JAAS 2024 Spring CONVENTION Call for Papers :Deadline extended
To encourage more participation, we have extended the deadline for submission of a proposal for the individual presentations and panels to March 8, 2024. For further information, please refer to the following.
The 2024 Spring Convention of the Japanese Association for Asian Studies will be held in collaboration with Kanagawa University on June 15-16, 2024. The convention mode will be face-to-face, but this may change in consideration of the public health situation. The Conference Organizing Committee (COC) of JAAS welcomes the proposals for individual presentations and organized panels.
・Individual presentation: The speaker will be given 20 minutes for presentations. All papers must be submitted in advance. The COC will organize sessions with 2-3 speakers on similar or related topics. A chairperson and commentator(s) will be nominated by COC among JAAS members.
・Organized panel: Application for an organized panel is welcome as well. An organized panel must have a designated chairperson, 2-3 speakers, and 1-2 commentators. Two hours will be allotted to the entire panel.
The deadline for submission of a proposal for the individual presentations and/or the panels is March 8, 2024.
Acceptance/Rejection will be notified after March 25, 2024.
An applicant for an Individual Presentation should be a member of, or applying for membership to JAAS by the time of presentation. An applicant for an Organized Panel should be a member of JAAS at the time of application.
Those who wish to submit a proposal must fill in the application form (https://forms.gle/WTnXyqFRXtGKMN6S7 ).
Those who made presentations in the conventions in the last one year can apply but may be given low priority in light of promoting equal opportunities for JAAS members.
The following items must be written in the application form:
Individual presentations:
1) Name, affiliation, contact address, phone number, and membership status of the applicant
2) Author(s) of the paper and title of the presentation
3) Abstract (within 400 words)
4) Presentation language (either Japanese or English)
Presenters at the Convention must submit full papers (in PDF format) and abstracts (in the prescribed WORD format). The length of the paper should be around 6,000 words including references, footnotes, tables, and figures. Please do not exceed 10,000 words. Papers must be submitted before May 23, 2024. Submission beyond the deadline may result in cancellation of presentation.
Papers will be posted on JAAS website for a few weeks before and after the Conference, and will be made downloadable only by JAAS members. Published papers will not be accepted.
Organized panels:
1) Name, affiliation, contact address, phone number, and membership status of the applicant
2) Title of the panel
3) Abstract for panel proposal and presentations (within 400 words)
4) Panel members (Name and affiliation)
5) Language for presentation
Presenters of the panels must submit abstracts (within 400 words in the prescribed WORD format) of their presentations before May 23, 2024. They are also recommended, though not required, to submit full papers (in PDF format), which will be posted on JAAS website in the same manner as the papers for individual presentations. The length of the paper should be around 6,000 words including references, footnotes, tables, and figures. Papers must be submitted before May 23, 2024. Papers will be posted on JAAS website for a few weeks before and after the Conference, and will be made downloadable only by JAAS members.
Conference Organizing Committee of JAAS
Lim, Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University)
Mon, Chin (Osaka Sangyo University)
Suzuki, Ayame (Doshisha University)
Wada, Kazuya (Kanazawa University)
e-mail: jaas-autumn<at>npo-ochanomizu.org (replace <at> with @)