CFP: "Asia in World History: 1750-1914," spec iss of EAA (journal; 20 May)

Call for World History Manuscripts: EAA Fall 2008

Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teaching journal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our readers include undergraduate instructors as well as high school and middle school teachers. Our articles are intended to provide educators, who are often not specialists, with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Manuscripts submitted for consideration for publication in EAA are evaluated by qualified referees.

We are in the process of developing a special section in the fall 2008 issue entitled "Asia in World History: 1750-1914." This special section is the fourth in an EAA series and the dates in the title correspond to the National World History Standards "Eras." In this special section, it is hoped that articles will be published where authors develop manuscripts that will enable teachers and students to better understand Asia in modern world history. We are seeking manuscripts about all areas of Asia. We are also interested in Asia-related manuscripts on maritime, environmental, and economic history.

All manuscripts should be written for high-school and undergraduate world history and social science instructors. We are most interested in manuscripts that are useful for survey-level courses. Prospective authors should consult the EAA guidelines, available on the Web site under my signature, before submitting a manuscript for this special section. Prospective authors are also encouraged to share possible manuscript ideas with me via email. The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts for this special section is May 20, 2008.

Cordially,
Lucien Ellington
Editor, Education About Asia
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone (423)425-2118, Fax (423)425-5441
email: l-ellington@comcast.net
Web Site: http://www.aasianst.org/

Other: The Job Market for Japanese Historians

Jonathan Dresner at Frog in a Well just posted some comments about the current job market in Japanese history that might be of interest and relevance, even to those of us working on Korea and China.

This could be a very interesting year for the job market, not to mention for Asian history blogging. [...]

Well, the majority of this year’s crop of jobs has been posted, and it’s time to take stock. I’ll start. [...]

When I look at the market, I divide it up into four groups, roughly:

Japan jobs: usually at top-tier research or teaching institutions, these positions require little or no teaching outside of Japanese history (though interdisciplinary program-building comes up sometimes). A department doesn’t hire a Japan specialist unless they’ve got a lot of other bases covered, and large departments like that often have a strong research orientation, four- or five-course per year teaching loads, graduate programs.

Asia or East Asia jobs: East Asia positions usually want someone who can teach at least China and Japan3 ; Asia positions often include South Asia as a desirable teaching field. A regional survey is very often a required part of the teaching load, part of the contribution to general education. Sometimes a regional or period specialization is specified, which can mean either pre-existing programs or the presence of other Asianists in a department. These positions are usually in medium-sized departments with strong US/European coverage, and some non-Western history; sometimes these are fairly distinguished schools with strong research expectations, and/or very high standards for teaching, and graduate programs are also a possibility.

Asia + World jobs: A lot like the above category — China and Japan, sometimes India, plus a regional survey are expected courses — plus some World History teaching. Sometimes very large teaching-oriented departments, but more often smaller departments with a lot of general education service expected. Rarely less than a 3-3 teaching schedule, and specified regional specialties usually indicate what they think students will be interested in (or other external factors) rather than the presence of other Asian historians.

World + Asia jobs: Sometimes “Non-Western World” jobs with no region specified, these positions are always heavily oriented to general education teaching, often with 4-4 teaching loads and multiple sections of World History required on a regular basis. These may be small departments in large institutions (actually, they’re almost always small relative to the institution), medium-sized or large departments without a lot of depth, or departments which have some non-western coverage but which need World History sections more than they need regional speciality courses. Community colleges, if they have any non-Western history at all, usually fall into this category.4
I wonder if Americanists or Europeanists see a similar kind of segmentation, or if the descriptions shake out in a different pattern?

CFP: Asia in World History for Fall 2008 issue of _Education About Asia_ (journal issue; 15 May)

Request for Manuscripts for fall 2008 Asia in World History: 1750-1914
Special Section of Education About Asia

Education About Asia (EAA) is the teaching journal for the Association for Asian Studies. Our readers include undergraduate instructors as well as high school and middle school teachers. Our articles are intended to provide educators, who are often not specialists, with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Manuscripts submitted for consideration for publication in EAA are evaluated by qualified referees.

We are in the process of developing a special section in the fall 2008 issue entitled, "World History: 1750-1914." This is the fourth special section in a series based upon the "eras" included in The National World History Standards. We hope this section will be useful for instructors in history and other social sciences. The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts for this special section is May 15, 2008.

Prospective authors are encouraged to read our guidelines that are available at the Web site in my signature below. Interested potential contributors are welcome to email me about possible manuscript topics.

Cordially,

Lucien Ellington

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Lucien Ellington
Editor, Education About Asia
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone (423)425-2118, Fax (423)425-5441
email: l-ellington@comcast.net
Web Site: http://www.aasianst.org/

CFP: teaching related media reviews (20 Dec; Spring 2008; AEMS Ed. About Asia)

This is a great chance to get your feet wet publishing something!
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REVIEWS REQUESTED
Asian Educational Media Service/Education About Asia
Special Media Section: Spring 2008

We are seeking reviews for the expanded media section that will be published in the Spring 2008 issue of Education About Asia. This section is sponsored by the Asian Educational Media Service (AEMS). Reviews may address the use of feature films, documentaries, CD-ROMs, podcasts, and web sites in teaching about Asia, with an emphasis upon classroom use. Tanya Lee, Program Director of AEMS, will be editing this section.

We welcome manuscripts on all areas of Asia and on a wide variety of topics. Reviews should run approximately 500 words (two double-spaced manuscript pages); essays should run about 1,000 words (four double-spaced manuscript pages). Before beginning a manuscript, potential authors should check with both Tanya and Lucien to ensure that we do not already plan to publish an existing review of the same material in EAA or the AEMS newsletter. It is important that any prospective author read the author guidelines posted at the EAA Web site, http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm). Submissions should be sent by email attachment to both Tanya Lee and Lucien Ellington by no later than December 20, 2007.

Tanya LeeProgram Director
Asian Educational Media Service
Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
805 West Pennsylvania Avenue, MC 025
Urbana, IL 61801
Tel: 217-265-0642 or 888-828-AEMS
Fax: 217-265-0641
Email: tanyalee@uiuc.edu
Web site: http://www.aems.uiuc.edu

Lucien EllingtonEditor
Education About Asia
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall, Dept. 2222
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McCallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423-425-2118
Fax: 423-425-5443
Email: edast@utc.edu
Web Site: http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm

CFP: Global Themes in World History: Teaching and Research (15 Aug; 12-13 Oct; New Jersey)

Global Themes in World History: Teaching and Research

October 12-13, 2007

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Park, NJ
http://www.fdu.edu/

MAWHA is pleased to announce our eleventh annual Mid-Atlantic World History Association conference. Our special focus this year will be on broad historical themes that are applicable on a global scale and how these themes can be applied to teaching at all levels.

Possible topics could include, but are not limited to, the following:

The global impact of religions/ideologies
Migration and borders/diasporas
War and militarism/terrorism
Imperialism/colonialism/global elites
Trade and commerce/globalization
Disease/non-native species
"Clash of civilizations" vs. connections
Industrialism/technology/communications
Languages/nationalism
Geography and climate/environment
Spread of cultures/popular culture
Thematic approaches to World History

We welcome proposals on any subject, period or area from independent scholars as well as teachers/scholars from universities, colleges, secondary schools, publishers and other related institutions. Proposals may include individual papers, collaborative projects or roundtable discussions of a topic or theme connected to world history.

Please send proposals and curriculum vita by AUGUST 15, 2007 to:

MAWHA Program Committee or
Professor Anthony Snyder
asnyder@brookdalecc.edu