JSAC is Canada’s sole scholarly Japan studies organization and this is the first time that our Annual JSAC meeting will take place in Japan. The joint conference gives Canadian scholars a chance to collaborate with colleagues of JACS and JCIRN, and also other academics who are in Tokyo and other Japanese cities. The intent is to have a true international conference, with the Canadian Embassy, JACS, Chuo University, Tokyo University and JCIRN as co-sponsors.
It is hoped that Canadian conference delegates will be able to participate as part of their Japanese field- work in early summer after the academic year finishes in Canada. Air fares across the Pacific are at their lowest in May. Graduate students are especially welcome to attend this Conference and will receive priority for funding and a discount on Conference registration.
The Conference theme, outlined in more detail below, will attract interesting and substantial contributions in the forms of individual papers or panels. The best relevant papers will be selected, edited and combined in a scholarly monograph.
Besides theme-related work, we of course welcome papers from a broad range of disciplines – the humanities, arts and social sciences – but in the case of JSAC members linked by a focus on Japan. It is expected that JACS delegates will address their Canadian research interests and JCIRN delegates their own themes related to diversity and disasters.
This Call for Papers is made simultaneously in Canada and Japan.