Welcome to the Association for Asian Studies 2021 Call for Proposals

The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) 2020 Annual Conference is scheduled to take place in Seattle, Washington, March 25-28, 2021.  We are pleased to invite colleagues in Asian studies to submit Organized Panel, Roundtable, and Workshop proposals, as well as Individual Paper proposals for committee consideration. Selected Individual Paper proposals will be grouped together to form additional Organized Panel sessions.

The program committee seeks sessions that will engage panelists and audiences in the consideration of ideas, information, and interpretations that will advance knowledge about Asian regions an, by extension, will enrich teaching about Asia at all levels.

All regular proposals must be submitted by August 19, 2020 at 5:00pm E.T. DEADLINE EXTENDED

REMINDER: Session organizers will need the following information for each participant listed on the proposal in order to submit a complete proposal:

• First Name and Last/Family Name
• Current city, state or country (full mailing addresses are not required)
• Affiliation
• Email Address
• Rank
• Paper Titles and Paper Abstracts (Organizerd Panel Proposals & Individual Paper Proposals only)

Please make sure the proposals adhere to all minimums and maximums as posted in the Call for Proposals.  These include abstract word counts, number of paper presenters, and discussants allowed per proposal submission. 

CALL FOR SPECIAL TOPICS: Racial Injustice, Violence and Oppression

As an affirmation of the commitment by AAS to create opportunities to discuss questions of race, inequity and injustice in the world and in our own disciplines, the Program Committee announces a Special Call for Proposals that address issues of racial injustice, violence and the oppression of Black, Indigenous, and other historically marginalized peoples as these are manifested in the history and communities we study; as these structure our institutions and academic practices; and as these impinge upon our scholarship and the development of our disciplines. The Program Committee welcomes innovative proposals, roundtable or workshops, to create opportunities for intensive, shared reflection. We are pleased to grant an additional two-week extension to proposals submitted under this special invitation. 

The deadline for these special topics  is Wednesday, August 19, 2020, 5:00pm ET.

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