Annual Meeting

Special Notice in Regard to the JAAS 2021 Annual Conference

Dear Colleague,

We inform you that the JAAS Executive Board and Program Committee decided that our 55th Annual Conference on June 5-6, 2021, is to be held ONLINE. We appreciate the JAAS members and partners at Keio University, and apologize for inconveniences this decision may cause to those of you who had planned to attend the 2021 Conference. Details regarding the online conference will be provided on the JAAS official website and through the association mailing list.

Ayumu KANEKO

Chair, Program Committee, JAAS

Call for Paper Proposals: The 55th JAAS Annual Meeting

The 55th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for American Studies,
(Keio University, Tokyo, Japan)

The 55th JAAS Annual Meeting will be held on June 5th and 6th, 2021 at Keio University, Tokyo. The JAAS Annual Meeting Program Coordinating Committee invites JAAS members to send paper proposals for the "Independent Paper Sessions" to be held on June 5th, 2020. If you are interested in giving a paper, please send by email a proposal that includes (1) your name, (2) your affiliation, (3) the title of your paper, (4) a summary of your paper (approximately 800 words) and (5) five keywords to the JAAS Annual Meeting Office (program@jaas.gr.jp) by November 20th, 2020 (Japanese Standard Time, JST).

The 55th Conference may be held online, if the of COVID-19 pandemic is not sufficiently resolved. Please check JAAS official website for the latest information.

[Proposals from Japan] Only JAAS members can submit a paper proposal. Proposals from non-members will be reviewed if their membership application is received by November 20th, 2019 and the membership is approved in the Board of Executive Directors meeting. Upon approval, you should compete your membership payment.

[Proposal from outside Japan]Non-members can submit a proposal. When the paper is accepted, you should register before March 1st, 2021 (JST) to ensure your presentation. Registration fee is 8,000 JPN. Please note that registration fee is non-refundable.

You can present a paper in the "Independent Paper Sessions" two years in a row, but not three years. A previously published paper will not be accepted.

If your proposal is accepted, you will be asked to submit your full paper (approximately 5,000 to 7,500 words) to the JAAS Annual Meeting Program Coordinating Committee by May 15th, 2021. The paper will be posted at the JAAS Internet site for two weeks before and after the Annual Meeting; it will be protected by a password that will be given to JAAS members only.

The JAAS Annual Meeting Program Coordinating Committee

Past Annual Meetings

53rd Annual Meeting, June 1-2, 2019, at Hosei University
52nd Annual Meeting, June 2-3, 2018, at the University of Kitakyushu
51st Annual Meeting, June 3-4, 2017, at Waseda University
50th Annual Meeting, June 4-5, 2016, at Tokyo Women's Christian University
49th Annual Meeting, June 6-7, 2015, at International Christian University
48th Annual Meeting, June 7-8, 2014, at Okinawa Convention Center
47th Annual Meeting, June 1-2, 2013, at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
46th Annual Meeting, June 2-3, 2012, at Nagoya University
45th Annual Meeting, June 4-5, 2011, at the University of Tokyo, Komaba
44th Annual Meeting, June 5-6, 2010, at Osaka University
43rd Annual Meeting, June 6-7, 2009, at Tsuda College
42nd Annual Meeting, May 31-June 1, 2008, at Doshisha University
41st Annual Meeting, June 9-10, 2007, at Rikkyo University
40th Annual Meeting, June 10-11, 2006 (International Symposium, June 9, 2006) at Nanzan University
39th Annual Meeting, June 4-5, 2005, at Kyoto University
38th Annual Meeting, June 5-6, 2004, at Japan Women's University
37th Annual Meeting, May 31-June 1, 2003, at Kobe University
36th Annual Meeting, June 1-2, 2002, at Meiji University
35th Annual Meeting, June 2-3, 2001, at Aichi Prefectural University
34th Annual Meeting, June 3-4, 2000, at Tezukayama University
33rd Annual Meeting, June 5-6, 1999, at Taisho University