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CFP: US, Asia, and the World: 1914 – 2012

04/13/2012 CFP No comments

Call for Manuscripts: “US, Asia, and the World: 1914 – 2012” EAA Winter 2012

Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teach­ing jour­nal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our approx­i­mately 1,800 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. Qualified ref­er­ees eval­u­ate all man­u­scripts sub­mit­ted for con­sid­er­a­tion. Most of our sub­scribers teach his­tory, the social sci­ences, or the humanities.

We are in the process of devel­op­ing a spe­cial sec­tion enti­tled “US, Asia, and the World: 1914 – 2012” for the win­ter 2012 issue of EAA. In this spe­cial sec­tion, we invite authors to sub­mit man­u­scripts that encom­pass a wide range of US-Asia top­ics that focus upon inter­ac­tions and sig­nif­i­cant events draw­ing from diverse areas of study includ­ing the arts, diplo­macy and pol­i­tics, eco­nom­ics, mil­i­tary his­tory, and soci­ety and cul­ture. We are look­ing for man­u­scripts con­cern­ing all areas of Asia. We seek man­u­scripts both from his­to­ri­ans of Asia and schol­ars and teach­ers with exper­tise on the US and other parts of the world. We are inter­ested in man­u­scripts on top­ics such as “Asia and the War to End All Wars,” “The Pacific War and How It Changed the World,” “The US, China, and Taiwan,” “Nixon’s Visit to China,” “The Rise of Buddhism in the US,” “The US, Southeast Asia, and the Cold War,” “How East Asia’s Postwar Rise Changed America,” and “US-India Relations Before and After 1991.” The top­ics listed in this post are offered only as exam­ples and authors who are inter­ested in other top­ics are encour­aged to con­tact the editor.

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Director, Asian/Asian American Studies, Syracuse University

01/09/2012 FYI No comments

From: H-Net Job Guide:
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
DIRECTOR, ASIAN/ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM

Syracuse University seeks nom­i­na­tions and appli­ca­tions for the posi­tion of Director, Asian/Asian-American Studies, an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­gram housed in The College of Arts and Sciences. The suc­cess­ful can­di­date will be a senior tenured pro­fes­sor who demon­strates a strong com­mit­ment to teach­ing, advis­ing stu­dents, and con­duct­ing a seri­ous research agenda in an area of Asian-American Studies that is con­sis­tent with the University’s vision of Scholarship in Action. The spe­cific research area and dis­ci­pline of the Director is open.

The charge for the Director is to lead this quickly grow­ing inter­dis­ci­pli­nary pro­gram in Asian/Asian-American Studies, which recently estab­lished a minor in the cur­ricu­lum of The College of Arts and Sciences but is avail­able for every under­grad­u­ate major at Syracuse University. There are cur­rently over30 courses offered on cam­pus and abroad that con­tribute to this minor. More courses are expected, and the poten­tial to offer a major in Asian/Asian-American Studies within a few years is extremely strong. TheDirector will pro­vide local and national lead­er­ship in the field of Asian/Asian-American stud­ies; iden­tify areas of future growth; coor­di­nate the cur­ricu­lum offered by fac­ulty mem­bers in this area; and work to enhance the pro­file of the pro­gram.
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Postdoctoral fellowship, East Asian Institute, Columbia University

01/07/2012 FYI No comments

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute invites appli­ca­tions for a post­doc­toral fel­low­ship through the International Network to Expand Regional and Collaborative Teaching (INTERACT) pro­gram at Columbia University. This fel­low­ship is for the aca­d­e­mic year 2012 – 2013 and is open to schol­ars con­duct­ing research on East Asia and Southeast Asia within a global context.

About INTERACT

INTERACT is a pio­neer­ing pro­gram at Columbia University that focuses on devel­op­ing global stud­ies in the under­grad­u­ate cur­ricu­lum through a net­work of post­doc­toral schol­ars focused on cross-regional, trans-regional and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary study. Columbia University will offer sev­eral INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellowships in the 2012 – 2013 aca­d­e­mic year, with can­di­dates selected by cen­ters and insti­tutes across the University. Candidates will func­tion as liaisons between their home office and the INTERACT net­work of schol­ars with other regional and dis­ci­pli­nary specializations.

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to offer one INTERACT Fellowship to an out­stand­ing scholar of mod­ern and con­tem­po­rary East Asia with a demon­strated empha­sis on global con­text and con­nec­tions. The fel­low­ship will cover a 10-month period begin­ning August 1, 2012, and comes with a stipend of $45,000 plus ben­e­fits. INTERACT’s pri­mary goal is to improve global lit­er­acy among Columbia stu­dents and equip them to be lead­ers in a glob­al­iz­ing world. These objec­tives will be met through inno­v­a­tive courses, par­tic­i­pat­ing in Institute pro­grams and events, and an annual out­reach event orga­nized col­lab­o­ra­tively by INTERACT Fellows.

http://​www​.colum​bia​.edu/​c​u​/​w​e​a​i​/​s​t​u​d​e​n​t​a​f​f​a​i​r​s​/​i​n​t​e​r​a​c​t​.​h​tml
The appli­ca­tion dead­line is January, 20, 2012.
APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED: All appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als (includ­ing let­ters of ref­er­ence) must be received by the Institute on or before March 9, 2012.

Requirements

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute’s INTERACT Fellow will devote half of their time to teach­ing and work­ing with other Fellows on INTERACT pro­gram­ming, and half time to his or her own research and writ­ing. The Fellow’s cur­ric­u­lar respon­si­bil­ity would be to develop one course each semes­ter (Fall 2012 and Spring 2013), in coor­di­na­tion with Columbia’s Global Core Curriculum , focused on East Asia in a global con­text. The Fellow is required to be in res­i­dence in the New York City area and par­tic­i­pate in all activ­i­ties of the INTERACT pro­gram collaborative.

Eligibility

  • Candidates from all East Asian dis­ci­plines and areas of study are wel­come to apply. Geographically this includes China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Tibet, and Mongolia.
  • Recipients of the Fellowship must have received their Ph.D. degree within the past five years (Spring 2007 and after).
  • Recipients must com­plete all their Ph.D. require­ments (com­pleted and filed the dis­ser­ta­tion) by June 30, 2012

Application Process

The fol­low­ing list of mate­ri­als is required for all appli­cants. Application infor­ma­tion and forms are avail­able on the Weatherhead East Asian Institute web­site:
http://​www​.colum​bia​.edu/​c​u​/​w​e​a​i​/​p​o​s​t​d​o​c​t​o​r​a​l​-​f​e​l​l​o​w​s​h​i​p​-​d​e​t​a​i​l​s​.​h​t​m​l​#​i​n​t​e​r​act

Completed Application Cover Sheet
Curriculum vitae, includ­ing a list of classes taught (if any)
Course eval­u­a­tions for classes taught (if any)
A state­ment not exceed­ing 300 words that con­veys your per­sonal out­look on trans-regional and global approaches and their role in the under­grad­u­ate curriculum

2 – 3 page pro­posal for two under­grad­u­ate courses to be offered at Columbia University. These courses are to be offered with­out pre­req­ui­sites, and must empha­size cross-border, trans-regional, and inter­dis­ci­pli­nary approaches that con­nect back to the East Asia region. These course pro­pos­als are meant to con­vey a sense of your teach­ing inter­ests beyond the spe­cial­ized topic of your PhD research. Please see “Constructing a Course Syllabus” for guide­lines here.

3 let­ters of ref­er­ence (signed and sealed) that include an eval­u­a­tion of your research, pro­posed courses and prior teach­ing experience.

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED:
All appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als (includ­ing let­ters of ref­er­ence) must be received by the Institute on or before March 9, 2012. Faxed or emailed appli­ca­tions will not be accepted. Candidates may be invited for a phone inter­view or inter­view in per­son at AAS. All eval­u­a­tions made in con­nec­tion with appli­ca­tions received are confidential.

Awards will be announced no later than April 4, 2012. Acceptance of award is due no later than April 6, 2012.

Please return com­pleted appli­ca­tions to:

INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellowships
Weatherhead East Asian Institute
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10027

For more infor­ma­tion on the INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellowship, please con­tact Kim Palumbarit, Student Affairs Officer, at (212) 854– 9206 or
kp2​4​4​9​@​columbia.​edu.

CFP: Deception: the 12th annual East Asian Studies graduate student conference, University of Toronto

01/05/2012 FYI No comments

DECEPTION:
The 12th Annual East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, University of Toronto
10 March 2012

EXTENDED DEADLINE: JANUARY 20th

We are cur­rently seek­ing orig­i­nal aca­d­e­mic papers on the theme of “decep­tion.” Establishing as our start­ing point the dis­tinc­tion between truth and false­hood, we are inter­ested in the ques­tion of how and to what pur­poses that dis­tinc­tion might be inten­tion­ally blurred. We wel­come con­tri­bu­tions that dis­cuss the human, and also non-human, fac­ulty to deceive, as well as the human poten­tial to be deceived. Deception can take the form of pro­pa­ganda or a glance, an image or an utter­ance, a pres­ence or an absence, a ploy or a pledge, an action or a silence. The ques­tion of decep­tion invites a mul­ti­tude of dis­cus­sions: polit­i­cal, lin­guis­tic, artis­tic, cul­tural, his­tor­i­cal, anthro­po­log­i­cal, philo­soph­i­cal, psy­cho­log­i­cal, and many more besides. Thus we wel­come papers from any and all dis­ci­plines will­ing and able to engage aca­d­e­m­i­cally in the issues, intri­ca­cies, and illu­mi­na­tions of the topic of decep­tion in an East Asian con­text, from the ways decep­tion is defined and fig­ured in East Asian soci­eties and cul­tures, to the very work­ings of decep­tion in the fig­ur­ing and def­i­n­i­tion of East Asia.

For those inter­ested, we request that you pro­vide an abstract (300 words max­i­mum) as well as your per­sonal and con­tact infor­ma­tion by January 20, 2011. Submissions from both indi­vid­u­als and pan­els of three (pan­elists should send indi­vid­ual abstracts and a panel abstract) are encouraged.

Submitted papers are also eli­gi­ble for con­sid­er­a­tion for the East Asia Forum, a jour­nal edited and pub­lished by grad­u­ate stu­dents in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto. Please indi­cate whether you wish to have your com­pleted paper con­sid­ered for publication.

Selected par­tic­i­pants will be asked to sub­mit com­pleted papers by February 15, 2012. Those who wish their papers to be con­sid­ered for pub­li­ca­tion should sub­mit a publication-ready copy (about 4000 words) by March 31, 2012. During the con­fer­ence, par­tic­i­pants will be given 20 min­utes to present their work; actual pre­sen­ta­tion papers should be about 1500 – 2500 words long.

Please e-mail sub­mis­sions and queries to eas.​gsc@​utoronto.​ca. Further infor­ma­tion as it becomes avail­able will be posted on the con­fer­ence web­site at http://​groups​.chass​.utoronto​.ca/​e​a​s​g​sc/.

Conference: World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts

10/29/2011 FYI No comments

IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies
“World Wide Asia: Asian Flows, Global Impacts”

A four-day mas­ter class fol­lowed by a two-day inter­na­tional con­fer­ence, Leiden, the Netherlands
27 August-1 September 2012

Deadline for appli­ca­tions: 16 November 2011, 9.00 am (CET)

Programme
The sec­ond IIAS Summer Programme in Asian Studies will part­ner with the Leiden Global Interactions Research Group (LGIG) at Leiden University to crit­i­cally explore Asian migra­tions as a glob­al­iz­ing force. The flows of peo­ple, goods, cap­i­tal and ideas within and from the Asian con­ti­nents have been trans­form­ing the global land­scape for cen­turies. Arguably, this influ­ence has become more rec­og­niz­able and acute in the present day.

The study of Asian mobil­i­ties can pro­vide impor­tant insights into the con­di­tions, processes and effects of glob­al­iza­tion and his­tor­i­cal global forms. In order to gain a nuanced under­stand­ing of Asia’s role in the trans­for­ma­tion of the global, the work­shop and con­fer­ence will focus on explor­ing the social, his­tor­i­cal, polit­i­cal and eco­nomic con­di­tions that give rise to par­tic­u­lar forms of Asian migra­tion and the diverse impacts they have in var­i­ous local and global are­nas. This mas­ter class seeks to cul­ti­vate Asian per­spec­tives on his­tor­i­cal and con­tem­po­rary forms of migra­tion and their impact on shap­ing global-local land­scapes, prac­tices, rela­tion­ships and struc­tures.
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