CONFERENCE INFORMATION

If you would like to submit a conference to be advertised, please contact CJS. Conferences are listed in the order that they are submitted, with the most recent first. This, however, is not an indication of the conference dates or submission deadlines.

University of Hawaii School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies (SHAPS) 18th Annual Graduate Student Conference: "Asia-Pacific Journeys-Exploring New Directions in a Reinvigorated Field," march 14-16, 2007, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

The purpose of the conference is to showcase current graduate research in Asia and the Pacific from diverse regional and disciplinary perspectives, from the Hawai'i and beyond. We invite graduate students to submit papers to be presented, or ideas for panel or roundtables.

Abstract Deadline: January 15, 2007.

For more information, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/shaps/gradconf/.

Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Conference 2005: "Contemporary Challenges and Emerging Realities," August 22-25, 2005, Tokyo, Japan

The Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) invites undergraduates and graduate students to join in expanding the global understanding of Asian and international relations at the annual summer conference in Asia.

HPAIR is a partnership between the students and faculty of Harvard University, offering a sustained academic program and a forum of exchange to facilitate discussion of the most important economic, political, and social issues relevant to the Asia-Pacific region. HPAIR's international conference has emerged as the largest annual Harvard event in Asia and the largest annual student conference in the Asia-Pacific region, attracting a wide variety of distinguished speakers and future leaders as Harvard's student outpost in Asia. Past speakers at our conferences include South Korean President Kim Young Sam, Governor General of Australia Peter Hollingworth, Singapore President S.R. Nathan and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Deadline: February 1, 2005.

For more information, go to http://www.hpair.org/.

CU East Asian Graduate Association (CUEAGA) Sixth Annual Graduate Student Conference: "Transmissions and Transformations," march 4-6, 2005, University of Colorado at Boulder

UEAGA is currently accepting paper proposals. Email your proposal (up to 300 words) to cueaga@yahoo.com by January 15, 2005. Proposals are invited from disciplines relating to East Asia (China, Japan, and Korea) including Anthropology, Geography, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literature, Political Science, Religious Studies, Sociology, and Women's Studies. Keynote speakers are Professor Michael Nylan (UC-Berkeley, Chinese History) and Assistant Professor Marcia Yonemoto (CU-Boulder, Japanese History).

Those whose proposals are accepted should submit their full paper no later than February 25, 2005. Presenters will be grouped into panels according to general topics (i.e., Literature, Political Science, etc.) and have twenty minutes to present their paper. Panels for March 5th and 6th will be chaired by a university faculty member specializing in East Asia. The CUEAGA conference is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to share and discuss their work with peers in a scholastic environment, meet our two historians working within the field, and enjoy the beginnings of a Boulder spring.

Deadline: January 15, 2005.

University of Hawaii School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies (SHAPS) 16th Annual Graduate Student Conference: "Intersections and Boundaries: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Asia and the Pacific," march 16-18, 2005, University of hawai'i

The purpose of the conference is to showcase current graduate research in Asia and the Pacific from diverse regional and disciplinary perspectives, from the University of Hawai`i and beyond. We invite graduate students to submit papers to be presented, or ideas for panel or roundtables.

Deadline: December 30, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.hawaii.edu/shaps/gradconf/.

8th Annual Harvard East Asia Society (HEAS) Graduate Student Conference, march 3-5, 2005, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University

The HEAS Graduate Student Conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for promising graduate students from the United States and around the world to exchange ideas and discuss current research on East Asia with peers, professors, and professionals. The Harvard East Asia Society draws membership from all those in the Harvard community whose academic interests focus on East Asia, and our student-run, non-profit conference is the largest of its kind in North America. Previous participants have described the HEAS Graduate Student Conference as an invaluable opportunity to receive feedback on their research from distinguished professors of Harvard University.

Deadline: December 10, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/.

THE NINTH ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE JAPAN (ASCJ), June 18-19, 2005, Tokyo, japan

The ASCJ Executive Committee invites proposals for panels and roundtables (as well as a limited number of individual papers) to be presented at its ninth annual conference. The conference will be held at the Ichigaya campus of Sophia University on Saturday, June 18, and Sunday June 19, 2005.

The Committee welcomes proposals that focus on any region of Asia and reflect any academic discipline. It especially welcomes proposals that, by focusing on more than one region or by drawing on more than one discipline, will attract a broad range of scholarly interest.

Deadline: November 25, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/.

Fourteenth Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia, February 4-5, 2005, New york, Columbia University

Graduate students are invited to submit papers for the Fourteenth Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia. This two-day symposium provides a forum for young scholars in East Asian Studies from various universities to discuss work in progress with their peers. The Conference has traditionally been interdisciplinary and we welcome applications from graduate students whose area of research is in East Asian history, political science, literature, art history, and religion.

Deadline: December 12, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/gradconf/.

MOVEMENT: THE CULTURAL DYNAMICS OF EAST ASIA (GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE), March 5, 2005, Toronto, canada

The graduate students in East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto will host their Fifth Annual Graduate Conference entitled "Movement: The Cultural Dynamics of East Asia." The conference will explore notions of movement in literature, art, philosophy, religion, politics, commerce, and demographics within and beyond China, Korea and Japan. Movement, broadly interpreted, might encompass topics such as the evolution of artistic styles; the spread of religious and philosophical ideas; political and commercial relations; displacement and migration; travel and tourism; translation and textual transmission. All disciplines and approaches are welcome.

Deadline: November 30, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/easgsc.

Popularizing Asia Pacific Americas (GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE), February 12, 2005, Santa cruz, california

The Asia-Pacific-Americas research cluster at UC Santa Cruz invites submissions to its first grad student conference on the theme of popular culture and the politics of "urban," "modern," "global" identities. In what ways have various avenues such as cuisine, fashion, sports, travel, tourism, recreation, art, literature, photography, the internet, film and mass media taken part in popularizing the broadly construed space and inhabitants of "Asia Pacific Americas"? What forms of cultural practices, knowledge and differences get created, articulated and distributed through the processes of reifying, exoticizing, ethnicizing, interpreting, reinventing and ordering? How far has popular culture been entangled with discourses of nationalism, colonialism, identity, gender, ethnicity or race?

Papers across fields and disciplines are welcome. Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Henry Yu of UCLA and UBC.

Deadline: November 1, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www2.ucsc.edu/aparc/callforpaper.htm.

4TH EAST-WEST CENTER INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE, February 17-19, 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii

This conference is intended to appeal broadly to graduate student scholarship in the social sciences and humanities, and to policy-oriented intersections with applied sciences such as environmental science, health, and population studies. It welcomes historical, contemporary, and future-oriented papers from all disciplines.

The unifying thread of the conference is a strong interest in the Asia Pacific, and a commitment among the participants to share their perspectives formally (through presenting their papers and attending other panel presentations) and informally in the warm and encouraging environment of the East-West Center and Hawaii.

Deadline: October 25, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.eastwestcenter.org/studentconference.

16TH JAPAN ANTHROPOLOGY WORKSHOP (JAWS) CONFERENCE, March 18-21, 2005, Hong Kong

Proposals for panels and individual papers are invited on all Japan-related anthropological topics for the above international conference, to be held at the University of Hong Kong. (Broadly 'anthopological' papers from scholars in other disciplines, e.g. sociologists, historians, political scientists, are also welcome.)

The organizers have proposed sessions on the following topics:

* Japan in the East/Southeast Asian Context.
* Mutual Influences in Popular and Material Culture.
* 'Untranslatable' Culture: How anthropologists and others use language to translate or explain cultural concepts.

These suggested themes are not intended to be restrictive, however. Other suggestions have been received and more are welcome. Individual papers received will be grouped by the conference organizers into thematically coherent panels. The conference languages are English and Japanese, and papers may be given in either language.

Deadline: September 30, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.hku.hk/japanese/jaws2005/.

IJET-16, June 4-5, 2005, Chicago, Illinois

IJET-16, the latest installment in the series of International Japanese/English Translation conferences, will be held June 4-5, 2005. The IJET-16 Organizing Committee is now accepting proposals for individual (or joint) presentations and panel discussions at IJET-16.

The Organizing Committee invites proposals dealing with all aspects of Japanese/English translation, including topics of interest to beginning translators, topics of interest to experienced translators, and topics related to the business of translation. Proposals that focus on a specific field (such as translation in chemistry or translation of literature), as well as proposals on general topics (such as translation resources or professional development for translators), or proposals concerning specific types of documents (such as patents or contracts) are encouraged. Presentations and panel discussions may be conducted in Japanese, English, or both.

Deadline: November 1, 2004.

For more information, go to http://www.jat.org/ijet/ijet-16/.

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