CFP: 20th Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) Conference (1 Dec; 14-16 Mar; Austin, TX)

20th Japan Anthropology Workshop (JAWS) Conference

Call for Papers/Panels

14 – 16 March 2010, University of Texas at Austin

The organizing committee of the Japan Anthropology Workshop welcomes panel and paper proposals for the 2010 JAWS conference, which will be held in Austin, Texas. The conference theme is "Identity, Ritual, and Religion in Japan” although the organizers are open to all topics of anthropological interest related to Japan. The organizers call for panel and individual paper proposals that lay out Japanese contexts within the general scope of anthropological portrayal. Keynote speaker for the conference will be Satsuki Kawano, University of Guelph. Participation is open to scholars and students from all over the world. Please include the following items when submitting a proposal:

***Deadline for all abstracts: 1 December 2009***


For Organized Panels

Panel Title

Panel abstract (150 words)

Abstracts of papers in the panel (150 words each)

Name of panel chair including institutional affiliation and all contact information (including email)

Names of all participants including discussants (include institutional affiliation and email)



For Individual Papers

Paper Title

Paper abstract (150 words)

Full contact information and institutional affiliation for presenter (including email)


Please send all proposal information to Japan_Conference (at) austin.utexas.edu.
Send files in either Word or rtf formats.


The conference website is available at https://webspace.utexas.edu/jt27/www/JAWS2010/index.html. Registration information (including credit card payment options) will be available at the website after 1 May 2009. Information about accommodations and travel will also be available at the conference website. Early registration and hotel reservations are encouraged, as the conference will correspond with the early part of the South by Southwest Film and Music Festival in Austin.



Contact information:
JAWS 2010 c/o Dept. of Religious Studies
University of Texas at Austin
One University Station
Austin, TX 78712 USA