Call for Papers: East Asian Junior Sociologists Forum

  We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the East Asia Junior Sociologists Forum (EAJSF) scheduled in Yokohama, Japan, on July 13, 2014.  The Forum is designed to be an international event wherein students and junior researchers from East Asian countries will convene to meet, present research projects, and engage in lively discussions.  East Asia has been an academic focus in recent years.  With rapid socioeconomic and cultural transformations in the last few decades, East Asia now faces a set of new problems.  In accordance with the growing attention, academic gatherings, such as conferences, meetings, and forums, have increasingly been held, functioning as venue to discuss issues common to East Asian countries.  Interestingly, no academic meetings have been held so far in East Asia that pay exclusive attention to the voices of scholars in younger generations.  Junior researchers and students are the ones who will carry sociological endeavor into the future.  East Asian Junior Sociologists Forum (EAJSF) has been conceived of as, and is designed to become a platform where next-generation students and researchers in East Asia gather, meet, present their own work, and exchange.

  EAJSF is scheduled on July 13 to synchronize with the opening of the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology.  The Forum will share the venue with the ISA World Congress of Sociology.  We invite fellow young researchers residing in or doing research on China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan to submit abstracts to the EASJS office (email address).  The forum aims to offer junior sociologists from four countries a chance for networking that will extend into future academic collaborations.

n         Date and Location

Date and Time: July 13, 2014 (Sun.) 9:00am to 5:00pm (Please note: The exact time is subject to change due to the number of presenters.)

Location: Pacifico Yokohama, 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan Fees: Registration and participation are free Language: English

n         Who Can Apply

Junior scholars who are studying in the field or a related field of sociology and are applicable to at least one of the following conditions:

(1) Those who belong to an educational or research institution in China,Japan, Korea, or Taiwan.

(2) Those who are a member of either the Chinese Sociological Association, Japan Sociological Society, Korean Sociological Association, or Taiwanese Sociological Association.

(3) Those who belong to an educational or research institution outside China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, and whose presentation content are related to China, Japan, Korea, or Taiwan.

Junior scholars can be defined either (a) or (b):

(a) Those who have attained a bachelor’s degree but have not yet attained a doctor’s degree.

(b) Those who attained a doctor’s degree during the past 7 years.

n         Selection

The results of the selection will be notified to all applicants by March 20, 2014 (Thurs).  The same papers presented at XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology or any other papers that can be considered as duplicate publications will be rejected; it will be returned to the submitters. Priority will be given to applicants who have not been accepted for the presentation at XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology.

n         Presentation Format

The accepted abstracts will be allocated to either an oral presentation or a roundtable session by the Organizing Committee. Applicants’ preference will be taken into consideration. For both oral presentations and roundtables, the EAJSF Organizing Committee will group the accepted abstracts by topics and methods.

- Oral Presentation Sessions (A maximum of 6 sessions are scheduled to be held.)

Each session will be 110 minutes long and will accommodate a maximum of 5 presenters. The forum will supply all rooms with projectors and screens.

- Roundtable Sessions（A maximum of 10 roundtables are scheduled to be held.）

Each session will be 110 minutes long and will accommodate a maximum of 6 presenters with a chairperson. No projector, screen, or laptop computer will be available in the roundtable sessions. Presenters are asked to prepare hard copies or handouts in PDF format (We will not be able to print out hard copies).

n         Application Submission

Application deadline is March 2, 2014 24:00 (JST).  Applicants are requested to submit the application form with a 300 English word abstract via on-line submission system: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12LOxVVqDJF1qzxap9sdvM928XsUvMUNRVeXWdYLUppA/viewform

If you cannot access on-line submission system, please email the following 14 items to 2014.eajsf@gmail.com (the email with "EAJSF submission" as the subject) in English.

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(1) E-mail address

(2) Family name

(3) First name

(4) Affiliation (e.g. Department of XXXX, Graduate School of XXXX, XXXX University)

(5) Position (e.g. professor / graduate student / .....)

(6) Nationality

(7) Presentation title

(8) Keywords of your presentation: up to 5 words

(9) Abstract: within 300 words

(10) Preference of presentation format

 [Oral Presentation Session / Roundtable Session]

(11) If you are accepted for the session NOT in your preferred format would you still want to give a presentation?

 [Yes / No]

(12) Academic associations which you are a member of

 [Chinese Sociological Association / Japanese Sociological Society / Korean Sociological Association / Taiwanese Sociological Association]

(13) Have you been accepted for the presentation at XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology as an oral presenter or paper distributer?

 [Yes / No]

(14) Would you like to chair a session at the forum? (Your cooperation would be much appreciated!)

 [Yes / No]

n         Visa Information

For those who need a visa to enter Japan, the registration for XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology must be completed by April 1, 2014. One day registration is available. Daily registrations are also welcomed. For more information, please visit the official website of XVIII ISA World Congressof Sociology at: http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/visa.htm .

n         Grants Information

Next Generation Sociologists Grant (Application Deadline: April 30, 2014) is available for a limited number of participants. Please go to:

http://www.isa-sociology.org/congress2014/next-generation-sociologists-grant.

n         EAJSF Website & Organizing Committee

https://sites.google.com/site/eajsf2014/

Organizing Committee: Mikito TERACHI (Chair), Ryoko KOSUGI, Keisuke MORI, Yosuke TATSUNO, Risa MURASE

n         Supporting Organizations:

Japan Sociological Society

XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology Local Organizing Committee

Sociological Consortium Sub Committee, Science Council of Japan

Sociological Forum Japan (SOF-J)

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