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The Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ)
ASCJ emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarly exchange on Asia in English-language format to broaden communication among researchers of diverse disciplines and backgrounds who are based in Japan. The conference also welcomes scholars from other countries. ASCJ conducts a yearly conference. Everyone world-wide interested in Asian studies is invited to participate. The inaugural meeting of ASCJ was held in October 1997. ASCJ is an affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies,
AAS.

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ASCJ Executive Committee

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Conferences
Inaugural conference
1998 conference
1999 conference
2000 conference
2001 conference
2002 conference
2003 conference
2004 conference
2005 conference
2006 conference
2007 conference
2008 conference
2009 conference
2010 conference

ASCJ bylaws

Asian Studies Conference Japan
c/o Faculty of International Studies
Meiji Gakuin University
1518 Kamikurata-cho
Totsuka-ku
Yokohama
JAPAN
244-8539



FOURTEENTH ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE JAPAN (ASCJ 2010)

The Fourteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan will be held at 
Waseda University, Tokyo, on
Saturday and Sunday, June 19 - 20, 2010.

PROGRAM now online (PDF format, 15 pages)

The program was printed on Sunday, June 13. The version online is the latest version, and includes a rather large number of small changes. Many titles have been corrected. Please accept our apologies. [List of changes.]



You may also view or download the full program as printed (22 pages, 3.5 mb). This includes the Call for Papers for ASCJ 2011 and advertisements from our exhibiters.

Directions to the conference site
(GSAPS, Building 19, Waseda University)

All rooms will have a computer available for presenters wishing to use PowerPoint.
Please see the first page of the program for details, and for other information about the conference venue.


All online registration closed on June 10.
The onsite conference fee is 5,000 yen
(2,000 yen in the case of graduate students)
.


NEW: Information concerning book exhibits and advertising
会場ての書籍展示即売とカタロク配布
会議のプロログラムに掲載する広告、別刷りのチラシについて


CALENDAR

September 1 (Wednesday), 2009 - Applications for the 2010 conference are now being accepted.
The online forms are now available from the proposal page, which sets out the requirements for individual paper proposals, panel proposals, and roundtable proposals.

November 20 (Friday) - Deadline for all proposals to participate in the 2010 conference.
Interest was high, with applications for 1 roundtable, 53 panels, and 145 individual papers.

Mid- to late December, 2009. Announcement of results of applications for ASCJ 2010. All those who applied to give individual papers will be contacted by email, as will organizers of panels and roundtables. Panel and roundtable organizers should contact everyone on their panel to let them know the result.

January, 2009. Formal letters of invitation will be sent by email attachment to all panel organizers and to all individual applicants. If you would like a hard copy to be mailed to you, please use the
request form. Other members of the panels and roundtable should use the same form to request for a letter of invitation. Note that the letter can only be sent to persons listed in the program for the 2010 conference.

February 15, 2010 - All those on the program, including discussants, should confirm by their intention to participate before this date using the confirmation form

February 20, 2010 - Opening of online registration for presenters and other participants whose names are to appear on the program. The conference fee can be paid either by bank transfer or by faxing a credit card authorization form.

April 20, 2010 - General registration for all others attending the conference opens on this date. 

April 20, 2010 - All presenters and other participants whose names are to appear on the program should complete registration and payment by this date.

April 30, 2010 - Any late changes to titles and abstracts should be received by this date so that ASCJ can prepare printed and online programs.

mid-May, 2010 - Full program will be available online in PDF format. [Already online as of late April!] This program will be updated regularly up to the date of the conference.

June 10, 2010  - Last day for general registration in advance by bank transfer or fax.

June 19-20, 2010. Fourteenth Annual Conference held at Waseda University. 

Call for Papers for conference in June 2011
location: International Christian University (ICU), Tokyo
dates: June 25–26, 2001
applications accepted from September 1 to November 15, 2010

Past conferences

If you are interested in ASCJ and thinking of attending our next meeting, or preparing to apply to speak at a future meeting, we recommend that you look at the information, programs, or abstracts of recent conferences.

More than 338 people participated in the Thirteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan held on the Yotsuya Campus of Sophia University in Tokyo, on June 20-21, 2009. There was a total of 179 presentations in forty-seven sessions.
[ASCJ 2009][program 2009 PDF][abstracts 2009 (links here)]

More than 320 people participated in the Twelfth Asian Studies Conference Japan held at Rikkyo University in Tokyo on June 21-22, 2008. There was a total of 140 presentations in thirty-eight sessions.
[ASCJ 2008][program 2008 PDF][2008 abstracts PDF]

More than 300 people participated in the Eleventh Asian Studies Conference Japan held at Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo on June 23-24, 2007.  There was a total of 153 presentations in thirty-six sessions.
[ASCJ 2007] [program 2007 PDF] [abstracts 2007 PDF]

For earlier conferences, see the links on the left.


To contact ASCJ please write to 
the Secretariat
email address (graphic)

Postal address:
    Asian Studies Conference Japan
    c/o Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University
    1518 Kamikurata-cho, Totsuka-ku
    Yokohama 244-8539, JAPAN

The Executive Committee would like to thank the faculty and staff of the Institute of Asian Cultural Affairs ("Ajia-ken") at International Christian University for having given ASCJ a home and institutional support from 1997 to 2007.