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The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Second Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, to be held from April 5-8 2012, at the Ramada Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Second Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, to be held from April 5-8 2012, at the Ramada Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
CONFERENCE THEME
"Exchanges and Encounters"
"Exchanges and Encounters"
As the country that gave the world the novel one thousand years ago, and subsequently haiku and manga, Japan's long and rich literary history make it an ideal place to bring together academics, writers, and librarians to celebrate, debate, and explore their common passion. The aim of
this International Conference is to encourage academics, scholars
and practitioners representing a exciting diversity of countries,
cultures, and religions to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum
encouraging
respectful dialogue.
Specialist papers are welcome for dedicated panels in the areas of Asian postcolonial studies, East-West literary influence and intertextuality, and the teaching of Western literature in Asia.
LibrAsia 2012 is not only an academic conference, but will again this year offer a number of talks, workshops, and readings of original works, in the context of an exciting long weekend of interdisciplinary and intercultural discussion. The Land of the Rising Sun offers an amazing juxtaposition of cultures, of east and west, of religious and secular, and of course of the "Exchanges and Encounters" of the conference theme.
Specialist papers are welcome for dedicated panels in the areas of Asian postcolonial studies, East-West literary influence and intertextuality, and the teaching of Western literature in Asia.
LibrAsia 2012 is not only an academic conference, but will again this year offer a number of talks, workshops, and readings of original works, in the context of an exciting long weekend of interdisciplinary and intercultural discussion. The Land of the Rising Sun offers an amazing juxtaposition of cultures, of east and west, of religious and secular, and of course of the "Exchanges and Encounters" of the conference theme.
We hope you can join us in Osaka in 2012!
The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B Picken
For more information about submitting an abstract,
please click the submissions tab above.
The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B Picken
Order of the Sacred Treasure, B.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland,
Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board
LibrAsia/ACAH 2012 Conference Chair
For more information about submitting an abstract,
please click the submissions tab above.
The abstract submissions deadline extended to February 1, 2012
Professor Akito Arima, Emeritus Professor and Former President of the University of Tokyo. Former Minister of Education and Science, Current Director of the Science Museum and President of the Haiku International Association. For more information about the keynote and the programme, click here.
Publishing Opportunities:
Authors of accepted abstracts will have the opportunity of publishing their associated paper in the official conference proceedings, and a selection of papers will be considered for inclusion in the internationally reviewed IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship. For more information about the journal, click here.
The Second Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship will be held alongside the Third Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities. Registrants for either conference will allow attendees the option of attending sessions in the other. For more information about ACAH 2012, please click on the image below.
