CFP: Korea and Japan History Entries for Encyclopedia of World History (no deadline noted)

Call for Authors: ABC-CLIO, the leading publisher of academic reference
works, is in the process of developing a comprehensive 21-volume
Encyclopedia of World History. We are seeking interested scholars to
prepare 500-1500 word articles on the history of Japan and Korea.

Compensation: contributors will have their names associated with the
entries they contribute and will receive access to the e-book version of
the encyclopedia (list price $1,800) for personal use. Contributors
assigned 3,000 words or more will also receive a credit of $300 towards
purchase of ABC-CLIO, Greenwood, and Praeger books.

In addition to the topics listed below, please see list of additional
open topics:
http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/aboutus/callToAuthors.aspx


In order to meet review standards, we require that contributors hold a
Ph.D, ABD, be currently enrolled in a doctoral program, or have
recognized expertise in the field. If you are interested in writing 1
or more of the entries listed below, please send a c.v. to Fred Nadis
and/or Jeanie Azizian:
Fred Nadis, Project Editor FNadis at abc-clio.com

Jeanie Azizian, Project Coordinator JAzizian at abc-clio.com



OPEN TOPICS WHE - Japan & Korea

Era 1 (To 4000 BCE) Science & Technology Tools/Technology of
Modern Humans: Jomon in Japan 200
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Society & Culture Concept of female
rulers in Yayoi Japan 600
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Society & Culture Late Jomon and Yayoi
funerary sculpture 600
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Politics & Statecraft Governance in the
Period of the Three Kingdoms 600
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment Human Imprint
on Environment: The Cities of Japan and Korea 500
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment Kyoto and/or
Seoul 300
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment The Populations
(gains and losses) of Japan and Korea: 1000-1500 600
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) WAR & DIPLOMACY The Fortifications of
East Asia 1000
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) ECONOMICS & TRADE Lynchpins of the East
Asian Economy: Ryukyu and Malacca 750
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) THOUGHT & RELIGION Major Sites of
Intellectual Inquiry: Yi Hoe's World (Korean) 750
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) THOUGHT & RELIGION Yi Hoe, Kangnido
(1402; 1460 copy) 200
Era 7 (1750 - 1914) Society & Culture Government-Mandated
Dietary Rules in Meiji Japan 600
Era 8 (1900 - 1945) Society & Culture Japanese Literature
(conflicts tradition/new; native/foreign) 1000
Era 9 (1945 - present) Politics & Statecraft Indigenous People of E.
Asia 600





Fred Nadis, Ph.D.
Project Editor
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