Boston University Graduate Student Conference on East Asia
November 30th - December 1st, 2007

East Asia Modern... and Beyond

Call for Papers
The BU Graduate Conference on East Asia aims to provide a forum for graduate students from various institutions and diverse disciplines to share ideas and to discuss their works in progress with peers.

As an interdisciplinary conference, the Graduate Conference on East
Asia will include topics focusing on East Asian history and international history as pertains to East Asia, in addition to the current East Asian political, socio-economic, and cultural climates.

Participation is encouraged from those interested in presenting papers based in disciplines such as History, Economics, Anthropology, Sociology, and modern East Asian Literature, in addition to Political Science and International Relations.

The BU Graduate Conference on East Asia is intended for students at
all levels of their graduate careers. The conference aims to provide a positive and inter-disciplinary setting in which students can discuss their research with their peers as well as those members of Boston University faculty who share expertise in various East Asian Studies.

Student participants are invited to present completed term papers,
research proposals, thesis chapters, methodological models, outlines of dissertation proposals, or any other written work in progress, as accepted by the conference organizers.

The conference will be held for a half-day, including dinner and
keynote address, on Friday, November 31st  and for a full day on December 1st, 2007.

The conference organizers ask that all abstracts for presentations be
submitted by October 15th, 2007

Please email submissions to:  [email protected]

Or submit via post to:
BU Graduate Conference on East Asia
Political Science Department
Boston University
232 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215

All abstract submissions should include the author's name, address,
institutional affiliation, email address and phone number.

Questions can be addressed to the conference organizers at [email protected].

Keynote speaker and the tentative program will be announced by
November 1st, 2007.