The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its
global partners is proud to announce the Second Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, to be held from June 1-3 2012, at the Ramada Osaka,
Osaka, Japan.
Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community...
The Second Asian Conference on Cultural Studies will offer a rich diversity of academic and cultural activity in the fantastically stimulating context of Japan, and in one of the world's great cities. Come and join us in Osaka for what promises to be a culturally stimulating, challenging and exciting event.
Hear the latest research, publish before a global audience, present in a supportive environment, network, engage in new relationships, experience Japan, explore Osaka and Kyoto, join a global academic community...
The Second Asian Conference on Cultural Studies will offer a rich diversity of academic and cultural activity in the fantastically stimulating context of Japan, and in one of the world's great cities. Come and join us in Osaka for what promises to be a culturally stimulating, challenging and exciting event.
CONFERENCE THEME: ENCOUNTERS & EXCHANGES
The theme for the 2012 conference is 'Encounters and Exchanges' and the programme advisers also suggest the following sub-themes with the hope and expectation that they will excite interesting new interpretations and explorations: 'Post/colonial or trans/colonial?', 'Transformations of self and place', 'Beyond boundaries?', 'Difference, diversity, plurality', 'Cultural re/constructions', 'Politics and power', and 'Ideologies of culture'. We hope that the conference theme will again encourage academic and personal encounters and exchanges across national, religious, cultural and disciplinary divides. We look forward to seeing you (again) in Osaka in 2012!
The theme for the 2012 conference is 'Encounters and Exchanges' and the programme advisers also suggest the following sub-themes with the hope and expectation that they will excite interesting new interpretations and explorations: 'Post/colonial or trans/colonial?', 'Transformations of self and place', 'Beyond boundaries?', 'Difference, diversity, plurality', 'Cultural re/constructions', 'Politics and power', and 'Ideologies of culture'. We hope that the conference theme will again encourage academic and personal encounters and exchanges across national, religious, cultural and disciplinary divides. We look forward to seeing you (again) in Osaka in 2012!
Professor Stuart D. B Picken
Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. (Hons.), B.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland,
Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board
ACCS/ACAS 2012 Conference Chair
Professor Sue Jackson
Pro-Vice Master, Teaching and Learning,
Birkbeck, University of London
ACCS Conference Programme Adviser
Professor Sue Jackson
Pro-Vice Master, Teaching and Learning,
Birkbeck, University of London
ACCS Conference Programme Adviser
For more information about submitting an abstract, please click the submissions tab above
The abstract submissions deadline has been extended to May 1 2012
For an idea of what IAFOR events are like, see our 2012 brochure:
Publishing Opportunities: Authors of accepted
abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper
in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will
be considered for inclusion in the planned internationally reviewed IAFOR
Journal of Cultural Studies. For more information about iafor journals,
click here.
The Second Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2012 will be held alongside the Second Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2012. Registrants for either conference will allow attendees the option of attending sessions in the other. For more information about ACAS 2012, please click on the image below.
The First Asian Conference on Cultural Studies 2011 was held alongside the First Asian Conference on Asian Studies 2011 at the end of March 2011. The wide variety of academic presentations included a workshop and introduction to the Japanese modern dance form of Butoh by Michael Sakamoto of UCLA (pictured right).
For photos of the event, as well as to the conference archive, with links to the programme and proceedings, please click here.
