Fwd: Asian Studies Conference Japan -- June 24-25, 2007

[Aaron Gerow]

This year's ASCJ will have a number of film-related papers, including 
some by KineJapan members.

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> ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE JAPAN (ASCJ)
> June 24-25, 2006
> Tokyo, Japan
>
> =================================
> All persons interested in Asian Studies are invited to attend the 
> annual
> meeting of the Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), which will be 
> held
> at International Christian University, Tokyo, on June 24-25, 2006. This
> is the tenth meeting of ASCJ, a regional conference of the Association
> for Asian Studies and a leading forum for English-language scholarship
> on Asia.
>
> Program details and other information are posted on the ASCJ website:
> http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj   The program consists of 34 
> sessions
> (panels, roundtables,  individual papers and film) that address a broad
> range of themes relating to Asian studies. All sessions are conducted 
> in
> English.  There will also be a large display of books and other
> materials on Asia.
>
> This year ASCJ is pleased to welcome Professor Mary Elizabeth Berry,
> Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, and 
> Past
> President of the Association for Asian Studies. On Saturday, June 24,
> Professor Berry will give the keynote address, entitled /Why Work So
> Hard? Anxiety and Consumption in Seventeenth-Century Japan/. The 
> address
> will be followed by a reception to which all participants are invited.
>
> Those expecting to attend ASCJ are asked to complete the online
> registration form on the ASCJ website:
> http://www.meijigakuin.ac.jp/~ascj/register/register-general.htm.  For
> those who register by Friday, June 10, the conference fee is 4,000 yen
> (3,500 yen for graduate students); it can be paid by credit card or by
> domestic bank transfer. The reception fee is 3,000 yen. After June 10,
> registration may be completed at the conference at the onsite rate of
> 5,000 yen (4,000 yen for graduate students).
>
> Registration and distribution of materials will open at 9:15 a.m. on
> June 24. The conference will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.
>
> Please join us in celebrating ASCJ's tenth birthday! Address inquiries
> to the Executive Committee at: ascj at icu.ac.jp <mailto:ascj at icu.ac.jp>
>
> M. William Steele
> International Christian University
> steele at icu.ac.jp