ACAS 2016 - The Sixth Asian Conference on Asian Studies

The deadline to submit to The Sixth Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2016, is April 1. Submit your abstract and join us in the beautiful seaside city of Kobe, Japan. Held alongside the Sixth Asian Conference on Cultural Studies and the IAFOR International Conference on Japan and Japan Studies, at the Art Center of Kobe from June 2-5, join us as we discuss this year's conference theme, "Cultural Struggle and Praxis: Negotiating Power and the Everyday" along with conference co-chairs Baden Offord, Thomas French, Donald E. Hall, Sue Ballyn, Koichi Iwabuchi, invited speakers and more. To submit an abstract for presentation by April 1, 2016 or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Visit the conference website: http://iafor.org/conferences/acas2016/ Enquiries: acas@iafor.org Join IAFOR at ACAS2016 to: -Deliver your research findings to a global audience -Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journals -Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research in Asian Studies, Cultural Studies and more! -Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event -Participate in interactive audience sessions -Access international networking opportunities -Discounts on registration fees are available for those able to pay registration fees early. Please see the registration page for details: http://iafor.org/acas2016-registration -If you have attended an IAFOR conference within the past year, or belong to an affiliated university or institution, we offer a 10 percent discount in appreciation of your support. __________________________________________________________________ Conference Theme The conference theme for ACAS2016 is "Cultural Struggle and Praxis: Negotiating Power and the Everyday", and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this theme from a variety of perspectives. However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Abstracts should address one or more of the streams below, identifying a relevant sub-theme: Sub-Themes: refuge mobility social praxis disability education and/or pedagogy the city the nation human rights social justice minor cultures activism technology terrorism identity internet media law popular culture the family gender, queer and/or sexuality religion curation/the archive sport place creative arts the ecological the transnational/global the economy Submissions are organized in to the following thematic streams: Indian and South Asian Studies South-East Asian Studies (including Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) Central Asian Studies Chinese Studies Japanese Studies Korean Studies Middle Eastern Studies (including Assyria, Iran, Egypt, Turkey) Islamic Studies Hebrew and Judaic Studies Comparative Studies of Asian and East Asian Studies Visit the conference website for further details: http://iafor.org/acas2016-call-for-papers/#conference-streams __________________________________________________________________ ACAS2016 Conference Chairs and Featured Speakers Dr. Thomas French ACAS2016 Conference Co-Chair Ritsumeikan University, Japan Dr. Seiko Yasumoto ACCS/ACAS2016 Journal Editor University of Sydney, Australia Professor Baden Offord ACCS2016 Conference Chair Chair of Featured Panel Professor John Nguyet Erni ACCS2016 Keynote Speaker Hong Kong Baptist University Keynote Presentation: Negotiating 'Refuge': Humanitarianism for the 'Included-outs' Professor Koichi Iwabuchi ACCS2016 Conference Co-Chair and Keynote Panel Chair Monash Asia Institute in Monash University, Australia Noriko Manabe ACCS2016 Keynote Panel Presenter Temple University, Japan David H. Slater ACCS2016 Keynote Panel Presenter Sophia University, Japan Megumi Yuki ACCS2016 Keynote Panel Presenter Gunma University, Japan Shigeaki Iwai ACCS2016 Keynote Panel Presenter Immigration Museum Tokyo, Japan Gon Matsunaka ACCS2016 Keynote Panel Presenter NPO?Good Aging Yells, Japan Professor Emerita Sue Ballyn ACCS2016 Conference Co-Chair & Featured Speaker Professor Emerita and Founder/Co-director Australian Studies Centre, Barcelona University, Spain Professor Donald E. Hall ACCS2016 Conference Chair Lehigh University, USA __________________________________________________________________ About IAFOR IAFOR welcomes thousands of academics to our conferences each year, which range in size from around 100 to in excess of 500 attendees. They do so because of the supportive and nurturing research environment, because of the unique networking opportunities, and because of the strength of the organization's platform. Our conferences are meticulously planned and programmed under the direction of prominent academics to ensure that they offer programs of the highest level, and are also quite unique in the way in which they are supported by some of the world's leading academic institutions, including the University of London (UK), Virginia Tech (USA), Monash University (Australia), Barcelona University (Spain), Waseda University (Japan), the National Institute of Education (Singapore), and The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKSAR). IAFOR's credibility has enabled it to become a genuine pioneer, and has grown to be the most respected and trusted organization encouraging international, intercultural and interdisciplinary study. The organization is a formative influence in providing new research avenues and visionary development solutions necessary in our rapidly emerging globalized world. We welcome you to engage in this expanding global academic community of individuals and network of institutions, and look forward to seeing you at one of our future events, as we look forward to breaking new ground, together. ACAS has two sister events around the world. If you are interested in attending one of them, please visit the conference websites for more information. To learn more about IAFOR - http://iafor.org