November 23, 2009
Call for papers - 16th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) Conference
Please click on flier to access the submission page.
Posted by zzhu at 06:07 PM
October 26, 2009
AAS Dissertation Workshop, Philadelphia, March 28–31, 2010
"Popular Culture and Social Change"
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 11, 2009.
The Association for Asian Studies is pleased to announce plans for a ninth consecutive AAS Dissertation Workshop, which will be held in conjunction with the annual meeting in Philadelphia next spring. The workshop will again be organized and led by David Szanton, and follow the model used in previous workshops.
No longer are Asian studies largely focused on courts and peasants, ancient cultures, classical texts, and traditional forms. Today all across the humanities and social sciences scholars are approaching and re-interpreting a rapidly changing Asia through various forms of popular culture (film, sports, TV, music, dance, radio, online networks, fiction, fashion, cuisine, fan clubs, martial arts, bars, drugs. etc.), concerned with how it is both producing and marking social, and cultural change all across the region. Intergenerational differences and tensions are growing all across the region, often with serious political consequences. Popular culture, as an alternative “unofficial view of the world,” as a form of subtle or overt resistance to the hegemonic, has become an important lens for approaching and analyzing Asia’s rapidly expanding middle classes, urbanization, consumerism, differentiation and stratification, political mobilization, geographical mobility, diasporic influences, and both transnational and globalizing sensibilities.
This workshop is intended to bring together doctoral students in the humanities and social sciences who are (1) developing dissertation proposals or are in early phases of research or dissertation writing; and who are (2) also dealing with the kinds of issues mentioned above in the context of contemporary or historic Asian states and societies.
The workshop will be limited to 12 students, ideally from a broad array of disciplines and working on a wide variety of materials in a variety of time periods, and in various regions of Asia. It also will include a small multidisciplinary and multi-area faculty with similar concerns.
The workshop will be scheduled for the days immediately following the 2010 AAS annual meeting in Philadelphia. It will cover two and one-half days of intense discussion beginning the evening of Sunday, March 28, and running through the afternoon of Wed. March 31.
The AAS will be able to provide limited financial support for participants including three night’s accommodations, meals and “need-based” travel funds up to a maximum of $300. Students needing additional funds to attend the workshop are encouraged to approach their home institutions for support. It is hoped that participants also will attend the AAS annual meeting immediately prior to the workshop.
Applicants need not have advanced to candidacy but must have at least drafted a dissertation research proposal. Applications are also welcome from doctoral students in the early phases of writing their dissertations. Applications consist of two items only:
(1) Two copies of a current Curriculum Vitae, and
(2) Two copies of the dissertation proposal, or if the research and writing is well under way, a statement of the specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being studied. Neither the proposal nor statement should exceed 10 double-spaced pages in length. Application materials (hard copy only, no email) must reach the Dissertation Workshop Program, AAS, 1021 East Huron St, Ann Arbor MI, 48104, no later than December 11, 2009.
Workshop participants will be selected on the basis of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and a concern to include a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, intellectual traditions, and regions of Asia. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been selected for the workshop by early January.
For further information about the workshop, or eligibility, please contact Michael Paschal (mpaschal@asian-studies.org) or David Szanton (Szanton@berkeley.edu)
Posted by zzhu at 06:01 PM
October 23, 2009
Call For Papers: University of Toronto - East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference 2010
The 10th Annual East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
13 March 2010 | University of Toronto
CALL FOR PAPERS
How might the understanding of “East Asia” – be it in terms of a geographical, historical, and cultural locus or as a space of fantasy and the imaginary – be illuminated by accounting for the ways in which desires are produced, structured, regulated, and mobilized through various institutions and discursive formations? Whether understood as lack or a productive force or a form of affective labor, desire is a concept that intersects with and imbricates a range of complex issues operating on the level of the libidinal as well as the material economy. Nationalism and imperialism, genders and sexualities, aesthetics and consumer culture, and the politics of alterity are but a few, yet are all
significant to the study of East Asia.
The East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference at the University of Toronto invites paper submissions for its 10th annual conference titled DESIRE, to be held on March 13, 2010. We seek papers that can critically interrogate the operations of desire, articulating how they are embedded in different modes of social organization at historically specific moments and bringing them into relation with larger issues of how East Asia is situated in the world. Submissions from graduate students around the world in all disciplines within and beyond the field of East Asian Studies, including history, sociology, anthropology, economy, art, literature, cultural studies, philosophy, and others are welcome.
Possible topics for papers include (but are not limited to):
– theories of desire and their complications in the East Asian context;
– literary and cultural representations and mediations of desire;
– the mobilization of desires and affects through cinema and other visual spectacles;
– intersections of nationalism and the construction of national identities with the constitution, regulation,
and circumscription of desire;
– the interplay of capitalism, commodity culture, and desiring production in East Asia;
– gender, sexuality, and the regimes through which desire is disciplined;
– the construction of East Asia as a space of fantasy, and its consequent structuring as object of desire.
We invite all those interested in presenting papers to submit an abstract (300 words maximum) along with brief biographical information by December 21, 2009. Submissions from both individuals and panels of three (panelists should send individual abstracts and a panel abstract) are encouraged. Submitted papers are also eligible for consideration for the East Asia Forum, a journal edited and published by graduate students in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Please indicate whether you wish to have your completed paper considered for publication.
Selected participants will be asked to submit completed papers by February 15, 2010. Those who wish their papers to be considered for publication should submit a publication-ready copy (about 4000 words). During the conference, participants will be given 20 minutes to present their work; actual presentation papers should be about 1500-2500 words long.
Please e-mail submissions and queries to easgsc2010@gmail.com. Further information as it becomes available will be posted on the conference website at http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/.
Posted by zzhu at 03:57 PM
October 20, 2009
Call for Abstracts - 13th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference Facing East: Conversations and Connections
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
13th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference
Facing East: Conversations and Connections
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
February 26 - February 28, 2010
The Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference invites graduate students from around the world, conducting research in all disciplines, to submit abstracts for our 2010 conference:
Facing East: Conversations and Connections
As the first decade of the 21st century draws to a close, East Asia is exerting an unprecedented impact on global society. Now more than ever, we should explore every facet of East Asia, past and present, and engage in cooperative conversation.
The HEAS Graduate Student Conference is an annual conference which aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on East Asia. The conference is an opportunity for young scholars to present their research to both their peers and eminent scholars in East Asian Studies. All panels will be moderated by Harvard University faculty. The conference will also enable participants to meet others in their field conducting similar research and forge new friendships.
We welcome submissions from graduate students in all disciplines. Papers should be related to East Asia, Inner Asia, Singapore, or Vietnam. We will consider submissions of individual papers and panel proposals.
Eligibility and Application Guidelines:
1. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a program of graduate study ("postgraduate" in British degree classification systems).
2. Papers must be related to East Asia, Inner Asia, Singapore, and Vietnam.
3. Abstracts must be no longer than 250 words, submitted exactly as directed on the HEAS Conference website.
4. Deadline for abstract submission: November 18, 2009
5. Detailed instructions for submission and more information are available on our website:
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/
Please check the website frequently for updates about the conference and submission deadlines.
Inquiries:
For general conference inquiries, please contact: heasconference@gmail.com
For abstract submission inquiries, please contact: heas.abstracts@gmail.com
Posted by zzhu at 12:19 PM
October 19, 2009
The Asian Institute at the University of Toronto invites applications and participants for a dissertation workshop on "Democracy and Identity in Asia"
The Asian Institute of University of Toronto invites applications from graduate students for a dissertation workshop to be held May 13-15, 2010.
The workshop will focus on the themes of democracy and identity in any part of Asia. Applicants should be researching some aspect of the politics of identity recognition in Asia in recent decades, and the challenges it has posed to practices and understandings of democracy.
Questions to be considered include: How do emerging democracies accommodate group demands? How do historically defined notions of state and nation clash with emerging claims for ethnic, gender, and sexual identity recognition? How is the very meaning of democracy in Asia being reformulated to account for these claims? What kinds of political spaces have allowed the mobilization of identity-based movements to develop in Asia?
The workshop will take place over two or three days on the campus of the University of Toronto. It will include a small group of students and a few faculty members representing different disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. The costs of the workshop, meals, and accommodations will be covered by the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto.
Travel will be subsidized up to a maximum of CDN$500 per participant. Applicants should seek additional travel grants from their home institutions, and consult with the Asian Institute if travel costs prove problematic.
APPLICATION DEADLINE is JANUARY 15, 2010:
Applications consist of two items:
1) A current curriculum vitae.
2) An 8 to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if the work is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description of the specific issues being addressed, the
intellectual approach, and the materials being studied. Workshop participants will be selected on the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the
benefits of including a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and intellectual traditions. Applications should be sent by email attachment to asian.institute@utoronto.ca. Applicants will be informed whether or not they have been selected for the workshop by January 31st. For further information about the workshop or eligibility, please contact asian.institute@utoronto.ca.
Posted by zzhu at 12:45 AM
October 02, 2009
Call for Papers: Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Student Conference in Modern Chinese Humanities
The joint organizing committee of the Berkeley-Stanford Graduate Conference Modern Chinese Humanities invites currently enrolled graduate students to submit paper proposals for its inaugural meeting on April 16-17, 2010 at the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
The conference will bring together a keynote speaker and approximately twelve graduate students to present innovative research on any aspect of modern Chinese cultural production in any humanistic discipline. We encourage interdisciplinary scholarship within and between literary and cultural studies, cultural history, art history, film and media studies, musicology and sound studies, as well as the interpretative social sciences.
Conference registration is free; lodging in Berkeley will be provided by the Berkeley-Stanford organizing committee for all conference presenters. Please submit a 300-word paper proposal and a short bio to
ccs@berkeley.edu
by November 1, 2009.
Posted by zzhu at 07:17 PM
July 02, 2009
Call for Papers - International Journal of Current Chinese Studies
The International Journal of Current Chinese Studies is currently accepting manuscripts in all Fields of Chinese Studies.
All articles published will be peer-reviewed. The following types of papers are considered for publication:
- Original articles in basic and applied research
- Critical reviews, surveys, opinions, commentaries and essays
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting recent developments in their respective fields. The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research not published nor currently under review by other journals.
Parallel submissions will not be accepted.
Journal staff's goal is to respond to authors' submissions about their paper(s) within one week of receipt wherever possible. All submissions, if relevant to the theme and objectives of the journal, will then go through an external peer-review process.
Prospective authors are asked to send their manuscript(s) in Microsoft Word or PDF format to editor@estudioschinos.com, along with a cover sheet containing the following information:
- corresponding author(s) name
- paper title
- affiliation,
- contact details (phone(s), fax number, email address, etc.
Posted by zzhu at 12:06 PM
Call for Papers - Chinese Language Association of Michigan
The Chinese Language Association of Michigan (CLAM) is organizing its 2009 annual conference, scheduled for Saturday, November 14. The theme is Important Lessons about Teaching or Administering Chinese Language and/or Culture. The session proposal can be found here and the deadline is the end of August.
Posted by zzhu at 12:02 PM
April 15, 2009
Call for Proposals - Culture, Context, and Readership
Culture, Context, and Readership
An International Conference on Chinese American Literature
July 17-19, 2009, Nanjing University, China
Co-Sponsors:
School of Foreign Studies, Nanjing University
Department of Asian American Studies, UCLA
The organizers/co-sponsors of the 2009 International Conference on Chinese American Literature invite colleagues both in China and internationally to submit proposals for individual papers on topics dealing with Chinese American literary issues that elucidate the conference theme outlined below. This conference is open to anyone having an interest in the study of Chinese American literature.
Conference Theme
The theme for the 2009 International Conference on Chinese American Literature, to be held at Nanjing University, China, is “Culture, Context, and Readership.”
Questions of “culture, context, and readership” have for some time been at the heart of much Chinese American literary studies. Literally, these categories can be taken to mean the cultural attitudes or practices reflected in given literary texts, immediate social backgrounds of literary portrayals, or interpretative strategies adopted by different readers. At the same time, such categories can also be approached somewhat differently. For example, “culture,” in its expanded meaning, can refer to the complex interplay of ideological codes that both surround and give shape to narrative voices or modes of literary production. “Context” is in this sense no longer an easily identifiable historical referent outside the presumed boundaries of a literary text, but rather something inherent in the text as a rhetorical construction, which, upon contextualization, is always fraught with social and political contradictions. From such a perspective, “readership” is more about the constitutive role of the race, gender, class, or other social and cultural experiences on the part of the reader in determining the meaning and significance of a literary work. Within the context of this conference, the question of “readership” is especially suggestive in that it registers cross-cultural, multi-linguistic, and transnational sensibilities and perspectives across diverse reading communities.
To facilitate the conceptualization and submission processes, we recommend using the following key terms as organizing concepts for your paper proposals under the general theme of the conference.
Key Terms
1. Global/Local Dynamics and Diaspora
2. Memory and History
3. The Body and Desires
4. Autobiography and Fiction
5. Narrative versus Documentation
6. The Question of Audience in the Classroom
7. Chinese American Representations of China
8. Intersection of Literature and Media
9. Cultural Appropriation and Translation
10. Interethnic Relations
Other organizing categories can also be used in conceptualizing paper proposals as long as they contribute to the enhancement of the theme of the conference.
Submission Requirements
Proposals in English or in Chinese are to be submitted to ccrnju@yahoo.com. The deadline for submission is May 30, 2009. All paper submitters should provide the following in the proposals:
1) Paper Title (maximum of 12 words)
2) Paper Abstract (maximum 500 words)
3) Paper Presenter Information (full name, affiliation, email address)
Conference Organizers
Professor Cheng Aimin, Dean
School for International Students, Nanjing University, China
Professor Jinqi Ling, Graduate Vice Chair
Department of Asian American Studies, UCLA
Posted by zzhu at 09:24 PM
March 14, 2009
36th Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS)
October 16 – 17, 2009
Hosted by
The University of Texas at Austin
Individual and panel paper proposals are being invited for SWCAS 2008. Proposals in all fields and disciplines of Asian studies are welcome.
Submission Guidelines
INDIVIDUAL PAPER PROPOSALS should include the full title and brief abstract of the paper (less than 250 words) and the participant's name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
COMPLETE PANEL PROPOSALS consist of 3 – 4 papers plus a chair. A panelist may serve also as the chair. All proposals should include: full title of panel; a brief description of overall panel (less than 250 words); a brief abstract for each paper (less than 250 words), along with that panelist's name, institutional affiliation, position, mailing address, phone number, and e-mail address.
The deadline for proposals is June 1, 2009.
Email all proposals to the Program Chair, Paul Clark at
pclark@mail.wtamu.edu
Applicants can expect a response within two weeks regarding whether their abstract/panel has been accepted.
Posted by zzhu at 08:12 AM
March 09, 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS: “Female Entrepreneurship: Constraints and Opportunities”
The Gender and Development unit in PREM, World Bank, in collaboration with the International Policy Center at the Gerald R. Ford School, University of Michigan is organizing a Conference on “Female Entrepreneurship: Constraints and Opportunities.” to be held in Washington DC, at the World Bank Headquarters, on June 2-3, 2009.
The purpose of this conference is to examine the gender dimensions of entrepreneurial choice and performance. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the analysis of entrepreneurship and self-employment as an employment choice of men and women, different patterns of sectoral concentration by gender, differential access to credit and gender-specific business and institutional constraints, the determinants of performance of individuals and firms by gender, and gender patterns in investment decisions, business growth, export, innovation and R&D. We welcome papers that focus on formal firms as well as informal businesses, family firms, and individual self-employment. Preference will be given to papers on developing countries, however interesting and original research on developed countries will be given full consideration.
We invite submissions of papers and extended abstracts – extended abstract should be 500-600 words and should include a description of the data used, the methodology and preliminary findings. Deadline for submission is April 3, 2009. Please send your paper or extended abstract to cwe@worldbank.org. Questions may also be directed to this email address. Acceptance of the paper will be communicated by April 25, 2009.
One presenter for each accepted paper will receive funding for travel expenses and accommodation. There is no registration fee for participants to the conference, but registration is required by May 1st, 2009.
Scientific committee: Elena Bardasi (Gender and Development Unit, World Bank), Mary C. Hallward-Driemeier (Development Research Group, World Bank), Simon Parker (Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario), Jan Svejnar (Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan).
Information on the conference program and local details will be made available on the Gender and Development web site, http://www.worldbank.org/gender
Posted by zzhu at 09:52 PM
Fifth Annual 21st Century China Symposium “Increasing Trust in China-US Relations”
Friday-Sunday, July 17-19, 2009
East West Center: UH Manoa
Immediate Call for Papers
We encourage interdisciplinary work
We welcome any field of specialization
Roundtable discussions will be held on Sunday
Final deadline for submission June 1, 2009.
Submit to:
Professor Donald Eads
More info at:
http://21stcenturychina.blogspot.com/
Co-Hosted by:
Dr. Wimal Dissanayake
International Cultural Studies Director
Professor Don Eads
China-US Relations Foreign Expert
For more info:
professor.eads@gmail.com
808-261-9654
Produced by Asian Pacific Trade Group
Co-sponsored by International Cultural Studies
East West Center
Posted by zzhu at 06:23 PM
February 05, 2009
Call for Articles: Journal of China in Comparative Perspective
CALL FOR ARTICLES
Journal of China in Comparative Perspective
(London School of Economics)
The editors of the newly launched Journal of China in Comparative Perspective (JCCP) invite submissions of articles in English up to 8.000 words in length including notes and list of references. The articles must be original and not previously published. They should be sent electronically in either word or rtf format to the journal’s official email address: jccp@lse.ac.uk. The journal is peer-reviewed, and will be published biannually by the London School of Economics.
The JCCP was founded to encourage and publish original multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary comparative research on China. Comparison includes taking China as a case study of some more generally applicable theory, or drawing from comparative data about China and some other country or countries some analytic conclusions. The comparison may be regional or global; and it may be historical or contemporary. It may also involve a comparison of perceptions - China's perceptions of others and others’ perceptions of China in the context of China's encounter with the outside world in the political, economic, military and cultural sense.
The JCCP is a strictly non-partisan publication and does not support or discriminate against any political, ideological or religious viewpoint. Although conceived as an academic journal, the editorial policy of the journal is to ensure that articles that appear therein are of interest beyond the academic arena to both policy-makers as well as readers with a general interest in China-related themes.
In accordance with standard academic practice, all submissions undergo a rigorous process of blind peer review. Submitted articles are blind read by two editors who decide whether the articles are suitable or not for publication, with or without revision. If these reviews are positive the article is sent to a third editor for further review before being returned to you, the author, for revision and final submission. The whole process should in normal circumstances take no longer than three months. We expect the revision to be completed within four weeks. Please note that all authors are responsible for ensuring that their manuscripts are written and formatted according to the journal’s writing style.
For more details on style guidelines, as well as on the journal's editorial team and statement of aims, please visit http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CCPN/jccp.htm.
Posted by zzhu at 09:18 AM
December 04, 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS: Michigan Feminist Studies
Deadline: January 16, 2009
Michigan Feminist Studies invites submissions for its 2009 issue on the theme of Politics and Performativity. Women's roles in politics per se, and more generally in the public sphere, often theorized through notions of performativity, are important topics for feminist researchers, academics, and activists. This volume of Michigan Feminist Studies seeks to engage with this subject from many different angles and perspectives. While our empirical and theoretical focus is on women and gender, we also encourage submissions that draw linkages between gender and other social identities, such as race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, class, ability, and nationality.
We welcome submissions in the form of empirical/scholarly analysis, literature reviews, theoretical papers, creative writing, and visual art from emerging or established scholars, graduate students, independent scholars, artists, creative writers, and activists. We encourage scholarly works from all disciplines, including (but not limited to): anthropology, sociology, psychology, English/literature, linguistics, women's studies, biology, chemistry, physics, history, public health, public policy, philosophy, art history, business/marketing, information sciences, political science, studio arts, communications/media studies, theater, international studies, law, and education. As feminists, we also support interdisciplinary and mixed-methods research.
In this issue of Michigan Feminist Studies we are interested in considering questions such as: How have women in the public sphere/politics been represented in the media? How are women and/feminism implicated in conservative versus liberal politics? How are feminist issues given attention in policy decisions? What is the role of women in grassroots political organizations? How is gender constructed through political discourse? How are femininity and sexuality of female politicians portrayed by the media and handled by the public? How do gendered discourses frame political campaigns? How has the feminist movement been shaped by its political goals? How do drag and other forms of subversive gendered dress make a political statement?
More specific topics for submissions could include:
• Reproductive rights
• Identity politics
• Presentation of the self in the political arena
• Nationalism
• Women and (dis)enfranchisement
• Women, language, & politics
• Political economy
• Public/private divide
• Femininity and political figures in the ancient world
• Sexism in politics
• Gay marriage
• Power of women in ancient dynasties
Please note that these questions and topics are intended as suggestions and not limitations.
Michigan Feminist Studies is an annual publication edited by graduate students at the University of Michigan.
Manuscripts should be roughly 4000-6000 words and double-spaced. Please submit three single-sided copies, and include a 150-200 word abstract, brief biographical note, institutional and departmental affiliation (if applicable), mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address. Papers may be submitted in the accepted format of your own academic discipline (e.g., MLA, APA). If your paper is selected, you will then be asked to submit an electronic file.
Mail submissions to: Michigan Feminist Studies
1122 Lane Hall
204 South State Street
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
The Deadline for Submissions is January 16, 2009.
Inquiries can be directed to mfs.editors@umich.edu.
Posted by zzhu at 02:51 PM
Imag(in)ing Asia and the Pacific, Cornell University
EXTENDED DEADLINE: December 15, 2008
Call for Papers
Imag(in)ing Asia and the Pacific: Emerging Visualities and Art Perspectives
Department of the History of Art and Visual Studies Annual Graduate Symposium
Cornell University
February 20-21, 2009
Keynote address:
Dr. Melissa Chiu
Director, Asia Society Museum, New York
The symposium addresses the 20th century processes of decolonization, modernization, and nationbuilding that characterized the regions of Asia and the Pacific. These structures are revisited in the 21st century in the wake of globalization, and art practice in recent years has sought to address these questions, variously embracing or resisting their assumptions, politicizing their implications, or challenging discourse around such formulations. Not only are the cities of Asia and the Pacific growing, but have also become major centers of art, with mega-exhibitions and biennales that crucially forge regional identities and affinities. The symposium aims to explore these emerging visualities in the light of the complex, and changing socio-political and economic issues that affect countries, peoples, institutions and practice in the region.
We encourage submissions from currently enrolled graduate students that focus on visuality and can be from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to Asian Studies, Pacific Studies, History of Art, History, Visual Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, Studio Art, Architecture, Literature, Theatre, Film, and Dance. Of the many possible engagements with our theme, some include, but are not limited to:
• Classifications, geographies and identities – Possibilities of “Asian? and/or “Pacific? art: art and the archive (Hong Kong), and the museum (Fukuoka, Wellington, etc.).
• Forging regional “cultural? alliances: Inter-Asia theatre, Asia Pacific Triennial, Pacific Arts Festival, etc.
• Art and the city – cities as sites, cities as centers. Global cities and new urbanities (e.g. Shanghai, Mumbai, Auckland, Sydney, etc.) Cities as sites of public art. Exhibitions such as Cities on the Move, Paradise Now?, etc. Biennales
such as Singapore, Gwangju, Sydney and new biennales and triennials being planned.
• Traditional Practices, New Media, and Art against the grain. Negotiation of tradition and technology in practice.
Space for national heritage and culture and emerging alternative spaces/media for art.
• Economies of Art: The movement of art from the region across the global art market and the recent booms. The role of museums, galleries and auction houses.
Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words for all proposals, along with brief biographical information and special equipment requests if necessary. Submissions should be sent electronically to the organizers, Bernida Webb-Binder and Brinda Kumar (baw78@cornell.edu and bk269@cornell.edu). The application deadline for abstracts is December 15, 2008 in order to be considered for this year’s symposium.
Co-sponsors:
Africana Studies and Research Center • American Indian Program • Asian American Studies • Center for the Study of Inequality • Department of Anthropology • Department of Architecture • Department of Comparative Literature • Department of German Studies • Department of Government • Department of History • Department of History of Art and Visual Studies • Department of Philosophy • Department of Science and Technology Studies • Department of Theatre, Film and Dance • Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program • Frank Robinson • Graduate and Professional Student Assembly Finance Commission • Institute for German Cultural Studies • Minority, Indigenous, and Third World Studies Research Group • Rose Goldsen Archive of New Media Art • Society for the Humanities • Southeast Asia Program • The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.
Posted by zzhu at 02:23 PM
October 31, 2008
Dissertation Workshop on SOCIAL CAPITAL AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA, May 3-6, 2009, University of Toronto
WORKSHOP STATEMENT
This dissertation workshop seeks to engage scholars whose work explores the impacts of collective action and social capital, and its various component parts (trust, norms, networks and associations) in diverse parts of Asia, where the nature of state, civil society and alternate civilities is changing rapidly. Our premise is that the “productivity? of civic engagement in terms of enhancing the economic and political vitality of local communities depends, to a large extent, on the responsiveness of the local government and the nature of civil society/alternate civilities in the region under examination. As such, empirical research that seeks to discover and document how social capital and civic engagement interact with other aspects of social and political life to enhance, or perhaps diminish, well-being is important to both intellectual and policy debates taking place across a variety of academic disciplines. Further, researchers who focus on Asia are well positioned to contribute to theoretical debates about the relative usefulness of the concept of “social capital? and associated terms such as social cohesion, cooperation, public participation, empowerment, and community as ways of apprehending the complex dynamics of Asian settings. The workshop thus seeks to bring empirical research and re-theorizations from Asia into a productive dialogue.
ELIGIBILITY AND ARRANGEMENTS
The workshop is intended for doctoral students whose dissertation projects concern the role of civic engagement and social capital, in its many variations, in fostering dynamic change in any part of contemporary Asia. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage and assist doctoral students who are just beginning work on these issues, as well as those who are farther along in their projects. The workshop will involve intensive discussion of the individual projects and also the larger theoretical and methodological issues that they raise. Possibilities for continuing associations among interested students and faculty will be explored. Applicants must be enrolled in a full-time doctoral program. They must have drafted a dissertation research proposal, even though it may not yet be approved by their committees. They must be prepared to engage in some work prior to the meeting, namely reading and commenting on the proposals of other participants to establish a basis for productive exchange at the event.
The workshop will take place over three days on the campus of the University of Toronto. It will include twelve students and four faculty members from a variety of disciplines and interdisciplinary fields. The Asian Institute at the University of Toronto will cover the costs of work, meals, and accommodation. Travel will be subsidized up to a maximum of CDN$600 per participant.
APPLICATION DEADLINE is JANUARY 30, 2009
Applications consist of two items: 1) a current curriculum vitae and 2) an 8 to 10 page double spaced dissertation proposal. Alternatively, if the work is well underway, an 8 to 10 page double spaced description of the specific issues being addressed, the intellectual approach, and the materials being studied. Workshop participants will be selected on the content of the submitted projects, the potential for useful exchanges among them, and the benefits of including a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches and intellectual traditions. Applications should be sent in an email attachment to ai.soc@utoronto.ca. Applicants will be informed about whether or not they have been selected for the workshop by February 6th 2009. For further information about the workshop or eligibility, please contact the workshop assistant at ai.soc@utoronto.ca.
Posted by zzhu at 01:39 PM
October 28, 2008
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Chinese Law (French Association for Chinese Studies)
Etudes chinoises Vol. XXVIII (2009) Special issue on “Chinese Law?
法國漢學 - 2009年, 28輯 - 法律專刊
Dear colleagues,
In preparation for the 2009 issue of Etudes chinoises (“Chinese Studies?), the French Association for Chinese Studies is planning to publish a special issue dedicated to “Chinese Law?. As you already know, China legal studies have grown up steadily during the past years: plentiful works have been published, and many projects are under way. In such a perspective, Etudes chinoises hopes to contribute to the development of this research field in the form of a special issue dedicated to “Law? in its largest meaning.
Etude chinoises’ editors invite contributors to submit papers focusing on legal history per se, on legal thought, on judicial practice, and will also welcome papers stemming from these research fields or using Chinese legal or judicial sources. Etudes chinoises being a general-interest publication, this special issue is not bound to any temporal limit and we hope to receive papers on imperial as contemporary China.
Thereby, it would be a privilege to receive your contribution. Thank you by advance for also broadcasting the present call for papers to any scholar potentially interested in our proposal.
In order to make possible the accomplishment of this special issue, please inform us as soon as possible of your decision to submit a paper.
The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2009. All articles must be in English or French and follow the general guidelines for Etudes chinoises (in French on our website). For any question or enquiry, please contact us at claude.chevaleyre@college-de-france.fr
Respectfully yours,
The editorial board of Etudes chinoises
Posted by zzhu at 04:11 PM
October 27, 2008
University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review: Call for Submissions
The University of Pennsylvania East Asia Law Review is now accepting submissions for our next issue scheduled for publication in May 2009.
The mission of the East Asia Law Review is to provide a forum for the study of the law of East Asian nations. Thus, submissions should pertain to the law and its practice, implementation or implications in East Asian nations. Additionally, we welcome submissions of a comparative nature that examine legal issues faced by East Asian nations alongside similar issues of other Asian or non-Asian nations.
The recently published Volume 3 is available at our website, http://www.pennealr.com. As we begin preparing Volume 4, the East Asia Law Review hopes to substantially expand our distribution. To that end, all of our previous volumes will be available via Westlaw and on our website. We are currently soliciting library subscriptions and considering distribution via other channels. The Review will make a strong effort to broadly disseminate your work.
For further information or to submit a manuscript visit our website at http://www.pennealr.com or contact us at articles@pennealr.com. The East Asia Law Review will accept submissions for Volume 4 through January 15, 2009, with the potential for extensions with prior approval of the Editorial Board.
Posted by zzhu at 10:31 PM
October 23, 2008
Call for Papers - Global-is-Asian: Asian diaspora identities in the context of globalization
The Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Michigan State University is happy to announce their 3rd annual conference to be held on April 17-18, 2009 in East Lansing, Michigan.
Community and identity formation have never occurred in a vacuum. However, processes of globalization increasingly facilitate connections, both real and imagined, with other parts of the world. This conference focuses on Asian populations in diaspora—that is, living outside their ancestral homelands. Though the definition of diaspora and its application to various populations has long been debated, in using the term “diaspora? we assert the importance of understanding Asian communities within a global context; as sharing key similarities but as far from homogeneous. We aim to investigate how global forces, both historical and contemporary, have reshaped diasporic forms and analytical categories for examining collective memory, political alliances, transpacific migrations and movements, social spaces and global networks. We hope to explore what Jigna Desai (2004) has called the "heterogeneous connections to both the homeland and to other diasporic locations through such forms as political commitment, imagination, memory, travel, and cultural production."
The forms of cultural production --transnational youth cultures, art, cinema, literature, internet communities, new social movements-- that emerge in the context of globalization hold exciting potential. We are interested in exploring the range of identities that are constructed by Asian diasporic communities, and how these forms are then re-shaped through interactions, on both local and global scales.
• How do transnational flows of media, popular culture, goods, and capital originating from Asian communities in other parts of the world affect the expression and negotiation of “local? Asian identities?
• How are race, gender, class, sexuality, and religious identities reshaped or reworked through the experience of being in diaspora, or by local conditions that shape that expression?
• What new forms of travel, dwelling, migration, and exile emerge in the contemporary context of globalization?
• How do transnational religious movements among Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists and other religions play out within the context of diaspora?
• How do “Asian? groups that did not previously view themselves as sharing similarities broaden their ethnic boundaries in the context of specific racial, economic, and social policies in their countries of settlement?
• Indeed, how might the very definition of “Asian? or the assumed congruence of “race? and “culture? be redefined in the context of diaspora, as in the case of hapa, adoptee, peranakan, and others that reflect the hybridity of diaspora populations?
• How do global forces facilitate or hamper the imagining of homelands, or the creation of new ties altogether? Are homelands merely a construct to compensate for losses?
• What happens when communities who had imagined one another from afar meet though a global encounter (Chinese Americans visiting the motherland, Korean adoptees on homeland tours, Japanese Brazilians going to Japan for work)?
At the same time, we also hope to question the ways that an overemphasis on “global? or “diaspora? as academic buzzwords which, as Sau-ling Wong has noted, can result in the glossing over of local, regional and national levels of organization, and distract from nation-based identities (such as Asian American) that allow for coalition building and empowerment. These terms can become so broad and all encompassing as to lose their specificity of meaning, or merely become a means of expressing old concepts in new packaging.
We cannot ignore the continued power of nation states to define both national and local contexts that shape the constraints under which actors explore and express identities.
• In what ways do state constructions of legal or cultural citizenship define the parameters within which local communities operate?
• In the context of shifting global economies, it is also important to consider how Asian diaspora populations interact with others in their countries of residence. How do the politics of race and multiculturalism in Brazil, the UK, South Africa, the U.S. and elsewhere differentially shape the lives of Asian populations in those locations?
• How does the broader consumption of “Asian? culture through transnational Asian foods, goods, popular culture, movies, affect mainstream perceptions of Asians in a given location?
• How do neoliberal economic reforms accompanying globalization and the emergence of various Asian countries as global powers shape interactions between Asian immigrant entrepreneurs and local populations?
Please submit proposals to Joseph Villafuerte at global.is.asian09@gmail.com no later than January 15, 2009.
All proposals must include:
1. 250-300 word abstract
2. one-page CV, including full contact information
3. A list of any audio or visual equipment needed for the presentation.
Posted by zzhu at 05:46 PM
Stanford Journal of East Asian Affairs Requests Submissions
Posted by zzhu at 08:59 AM
October 22, 2008
Call for Abstracts: Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student Conference (Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2009)
Bridges and Borders in East Asia
The East Asian landscape is dominated by barriers that separate culture from culture and state from state, from the Korean Demilitarized Zone to the Great Wall to the Taiwan Strait. But borders are permeable and mutable, constantly shifting in position and meaning; frontiers connect the same spaces that they partition. The 2009 Harvard East Asian Society Conference Committee welcomes submissions addressing this theme of borders and border-crossings. We are looking for any work that bridges divides – between people, spaces, eras, ideas, cultures or disciplines. Often, the first bridges to be built are the first to be burned. Walls are enduring symbols of stasis; they are nonetheless sites of exchange. We look forward to exploring these paradoxes of social, cultural, physical and intellectual space.
The HEAS Graduate Student Conference is an annual conference which aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on East Asia. The conference is an opportunity for young scholars to present their research to both their peers and eminent scholars in East Asian Studies. All panels will be moderated by Harvard University faculty.
We welcome submissions from graduate students in all disciplines. Papers should be related to this year's theme and to East Asia, Inner Asia, Singapore, or Vietnam. We will consider submissions of individual papers and panel proposals.
Eligibility and Application Guidelines:
1. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a program of graduate study ("postgraduate" in British degree classification systems)
2. Papers must be related to the conference theme AND to one or more of the countries of East Asia that share the Chinese cultural tradition, including Japan, Korea, Inner Asia, Singapore and Vietnam
3. Abstracts must be no longer than 250 words, submitted exactly as directed on the HEAS Conference website
4. Deadline for abstract submission: November 30, 2008 (Sunday)
5. Detailed instructions and more information are available on our website: http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/
Inquiries:
For general conference inquiries, please contact: heasconference@gmail.com
For abstract submission inquiries, please contact: heas.abstracts@gmail.com
Posted by zzhu at 09:26 AM
October 19, 2008
East Asia Forum - Call for Paper
Constructed Realities: Rethinking Intellectual Space
The East Asian Forum (EAF), now in its twelfth iteration by the Department of East Asian Studies (EAS) at the University of Toronto, Canada, is a refereed multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the study of East Asia. With contributions from graduate students the world over, the EAF enjoys a reputation for producing original graduate-level research that is at the forefront of the field of East Asian Studies.
The Forum is an annual publication featuring articles, research notes, and translations relating to East Asia. We are currently seeking original academic papers that delve into the past and present of East Asia, primarily within the field of the humanities.
Preferred areas of investigation include philosophy, religion, art, anthropology, archaeology, literature, history and culture. Scholars considering a submission are encouraged to use a multidisciplinary approach which transcends the conventional boundaries between these subjects while conforming to the topic of this year's edition.
Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies, whose aim is to promote interdisciplinary and cross-regional approaches, the EAF seeks submissions that strive to go beyond the cultural idioms traditionally used when discussing the region. Given
the theme, Construction of Intellectual Space, potential contributions should touch upon discussions of re/presentation, authenticity/imagination, temporal/virtual modes of being, space/place, monism/collectivism, aesthetics/ethics, nature/the body,
leisure/work, and so forth.
All contributions are peer-reviewed and subject to final approval by the editorial committee. All contributions will be considered for the Quake Prize, the annual cash publication prize presented to top scholarly article. All submissions to the EAF are considered non-exclusive, and may be submitted simultaneously to other publications.
Please consult the section "Notes to Contributors" given in the link below for stylistic and submission requirements. The deadline for submission for Volume 12 (2009 Fall) is April 6, 2009.
For questions, email us at eaf@asiapacificreader.org
www.eaf.asiapacificreader.org/note
www.prize.asiapacificreader.org
Posted by zzhu at 02:17 PM
October 17, 2008
Call for proposals - Trehan India Initiative Summer Grants
Announcing the Trehan India Initiative – Summer Grants
Grants for student projects in India, Summer 2009
Urbanization is one of the defining elements of change in contemporary India, and will shape Indian society and its role in the global arena in the decades to come. The United Nations estimates that the country’s urban population will nearly double to reach 586 million by 2030. This urbanization is taking place as the country grapples with the dramatic challeng¬es and promise presented by economic liberalization and exposure to global flows of people, ideas, finance and invest¬ment, and media. What does India’s urban future mean for its identity as a nation, and what challenges will this transition present for its people?
The Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS), with the support of the Trehan Foundation, is offering up to five grants (up to $4000 each) to support graduate student projects that explore these questions during the summer of 2009. These grants are part of the theme year at CSAS titled State, Space, and Citizenship: Indian Cities in the Global Era.
We are interested in proposals from across the social sciences, humanities and professional schools that can shed light on what India’s urban transformation means for its culture, arts, politics, society, environment, and economy.
The grants must be used for travel expenses to and from India and for living expenses while there.
Award recipients will enroll in a one credit directed study during the Winter semester of 2009, during which they will work closely with faculty at CSAS to further develop the proposal submitted for the fellowship and to prepare for fieldwork. Students will also have an opportunity to network with scholars in India through our contacts with universities and research centers there. Upon their return from India, award recipients will have the opportunity to enroll in a seminar course during the Fall semester of 2009 that will provide a chance to further develop their ideas and write papers based on their findings.
To apply for an award, please submit the following materials by December 1, 2008:
• A one-page cover letter with your full contact information that explains why you are interested in
conducting this work and any prior experience you may have that is relevant to your proposal.
• One copy of your transcript from the University of Michigan (unofficial copy is acceptable).
• A two-page proposal detailing the research question or hypothesis of your study, the methods to be employed, and the contribution of your project to theory and/or practice in your field.
• One confidential Letter of Recommendation from your graduate academic advisor, to be e-mailed
directly by the advisor to the e-mail below.
Award recipients will be notified by January 1, 2009. Please submit all materials to TrehanSummer2009@umich.edu.
Address the application to the Trehan India Initiative Theme Year Coordinators.
Posted by zzhu at 04:01 PM
October 14, 2008
Call for Papers: Michigan Journal of Public Affairs
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, a student-run publication of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan, is currently considering submissions from graduate and professional students, policy practitioners, and faculty involved with domestic and international affairs. MJPA publishes original research on a wide range of public policy issues, including social welfare, development, health, science, urban, security, and economic policy, as well as other timely and relevant pieces.
Submission Guidelines:
DEADLINE: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 – Please note the early deadline!
LENGTH: Including citations and endnotes, no longer than 25 pages double spaced (Times New Roman, 12-point font)
STYLE: Chicago Manual of Style
ALTERNATIVE SUBMISSIONS: MJPA also welcomes submissions of shorter length, such as literature reviews, book reviews, or notes and comments on relevant policy issues. Alternative submissions cannot exceed 10 pages in length double spaced. A submission of shorter length does not preclude publication of a full-length article at a later date in MJPA or any other publication.
SUBMISSIONS FORMAT: Electronic copies should be submitted in Microsoft Word. Mailed submissions should include TWO hard copies and ONE CD-ROM, or disk copy, in Microsoft Word.
SUBMIT PAPERS ELECTRONICALLY TO FSPPMJPA@UMICH.EDU
MAIL SUBMISSIONS TO: Scott Rasmussen, Submissions Editor, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 735 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-3091
For more information, please contact Editors-in-Chief:
Josh Brammer (brammer@umich.edu) or Kevin Herms (kherms@umich.edu)
www.mjpa.umich.edu
Posted by zzhu at 06:01 PM
October 10, 2008
1st International Congress on Chinese Studies: Immigration and Cultural Exchanges
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON CHINESE STUDIES, 26-29 NOVEMBER 2008
MAIN THEME: IMMIGRATION AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES
Dear Colleagues and interested Researchers,
The Organizing Committee of 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CHINESE STUDIES is honoured to announce the Second Call for Papers in the 1ST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CHINESE STUDIES (Main Theme: Immigration and Cultural Exchanges). The Conference will take place in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain), from 26th to 29th November, 2008. We would also ask that this Call for Papers be made available to as many interested people as possible.
For registration and workshop information for this event, please check the following link:
http://www.estudioschinos.com/congress.htm
Important Dates
Registration
Registration Deadline: 22nd November or during the Congress
Abstracts
Second call for abstracts: Deadline 5th November
(later papers will be considered and selected)
Confirmation of admission:
Second call: 7th November
Deadline for send definitive papers (for pusblishing, reviewed by peers): 30 March 2009
Faithfully,
Dr. Fang Xiao
Organizing Committee Chair
congress@estudioschinos.com
Posted by zzhu at 10:01 AM
October 09, 2008
Call for Papers: University of Toronto, Ninth Annual East Asia Conference 2009
Social Constructions Delineating Intellectual Realms, March 14, 2009
In what ways do the semiotics of social constructions in East Asian
societies impact the definition of intellectual spaces there? Our
conference seeks to challenge participants to critically evaluate
the implications of social transactions for academic discourse in East Asian contexts.
We invite papers that critically engage topics relevant to the issue
of defining intellectual space, particularly in the context of
negotiating with constructed realities.
Topics may include (though are not limited to) such issues as mediations of research and academic publications, conciliations of intellectual discourse with established institutions and conventions, the history of academic institutionalization and definition and perpetuation of class structures and other social identities as they relate to intellectual space in the East Asian context.
We invite all those interested in presenting papers to submit an abstract (300 words maximum) and brief biographical information by December 21st. We encourage submissions from both individuals and panels of three (panelists should send individual abstracts and a panel abstract). Please indicate whether you would like your completed paper to be considered for publication in the East Asian Forum journal published by graduate students of the East Asian Studies department at the University of Toronto. Selected participants should submit completed papers by February 4th. Please email your submissions and questions to the conference committee at
eas.conference.2009@gmail.com.
Schedule and additional information will be posted at: http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc/Main.html
Posted by zzhu at 10:35 PM
August 21, 2008
Eighth East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia-Pacific Region
Imin Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
February 12-14, 2009
Abstract Submission Deadline: Friday, October 17, 2008
Theme
The East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference (IGSC) is an annual interdisciplinary conference that welcomes presentations in a number of thematic and disciplinary areas focusing on the Asia Pacific region, and/or the relationship/interaction of the US with the Asia Pacific region. For the purposes of the conference, Asia Pacific is defined to include: South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, all the Pacific Rim nations and Pacific Islands, and Russia.
Papers are encouraged from the array of disciplines focusing on the region. Fields represented in past conferences include Politics, Governance, and Security; Economics; Environmental Change and Vulnerability; Population and Health; Education, History, Language, Linguistics, Culture and Arts. A set of sample abstracts from previous conference may be perused here.
Abstracts
The East-West Center invites graduate students from all around the world to submit papers for the 8th Annual International Graduate Student Conference, which will be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on February 12-14, 2009. The Conference provides an opportunity to share perspectives on the Asia Pacific region formally, through presenting papers and attending other panel presentations, and informally in the warm and supportive environment of the East-West Center in Hawaii.
For submissions, both an abstract of no more than 500 words in length as well as a summary of no more than 100 words should be provided, as indicated on the submission form. The summary will be used as part of the conference materials for abstracts that are accepted.
Submission Format
Please complete the online abstract submission form and submit it electronically to the conference address: studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
Other Information
* IGSC Conference Poster
A limited number of travel grants, generally $100 to $200 (up to a maximum of $500) and awarded on merit, will be available for graduate students coming from overseas, the continental U.S., or from the neighboring islands of Hawaii. Potential participants are encouraged to apply for travel assistance from their home institutions or other sources available to them due to the limited nature of this provision. Should you decide to apply for the travel grant, please complete the travel grant section on the abstract submission form.
Housing accommodation at the East-West Center Halls of Residence will be made available for conference participants at a special rate.
Post-Conference Publications
Presenters will also have the opportunity to submit their conference papers to be considered for publication in the in the East-West Center's working paper series. Our editorial board will review all papers, and selected papers will be published after the conference. For past issues of the working paper series, see here.
Contact Address
The 8th Annual International Graduate Student Conference
c/o EWC Education Program
1601 East-West Road, Burns Hall 2083
Honolulu, Hawaii 96848
U.S.A.
Email
studentconference@eastwestcenter.org
Website
www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference/
Important Dates
Deadline for abstracts and travel grant requests: October 17, 2008
Notification of abstract selection result: Late November 2008
Posted by zzhu at 09:45 AM
Publish in the Journal of Asian Business
The Journal of Asian Business, published by the Center for International Business Education at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, features research on business issues in Asian countries for business school, social science, and humanities scholars and business leaders.
With your expertise in the dynamic Asian market, you are uniquely positioned to submit to JAB your publishable research on South, Central, Northeast, and Southeast Asia in the areas of business, management, economics, political economy, economic and business history, development studies, or comparative and cross-cultural studies.
We will consider original manuscripts that are not being submitted elsewhere for publication, including academic research, case studies, commentary, research reports and notes, analyses, and book reviews. We are particularly looking for content on Southeast Asia, Korea, and Japan.
Consider these benefits of publishing in JAB:
• JAB is the only refereed academic journal in North America that focuses on Asian business for a broad audience of scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners.
• Your work will be published by a premier international business education institution, available to a readership of leading educational institutions throughout the United States and the world, and indexed in the leading business databases.
• JAB offers an efficient editorial process with quick turn-around time and a thorough peer review by a prestigious Editorial Advisory Board and other experts. We will work with you to assure that the quality of your finished piece will be of maximum benefit to the academic, business, and public policy communities.
Manuscript submission guidelines are available at www.umich.edu/~cibe/about/submission.html. We look forward to hearing from you. Please feel free to forward this request to your colleagues who may be interested in publishing in JAB.
Best regards,
Linda Lim, Editor, Journal of Asian Business
Center for International Business Education
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan
Posted by zzhu at 08:31 AM
June 13, 2008
Journal of Georgraphic Information Sciences
Call for Papers:
A Special Issue
on the
Assessment of the Impacts of Wenchuan Earthquake
The "5.12 earthquake" in Sichuan, China has shocked China and the world. Many people are suffering from this tragedy.
This emerging event will have long-term impacts on the environment, population, economy and many other issues on China's future development.
To promote the applications of remote sensing, GIS and spatial modeling in Wechuan earthquake studies, we are planning to publish a special issue of Geographical Information Sciences （http://www.jlgis.cuhk.edu.hk/research/publications/jgis/issues.html） with a focus on "the Assessment of the Impacts of Wenchuan Earthquake?.
Please submit your full paper to china-paice@umich.edu before October 15, 2008 if you would like your paper to be considered for publication in this special issue.
All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed.
Please contact Dr. Shuming Bao at sbao@umich.edu or
(734)647-9610 if there is any question.
Best
Co-editors
Shuming Bao, University of Michigan
Hui Lin, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Peng Gong, University of California at Berkeley
Appendix: Instruction to Contributors
1. Scope: The journal of Geographical Science will publish original research on the theory, methods, development and applications of geographic information systems, remote sensing, global positioning systems, and cartography. Brief papers on hardware and software design and associated codes are welcome. GIS-related news, highlight articles and commercial advertisements will also be published.
2. Manuscript Format: Use American Letter Sized or A4 white papers. Manuscripts must be double spaced and should normally not exceed 5000 words per manuscript in length. An abstract is limited in less than 150 words. Submission in digital form is welcome. List figure captions on a separate page and put figure number and author(s)' name(s) on the back of the figures. Color illustrations may be published with a charge to the author(s). SI units must be used. Citation of references in the text can be made either by a number index or by using the author(s) followed by a number index. The followings are two sample references:
[2] Fotheringham, A. S., and P.A. Rogerson, 1993. GIS and spatial analytical problems. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 7:3-19.
[10] Anselin, L., 1993. Discrete space autoregressive models. In Environmental Modeling With GIS, ed. M.F. Goodchild, B.O. Parks and T. Steyaert, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp454-469.
3. Manuscript Submission:
We prefer to receive your contribution as pdf file by email.
4．Paper copies must be submitted to
Dr. Shuming Bao
China Data Center
University of Michigan
Suite 3630, 1080 S University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
Tel: (734)647-9610 Fax: (734)763-0335
Email: sbao@umich.edu
4. Review, Proofs and Offprints: Research and technical papers will be submitted to referees whose names will be kept confidential. The editors reserve the right on whether a paper should be accepted. Once a paper is accepted, proofs will be sent to the corresponding authors for checking. 25 offprints will be sent to the corresponding author when the paper is published.
5. The Geographical Information Sciences (ISSN 1082-4006) is published semiannually by CPGIS (Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographical Information Systems). For subscription, please contact: CPGIS, 151 Hilgard Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3110, USA, Telephone: 510 642-1351, Fax: 510 643-5098, Email: gong@nature.berkeley.edu
Posted by moyera at 10:56 AM