<div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Call for Papers<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">2017 Asian
Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Rikkyo
University, Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Date: Saturday
and Sunday, July 8-9 2017<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Submission
Deadline: October 27, 2016<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">The ASCJ
Executive Committee has completed negotiations with our host university. The
conference is now set for July 8 and 9 next year, and we are happy to announce
that we are now accepting panel, individual paper, and roundtable proposals for
the conference. Set in one of the leading capitals of East Asia, the conference
provides a stimulating environment for intellectual exchange on a wide range of
topics and themes pertaining to Asian studies. In 2016, ASCJ celebrated its 20<sup>th</sup><span style="color:black"> anniversary with forty-seven sessions
in all fields of social sciences relating to Asia, and it will continue this
interdisciplinary tradition with its 2017 conference at Rikkyo University. <span></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Directions for
proposal submissions: <br>
</span><a href="http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/forms/ASCJ%20Call%202017.html"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/forms/ASCJ%20Call%202017.html</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Please send inquiries to </span><a href="mailto:ascj20XX@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">ascj20XX@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">
<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">The main ASCJ
site has additional information on early bird registration and past
conferences: </span><a href="http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/</span></a><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><br>
Thank you
<b><span></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman""><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Mark Caprio</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"times new roman"">Rikkyo University</span></p>
</div>