Annual Meeting

Call for Paper Proposals: The 53rd JAAS Annual Meeting

"Independent Paper Sessions"

The 53rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for American Studies

( Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan)

The 53^rd JAAS Annual Meeting will be held on June 1^st  and 2^nd , 2019 at Hosei University, Tokyo. The JAAS Annual Meeting Program Coordinating Committee invites JAAS members to submit paper proposals for the "Independent Paper Sessions" to be held on June 1^st . 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, 2018.

[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 and the membership is approved by the Board of Executive Directors. Upon approval, you are required to compete your membership payment.

[Proposals from outside Japan] Non-members can submit a proposal. When the paper is accepted, you are required to complete conference registration by March 1^st to ensure your presentation. Registration fee is 12,000 JPN (including a conference dinner held on the evening of June 2^nd). Please note that registration fee is non-refundable.

You can present a paper in the "Independent Paper Sessions" in two consecutive years, 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, 2019. The paper will be posted at the JAAS members-only, password-protected Internet portal for two weeks before and after the Annual Meeting.

The JAAS Annual Meeting Program Coordinating Committee

Past Annual Meetings

• 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