[KS] Graduate student Asian Studies conference U Texas Austin

[rmo at mail.utexas.edu]

Dear all,

Please see the following announcement/CFP for this fall's graduate student Asian
studies conference at the University of Texas at Austin.  It is run by the South
Asia Institute, but papers relating to East (including, or should I say
especially, Korea) and Southeast Asia are encouraged.  Abstract deadline May 1
-- my apologies that this is rapidly approaching.

Robert Oppenheim
Assistant Professor
Department of Asian Studies
University of Texas at Austin

>Scholars of Asia,
>
>   This is one last reminder about the 2006 Asian
>Studies Graduate Conference. We
>are pleased to announce that our keynote speakers will be Susan Long from John
>Carroll University and Tony Stewart from North Carolina State University.
>
>   Additionally, we have secured funding to support students from universities
>around the nation.  Funding is limited, but we anticipate being able to offer
>several students enough money to offset a considerable portion of their travel
>expenses.  Please indicate in an e-mail separate from your abstract submission
>if you are interested in being considered for this funding.
>
>   Please find attached a copy of the call for
>papers for the 2006 Asian Studies
>Graduate Conference to be held at The University
>of Texas at Austin, on October
>13th and 14th of this year.  This is a great opportunity for graduate students
>to participate in a conference with their peers from around the country and
>interact with prominant scholars from another university.
>   Share this call-for-papers with anyone you may think will be interested.
>
>Thank you


>Planning Committee
>Asian Studies Graduate Conference
>South Asia Institute
>The University of Texas at Austin
>WCH 4.134 (G9300)
>Austin, TX 78712
>
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS & PANELS
>
>Asian Studies Graduate Conference
>
>Friday, October 13 & Saturday, October 14, 2006
>
>The Asian Studies Graduate Conference at the University of Texas at Austin
>invites students working on original research projects across disciplines and
>across traditional academic divisions of Asia, to present their work. The
>conference will provide graduate students with a dynamic forum in which to
>present their work and benefit from a scholarly exchange of ideas.
>
>We welcome applications from graduate students in all academic disciplines
>engaged in research on South, Southeast, Central, and East Asia, and their
>communities in the diaspora. All areas of study are invited: anthropology, art
>history, communication, ethnomusicology, history, literature, philology,
>political science, religion, sociology, women’s studies, and other related
>fields. Work which crosses disciplinary, spatial, and temporal boundaries is
>encouraged.

>In addition to an exciting range of panel presentations and a lecture from two
>keynote speakers, a more casual program of receptions will provide ample time
>for less structured discussion and exchange, something essential to bringing
>together the wider community of students and professors. Selected papers
>delivered at the conference will be published in the South Asia Graduate
>Research Journal (SAGAR).
>
>Submission Deadlines for Abstracts: Monday, May 1st, 2006.
>Submissions must be made to the Planning Committee via email or post-marked no
>later than May 1st. Electronic submissions must
>include the text in the body of
>the message. Abstracts should be limited to 300 words. Please submit the
>abstract with personal information, paper title, the author’s name,
>affiliation, panel title (if applicable), address, telephone number, and email
>address, on a separate page. Presenters are encouraged to form 3- or 4-person
>panels. Groups submitting panels should send
>individual abstracts, plus a brief
>panel abstract, via the same email or envelope and include the panel title.
>Panels should be linked by theme. Final papers must not exceed 3000 words, as
>the maximum reading time is 20 minutes. The Planning Committee reserves the
>right to accept, reject, or restructure any paper and panel submissions.
>
>Please send abstracts and panel suggestions to:
>Email: utascon at uts.cc.utexas.edu
>OR
>Planning Committee
>Asian Studies Graduate Conference
>The University of Texas at Austin Asian Studies
>WCH 4.134 (G9300)
>Austin, TX 78712
>Fax: (512) 471-4469