ACAH 2015 - The Sixth Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) invites you to participate in the Sixth Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2015) and enjoy the great city of Osaka, Japan. Held alongside the Fifth Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship, at the Rihga Royal Hotel from April 2-5, 2015, join us as we discuss this year's conference theme, "Power" along with keynote speakers A. Robert Lee and Sam Chu, featured speakers Jared Baxter and Stuart D.B. Picken and more! ACAH2014 welcomed over 350 delegates, from more than 45 countries, and looks to continue the conversation with ACAH2015. We hope to see you in Osaka for this amazing annual event. To submit an abstract for presentation or participate as an audience member, please visit the website or contact us for more information. Web address: http://iafor.org/iafor/conferences/acah2015/ Submit an abstract: http://iafor.org/cfp Enquiries: acah@iafor.org ***Join IAFOR at ACAH2015 to: -Deliver your own research findings to a global audience -Have your work published in the conference proceedings and considered for the peer-reviewed, open access IAFOR Journal of Arts & Humanities -Benefit from IAFOR's interdisciplinary focus by hearing the latest research in Arts, Humanities, Literature & Librarianship -Participate in a truly international, interdisciplinary and intercultural event -Participate in interactive audience sessions -Experience Japan during the famed cherry blossom season -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/iafor/acah2015-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. Questions can be directed to acah@iafor.org. See the full schedule of our conferences in Japan, Dubai, the UK, and the US. The 2015 conference theme is "Power" While the fields of arts and the humanities can seem removed from issues related to power, both can exercise power in the form of social influence through words and images, or can examine the exercise and influences of such power on humanity. The study and analysis of different expressions of power can move from serious existential questions at the personal level to complex social and even political problems at a wider level. Is the pen (or brush) truly mightier than the sword? And if so, in what sense? Or can it be argued that at times they can be one and the same? By proposing such an open conference theme, the organizers hope to encourage exciting new avenues of research, inspire the creation of new explanatory concepts, and provide a context for academic and personal encounters. The resultant exchanges it is hoped, will stimulate synergies that cross national, religious, cultural and disciplinary divides, central to the global vision of IAFOR. Submissions will be organized into the following streams: Arts -Teaching and Learning the Arts -Arts Policy, Management and Advocacy -Arts Theory and Criticism -Social, Political and Community Agendas in the Arts -Visual Arts Practices -Performing Arts Practices: Theater, Dance, Music -Literary Arts Practices -Media Arts Practices: Television, Multimedia, Digital, Online and Other New Media -Other Arts Humanities -Media, Film Studies, Theatre, Communication -Aesthetics, Design -Language, Linguistics -Knowledge -Philosophy, Ethics, Consciousness -History, Historiography -Literature/Literary Studies -Political Science, Politics -Teaching and Learning -Globalisation -Ethnicity, Difference, Identity -Immigration, Refugees, Race, Nation -First Nations and Indigenous Peoples -Sexuality, Gender, Families -Religion, Spirituality -Cyberspace, Technology -Science, Environment and the Humanities -Other Humanities