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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Colleagues,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Department of Asian Studies at Palackı University Olomouc is currently accepting proposals for its 17th Annual Conference on
Asian Studies (ACAS) to be held on <b>November 24–25, 2023</b> in Olomouc, Czech Republic, and online.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The general theme of the conference this year is “<b>Interpretation and Misinterpretation</b>”. Contributions may focus on any aspect
of cultures or societies in Asia (as well as their diasporic manifestations), provided a relation to our general theme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We seek both synchronic and diachronic perspectives from anthropology, the arts, cultural geography, history, international relations,
linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, political science, religion studies, sociology, and other fields within the
<b>humanities and social sciences</b>. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary investigations are welcome.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The working language of the conference is English.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Proposals should be submitted in the form of abstracts via EasyChair. The
<b>deadline for submission is June 30, 2023</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">We invite proposals in the following formats: 1) individual papers, 2) organized panels consisting of 3–4 papers, and 3) alternative
formats (e.g., roundtable discussion, book presentation, film screening). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please see the conference website
<b><a href="http://acas.upol.cz/">http://acas.upol.cz/</a></b> for further details.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Any questions can be addressed to:
<b><a href="mailto:acas@upol.cz">acas@upol.cz</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Andreas Schirmer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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