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Call for Papers: Transformations: Researching Asia

York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference
York University, Toronto, Canada  *  September 26 to 28, 2008

Call for Papers deadline: April 1, 2008

What does it mean to “research Asia?”   Asian Studies is a
growing field within and, we hope, beyond Area Studies. Recent
developments in Asian research reflect modern and contemporary
events across a wide range of disciplines. As the body of
research on Asia grows, questions concerning the production
and mediation of “Asia” become more pressing. The critical and
fundamental questions “What is Asia?” and “How to study Asia?”
remain unresolved and contested. As a field, moreover, Asian
Studies remains driven by disciplinary divides;
interdisciplinary intersections remain disappointingly rare.

With this conference we seek to address the epistemology and
methodology of researching Asia within and beyond the
geographical and disciplinary constraints traditionally
associated with Area Studies. We invite papers from graduate
students engaged in interdisciplinary research in Asian
Studies focusing on the modern and contemporary periods.

Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract
(250 words maximum) and brief biographical information by
April 1, 2008. Selected participants must submit completed
papers by August 1, 2008. Inquiries and email submissions can
be sent to the conference organizers at:
<transformationsasiaconference at gmail.com>. More information
about the conference can be found on the conference website: 
http://www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/graduate_conference.html 

This Conference is hosted by the York Centre for Asian
Research at York University. York University has a proud
history as a leader in innovative and creative learning
approaches with an emphasis on multidisciplinary research that
covers wide geographical areas. This Conference reflects the
strengths of York faculty and students in interdisciplinary
approaches to research and learning. For more information
about the Centre: please visit: http://www.yorku.ca/ycar.
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Call for Papers
Still the Asian Century?

10-12 September 2008
A conference jointly sponsored by the International Political
Economy Research Group and the Asia Research Group, Department
of Political Science and International Studies, University of
Birmingham.
Visit the website at http://www.asiacentury.net/

During the 1980s and 1990s it became commonplace to think that
Asia was on its way to becoming the world's most dynamic and
important region. In the intervening years Japan fell into an
economic torpor it appeared incapable of escaping, while much
of East Asia was gripped by a financial crisis in the late
1990s that seemed set to permanently deflate expectations
about its future trajectory. Not only have the Asian economies
generally bounced back and re-emerged as important drivers of
global economic growth, but the region seems to have found a
new exemplar of unparalleled developmental success: the scale
and rapidity of 'China's rise' has sparked precisely the same
sorts of debates and commentary that earlier accompanied
Japan's remarkable economic development. Once more we are
being asked to believe that the twenty-first century will
inevitably belong to 'Asia', but this time with China as its
driving force. The organizers invite individual paper and
panel proposals that explore these issues in relation to the
five core conference themes outlined below (250-word paper
abstracts; up to four presenters per panel).

Conference themes:

ASIAN REGIONALISM
ASIAN SECURITY
ASIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
ASIAN POLITICAL SPACE
ASIAN FUTURES

Confirmed speakers:
Amitav Acharya, Muthiah Alagappa, Walden Bello, Shaun Breslin,
Richard Higgott, Glenn Hook, Barry Gills, Meredith Jung-En Woo

Deadline for submission of paper and panel proposals: 31 March
2008
Registration: Academics/ others £50; students £20 Proposals
should be sent via e-mail to: D.Norman at Asiacentury.net 
Professor Mark Beeson Department of Political Science The
University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United
Kingdom, Email: <m.beeson at bham.ac.uk>

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
2617 Humanities Building
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu