Dear Forum Members,



Japan Studies Association (USA) has extended the submission deadline for presentations, round-table proposals, etc, for its 2020 annual conference, which will take place between 9-11 January in Honolulu, Hawai'i. The new deadline is 20 October 2019. Please see details below. Apologies for any cross-postings!



Japan Studies Association (USA) invites proposals for discipline-specific or interdisciplinary themed panels and individual presentations for its 26th Annual Conference. The complete CFP is located here: http://www.japanstudies.org/2020-jsa-conference-hawaii.html.



The following themes can serve as useful points of departure:



Hokkaido, Ainu culture, and the "pioneer" legacy of Japanese settlers;
Okinawa: identity, history and culture;
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 20 October 2019. 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

Senior Lecturer, Drama, Creative and Performings Arts

Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001 Australia

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

Office phone: +61-8-8201-2204

www.flinders.edu.au/ehl/drama

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