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

CFP: East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia (SEAA) (28 Feb; 2-5 July; Taipei)

A little far but I know some of you/us maybe in Taipei next summer anyway.
Why not increase your chance of getting a little money to cover your costs?

SEAA Taipei 2009
Conference of the Society for East Asian Anthropology,
American Anthropological Association

East by Southeast: Multiple Perspectives on Asia

2-5 July 2009

You are invited to participate in "East by Southeast: Multiple
Perspectives on Asia," a conference of the Society for East Asian
Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association, which will be
held in Taipei, Taiwan, on 2-5 July 2009. We encourage submissions of
both organized sessions and individual papers on issues of interest and
passion in the anthropology of East and Southeast Asian societies. We
particularly welcome panels that bring together comparative studies of a
common topic from different parts of the region.

Peoples in East and Southeast Asia have historically enjoyed intricate
relationships. The unprecedented rate and spread of globalization since
the late 20th century onward have occasioned new modes of economic
integration with attendant flows of people, commodities, and popular
culture that knit the region in new and complex ways. At the same time,
people in different parts of the region face similar challenges with
respect to new class formations and lifestyles, new ways of performing
gender, contestations between local and national identities, and
expanding horizons of consumption. The region is also a site of post- and
neo-colonial tensions. This meeting provides a unique opportunity for
East and Southeast Asian anthropologists and anthropologists of East and
Southeast Asia to learn about current research in their areas (both
geographic and theoretical) and to create links with researchers in other
countries. The conference will include a diverse and multicultural
community of anthropologists, both students and established scholars, and
academic and applied anthropologists.

This conference, which will be conducted in English, is jointly sponsored
by the Society for East Asian Anthropology, the Taiwan Association for
Anthropology and Ethnology, the Graduate Institute of Anthropology at
National Tsing Hua University, the College of Hakka Studies at National
Chiao Tung University, and the Institute of Ethnology at Academia Sinica.

Deadline for submission of panel and paper abstracts: 28 February 2009

Deadline for conference registration and housing application: 30 April 2009

Please check the SEAA Website URL:
http://www.aaanet.org/sections/seaa/index.html
for the SEAA 2009 Taipei Conference update. If you have any questions,
you can also contact Anru Lee, the chair of the program committee at:
alee at jjay.cuny.edu.


Anru Lee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
CUNY
899 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(TEL) (212) 237-8571

Program: Summer Program on Japanese Visual Culture in Tokyo (16 Feb; 18 May-29 June)

For the sixth consecutive year, an exciting six-week Summer Program on Japanese Visual Culture will take place at the Tokyo Campus of Temple University Japan (TUJ), May 18 – June 29, 2009 (tentative dates). This program consists of two coordinated courses: the first focuses on approaches to studying the richness and complexity of visual culture in Japan; the second allows students to develop modest visual projects (digital still, video or web) on selective topics immediately relevant to visual culture. Instruction is in English. All course work will be supplemented with an active program of cultural events, trips and lectures in and around Tokyo. Students live in Temple dormitories alongside Japanese students studying English at TUJ. This program grants course credits to both undergraduate and graduate students.

For additional information, details, and application forms see:
http://www.temple.edu/studyabroad/programs/summer/japan/visual-anthro.html

Application deadline: February 16, 2009.

R. Chalfen and L. Powell

Call For Submissions: National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA) Anthropology News column (rolling deadline)

Anthropology News – NASA Section


The National Association of Student Anthropologists (NASA), the student section of the American Anthropological Association, is issuing a call for submissions for its Anthropology News column.

Background
The National Association of Student Anthropologists was founded in 1985 to address graduate and undergraduate student concerns and to promote the interests and involvement of students as anthropologists-in-training. Each month during the academic year, NASA publishes a short column in Anthropology News that focuses on issues of interest and importance to student anthropologists. Anthropology News (AN) is the world’s most widely distributed anthropological publication.

Topics
NASA welcomes submissions for its monthly column in the form of articles, essays, creative writing, teaching material, or book reviews. Possible topics for submission include:

* Views on current and/or controversial issues in anthropology. (e.g. How does the ethics review process (IRB) affect student training and research? What types of constructive relationships might be forged between US anthropology students and anthropology students outside the US?)

* Comparative reflections from students who have studied anthropology outside of the United States and at American institutions

* Opinions on the strengths and weaknesses of student training at the undergraduate and graduate levels. (e.g. What adjustments might departments make to better train their undergraduates for graduate school and/or better train their graduate students for field work, teaching, and entering the job market?)

* Insights or advice on the challenges and realities of being an anthropology student. (e.g. finding a mentor, applying to graduate school, student teaching, grant writing, publishing, conference participation, paper presentations, fieldwork, writing the thesis or dissertation)

* Reviews of recently published books or films (or other media) that address topics of interest to student anthropologists.

* Opportunities for students, such as internships, funding, or training programs (e.g. in research methodologies)

Guidelines
If you are interested in contributing, please contact Jenny Chio with a 50-100 word abstract. If your article is accepted for NASA’s column, you will be notified by email and sent a style guide to help you prepare your submission. Submissions should be of general interest to student anthropologists and should not exceed 675 words. The deadline is rolling, as the column is published throughout the academic year. We’d also welcome your suggestions on other topics to address in the NASA column.

We want to hear from you!

Jenny Chio, Incoming NASA Newsletter Editor
National Association of Student Anthropologists
American Anthropological Association
http://www.aaanet.org/nasa/

Prize: 2007 Theodore C. Bestor Prize for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper (1 June)

The prize of $250 is awarded annually for the best graduate student paper on any aspect of East Asian anthropology and/or East Asian anthropology’s contribution to the broader field.

Papers must deal with the anthropological study of East Asian societies and cultures, or other societies/cultures and diasporic and transnational communities with historical or contemporary ties to East Asia. Students must be enrolled in a degree-granting program at the time of submission. Papers will be read by a committee of the Society for East Asian Anthropology and judged on original empirical research and contribution to the field; organization, quality, clarity of writing, and cogency of argument. The author of the paper judged to be of the highest quality will receive the prize.
Details of manuscript preparation and submission can be obtained from the SEAA website at http://www.aaanet.org/seaa/awards.html

Entries and inquires should be sent to Lisa M. Hoffman, Bestor Committee Prize Chair, Urban Studies Program, University of Washington-Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402-3100 USA, hoffmanl@u.washington.edu

Deadline 1 June