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
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
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
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
(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
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:
XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology Local Organizing Committee
Sociological Consortium Sub Committee, Science Council of
Sociological Forum
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