Dear SSJ members,

The European Association of Japanese Studies conference will take place in
the beautiful city of Lisbon next summer (30 August - 2 September 2017).As
convenors of Section 9, Politics and International Relations, we would like
to invite proposals for papers and panels on a variety of related topics,
as outlined in the call for papers below.

Please note that submissions should not be sent to the convenors, but via
the conference website: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/eajs/eajs2017/cfpan.shtml

Further information is available on the conference website, and please note
that the deadline for submission is 30 November.

*Section 9: Politics and International Relations*
Convenors: Karl Gustafsson (Swedish Institute of International Affairs);
Paul O'Shea (Lund University)
Change or continuity in Japan’s domestic and international politics
The politics and international relations section proposes to focus at the
forthcoming conference on recent developments in and outside Japan and
their implications for Japan’s domestic and international politics.
Specifically, we welcome papers dealing with topics such as constitutional
reform, Japan’s ‘shift to the right’, trends in voting behaviour and party
politics, ‘Abenomics’, and changes in Japan’s foreign policy and
international relations.

We also welcome papers dealing with a broader set of related themes,
including political transition, regional security, identity politics and
the impact of global change and uncertainties. We are particularly
interested in panel proposals, but also strongly welcome individual
submissions on these and related subjects.

Best wishes,

Paul O'Shea (Lund University)
Karl Gustafsson (Swedish Institute of International Affairs)