Dear SSJ-Forum participants,

Sincere apologies for any cross-postings!

Japan Studies Association (USA) invites proposals for discipline-specific or interdisciplinary themed panels and individual presentations for its 25^th Anniversary Conference, which will take place on 3-5 January 2019 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The complete CFP is located here: http://www.japanstudies.org/2019-jsa-conference-hawaii.html

The following themes can serve as useful points of departure:

• Okinawa: identity, history and culture;

• Hokkaido, Ainu culture, and the "pioneer" legacy of Japanese settlers;

• Cultural memory: historical perspectives, enduring challenges, possibilities for the future;
• The legacy of Fukushima and nuclear futures -- healing and persistent challenges;
• Pre-modern, modern or contemporary Japanese literature and culture;
• Performance traditions and contemporary practice: music, theater, film, live arts;
• Japanese aesthetics and material culture;
• Historical, social, economic or political perspectives on Japan's relationships with its national self and neighbors;
• Multicultural identities in Japan;
• Japan's religious traditions, sacred texts and architecture;
• Youth, popular and participatory culture in Japan; manga and anime; fan arts;
• Pedagogy, field trips and study tours: teaching Japanese language and culture - reflections and strategies, hurdles and achievements;
• Infusing Japanese Studies into the undergraduate curriculum - successful course/program development, faculty collaboration and ways to engage with institutional core goals;
• New voices in Japanese Studies: graduate student research.

We encourage both east-west and inter-Asian comparative perspectives.

Submitting an abstract or a panel proposal: Abstracts for an individual presentation (approx. 250 words) or proposals for a themed panel, roundtable or staged reading (approx. 500 words) should be submitted via JSA's website: http://www.japanstudies.org/submit-jsa-conference-proposal.html by Monday, 24 September 2018. Please make sure that you include the name(s), institutional affiliation and contact information for each presenter along with individual presentation titles.

For more information, please contact the Conference Co-Chairs:

Prof. Andrea Stover, Belmont University: andrea.stover@belmont.edu
Prof. Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage: pedunscomb@alaska.edu

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Maggie Ivanova, PhD

Lecturer and Director of Studies, Drama

Acting Research Section Head, Creative and Performing Arts (S2 2018)

Flinders University (CRICOS Provider: 00114A)

Phone: +61-8-8201-2204

E-mail: maggie.ivanova@flinders.edu.au

Editor, Japan Studies Association Journal

Vice President, Japan Studies Association (USA)

TOC: Japan Studies Association Journal, vol 15