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Call for Papers
Galapagosizing Japan?
The Challenges of Participation and the Costs of Isolation
The Third Bi-Annual Conference of the Israeli Association
for
Japanese Studies (IAJS)
The Israeli Association for Japanese Studies would like to
invite you to submit
proposals for its third bi-annual conference, which will convene
at Tel Aviv
University, Israel, on May 11-13, 2015.
The broader theme for the conference will be "Galapagosizing
Japan? The Challenges
of Participation and the Costs of Isolation". Proposals may
address this topic from
various perspectives, such as, Japanese politics and economy,
social and cultural
processes, Japan in historical and trans-national perspective.
We encourage proposals
from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to
political science,anthropology, economics, cultural studies,
international relations, literature, that
would illuminate on the processes taking place within Japan as
well as on Japan's
place in the regional and global scene. Organized panels and
individual papers that
address topics other than the conference's main topic will be
considered as well.
Language of the conference: English, Hebrew, and Japanese.
Proposals for panels as well as individual papers should include
name, title,
institutional affiliation, and an abstract of up to 300 words
with relevant keywords
listed. The proposals are to be sent to Ms. Shir Shapira, IAJS
Secretary
([email protected])byFebruary 10, 2015. Proposals from abroad
are open to non-
members of IAJS. Successful applicants will be notified by
February 28, 2015.
The organizers will strive to secure funding for accommodations
to participants from
abroad.No registration fee is required.
Conference Venue: Tel Aviv University, Israel
Situated in Israel's cultural, financial, and technological
capital, TAU shares TelAviv's unshakable spirit of openness and
innovation and boasts a campus life as
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dynamic and pluralistic as the metropolis itself. Tel Aviv the
city and Tel Aviv the
university are one and the same a thriving Mediterranean center
of diversity and
discovery.
Proposals should include the following information:For Organized
Panels
Panel title
Panel abstract (limited to 300 words) with relevant key
words
Abstracts of papers in the panel (limited to 150 words each)
Name of panel chair including institutional affiliation and
contact
information
Names of all participants including institutional affiliation
and contact
information
For Individual Papers
Paper Title
Paper abstract (limited to 300 words) with relevant key
words
Name, institutional affiliation and contact information
For inquiries please [email protected]
Organizing Committee:
Dr. Michal Daliot Bul, University of Haifa and Chair of IAJS
Academic Committee
Dr. Helena Grinshpun, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Dr. Mika Levi-Yamamori, Tel Aviv University
Dr. Nissim Otmazgin, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and IAJS
Chair
Dr. Liora Sarfati-Donskoy, Tel Aviv University
The Israeli Association for Japanese Studies (IAJS) is a
cross-university associationdedicated to the promotion of research
and teaching of Japan in Israel. IAJSis a non-
profit organization whose aims are to address the academic
interest in Israel in the
field of Japanese studies and the need for better coordination
among the various
researchers and academic institutions working in the field. IAJS
seeks to encourage
Japanese-related research and dialogue in Israel, to promote
Japanese language
teaching, to organize symposiums, workshops and conferences in
the field of
Japanese studies, and to advance the academic ties and
collaboration with other
associations and academic institutions of Japanese studies
abroad (www.japan-
studies.org).
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