Call for Papers for the 17th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference

Crossroads of East Asia: The 17th Annual Harvard East Asia Society Conference

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

February 21 - February 23, 2014

The Harvard East Asia Society invites currently enrolled graduate students from around the world, working across all disciplines to submit papers for its annual conference, which will be held on the weekend of February 21-23, 2014 at Harvard University.

The theme of this year's conference is the "Crossroads of East Asia." The committee invites papers that access East Asia through its movements and intersections, in areas including but not limited to the geographical, cultural, and sociopolitical. Preference will be given to papers that engage different disciplines and regions in conversation and reflection. For information on the conference theme, please visit our website at http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~heas/conference/conference.html

The HEAS Graduate Student Conference is an annual event which provides an interdisciplinary forum for graduate students to exchange ideas and discuss current research on East Asia. The conference allows young scholars to present their research to both their peers and to eminent scholars in East Asian Studies. All panels will be moderated by Harvard University faculty. The conference will also allow participants to meet others in their field conducting similar research and to forge new professional relationships.

Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words, and a short bio of 100 words or less, to heasabstracts@gmail.com by November 22, 2013. Abstracts over 300 words will not be accepted. Applicants are encouraged to submit their abstracts as early as possible, to allow time for processing.

Eligibility and Application Guidelines:

1.  Applicants must be currently enrolled in a program of graduate study ("postgraduate" in British degree classification systems).

2.  Papers must be related to East or Inner Asia.

3.  Abstracts must be no longer than 300 words, and bios no more than 100 words, submitted exactly as directed on the HEAS Individual Paper Application Form.

4.  Deadline for abstract submission:  NOVEMBER 22, 2013 

Inquiries:

For general conference inquiries, please contact: heasconference@gmail.com

For abstract submission inquiries, please contact: heasabstracts@gmail.com

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/HEAS17

What Does China Want? Discerning the PRC's National Strategy

Published in Asian Security, 8:1, 54-72

By Timothy Heath, GWU MA Student

Abstract

Debates about China's national strategy have surprisingly overlooked an important source: the national strategy as formulated by China's leaders themselves. This article explains how the ruling Communist Party of China formulates its equivalent of a national strategy – defined as the nation's desired end state and guidance on supporting objectives, ways, and means. It explores the current national strategy as published in widely available official documents such as the Communist Party Constitution and Party Congress Work Report, the most recent version of which dates from the 17th Party Congress in 2007. The article considers some implications for observers and policymakers.

Please click here to read full article

Call for Sumission!

The Columbia East Asia Review (CEAR) is a multidisciplinary undergraduate journal of East and Southeast Asian Studies based at Columbia University. CEAR is dedicated to publishing superior undergraduate research on East and Southeast Asia while offering students the opportunity to learn about academic publishing and the peer-review process firsthand. Print and online editions are published annually in April and reach a readership that extends top universities across the United States, Europe, and Asia.

CEAR is currently accepting submissions in any discipline from undergraduate students worldwide. The deadline for submissions is February 12, 2012 but earlier submissions are welcomed.

Submissions must be written by an undergraduate or recent graduate (having graduated within one year from an undergraduate institution), exhibit original research, and relate directly to one or more regions of East or Southeast Asia.

For more details on eligibility and submissions guidelines, see http://eastasiareview.org/submission. Questions may be directed to editor@eastasiareview.org or CEAR’s Facebook page at facebook.com/eastasiareview.

East Asia Forum: "Thailand: Politics of a Flood"

Read the most recent East Asia Forum article written by Chayut Setboonsarng, a graduate of George Washington University's Master of Arts in International Affairs. The article highlights the political divisions that led Thailand's government to ineffectively respond to the devastating flood.

http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2011/12/02/thailand-politics-of-a-flood/

GWU Sigur Center alumnus James Reilly publishes book

Jamie Reilly, recipient of 2 Sigur Center Field Research Grants, has published a book titled Strong Society, Smart State: The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy! He is currently a lecturer in northeast Asian politics at the University of Sydney. Jamie received 2 grants from the Sigur Center in 2001 and 2006 as a Political Science Ph.D. student. His biography from the publisher's page is below.

James Reilly is lecturer in northeast Asian politics at the University of Sydney. He earned his Ph.D. from George Washington University and has been a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford and a Fulbright Scholar at Renmin University in Beijing. His research focuses on Chinese foreign policy, East Asian politics, and international relations, and for eight years he worked with the American Friends Service Committee in China.

Opportunity for Undergraduate Students to be Published in Peer-Reviewed Journal

The Michigan Journal of Asian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide undergraduate students around the world with a venue for submissions of original research and/or analytical papers on Asian Studies. We accept work from all disciplines relating to South, Southeast, and East Asia. Our deadline for submissions is October 10^th, 2011. All submissions must meet the following guidelines:

--Your subject line and document title should fit the following format: [author name] [paper title] [region (south/southeast/east)]

--Submissions have a lower limit of approximately 5000 words.

--All submissions must include a coversheet. The coversheet should include an abstract, your full name, academic institution, and e-mail address.

--Authors must provide a complete bibliography with their submissions, including page citations. Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style format for references and endnotes.

The author must supply any additional figures and pictures as separate files in the highest resolution possible. It must be noted in the document as to where the figure belongs. (e.g. [Picture001 belongs here])

Please send all comments and questions to michiganjournalofasianstudies@umich.edu

Four Graduate Students Publish Articles on Asia

Four Political Science PhD students have published articles and/or book reviews on issues in Indonesia, China, and Turkmenistan. Congrats to Maiko Ichihara, Charles Sullivan, John Tai, and Enze Han!

- Maiko Ichihara. 2010. "Information Availability and NGO Advocacy: Indonesian Environmental NGOs and Anti-Mining Campaigns." Josef Korbel Journal of Advanced International Studies 2 (Summer): 45-60.

- Charles Sullivan. 2010. "Halk, Watan, Berdymuhammedov!: Political Transition and Regime Continuity in Turkmenistan." Journal of Central Asian Studies, Forthcoming.

- John Tai. 2010. "Book Review: Zheng Yongnian and Joseph Fewsmith, eds., China's Opening Society: The non-state sector and governance." East Asia 27 (June): 215-218.

- Enze Han. 2010. "The Dog That Hasn't Barked: Assimilation and Resistance in Inner Mongolia, China." Asian Ethnicity, Forthcoming.