"Ready for Democracy? Religion and Political Culture in the Orthodox聽and Islamic Worlds" Conference
Indiana University Bloomington,聽Feb.聽28 - March 2, 2013 | Deadline: September 15, 2013
The aim of this conference - sponsored by the聽Russian and East European Institute (REEI) at Indiana University聽Bloomington - is to examine common assumptions about the limits to聽democratic practices in societies that are largely Orthodox or聽Islamic. Within this comparative framework, we aim to move beyond聽generalities about religion, religious institutions, and politics to聽consider what specifically might be the relationship between religion聽and political culture.聽We invite advanced graduate students and recent PhDs (those who聽received their degrees in 2009 or after) to submit proposals for this聽conference. Pending funding, REEI will cover travel and housing聽expenses for 8-10 selected scholars. They will join a smaller group of聽senior scholars who have been invited to present their work at the聽conference. Panel discussions on: the roles that religious聽institutions, religious movements, and their leaders play in civil聽society and democratic processes; the ways that religious tradition聽and beliefs impact ideas about and practices of democracy; the聽significance of religious rituals in shaping the practices of the聽public sphere.
Proposals must include: 1) a paper title, 2) an abstract (minimum 300聽words), and 3) complete contact information. Submit all proposals to聽reei@indiana.edu no later than Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012; direct聽inquiries to Padraic Kenney, Director, REEI, at聽pjkenney@indiana.edu .
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The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and the Rule of Law
Netherlands,聽December 12-14, 2012 | Deadline: September 15, 2012
The Leiden research profile area Asian聽Modernities and Traditions ( AMT ) will host an international聽conference on the theme of "The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and the Rule of Law". We welcome papers on formation and functioning of Asia's systems of聽law and governance, migration and diversity, religious and political聽movements, corruption, borderlands, insurgency and the formation of聽new nations, democratization and citizenship.
We particularly encourage papers on any of the four conference themes:聽Building the state in Asia;聽Developmental Asian states;聽Citizenship in Asia;聽Developing the rule of law in Asia
Please submit your abstract of 750 words and short CV of 350 words via聽the conference website before 15 September 2012. Full papers selected for participation are due no later than November 1, 2012.聽Invited and selected papers will be entitled to full travel and聽accommodation refunding.
贰尘补颈濒:听amt@leiden.edu |聽Visit the website at聽
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The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and the Rule of Law
Netherlands, December 12-14, 2012 | Deadline: September 15, 2012
On December 12-14, 2012 the Leiden research profile area Asian聽Modernities and Traditions ( AMT ) will host an international聽conference on the theme of "The State in Asia: Power, Citizenship and聽the Rule of Law". Deadline abstract submission: 15 September 2012.聽We welcome papers on formation and functioning of Asia's systems of聽law 聽and governance, migration and diversity, religious and political聽movements, corruption, borderlands, insurgency and the formation of聽new nations, democratization and citizenship.
We particularly encourage papers on any of the four conference themes:
- Building the state in Asia
- Developmental Asian states
- Citizenship in Asia
- Developing the rule of law in Asia
Please submit your abstract of 750 words and short CV of 350 words via聽the conference website before 15 September 2012. Full papers selected聽for participation are due no later than 1 November 2012.聽Invited and selected papers will be entitled to full travel and聽accommodation refunding.
贰尘补颈濒:听amt@leiden.edu |聽Visit the website at聽
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Panel: Transcultural Encounters in the Eastern Himalayas,聽Thirteenth Seminar of the International Association of聽Buddhist Studies
Ulaan Baataar, Mongolia, June 21-27, 2013 | Deadline: September 23, 2012
In connection with the pending start of a new research project聽("Kalimpong as a 'Contact Zone'," directed by Prof. Birgit Kellner聽and Dr. Markus Viehbeck at the Cluster of Excellence "Asia and Europe聽in a Global Context," University of Heidelberg), we invite proposals聽for papers for the following panel at the Thirteenth Seminar of the聽International Association of Buddhist Studies, to be held in聽Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from July 21-27, 2013.
While cultural exchange is an immanent and continuous element of聽human societies, there are certain places and conditions that聽accentuate this element and make it more visible. With the聽intensification of trade in the wake of the British Younghusband聽invasion to Tibet in 1904, the border region between Tibet and India聽in the Eastern Himalayas gained importance as the main transit hub聽for the exchange of Tibetan and Western commodities. Economic聽development was accompanied by population growth: the historical聽mixture of various local ethnic groups was enriched by an influx of聽traders and the settlement of British Indian colonial officers,聽Christian missionaries, Tibetan dignitaries, Western Tibetologists聽and spiritual seekers, etc. This development did not only yield a聽pathway for the exchange of material goods, but also for the exchange聽of knowledge between worlds that knew very little about each other.聽In this panel, we would like to address these encounters with regard聽to various interconnected key areas, such as trade, religion,聽politics, media, scholarship, education, etc., and with different聽methodological and disciplinary approaches.
Please send proposals for papers (half page abstracts) directly to聽Markus Viehbeck聽viehbeck@asia-europe.uni-heidelberg.de
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Request for Workshop Proposals - Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey, October 2-5, 2013 | Deadline: October 2, 2012
Inter-Asian Connections IV: Istanbul is the fourth conference in a series, following on conferences held in Dubai in February 2008, Singapore in December 2010, and Hong Kong in June 2012. As with the preceding events, this four-day conference aims to effect a paradigm shift in the study of the Asian expanse, re-conceptualized as a dynamic and interconnected historical, geographical, and cultural formation stretching from the Middle East through Eurasia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, to East Asia. Workshops will have the dual aim of showcasing innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines as well as exploring themes that transform conventional understandings of Asia.
The full text of the request for proposals, along with information on the application process and eligibility, can be found on the program's website: ().
For additional inquiries, please contact interasia@ssrc.org
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3rd Global Conference: Spirituality in the 21st Century
Lisbon, Portugal, March 7 - 9, 2013 | Deadline: October 12, 2012
The contemporary study of spirituality encompasses a wide range of聽interests. These have come not only from the more traditional areas of聽religious scholarshiptheology, philosophy of religion, history of聽religion, comparative religion, mysticismbut also more recently from聽management, medicine, and many other fields.
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference seeks to聽expand the range of ideas, fields, and locales of Spiritual work for聽the 3rd Global Conference. Perspectives are sought from those engaged聽in the fields of Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation, Business,聽Counseling, Ecology, Education, Healing, History, Management,聽Mass/Organisational/Speech Communication, Medicine, Nursing,聽Performance Studies, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Psychology,聽Reconciliation/Refugee/Resettlement Projects, Social Work, and聽Theatre. These disciplines are indicative only, as papers are welcomed聽from any area, profession and/or vocation in which Spirituality plays聽a part.
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed聽panel proposals. Presentations, Papers and performances will be聽considered on any related theme.
What to send:聽300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2012.聽All submissions are minimally double blind peer reviewed where聽appropriate. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full聽draft paper should be submitted by Friday 18th January 2013. Abstracts聽should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts聽may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following聽information and in this order:聽a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract,聽e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled:聽S21-3 Abstract Submission.
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using聽footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as聽bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all聽paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a聽week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be聽lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative聽electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs聽John L. Hochheimer:聽Hoch@siu.edu &聽Rob Fisher:聽s21-3@inter-disciplinary.net
For further details of the conference, please visit:聽
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Women's Manga in Asia: Glocalizing Different Cultures and Identities
University of Sydney, January 23-25, 2013 | Deadline: October 15, 2012
In most cultures, comics have targeted younger male readers. In the case聽of Japanese manga, however, there are works for almost every generation聽and life style, and gender boundaries have been falling as well. Furthermore, since the turn of the century, a global manga boom has been underway. This has increasingly meant that mangaartists are no longer limited to being Japanese people, nor does a manga necessarily have to be a Japanese product. Also, the manga boom has seemingly helped ease the challenges confronting female artists, the result being that more girls and women have begun both creating and reading comics/manga worldwide. Thus, it is crucial to explore the relation between women and comics/manga from ever-broader perspectives world wide, globally as well as locally.聽Our project, "Women and Manga," will begin this exploration, first in聽Asia, globally and glocally. Women now dominate the realm of fan-created聽works, and non-Japanese comics for girls and women contribute significantly to the exploration of gender and sexuality, including but not limited to heterosexual femininity. It seems likely that manga played a role in guiding many women to enter the world of comics as creators as well as readers. Moreover, it should be noted that there even greater potentials for comics as a cultural arena to be explored and examined in relation to women, who have not often been regarded as the main participants in the world of comics.
Please submit abstracts of 200 words for proposed 15-minute papers by email to Rebecca Suter <> or Fusami Ogi <> no later than October 15, 2012. Abstracts should be in English and include a title, your name, affiliation, and contact details (mailing address, email) and a brief description of your paper (200-250 words). We will begin reviewing abstract submissions immediately after the deadline.
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2013 Bangkok International Conference on Social Science
Bangkok, Thailand, January 25-27, 2013 | Deadline: October 15, 2012
2013 Bangkok International Conference on Social Science - BICSS 2013聽is the premier forum for the presentation of new advances in the聽fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied Social Science. The聽conference will bring together leading researchers, engineers and聽scientists in the domain of interest from around the world.
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Global Perspectives: Islam, Spiritualism and Radicalism
Yogyakarta, Indonesia, November 22-24, 2012 | Deadline: October 15, 2012
Global Perspectives: Islam, Spiritualism and Radicalism and invites scholars,聽authors and researchers whose expertise will shed new light on various themes,聽to include on Islam and Spiritualism, Radicalism in Global Perspectives,聽Religion and Gender Issues, Religion and Multiculturalism, Indonesian Islamic聽Higher Education in the Making of Indonesian Islam, Religion and Minorities,聽Religion and Science, Neuroscience and Spirituality, Religion and Contemporary聽Issues, Islamic Educational Institutions, and Islamic Philanthropy. For聽registration for participation, presentation and exhibition please visit聽
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2013 Conable Conference in International Studies: Gender, Violence,聽and Justice in the Age of Globalization
Rochester, New York, April 4-6, 2013 | Deadline: October 15, 2012
The theme for the 2013 conference is Gender, Violence, and Justice in聽the Age of Globalization. Over the past several decades, tremendous聽strides have been made toward ending gender-based violence and聽advancing a spectrum of goals broadly envisioned as promoting gender聽equality throughout the globe and particularly in developing countries聽as communities have harnessed aspects of globalization to enhance聽communications, technology, collaboration, travel, and聽capacity-building. Gender-based violence (GBV) has been contested聽locally, regionally, and globally. Grassroots activists have聽transformed local and national attitudes by provoking rigorous聽dialogue. International conventions and treaties provide the promise聽of increased protections for women, children, sexual and gender聽identity minorities, and individuals with disabilities. And as聽international protocols infiltrate domestic law, global protections聽are providing new opportunities for women, men, and children seeking聽to safeguard their bodies and seek justice for crimes perpetrated. At聽the same time, however, significant obstacles impede accountability聽and attitudinal change. In many nations, impunity from prosecution聽emboldens government agents, quasi-government militias, and private聽individuals. Ignorance of the laws or a cultural reluctance to seek聽redress via the law impedes progress in many nations. Some states聽stridently resist globalized pressures to domesticate international聽treaties and conventions, citing cultural, religious, and social聽arguments against global gender-based ideologies. And grassroots聽gender violence campaigners are increasingly wary of the cultural聽imperialism accompanying many ideological orientations, ranging from聽Marxist feminism and sexual liberation to neo-liberal dogma and聽academic chauvinism.
Abstracts of no more than 300 words clearly identifying the argument,聽method of delivery, evidentiary basis or analytical framework, and聽site of research, study, or project, accompanied by a two-page CV聽identifying the proposer(s) by name, affiliation, address, and email,聽should be sent directly to Benjamin Lawrance, Conable Chair in聽International Studies [BNL@RIT.EDU] by October 15, 2012. Decisions聽will be made in the fall semester and proposals selected will be聽announced by email and on the Conable Conference website. All聽participants are required to register online and pay the registration聽fee as confirmation prior to the publication of the final program.
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Islam, Political Islam, and Islamophobia: An International Conference
Indiana University, March 29-30, 2013 | Deadline: November 1, 2012
Muslims representing all strata of society throughout the world face聽an extraordinary degree of negative attention from both public and聽government eyes often resulting in discriminatory practices. These聽practices, born of stereotypical descriptions and definitions of Islam聽and Muslims, are connotative of the level of fear and hatred in many聽parts of the world when topics concerning this religion and its聽adherents arise. The upcoming conference will attempt to clarify this聽phenomenon by examining intersections between Islam, political Islam,聽Islamophobia, and human rights. How does Islamophobia resemble other聽forms of social prejudice, and in what ways does it differ? What is聽the political function of Islamophobia? To what degree and in what聽ways is Islamophobia fed by the actions of political Islam? To what聽degree does the politicization of Islam exacerbate the victimization聽of Muslims? To what degree do the militant operations of political聽Islam serve as an excuse for those who intend to legitimize and聽institutionalize prejudice against Muslims? To what degree is聽prejudice a result of ignorance or lack of understanding of Islam and聽its followers? This conference invites all scholars of relevant聽disciplines for an in-depth theoretical, analytical, conceptual, and聽historical examination of Islamophobia.
Brief proposals (approximately 250 words) along with CVs should be聽sent to:聽turk@indiana.edu
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International Association of Asian Studies National Conference
Baton Rough, Louisiana, February 11 - 16, 2013 | Deadline: November 9, 2012
This is a national conference that hosts scholars from across the U.S. and several foreign countries to present diverse research related to Asian and Asian Americans. Topics will include, but are not limited to, health issues, family, education, military, social challenges, business, literature, religion, and more. Presentations are made in the format of full paper presentations, seminars, round table discussions, demonstration, and poster presentations. Abstracts not to exceed two (2) pages should be submitted by November 9, 2012 to NAAAS & Affiliates, PO Box 6670, Scarborough, Maine 04070 or via fax (207) 839-3776. Email naaasconference@earthlink.net.
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New Media and Cultural Transformation:聽Film, Television, Game, and Digital Communication
International Conference Center, Shanghai University,聽December 7-9, 2012 | Deadline: November 11, 2012
Over the past two decades, the computer and Internet-based new digital聽media have profoundly changed our conception of cinema, television, and聽communication, and led to the emergence of many new forms of聽artistic, social and self expressions. Consequently, new terms like聽鈥渢ransmedia,鈥� 鈥渃onvergence media,鈥� 鈥減articipatory culture,鈥� 鈥渟elf mass聽communication,鈥� 鈥渋nteractivity,鈥� 鈥渆-cinema,鈥� and 鈥渄igitextuality鈥� have聽been frequently evoked to describe and theorize this cultural聽transformation. While it is tempting to regard this as implying a聽revolutionary or 鈥減aradigm鈥� shift in artistic/cinematic expressions and聽media practices, it is also of vital importance to recognize the fact that聽more traditional models associated with 鈥渙ld鈥� media remain relevant in our聽everyday life. To address the significant changes to contemporary culture聽that are taking place under the rubric of new media, therefore, is to view聽the current moment as a critical juncture where almost every familiar聽medium is being 鈥渞e-invented鈥� and聽鈥渞e-mediated,鈥� but at the same time to respect the historical roots from聽which digital art and media emerged.
Submissions should be made electronically via e-mail. Submissions will聽be acknowledged within 48 hours. Submissions shall imply that at least one聽author will register for the conference and be present at the time聽designated in the conference program.聽Submissions must be received by Nov. 11 (Sunday), 2012. 聽E-Mail聽submissions to:聽Prof. Shaoyi Sun,聽School of Film & TV, Shanghai University,聽P.O. Box 308, 149 Yan Chang Road,聽Shanghai 200072, China,聽E-Mail:shaoyis@gmail.com.聽Be sure to include the following information in your submission:聽title of the submission, name (s) of the author (s);聽two or three keywords that describe the submission;聽mailing address (es) and e-mail address(es);聽corresponding author if different than lead author.
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Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference
Seoul, Korea, February 14-16, 2013 | Deadline: November 30, 2012
Papers and proposals for sessions are invited for the APEBH 2013 conference.聽The main theme is 'Markets, Institutions and People in Economic Drisis and聽Recovery', but the organisers are open to proposals for contributions on聽other topics in economic, social, and business history, as well as proposals聽for sessions on particular themes. Researchers across a broad range of聽disciplines are warmly welcomed. Early career researchers are encouraged to聽participate. The conference organisers are particularly interested in聽attracting papers that examine developments in countries and areas in the聽Asia-Pacific region and papers that provide an international comparative聽perspective.
Paper abstracts of one page may be submitted at any time up to the closing聽date of November 30, 2012. A decision on proposals will be made within a聽month of submission. Session proposals of one page may be submitted up to聽the same date, outlining the main objectives of the session and potential聽participants. You are not obliged to submit your full paper for refereeing.聽Complete versions of accepted papers should be sent to us by February 4, 2013聽for posting on the conference website.
ALL ABSTRACTS, PROPOSALS FOR SESSIONS, AND PAPERS FOR REFEREEING OR POSTING聽ON THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE SHOULD BE EMAILED TO ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF THE聽PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:聽Professor Chulhee Lee, Seoul National University,聽chullee@snu.ac.kr Dr Duol |聽Kim, Korea Development Institute,聽duolkim@kdi.re.kr A/Professor Lionel |聽Frost, Monash University,聽Lionel.Frost@BusEco.monash.edu.au Dr Keir Reeves |聽Monash University,聽Keir.Reeves@monash.edu
For more information, visit the conference website:聽
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"Connectedness and Alienation: The 21st Century聽Enigma"聽Ethics, Religion & Philosophy
Osaka, Japan, March 28-31, 2013 | Deadline: December 1, 2012
Being connected through social networking sites has become an accepted聽form of communication in today's digitalized world. People can spend聽hours a day talking on mobile phones, on Skype, or on the Internet,聽which gives the impression that we are a more connected world than聽ever before. And communication is lauded. Because of the massive聽information flow we can call ourselves perhaps the most connected age聽in history. But is this connectedness, however, real or illusory?聽A raft of serious existential issues arises out of this. What impact聽does this have on the self whose identity in the time/space continuum,聽in the rapidly changing environment, and in these manufactured聽structures, depends for its development on interaction with perceived聽reality? What becomes the definition of the human? And what of the聽awareness of the transcendent in the human spirit from which ethics聽and aesthetics depend for their existence ? Far from being questions聽of the present moment, these are parameters that will dominate the聽central problem of human self-understanding as we progress further聽into the uncharted waters of a highly uncertain future.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by the聽deadline of December 1 2012.
All abstracts will be blind reviewed by a voluntary team, and authors聽will usually be notified of the decision of the reviewers within two聽weeks of submission. Those who submit near the December 1 deadline聽will normally receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by聽December 15 2012.
All accepted authors may have their full paper published in the online聽conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by May 1 2013.聽The deadline for full conference payment for all presenters is March 1聽2013.
Kiyoshi Mana,聽贰尘补颈濒:听acerp@iafor.org |聽Visit the website at聽
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(Re)Constructions: Researching and Rethinking Asia
York University, Glendon Campus, Toronto, Canada, April 26 - 27, 2013 | Deadline: December 1, 2012
How does scholarship of or about "Asia" contribute to dispelling geographies of ignorance?* How can our own work better contribute to understanding, and pointing out the /mis/understandings, of the categories, spaces and frameworks constructed as part of Asian Studies within and beyond the territorial limits of "Asia"?聽The question of reconstructing the conceptual frameworks for research in Asia and Asian Diaspora has been actively debated in the last few decades, reflecting dynamic changes in both scholars' and broader society's notions of "Asia." These discussions pay critical attention to the modern politics of constructing Asian spaces and identities, and of disseminating knowledge of the area throughout the world. The disciplinary divides traditionally associated with Area Studies are also being contested, and more interdisciplinary approaches are being demanded for researching Asia.Taking up this challenge, the conference seeks graduate student research that can speak to ways of rethinking the epistemologies and methodologies of researching Asia, and reconstructing conventional categories and frameworks from a broad range of disciplines. The theme for this conference seeks to build upon the successful YCAR Graduate Student Conference in 2008.
Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract with keywords (250 words maximum) along with brief biographical information (name, affiliation, stage of graduate study) by December 1, 2012. Successful candidates will be contacted by January 15, 2013 and must submit completed papers by March 25, 2013. Please email submissions to the conference organizers at: YCARreconstructions2013@gmail.com
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Beyond Integration: Reflections on Asian Medicines in聽the 21st Century
Changwon, Gyeongsangnamdo, South聽Korea, September 9-13, 2013 | Deadline: January 31, 2013
The International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine聽(IASTAM) will hold its Eighth International Congress of Traditional Asian聽Medicine in the Changwon Convention Exhibition Centre, Changwon,聽Gyeongsangnamdo, South Korea from September 9-13, 2013. The theme for the聽Eighth Congress will be 'Beyond Integration: Reflections on Asian Medicines in聽the 21st Century.' The sub-themes of the Congress will be 'Canonisation and聽Textual Authority,' 'The Mainstreaming of Asian Medicine,' 'Spirits,' 'Efficacy聽and Effectiveness,' 'Networks and Systems' and 'Asian Medicines in Global聽Health and Development.' The Congress will provide a forum for the latest聽scholarship in Asian Medicine. The International Association for the Study of聽Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM) is the world's foremost community of聽scholars and practitioners devoted to understanding the history and聽contemporary practice of Asian medicines in all its many forms. IASTAM聽membership is made up of academics and clinicians, pharmacologists and聽epidemiologists, and many other stakeholders caring for the past, present and聽future of Asian medicines. IASTAM is also known for putting on the most聽exciting events and conferences in the field. Please join us for this exciting聽event in Korea that will feature many of the leading scholars and practitioners聽in the field of Asian Medicines.
The congress details may be found on the website of IASTAM聽. As information comes to hand this page聽will be updated. Registration facilities will be made available there with a聽full description of the congress accommodation options, cultural activities,聽tentative schedule and a list of the presenters of papers.