Challenging the Myth of Uniqueness: Japan in Comparative Perspective

The Third Annual UCLA Graduate Student Symposium for Japanese Studies will be
held on May 4,1996 at UCLA. The symposium committee welcomes proposals from all
academic disciplines which attempt to view Japanese social, political, and
economic development in light of and in relation to the historical experience of
other nations and cultural entities. Approaches employing theoretical and
explanatory models of historical development and change as they apply to Japan
are also welcome. The symposium offers interested graduate students from the
Western United States and Canada (Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho,
Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and British
Columbia) and faculty commentators a forum in which to discuss these questions.
Transportation and two nights lodging for presenters will be paid for by the
symposium. The symposium is sponsored by the UCLA Center for Japanese Studies.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: NOVEMBER 1, 1995

Proposals should be no more than one page in length, and should include your
university department, field of specialization, name, address and telephone
number. Please submit your proposal along with a self-addressed stamped postcard
for acknowledgement of receipt of your submission to:

UCLA Graduate School Student Symposium
c/o Mariko Kitayama Bird
Center for Japanese Studies
405 Hilgard Avenue
11250 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1487

I am sorry this message is going out so near the deadline but the one page
application proposal should not be too onerous. If there are any questions that
need to answered quickly, please simply e-mail me directly at
schaap[atx]polisci.sscnet.ucla.edu and I will try to respond to all inquiries as
soon as possible.

Thanks and good luck.

Ross D. Schaap
Department of Political Science
UCLA