Location:       New York, United States

CALL FOR PAPERS: GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE ON EAST ASIA

Twenty-second Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia Columbia University in the City of New York Friday February 15th to Saturday February 16th, 2013

Graduate students are invited to submit papers for the Twenty-Second Annual Graduate Student Conference on East Asia. This two-day conference provides a forum for students from institutions around the world to meet and share ideas and research with their peers. Participants will have the opportunity to use this year’s conference as a forum for the promotion and circulation of new ideas within East Asian Studies. In addition, participants will gain valuable experience in presenting their work for discussion with other graduate students as well as Columbia faculty. We welcome applications from graduate students engaged in research on all fields in East Asian Studies, including history, literature, political science, economics, art history, religion, sociology, archaeology, law, environmental studies and anthropology.

PARTICIPATION:

Participants can take part in the conference as presenters or discussants. Presenters deliver a talk no longer than 15 minutes that summarize research in progress. Discussants introduce the panelists and facilitate the 20-minute discussion session following the presentations. Additionally, this year’s committee is willing to consider applications from pre-arranged panels of three to four presenters organized around a specific research topic, such as a region, discipline or theme.

APPLICATIONS (due November 20th, 2012):

Please fill out the application on http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/gradconf/form.htm with the required information:

*Your full name as you would like it to appear in the abstract booklet and conference schedule

*Contact info (e-mail)

*Institutional affiliation

*Major area of study (region and discipline)

*Title of your paper

*One-page (250 words max.) abstract in print-ready format, including your name and institution

*We will not accept applications without abstracts (Please provide five key words for your paper in the abstract).

Successful applicants will be notified of acceptance by mid-December.

Final Papers (5-7 pages maximum) are due January 8th, 2013.

NOTE:

*Please indicate any audiovisual equipment you will need for your presentation. Please note that our A/V resources are quite limited, and we may not be able to satisfy everyone’s needs. Presenters must bring their own laptops and VGA adapters for computer presentations.

*Since presentations will be limited to 15 minutes, full-length research papers or theses will not be accepted.

*There is a required $8 registration fee payable on arrival at the conference.

*Applicants who have not submitted papers will not be permitted to participate in the conference

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HOUSING:

Housing will be available on a very limited basis, but we encourage everyone to arrange their own accommodations. The conference runs from Friday afternoon to late Saturday evening. Travel and lodging information can be found on the conference website.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

Chris Chang, Kumhee Cho, Noga Ganany, Ulug Kuzuoglu, Joshua Schlachet, Tyler Walker

CONTACT INFORMATION:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/gradconf/

columbia.gradcon2013@gmail.com

Graduate Student Conference on East Asia Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures 407 Kent Hall, Mail Code 3907 Columbia University New York, NY 10027

FAX: 212-678-8629

Graduate Student Conference on East Asia
Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures
407 Kent Hall, Mail Code 3907
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027

Email: columbia.gradcon2013@gmail.com
Visit the website at http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/gradconf/