call for papers: 11th annual east asian studies graduate student conference, university of toronto

[Baryon Tensor Posadas]

I've been asked to help circulate the below call for papers:

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SPECTACLE
The 11th Annual East Asian Studies
Graduate Student Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS

The University of Toronto's 11th annual East Asian Studies Graduate 
Conference titled Spectacle will take place on Saturday, March 5, 2011. We 
welcome submissions that critically address the history, production and 
mediation of public gatherings and display in the context of East Asia. 
Possible topics for papers include but are not limited to spectatorship and 
memory; urban development and the temporalization of communities; stagings 
of power and protest; the diaspora and migrations of identity; cultural 
heritage sites and the rhetorics of identity; the visuality and aesthetics 
of exaggeration; and the impact of technology on social interactions. We 
encourage entries from graduate students working in the fields of East Asian 
Studies, History, Comparative Literature, Media Studies, Economics, 
Religious Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Anthropology, Architecture 
and Art History among others.

Those interested in presenting papers should submit an abstract of 300 words 
or less and a brief biography by Friday, December 24, 2010. We welcome 
submissions from both individuals and panels. Submissions are also eligible 
for publication in the East Asia Forum, a journal reviewed by faculty and 
edited by graduate students in the University of Toronto?s Department of 
East Asian Studies.

Selected participants will be requested to submit their completed papers by 
Friday, February 11, 2011. Presentation papers should be 1500-2500 words 
long. Those who wish their papers to be considered for publication should 
submit a publication-ready copy of 4000 words. During the conference, 
participants will each be allotted 20 minutes to present their work.

Submissions and queries may be sent to easgrad.conference at utoronto.ca.