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ASPAC 2008
Proposal deadline is May 15, 2007.
Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) is the Pacific Rim conference of the Association for Asian Studies. Our region includes the states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington; the territorial possessions of the United States in the Pacific Ocean; Mexico; and the Canadian the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. ASPAC is dedicated to promoting a better understanding of Asia throughout this region. We do this through an annual conference, graduate student prizes, teacher training, and two publications, the ASPAC Occasional Papers series and E-AsPac, a peer reviewed electronic journal. Begun in the late 1960s and incorporated in 1992, ASPAC is nonpolitical, nonprofit and works completely through volunteer effort.
ASPAC members encompass all of the traditional academic disciplines but typically have an expertise in one or more of the recognized regions of Asia – North, East, Central, Southeast, South, and West Asia. Most of our annual conference participants come from colleges and universities located along the Pacific Rim but a third or more come from elsewhere in North America, Europe and Asia. A bit more than one in ten are senior graduate students recommended by their professors. We encourage all with an interest in Asia to attend and participate regardless of specialization or region. Paper and panel proposals involving every area of Asian studies are always welcome and encouraged.
Our next conference will be hosted by Victoria University, Victoria, British Columbia in June, 2008. As soon as details are available for publication they will be posted here at this URL. To keep posted on this and other ASPAC activities please fill out the “Join Our Newsletter Community” form to the bottom left of any page on this website.
This site last updated Friday, June 26, 2009.
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