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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Call for Papers: ASCJ 2018</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Executive Committee of the Asian Studies Conference
Japan (ASCJ)</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">invites proposals for panels, roundtables,
and individual papers to be</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">presented at the Twenty-second
Asian Studies Conference Japan. The conference will be held International
Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday, June 30-July 1,
2018. All presentations are to be delivered in English.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The ASCJ is also pleased to announce that on September 1,
2017 we renewed our main website. We now provide online proposal submission
forms, and information about our organization. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Our new address is:<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://ascjapan.org"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">https://ascjapan.org</span></a><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Proposals may be submitted online beginning on September
15, 2017.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The deadline for proposals is October 15. Results will be
announced by late December.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The forms are available at:<br>
</span><a href="https://ascjapan.org/conference/current-conference/call-for-papers/"><span style="font-family:Arial">https://ascjapan.org/conference/current-conference/call-for-papers/</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Panels are proposed by individual scholars around a
common subject.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">A complete panel includes</span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"> up to five participants, three
or four <span style="color:rgb(26,26,26)">paper presenters and one or more</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">discussants.
Panel proposals should include a 250-word (maximum) abstract from each
participant as well as a 250-word (maximum) statement that explains the session
as a whole. Only complete panels will be considered for acceptance.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Roundtables offer an opportunity for participants to
discuss a specific</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">theme, issue or significant recent publication. A maximum
of six active</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">participants is recommended. While a roundtable proposal
will not be as</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">detailed as a panel proposal, it should explain fully the
purpose, themes</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">or issues, and scope of the session.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Individual papers give scholars an opportunity to
participate in the</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">conference even if they are not able to put together a
complete panel.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Since only a limited number of individual papers can be
accommodated,</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">preference will be given to junior scholars. Applicants
have a better </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">chance of acceptance as part of a panel.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Papers may be co-authored. However,
only the names of registered participants will appear on the program. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Executive Committee encourages members to submit
proposals that, by focusing on more than one region or by drawing on more than
one discipline, will attract a broad range of scholarly interest. Suggestions
for</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">innovative alternatives to the panels, individual papers
and roundtables</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">described above are also encouraged.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">The Executive Committee also strongly encourages graduate
student participation, and will give favorable consideration to panels that
embed students alongside more seasoned scholars. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial">From 2014 the ASCJ initiated a Graduate Student Paper Prize. For details
on this competition please see the ASCJ webpage. To be considered for this
prize the student must be enrolled in a degree program at a Japanese university
and present the paper at ASCJ 2018. The deadline for submission of the completed
paper is June 15, 2018. The winner will be announced at the time of the keynote
lecture.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Everyone worldwide interested in Asian Studies is invited
to participate. Unfortunately we cannot provide visa support, and can only
draft letters of invitation for participants scheduled to present papers at the
ASCJ. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Mark E. Caprio</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="text-align:left;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">ASCJ President</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="mailto:ascjconf@gmail.com">ascjconf@gmail.com</a></span><span></span></p>
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