Fw: H-ASIA: CFP: Culture as Critical Theory, Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2012

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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP: Culture as Critical Theory, Conference in Taipei,
Taiwan, Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2012

> H-ASIA
> December 19, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Culture as Critical Theory, Conference in Taipei, Taiwan,
> Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2012
> *********************************************************************
> From: Allen Chun <achun@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
>
> Call for Papers: Culture as Critical Theory (Conference to be held at
> Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, September 29 ?
> October 1, 2012)
>
> Sponsoring Institutions: Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, and
> Institute of Social and Cultural Research, National Chiao Tung University,
> Taiwan
>
> Organizer: Allen Chun (Research Fellow, Academia Sinica; Joint Professor,
> National Chiao Tung University)
>
> Synopsis: The theme Culture as Critical Theory is not restricted to purely
> theoretical papers; we welcome contributions based on empirical research
> that address thematic concerns in the field of cultural studies, broadly
> defined, representing any (cross-)discipline in the social sciences,
> humanities, area studies, literary criticism, performance, arts, media
> studies, etc..
>
> Objective: This conference seeks specifically to attract the participation
> of younger scholars, primarily PhD students completing research wishing to
> write up parts of their thesis as paper and recent postdocs having
> received their PhD in the last 2 years in the process of writing up a
> paper for publication based on their larger study.
>
> Invited Keynote Speakers: Arif Dirlik (Oregon) and Claudio Lomnitz
> (Columbia).
>
> Language of Communication: Papers and conference will held in English and
> Chinese,
>
> Application Procedure: submit paper abstract (500 words or less) and brief
> resume (institutional affiliation, academic qualification, email address).
>
> There will be a selective review process.
>
> Available Funding: RT airfare subsidy and free lodging can be offered to a
> limited number of paper givers from outside Taiwan, pending acceptance of
> individual paper proposals. Due to budgetary constraints, travel
> allowance will be limited to airfare cost within Asia.
>
> Application Deadline: for those applying for travel subsidy, please submit
> abstract, personal particulars and airfare estimate by March 15; for
> others, please submit abstract and personal particulars by April 15.
>
> Conference papers in full (7000-10,000 words) are due August 31 as a
> necessary condition of participation, in order to facilitate advance
> circulation to other conference participants.
>
> Email Contact for Information and Application Submission: For those
> presenting a paper in English, please send abstract and personal details
> to Chen, Ko-Lun: isidro.chen@gmail.com. For those presenting paper in
> Chinese, please send materials to Sean Pai: ohiyan@gmail.com.
>
> Allen Chun
> Academia Sinica
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