New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2016

Hosted by Utica College  |  September 23-24, 2016

CALL FOR PAPERS

Building Asia

Utica College, in association with the New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) will host the 2016 NYCAS conference centered on the theme “Building Asia” to explore the multiplicity of cultures and experiences that are “Asia,” regardless of ideological, institutional, cultural, or geographic boundaries. We seek to expand the definition of “Asia” and how we have arrived at our understanding of its people, cultures, and societies.

Proposal topics may include, but are not limited to: architecture and design, building diasporic communities, cultural transformations, colonial and post-colonial discourses, economic development or change, environmental and sustainability movements, gender and sexuality, globalization of Asian culture, ideological foundations and revolutions, nationalism and nationalist movements, political foundations and change, technological transformations, in short any topic that relates to the idea of “building Asia.”

We welcome proposals for traditional and non-traditional panels, individual papers, roundtables and poster sessions. Graduate student participation is encouraged. We also welcome proposals based on faculty–undergraduate research.

To submit a proposal for either a complete panel or an individual paper please use our online proposal submission form.

Deadline for proposals is May 1, 2016