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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">Association for Asian Studies
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">New England Regional Conference, Harvard University</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">December 6, 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucu2gqz4sHdRBceGSdrMPdpH7VghJ5IEZ" title="https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucu2gqz4sHdRBceGSdrMPdpH7VghJ5IEZ"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">REGISTER
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">While there is no registration fee, we suggest that attendees
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.asianstudies.org/donate/" title="https://www.asianstudies.org/donate/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">donate to the Association for Asian Studies</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">
at a level that is comfortable for them.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A group of academic centers and institutes that support the study of Asia at Harvard University will jointly host the Association for Asian Studies New England Regional
Conference via a virtual platform on December 6, 2021. We welcome both individual paper proposals and panel proposals from all disciplines and on all topics related to Asian Studies. Preference will be given to students and scholars based at colleges and universities
in New England.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaa7WCDN-NjtOuD2JQgxnaCwtlF5hRmQgPZr0uonlh_8DFkw/viewform" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScaa7WCDN-NjtOuD2JQgxnaCwtlF5hRmQgPZr0uonlh_8DFkw/viewform"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please
submit your proposals here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> by August 1, 2021</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A) Paper title and abstract (not to exceed 250 words)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">C) Academic discipline of presenter</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">D) Email address of presenter</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Panel Proposals:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">A) A summary of the panel (not to exceed 250 words)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">B) Titles and abstracts (not to exceed 250 words) for each paper</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">C) Name and affiliation of each presenter</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">D) Academic disciplines of each presenter</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">E) Email address of each presenter
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Organized by: The Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Korea Institute, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard Asia Center, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia
Institute, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and Harvard-Yenching Institute.
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