[KS] Re: Upcoming conference in Tokyo

[Mark Caprio]

Some may be interested in the following conference.
For those who might be interested in proposing a
panel for next year, I will post the call for papers
announcement at a later date.  (The deadline for this
year's conference was December 1, 1999.)

Regards,

Mark Caprio
Rikkyo University
Tokyo, Japan


All scholars of Asia are invited to participate in the fourth annual
meeting of the Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), which will be held at
the Ichigaya campus of Sophia University on June 24-25, 2000.

ASCJ was founded in 1997 to promote interdisciplinary scholarly exchange in
an English-language format and to broaden communication among Japan-based
scholars of Asia.  In March 1999 it was formally affiliated with the
Association for Asian Studies as the first regional conference of the
Association based outside North America.  This year, for the first time,
ASCJ will extend over two days. Professor Susan Mann of the University of
California at Davis, past president of AAS,will give the keynote address
on Saturday June 24.  Her talk will be followed immediately by a reception
to which all participants are invited.

Because we anticipate a significant increase in the number of participants
this year, we ask you to pre-register.  The conference fee for those who
pre-register is 3,000 yen.  An additional 2,500 yen is required for the
reception on June 24.   If you are currently in Japan, please pay the
registration fee of 3,000 yen by June 14, 2000.  Include an additional
2,500 yen if you plan to attend the reception.  Payments should be made by
bank transfer (ginko furikomi) to the following account: Tokyo Mitsubishi
Bank, Mitaka Branch, Ordinary (futsu) account number 1106823.  After
completing the transfer, please send an e-mail message (subject "confirm")
to ascj at max.icu.ac.jp and let us know your name, affiliation,
discipline/region of research, and the amount you have paid.  (If you do
not have access to e-mail, you may send the relevant information by fax
(0422-33-3633) or by regular mail.)  If you are not currently in Japan,
simply send an e-mail message (subject "confirm") telling us whether or not
you will attend the reception and confirming that you will pay on the day
of the conference.  In order to encourage pre-registration and pre-payment,
we have instituted a 500 yen surcharge for Japan residents who register on
the day of the conference.  This surcharge does not apply to out-of-country
participants.

Registration and distribution of materials will open at 9:15 a.m. on June
24.  Please come early.  Light refreshments will be available.  The
conference will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.

For the complete program, list of inexpensive hotels close to the
conference site, and other relevant information  see the ASCJ homepage at
http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~kokusai/ascj01.htm  or contact the executive
committee at  ascj at max.icu.ac.jp




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