CALL FOR PAPERS

NYCAS 2003 The New York Conference on Asian Studies

October 17-18, 2003

University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

Walls in Asia

http://wings.buffalo.edu/asian/NYCAS03

The Program will include

≈ A lecture/performance of Monkey King stories from Beijing opera titled, The Monkey Knows No Walls

≈ A plenary address by Ayesha Jalal, Professor of History at Tufts University and leading scholar on India-Pakistan partition, on Holes in the Wall: India's Partition Revisited

≈ An address by AAS President James L. Watson on The Other Side of the River: Hong Kong’s Border Saga, 1898-2003

≈ A roundtable on Asian studies in SUNY, with John Ryder, SUNY Director of the office of International Programs

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Scholars in New York State - as well as in neighboring states, Canada, Asia, and the world - are cordially invited to submit proposals for individual papers, panels, and roundtables. Graduate student participation is welcome.

Papers, panels, and roundtables may focus on the conference theme “Walls in Asia” or other aspects of East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, or Asian American Studies. Visit the conference website for a description of the possibilities within the conference theme of “Walls in Asia”.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS, PANELS, AND ROUNDTABLES

May 1, 2003

ON-LINE SUBMISSION FORM

http://wings.buffalo.edu/asian/NYCAS03/SubmitPapers.htm

PRELIMINARY INQUIRIES AND EARLY SUBMITTAL ARE WELCOME

A preliminary program will be posted by August 10, and the final program will be posted in late summer. Program hard-copies will be distributed only at the conference.

ASIAN STUDIES PROGRAM, 714 Clemens Hall

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO

Buffalo, NY 14260

(716) 645-3474, (716) 645-3473 (Fax)

http://wings.buffalo.edu/asian

Thomas Burkman, Director and Conference Program Chair

asian-studies@buffalo.edu

Please forward to others who might be interested. Thank you.