-align:left;font-size:36px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_088ae4-6b mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_088ae4-6b[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_088ae4-6b\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_088ae4-6b wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_088ae4-6b\">Convenors and Objectives<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_850f19-fa, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_850f19-fa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_850f19-fa\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_850f19-fa mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_850f19-fa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_850f19-fa\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_850f19-fa wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_850f19-fa\">MSC13 Convenors<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7af569-39, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7af569-39[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7af569-39\"]{font-size:18px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7af569-39 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_7af569-39[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7af569-39\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_7af569-39 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_7af569-39\">Persatuan Sains Sosial Malaysia (Malaysian Social Science Association \u2013 PSSM) in cooperation with the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) will be convening MSC12 on 17-18 August, 2021. <br><br>No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure. <br><\/p>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5238ca-15, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5238ca-15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5238ca-15\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5238ca-15 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_5238ca-15[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5238ca-15\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_5238ca-15 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_5238ca-15\">Objectives<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9707e4-8c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9707e4-8c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9707e4-8c\"]{font-size:18px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9707e4-8c mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_9707e4-8c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9707e4-8c\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_9707e4-8c wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_9707e4-8c\">As in previous 11 MSCs that had been convened since 1997, the objectives of the MSCs are: <br><\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><li>To bring together scholars, both Malaysians and Malaysianists, for the purpose of scholarly exchange and interaction based on their research findings and reflections on Malaysian studies.<\/li><li>To analyse opportunities, issues and problems related to Malaysia\u2019s transformation and sustainable development.<\/li><li>To examine the state of Malaysian studies and to suggest ways for its advancement, within the broader context of sustainable development and social transformation in the 21st century.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_129418-e0 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_129418-e0\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_129418-e0 has-theme-palette-7-background-color\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_e9928a-be > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_e9928a-be > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_e9928a-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_e9928a-be > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_e9928a-be{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_e9928a-be\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_237ef6-64, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_237ef6-64[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_237ef6-64\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_237ef6-64 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_237ef6-64[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_237ef6-64\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_237ef6-64 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_237ef6-64\">Background<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1b52f3-79, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1b52f3-79[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1b52f3-79\"]{font-size:20px;line-height:35px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1b52f3-79 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_1b52f3-79[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1b52f3-79\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_1b52f3-79 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_1b52f3-79\">Looking at the development and of the social sciences in Malaysia&nbsp; as a whole over the last six decades or so, it can be said with certainty that Malaysian social science scholars and Malaysianists have played an important role, in fact, a key role in providing scientific analysis and explanations of the social order as well as Malaysia\u2019s transformation. They also have played &nbsp;a key role in advocating certain theoretical frameworks, approaches and strategies with regard to how it could and should be managed and advanced to build the society and craft the nation into what it is today, and what it would possibly be in the future. Batches upon batches of social scientists have been trained in Malaysian and foreign universities who then served as academicians as well as officials in both the public and private sectors. Books, papers as well as policies and plans have been written or formulated by social scientists on Malaysian economic and social development which have important impacts on the country and even the region. <br><br>The development and transformation of societies have indelible impacts on the sustainability of various aspects of social and natural life and the livability of the habitat. The key question is: Can this kind of development and transformation be sustained? Hence intense debates have taken place on sustainable development and its challenges, leading to the crafting of better refined theories, approaches, methodologies and instruments on sustainability and social inclusion, while at the global level, the United Nations has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (2016-2030) as the road map for this &nbsp;decade until 2030. &nbsp;&nbsp;While the SDGs are a broad global agenda which tend to be aspirational, they must be unpacked to suit national and local conditions, thus integrating the global to the national and the local. At the same time, in the discussion of social transformation and sustainable development, we need to bring out and highlight local concepts and experiences \u2013 derived from local wisdom and knowledge \u2014 that may serve to generate new theories, concepts and practices based on local conditions and contribute towards the corpus of knowledge of the social sciences. <br><\/p>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_ddeeea-c4\">Malaysian Social Science and MSC12<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_24b82d-f6, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_24b82d-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_24b82d-f6\"]{font-size:18px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_24b82d-f6 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_24b82d-f6[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_24b82d-f6\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_24b82d-f6 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_24b82d-f6\">By the term \u2018Malaysian Social Science\u2019, we are not taking a narrow \u2018nationalist\u2019 position to mean only the social sciences contributed by Malaysian scholars. Rather, guided by the principle of inclusion, Malaysian social &nbsp;science means the&nbsp; corpus of knowledge and &nbsp;the tool of analysis that has been developed by&nbsp; both Malaysian scholars and Malaysianists irrespective of their nationality in their study of the various dimensions of Malaysia and also Malaysians in relation to other societies and countries. This means that MSC12 &nbsp;will consider papers on other countries provided they have reference to or comparison with Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_877dc5-8e, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_877dc5-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_877dc5-8e\"]{font-size:18px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_877dc5-8e mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_877dc5-8e[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_877dc5-8e\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_877dc5-8e wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_877dc5-8e\">MSC12 will offer various discourses by distinguished speakers and panelists to enhance the corpus of knowledge and the quality of social science research which is the core business of PSSM.&nbsp; Sound &nbsp;scholarship that addresses in depth, with rigour and objectivity such important themes as sustainable development, social and ethnic diversity, as well as Malaysia\u2019s transformation requires a transparent and enabling &nbsp;culture and critical discourse. In the era when unfortunately key performance indicators (KPIs) and number crunching become the rule of the game, we are fighting an uphill battle to promote quality and integrity, especially in social science research and publication, but persist we must. And this development has been seriously affected by the spread of Covid-19 in Malaysia since January 2020. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, there has been a rising industry on writing and discourses on Covid-19 from various perspectives including social science in various parts of the world including Malaysia. <br><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83{background-color:#f7fafc;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_b3f6d1-83\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_9f55e2-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_9f55e2-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_9f55e2-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_9f55e2-f0 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_9f55e2-f0{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_9f55e2-f0\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20699c-70, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20699c-70[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20699c-70\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20699c-70 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_20699c-70[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20699c-70\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_20699c-70 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_20699c-70\">Scope and Sub-Themes<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0\"]{font-size:20px;line-height:35px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_2e4efd-b0\">Topics of interests for submission include, but are not limited to: <\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:18px\"><li>Malaysian Social Science: Theorising social transformation and envisioning a New National Narrative<\/li><li>Sustainable development in Malaysia and the SDGs: People, prosperity, peace, planet and partnership<\/li><li>Federalism and federal-state relations: Revisiting the formation of Malaysia<\/li><li>Malaysian development and policies towards 2030: Education, national integration and social inequalities<\/li><li>Identities: Class, ethnicity, culture, religion and gender<\/li><li>Contestations, youth, media, and popular culture<\/li><li>Globalization and populism: Institutional reforms and the public sector<\/li><li>Revisiting literature, language and history<\/li><li>Malaysia, ASEAN Community and new regionalism\/RCEPT<\/li><li>Beyond 2020 and Covid-19 pandemic: Where are we heading?<\/li><\/ol>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76{background-color:#f7f3ed;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_4f5786-76 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_4f5786-76\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_4f5786-76\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_9e8def-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_9e8def-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_9e8def-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_9e8def-b4 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_9e8def-b4{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_9e8def-b4\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_0d5dec-45, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_0d5dec-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_0d5dec-45\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_0d5dec-45 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_0d5dec-45[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_0d5dec-45\"] mark{font-style:normal;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_0d5dec-45 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_0d5dec-45\">Panel Proposals<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_19db7e-a1 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_19db7e-a1 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:var(--global-palette5, #4A5568);width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_19db7e-a1\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-left\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are three different channels of paper presentation, as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><li>Institutional panels \u2013 These are panels organised by institutions such as research centres, departments, institutes and faculties.<\/li><li>Thematic panels \u2013 These are panels organised by convenors on selected themes. The convenor is responsible for deciding the theme and organising the presenters.<\/li><li>Individual panels \u2013 These are panels consisting of individual paper presenters put together by the MSC12 Organising Committee.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Individual paper presenters may select one of the subthemes their papers fall under but the Organising Committee reserves the right to make the final decision as to which panel they will go into.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: As has been the practice in past MSCs, institutional panels will bear the institution\u2019s name, to raise the profile of the institution.&nbsp;<strong>Institutional panels are required to pay an additional institutional registration fee of RM1000.00<\/strong>. This does not include the registration fee for each individual paper presenter (see&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/msc12.pssm.org.my\/about\/registration-fee\">Registration Fee<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96{background-color:#edf7ee;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_594fe0-96 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_594fe0-96\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-row-has-bg kt-layout-id_594fe0-96\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_5fb134-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_5fb134-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_5fb134-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_5fb134-74 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_5fb134-74{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_5fb134-74\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f16682-eb, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f16682-eb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f16682-eb\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f16682-eb mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_f16682-eb[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f16682-eb\"] mark{font-style:normal;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_f16682-eb wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_f16682-eb\">Registration and Submission of Abstracts<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_0d8f41-31 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_0d8f41-31 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:var(--global-palette5, #4A5568);width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_0d8f41-31\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-left\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Schedule for the registration and submission of abstracts\/full papers at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/msc12.pssm.org.my\/abstract-submission-and-registration\/\">Abstract Submission and Registration<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"has-theme-palette-5-color has-text-color wp-block-list\" style=\"font-size:20px\"><li>Abstract proposals&nbsp;of about 250 words should be submitted to the MSC12 Secretariat, latest by&nbsp;<strong><del>19 March 2021<\/del>&nbsp;26 March 2021.<\/strong><\/li><li>Those who plan to organise institutional &nbsp;panels &nbsp;must submit their&nbsp;<strong>panel abstracts<\/strong>&nbsp;of about 250&nbsp;<strong>words<\/strong>&nbsp;by the same date&nbsp;<del>(<\/del><strong><del>19 March 2021<\/del>&nbsp;26 March 2021<\/strong>). Individual paper abstracts must be submitted together with panel abstracts. The&nbsp;<strong>length of the paper abstracts will also be 250 words.<\/strong><\/li><li>The Committee will vet the abstracts and inform the writer of its status by&nbsp;<strong>5 April 2021.<\/strong><\/li><li>Softcopies of the full written papers (4000-6000 words maximum) must be submitted latest by<strong>&nbsp;31 May 2021<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Some selected papers will be screened &nbsp;by the MSC12 organisers, and will be considered for publication in the<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Southeast Asian Social Science Review<\/em>&nbsp;(SEASSR), an&nbsp;indexed journal jointly published by PSSM and the Institute of Malaysian and International Studies (IKMAS), UKM.<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Visit our website for more details on the journals:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.seassr.com\/\">https:\/\/www.seassr.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<p>To ensure the smooth running of the Conference, the Organising Committee reserves the right to accept or reject any panel or paper proposal. It is also the right of the Organising Committee to proceed with or call off any panel due to unforeseen circumstances. Only those with full papers will be allowed to make presentations at the Conference. Powerpoint slides are not considered as papers. Roundtables or forums on selected topics that need not necessarily have written papers can only be organised by the MSC12 Organising Committee.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);max-width:1100px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-top:25px;padding-bottom:25px;padding-top:80px;padding-bottom:80px;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:100px;}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:100%;}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{fill:#ffffff!important;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep{height:px;}#kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85 .kt-row-layout-bottom-sep svg{width:%;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-rowlayout alignnone\"><div id=\"kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85\" class=\"kt-row-layout-inner kt-layout-id_a73fb8-85\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-1-columns kt-gutter-default kt-v-gutter-default kt-row-valign-top kt-row-layout-equal kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-m-colapse-left-to-right kt-mobile-layout-row\">\n<style>.kadence-column_c8f81a-14 > .kt-inside-inner-col{border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;}.kadence-column_c8f81a-14 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column_c8f81a-14 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column_c8f81a-14 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column_c8f81a-14{position:relative;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column inner-column-1 kadence-column_c8f81a-14\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_18361e-aa, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_18361e-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_18361e-aa\"]{text-align:left;font-size:22px;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_18361e-aa mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_18361e-aa[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_18361e-aa\"] mark{font-style:normal;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_18361e-aa wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_18361e-aa\">Registration Fee<\/h2>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b738c2-b1 .kt-block-spacer{height:20px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_b738c2-b1 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:var(--global-palette5, #4A5568);width:100%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_b738c2-b1\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-left\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>i. 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