Genders and Sexualities in East Asian Cultures
Call for Papers
Arizona State University (Tempe Campus) II East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
January 12-13, 2024
Genders and sexualities in East Asian cultures encompass a wide range of themes that enhance the scope of East Asian studies. In their plural forms, they foster a more inclusive and fertile ground for scholarly debates.
In the 2024 ASU East Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference, we encourage innovative ways of conceptualizing genders and sexualities in East Asian cultures. The keynote speakers are Professor Jin-kyung Lee, Associate Professor of Korean and Comparative Literature at the University of California San Diego and Professor Judit Kroo, Assistant Professor of Japanese Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies at Arizona State University. We invite papers from humanistic fields that address genders and sexualities through such perspectives including but not limited to studies in: the arts, linguistics, comparative film and literature, human and non-human relationships, diasporic identities, Asian American identities, religion, disability, performance, environment, migration. Financial assistance may be available to graduate student presenters depending on funding.
Graduate student presenters will receive feedback from their panel’s respondents, who will read and comment on the papers. Each presenter will have 20 minutes to present their work, followed by a 20-minute response for the papers presented in the panel and a Q&A session. Each panel will consist of three papers. The conference itself will take place over two days.
For those interested in participating, please submit an abstract (max. 250 words) by Sep.15, 2023. Please state your intention to apply for financial assistance along with the abstract submission. Successful applicants will be notified by Oct. 1, 2023. In case of acceptance, presenters are required to submit a full conference paper by Dec. 1, 2023.
Please direct any questions as well as submissions to the conference organizers to the East Asian Studies Graduate Student Association (EASGrad): easgradconference@asu.edu
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Posted by: Francesco Papani fpapani@asu.edu