Continuity, Change, and Contestation:

Multidisciplinary and Transnational Perspectives on the Asia-Pacific

Call for Papers: 2013 SPAS Graduate Student Conference

The School of Pacific and Asian Studies (SPAS) at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) seeks papers, performances, and panel proposals for its 24^th annual graduate student conference. The conference will be held on the UHM campus in Honolulu, HI on April 3-5, 2013. The theme this year is “CONTINUITY, CHANGE, AND CONTESTATION: MULTIDISCIPLINARY AND TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE ASIA-PACIFIC.” 



In particular, we are looking for papers that:

·Incorporate multidisciplinary approaches

·Challenge approaches based on a national or regional focus

·Engage new and emerging trends in Pacific and/or Asian Studies

·Involve any original research on Asia and/or the Pacific

·Present Asian and/or Pacific performance practices

As this year's theme indicates, we are interested in accepting papers, performances, and panel proposals that continue, change, and/or contest disciplinary and regional approaches to the study of the Asia/Pacific. With this goal in mind, we also encourage those with a background in the arts to apply with performance proposals.

Please submit the application form by January 15^th, 2013. When submitting the application, please rename the file from “2013 SPAS Abstract Submission Form.doc” to “Applicant’sLastName_Applicant’sFirstName.doc” and email it to gradconf@hawaii.edu by the submission deadline.

Additionally, all accepted papers/panels will have discussants, so presenters should be prepared to submit their papers by March 18, 2013.

Abstract submission deadline: January 15^th, 2013



Limited partial travel grants to the conference site may be available.

If you have any questions, please contact the conference planning committee at gradconf@hawaii.edu. For more information, please refer to our Facebook page, “2013 SPAS Graduate Conference,” or our website at http://manoa.hawaii.edu/spas/?page_id=875.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts!