Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies Conference 2010

Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies: 2010 Conference

2nd Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies Conference

Challenges for East Asia: The Past, Present & Future

7th-8th July 2010
University of Bristol

CALL FOR PAPERS

About the Conference

We warmly invite postgraduate research students at any stage of their PhD and scholars, particularly at the early stage of their career, to join the BRIDGE (Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies) Conference on the 7th and 8th of July 2010.

BRIDGE is now holding its 2nd conference at the University of Bristol with the general topic of 'Challenges for East Asia: The Past, Present & Future'. The conference will provide a valuable opportunity for postgraduate students from Universities across the country (and beyond) to get together and share their ideas and experiences of studying East Asia.

Our first conference was very successful and attracted over 40 presentations from PhD students/scholars from all over the UK and in total 70 PhD students and academics contributed to the day.

You will also be invited to draw upon the expertise of experienced scholars in a plenary session focused on the current hot topic: ‘The National and/or Regional Identity in East Asia’. We also aim to offer practical sessions such as ‘writing for publication’ and ‘conducting fieldwork in East Asia’.

CEAS are pleased to announce that they will financially support the accommodation and conference cost for all the PhD students who present their work at the conference.

Conference Theme

The theme of this conference is'Challenges for East Asia: The Past, Present & Future' The conference will explore both historical and contemporary issues relating to East Asia from interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives.

This perspective does not limit us to an event at one point of East Asian history, but instead provides a framework through which to explore general aspects of East Asia, be it culture; history; society; welfare; economy; security; public services; politics; environmental issues; international relations and others.

We aim to widen the frontier of those engaged in our discussion of East Asia by welcoming PhD students from any disciplinary background with an interest in East Asia’s past, present and future. By so doing, the BRIDGE conference will draw together multi-disciplinary perspectives to challenge and develop our understanding of this region.

We welcome proposals for papers on our main theme, but we will also consider the inclusion of other interesting presentations which contribute to East Asian studies.

You can present a paper, listen to others, or do both! We plan to provide an excellent opportunity for postgraduate students from Universities across the country (and beyond) to get together and share their ideas and experiences of studying East Asia.

Keynote Speaker

Professor Shaun Breslin (University of Warwick)

Professor Stephan Feuchtwang (London School of Economics)

Conference Arrangements

This conference is sponsored by the CEAS VC Initiative fund. We are therefore fortunate to be able to offer subsidised places to all presenters. This will cover the registration fee for all those who submit an abstract and who are then selected to present (up to our maximum number of places).

The standard registration fee is £50.00 and covers one night’s accommodation on Wednesday 7th July at our student Hall of Residence -Clifton Hill House (Bed & Breakfast), refreshments throughout the day and a buffet lunch on both days of the conference.

If you are not presenting a paper but wish to attend you will be asked to pay a registration fee of ￡20 (no accommodation).

All participants are fully responsible for their own transport and travel arrangements.

There will be a conference dinner on the 7th July which you are kindly invited to join us for at a set price of ￡15.

How to Submit your Abstract

Papers will be selected for presentation and discussion, and as stated above we will provide subsidies for all those presenting in order to facilitate PhD students to take this opportunity to present their work to scholars and peers.

We invite you to submit abstract of (200-300) words using the form provided below no later than 25th May 2010. Please email this to Annabel.Lander@bristol.ac.uk .

All speakers selected will be notified by 1st June via Email if they have been successful.

We also invite panel proposals which should include a title and description of the panel’s objective (200-300 words) together with abstracts for three (or four) papers and the details of convener and panel members.

**Abstract Submission Form (please use this form only) Click Here >>**

Booking Form

If you are not presenting but plan to attend the conference please use the booking form here >>

For presenters, once your abstract has been accepted, you will also be required to fill in the booking form above by 18th June 2010

Deadlines