photo by Cara Cadre
 

 

Second call for papers

Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC)
2006 Annual Conference

Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Thursday, October 12 - Sunday, October 15, 2006

 

The Japan Studies Association of Canada (JSAC) plays a unique role to foster awareness of Japan in Canada and to promote peaceful and multilateral international relations. JSAC is a major promoter of Japan Studies in Canada.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Japan at our doorstep and in the changing global community.” It will highlight how Japan and a changing Japanese society have influenced communities at local, regional and global levels. These communities not only pertain to social organization, but to social interaction as well. The conference will examine changing communities in the past and present, and from the local scale to regional and international levels. Panels will focus both on communities in Japan and abroad. They will examine such themes as local, international, language, literature and historic communities.

Kamloops, located in the beautiful dry grasslands valleys of south-western British Columbia, is the location of the 19th JSAC conference. This interdisciplinary conference -- held at Thompson Rivers University — will bring together scholars and graduate students from across Canada who study Japan. Fields of study include geography, fine arts, anthropology and ethnology, business, trade, literature, cultural studies, history, language and linguistics, psychology, education, sociology, economics and political science. Moreover, this conference will highlight research pertaining to Japanese Canadians and Nikkei groups living outside Japan. As at the 2004 JSAC conference in Victoria, BC, we will also host scholars from the Japanese Association of Canadian Studies, and we anticipate one or two joint panels. In addition, we will have field trips to places within Kamloops and the surrounding countryside.

Those interested in organizing a panel or symposium or who have a suggestion for a panel or symposium are asked to contact Cara Cadre: ccadre@tru.ca
 
Submission Format

 

Please provide the following information in your paper proposal submission.

1. Paper title
2. Abstract in English or French (150 words)
3. Name of author
4. Institutional affiliation
5. Position (e.g., M.A. student, Ph.D. student, Post-doc, Assistant Professor, etc.)
6. Brief biographical information (3 sentences)
7. Your current research interests or area of professional responsibility (3 sentences)
8. Equipment needed for presentation
9. Availability of funds from your institution to participate in this conference.

Please send your proposal electronically to the following email address : ccadre@tru.ca
 

The closing date for submission is
May 31, 2006.

 

N.B. You must be a JSAC member in 2006 in order to present at the Kamloops conference. You can download the membership application/renewal form at

http://buna.arts.yorku.ca/jsac/jsac_current.html

For further information please contact:
Cara Cadre, JSAC Committee member ccadre@tru.ca
 

Conference Registration Fees:

 

Before September 1:

$100 JSAC member
$130 Non-JSAC member
$40 student/income under $30,000 per year

After September 1:

$130 JSAC member
$150 non-JSAC member
$50 student/income under $30 000 per year

Accommodation costs range between about $55 and $159 Canadian per night. We will have a list of hotels available on our website.

For further information please contact:
Cara Cadre, JSAC Committee member ccadre@tru.ca