AAS Regional Conferences

[ ASPAC | Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ) | Western (WCAAS) ]

[ Midwest (MCAA) | New England (NEAAS) | New York (NYCAS) ]

[ Southwest (SWCAS) | Mid-Atlantic (MAR) | Southeast (SEC/AAS) ]

[ AAS Council of Conferences (COC) | Council of Conferences Outreach Grants ]

[ Regional Conference Histories ]

ASPAC CONFERENCE
June 13–15, 2008
University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Conference Theme: Crossing Boundaries in the Asia-Pacific: Regional and Disciplinary Intersections

For complete information visit http://www.aspac.info

ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE JAPAN (ASCJ)
June 21–22, 2008
Rikkyo University, Tokyo

www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/

For further information, please contact the ASCJ Executive Committee: ascj20xx@gmail.com.

WESTERN CONFERENCE (WCAAS)
September 12–14, 2008
University of Colorado, Boulder

Call for Papers: Please send panel or individual paper proposals to the WCAAS Program Committee,
Center for Asian Studies, Campus Box 279, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0279. Proposals should be received by May 1, 2008.

Partial support will be available for graduate students traveling to the conference to present papers. Indicate graduate student status and whether or not you would like to be considered for an award when submitting your proposal.

Proposals may be submitted electronically in PDF file format to cas@colorado.edu.

For additional information, please see the conference website at www.colorado.edu/cas/wcaas.html.

NEW YORK CONFERENCE (NYCAS)
September 26 – 27, 2008
Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Theme: Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions: Past and Present

Call for Papers: For information about submitting individual paper and full panel proposals
for NYCAS 08, please visit the conference website at http://www.hamilton.edu/NYCAS.
Proposals should be received by May 1, 2008.

For further information, contact Steve Goldberg: sgoldber@hamilton.edu

Future NYCAS Sites:

2009: Cornell University
2010: SUNY Brockport

SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE (SWCAS)
October 3–4, 2008
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

Call for Papers: Please send panel or individual paper proposals, in MS Word or PDF file format, to nancy.stalker@mail.utexas.edu.

For further information on proposal submission see http://www.trinity.edu/org/swcas/Winter07.html.

Proposals should be received by May 1, 2008.

MIDWEST CONFERENCE ON ASIAN AFFAIRS (MCAA)
October 10-12, 2008
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN

http://www.stolaf.edu/events/mcaa/

The program chair is Robert Entenmann, Dept of History, St. Olaf College, entenman@stolaf.edu.

NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE
October 18, 2008
The University of Massachusetts Boston

http://www.umb.edu/academics/cla/dept/modlang/neaas_conference08.html

Call for Papers: The University of Massachusetts Boston is pleased to host the 2008 meeting of the New England Association for Asian Studies on October 18, 2008. The conference organizers invite proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables that explore various issues relevant to all areas of Asia. Each panel will be accorded 2 hours and should consist of three presenters and a discussant, or four presenters and no discussant. Please limit individual presentations to 20 minutes and discussant comments to 10 minutes to allow sufficient time for discussion and questions. To propose a panel or an individual paper, please complete the proposal form and include an abstract of 250 words or less for each proposed paper. For roundtable proposals, fill out the form with information for each participant, and note in the comments field that you are proposing a roundtable. The deadline for proposals is April 15.

Please send all inquiries to neaas@umb.edu.

MID-ATLANTIC REGION (MAR/AAS)
October 24-26, 2008
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ

Call for Papers: The 2008 MAR/AAS Annual Conference will be held at the Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ from October 24-26, 2008. The ambitions of East and South Asian societies have become ever more apparent in recent years, especially so in the realms of national security, economy, history, and popular culture (from music and anime to sport). All proposals are welcomed, but in the year of the Beijing Olympics we especially encourage submissions related to the conference theme "Competition in Asia."

To propose a panel or an individual paper, please send a completed proposal form along with a one-page abstract for each proposed paper by May 1, 2008 to Masako Nakagawa, MAR/AAS 2008 Program Chair as indicated below. Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax, e-mail (as an attachment), or from the MAR/AAS website. Acceptance notices will be sent to you by June 1, 2008. Please refer to the MAR/AAS website for further details (www.maraas.org).

In order to submit a proposal for the 2008 meeting, you must be a 2008 MAR/AAS member or submit a membership application to Executive Secretary, Dr. Diane Freedman, MAR/AAS, Department of Social Science W2-40, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Annual membership is $10.00. To obtain MAR/AAS membership information, go to www.maraas.org or contact Dr. Diane Freedman (215-751-8547, dfreedman@ccp.edu).

The deadline for conference pre-registration for presenters will June 20, 2008.

For further information, please contact:

Masako Nakagawa
Villanova University
St Augustine Center, Liberal Arts Room 334
Institute for Global Interdisciplinary Studies
800 Lancaster Avenue
Villanova, PA 19085
masako.nakagawa@villanova.edu
(610) 519-6953

FUTURE MAR/AAS CONFERENCE

2009: Villanova University, October 30-November 1.

SOUTHEAST CONFERENCE (SEC/AAS)
January 16–18, 2009
Emory University, Atlanta, GA

For additional information, please visit
http://www.uky.edu/Centers/Asia/SECAAS/callpapers.html