<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">JOINT CONFERENCE</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The International Forum for
Contemporary Chinese Studies</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Joint East Asian Studies
Conference Committee, UK<br>
(representing the British Associations for
Chinese, Japanese and Korean Studies)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">University of Nottingham<br>
5 – 7 September, 2013</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">EAST
ASIAN SOCIETIES IN TRANSITION: CHALLENGES AND CONNECTIONS</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Plenary
Speakers:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://hum.leiden.edu/lias/organisation/chinese/piekefn.html" title="View Prof Pieke's profile"><span style="color:black">Prof
Frank Pieke</span></a> (Leiden University)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Prof Heonik Kwon (Senior Research Fellow, Trinity
College, University of Cambridge)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
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</span></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.montana.edu/wwwhi/2010/FacultyWebPages/History/Walker.html" title="View Prof Walker's profile"><span style="color:black">Prof Brett L. Walker</span></a> (Montana State University, Bozeman) </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Further details on guest speakers and
conference charges will follow in due course. 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 by
31 March, 2013 to:</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chinese/news-events/ifccs/2013.aspx">http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chinese/news-events/ifccs/2013.aspx</a>
</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Any enquiries can be sent to <a href="mailto:iffcs6@nottingham.ac.uk"><span style="color:black">ifccs6@nottingham.ac.uk</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:15.0pt;line-height:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span></p><div><br></div>-- <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>