CFP: MAR/AAS Annual Conf. "Asia Rising" (1 May; 26-28 Oct; College Park, MD)

Call for Papers 2007 (DEADLINE: May 1, 2007)

Thirty-sixth Annual Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian Studies Conference
October 26-28, 2007
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland

The 2007 MAR/AAS Annual Conference will be held at the University of Maryland
from October 26-28, 2007. The Conference slogan will be Asia Rising:
Departures, Destinations, Dreams.This slogan is intended to be heuristic,
and the organizers hope to elicit paper and panel proposals that interpret the
theme creatively. All submissions will be considered.

To propose a panel or an individual paper, please send a completed proposal
form along with a one-page abstract for each proposed paper by May 1, 2007 to
James Orr, MAR/AAS 2007 Program Chair as indicated below. Inquiries welcome.
Proposals may be submitted by mail, fax or e-mail (as an attachment).
Acceptance notices will be sent to you by June 1, 2007. Further details will be
available on the conference website:

http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/maraas/meetings.htm.

In order to submit a proposal for the 2007 meeting, you should be a 2007
MAR/AAS member or submit a membership application to Executive Secretary, Dr.
Diane Freedman, MAR/AAS, Department of Social Science W2-40, Community College
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19130. Annual membership is $10.00. To obtain
MAR/AAS membership information, go to (www.maraas.org) or contact Dr. Diane
Freedman (215-751-8547, dfreedman@ccp.edu)

The deadline for conference pre-registration for presenters will be June 20.
Pre-registration by this date is necessary if you wish your name to appear in
the program. The fees for pre-registration will be ($50.00 for current
members, $60 for non-members, $30 for current member students, and $35 for
non-member students). When non-members pay the pre-registration fee ($60), the
membership fee for 2007-2008 will be complimentary. Information regarding
where to submit registrations, travel and lodging, and conference events will
be available at the MAR/AAS website: http://www.maraas.org. Conference
Co-Managers are:

*Marlene J. Mayo, Department of History, 2101-B Francis Scott Key Hall,
University of Maryland, MD 20742, USA
email: mmayo@umd.edu
telephone:301-405-4309

*Eleanor Kerkham, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, 2106 Jimenez
Hall, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
email:ekerkham@umd.edu
telephone: 301-405-2855.

We welcome participation from faculty, graduate students, undergraduate
students, independent scholars, and professionals, and especially encourage
panels with innovative combinations of individuals and fields. Limited funds to
support travel to the meeting by Southeast Asian specialists only will be
available for the 2007 meeting.

James Orr, MAR/AAS 2007 Program Chair
Department of East Asian Studies
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837 USA
E-Mail: maraas07@bucknell.edu
Telephone: (570) 577-3388
Fax: (570) 577-3760