Call For Papers (Researching Asia)

[sai...@gmail.com]

York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference

York University, Toronto, Canada

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September 26 to 28, 2008
What does it mean to "research Asia?"
Asian Studies is a growing field within and, we hope, beyond Area
Studies. Recent developments in Asian research reflect modern and
contemporary events across a wide range of disciplines. As the body of
research on Asia grows, questions concerning the production and
mediation of "Asia" become more pressing. The critical and fundamental
questions "What is Asia?" and "How to study Asia?" remain unresolved
and contested. As a field, moreover, Asian Studies remains driven by
disciplinary divides; interdisciplinary intersections remain
disappointingly rare.With this conference we seek to address the
epistemology and methodology of researching Asia within and beyond the
geographical and disciplinary constraints traditionally associated
with Area Studies. We invite papers from graduate students engaged in
interdisciplinary research in Asian Studies focusing on the modern and
contemporary periods.


Possible paper topics could address (but are not limited to) these sub-
themes:
*Epistemology of Asian Studies
* Methodology and Practices in Asian Studies
* Orientalism & Re-Orientalism
* Knowledge/Power
* Time and Temporality
* Modernity
* North/South Divide
* Globalization
* Race and Ethnicity
* Migration and Diaspora
* Race, Gender, and Class
* Positioning and Subjectivity
* Body and Representation
* Sexuality
* Media and Technology
*Environmental Challenges
* Art and Visual Culture
* Music and Performing Arts

Interested participants should submit a paper title, abstract (250
words maximum) and brief biographical information by

April 1, 2008. Selected participants must submit completed papers by
August 1, 2008.
Please email submissions to the conference organizers at:

transformation...@gmail.com.
More information about the conference can be found on the conference
website:

www.yorku.ca/ycar/Events/graduate_conference.html.