all for Papers

The conference theme: "Bridging the gap between Japanese language and Japanese studies"

We invite proposals for papers that reflect the conference theme and others that fall under various Japanese studies disciplines such as:

• Architecture
• Art, art history
• Communication studies
• Economics and business
• Education
• History
• Language and linguistics
• Language education
• Literature, theatre, film studies
• Politics and international relations
• Science and technology
• Second language acquisition
• Society and culture
• Others

There are three ways to present your papers.

1) Panel presentation

A panel is a 1.5 hour session, including time for questions, usually consisting of 3 x 30-minute papers integrated under a panel topic.

On-line submission:

• A panel topic and brief description (100 words)
• Abstracts of the 3 papers (500 words each)
• Key words (5 words)
• Names of presenters (may include a chair/moderator/discussant)
• Their affiliations and contacts
• Technology/facility requirements

2) Paper presentation

A 30-minute presentation. It should include time for questions and change over to the next presenter.

On-line submission:

• Abstracts of the paper (500 words)
• Key words (5 words for the panel)
• Names of presenter(s)
• Their affiliations and contacts
• Technology/facility requirements

3) Poster presentation

Poster display of 1.5 hours to which conference participants will visit.

On-line submission:

• Abstracts of the paper (500 words)
• Key words (5 words)
• Names of presenter(s)
• Their affiliations and contacts
• Technology/facility requirements

Timeline:

• Closing Date for proposal submission: February 15th, 2009.
• Proposals will be refereed.
• Proposal acceptance notified by: March 15th, 2009.
• Early Bird Registration closes: April 15th, 2009.
• All presenters have to be registered.

Refereeing procedures:

• All proposals (other than invited papers) will be refereed by a panel of experts.
• Your key words will be used in choosing readers of your proposals.
• There are a limited number of presentation slots and only accepted papers will be presented.

Abstract submission is via on-line submission system only.

There will be no proceedings of full papers.

July 13-16, 2009

University of New South Wales | University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia