<b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">                                        2013 </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><span> </span><b>JOINT
CONFERENCE</b></span><div class="gmail_quote">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">of</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The International Forum for Contemporary
Chinese Studies</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">and</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Joint East Asian Studies Conference Committee,
UK<br>
(representing the British Associations for<br>
Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies)</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">University of Nottingham<br>


5 – 7 September, 2013</span></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">EAST ASIAN SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION: CHALLENGES AND CONNECTIONS</span></b></p>



<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Guest speakers include:</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>



<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="NL">Prof Frank Pieke (Leiden University)</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="NL"></span></li>

<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Dr. Heonik Kwon (Senior
     Research Fellow, Trinity College, University of Cambridge)</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></li></ul>

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</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
International Forum for Contemporary Chinese Studies and the Joint East Asian
Studies Conference Committee of the United Kingdom are pleased to announce
a joint conference of the Forum and the JEAS Conference Committee to be held at the University of Nottingham from 5 to 7 September, 2013. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left">

<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p><div style="text-align:left">

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The
theme of this broad-based conference is ‘East Asian Societies in Transition:
Challenges and Connections.’ Panels will be organised on a range of topics
within the humanities and social sciences covering both thematic issues across
the region and topics particular to individual countries. Further
details on guest speakers and conference charges will follow in due course. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>

</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">At
this stage, the Joint Conference Organising Committee invites panel proposals
and individual paper submissions. Proposals of 200 to 300 words should be
submitted electronically through <a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chinese/news-events/ifccs/2013-abstract-submission.aspx" title="2013 Conference" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">THIS LINK</span></a> by 31
March 2013. Any enquiries can be sent to <a href="mailto:iffcs6@nottingham.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">ifccs6@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a></span></p><div style="text-align:left">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">FEES<br></span></p>

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  (Friday 6 Sept)</span></p>
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  (shared bathroom)</span></p>
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  (En suite)</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£40</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£50</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£15</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£25</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£35</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Senior Members</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£60</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£80</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£20</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£25</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£35</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Non-members</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£90</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> </span></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£110</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£30</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£25</span></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">£35</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal" align="center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span>-- <br></p>Emeritus Professor James H. Grayson<br>

School of East Asian Studies<br>The University of Sheffield<br>6/8 Shearwood Road<br>Sheffield S10 2TD<br><br>(tel) <a href="tel:%2B44%20114%20222-8418" value="+441142228418" target="_blank">+44 114 222-8418</a><br>(fax) <a href="tel:%2B44%20114%20222-8432" value="+441142228432" target="_blank">+44 114 222-8432</a><br>
(email) <a href="mailto:j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk</a><br>

</font></span></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Emeritus Professor James H. Grayson<br>School of East Asian Studies<br>The University of Sheffield<br>6/8 Shearwood Road<br>Sheffield S10 2TD<br><br>(tel) +44 114 222-8418<br>
(fax) +44 114 222-8432<br>(email) <a href="mailto:j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk" target="_blank">j.h.grayson@sheffield.ac.uk</a><br>