2023 SWCAS Annual Meeting
Nov 3-4, 2023, University of Houston, Houston
Voices and Visions: New Perspectives in Asian Studies
CALL FOR PAPERS
In a year of possibility and new beginnings, SWCAS celebrates local and global communities of Asian Studies with a focus on "Voices and Visions: New Perspectives in Asian Studies." The conference is open to individual and panel proposals on all topics related to Asian Studies, but we especially welcome proposals that address diverse voices and visions that help us understand multiple aspects of Asia from renewed angles and perspectives. In particular, we invite proposals that establish new interdisciplinary conversations, promote previously marginalized perspectives, and consider the increasingly vital connections between Global Asia and the US.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR INDIVIDUAL AND PANEL ABSTRACTS: July 1st, 2023
Individual submission click here
Panel Proposals of three to four papers should include the following:
(1) a 300-word summary, including a brief description of each paper and the connection between them; (2) a list of participants, paper titles, affiliations, and e-mail addresses; and (3) mode of presentation (in-person or virtual)
[note: all panelists must present in the same mode]
Individual Paper proposals should include the following:
(1) a paper title and 150-word abstract; (2) the presenter’s name, affiliation, and e-mail address; and (3) mode of presentation (in-person of virtual)
SWCAS - Graduate Paper Prizes
(Southwest Conference on Asian Studies)
Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, a regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), will award the annual SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize for outstanding essay by graduate students in November 2023, during its Annual Meeting to be held at University of Houston (November 2-4).
2023 SWCAS Prize for Graduate Student
This prize recognizes extraordinary graduate student scholarship in any area of Asian Studies. It is open to all students pursuing graduate studies in any discipline and in any area of research pertaining to Asian Studies.
Graduate students wishing to apply for the SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize should provide the complete paper by October 1, 2023. The prize comes with a monetary award.
The winner of the SWCAS Graduate Paper Prize along with runners-up for
these awards, will be announced during the Annual Meeting.
Eligibility:
Prizes are awarded for yet unpublished work. If submitted papers are part of a doctoral dissertation, the dissertation must be defended in 2023 or later. Graduate student authors do not have to attend a university in the SWCAS area to be eligible.
Students must participate in the Annual Meeting and must present their research virtually or in person in order to be eligible for the prize. Abstracts for the conference are due by July 1 at https://www.swcas.net
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
E-mail the paper to Aryendra Chakravartty, VP of SWCAS at chakravaa@sfasu.edu
Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 17-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted.
Paper Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
Stephen Lee Field Undergraduate Prize
(Southwest Conference on Asian Studies)
Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
Southwest Conference on Asian Studies, a regional affiliate of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), is proud to announce the inaugural Stephen Lee Field Undergraduate Paper Prize. SWCAS will award the prize for outstanding essay by an undergraduate student in November 2023, during its Annual Meeting to be held at University of Houston (November 2-4).
The Stephen Lee Field Undergraduate Paper Prize is awarded to the best original paper by an undergraduate. Paper submissions should be between 10-25 pages double spaced and must be accompanied by a letter from the student’s professor or advisor confirming that the paper was written while the author was an undergraduate.
Students must participate in the Annual Meeting’s Undergraduate Poster Session in order to be eligible for the prize. Abstracts for the conference are due by July 1 at https://www.swcas.net
How to Submit your Paper for a Prize:
E-mail the paper to Aryendra Chakravartty, VP of SWCAS at chakravaa@sfasu.edu
Papers are only accepted as Microsoft Word documents or PDF files, should be about 10-25 pages in length, and should follow disciplinary formatting and citation style. PowerPoint, slides, and other formats are not accepted.
Paper Submission Deadline October 1, 2023
52nd 2023 Annual SWCAS Registration is Available Here
2023 Registration Fees:
In-Person Tenure-track/Tenured Faculty:
$120 before Sept 1; $150 Sept 1-Oct 6.
In-Person Adjunct/Postdoc/Independent Scholar:
$100 before October 6.
Students (Graduate/Undergrad):
$80 before Oct 6
In-Person Late Registration:
$180 Oct 6-Nov 1
Virtual Registration:
$40 before Oct 6
Virtual Late Registration:
$60 October 6 - Nov 1
SWCAS Board of Directors
Christopher Born (2025)
John Barnett (2025)
Aryenda Chakravartty (2024)
Jooyoun Lee (2024)
Melody Yunzi Li (2023)
Marcy Tanter (2023)
Click here for a PDF of the directory. If you would like to join the SWCAS Mailing List, all you will need is an institutional email address. Send a request to the SWCAS administrator in the contact form below.
Journal of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies
Click HERE to access the Call for Submissions to the 2021 edition of the Journal.
Annual
Click here to access former programs and other information about SWCAS Annual Meetings.
SWCAS Officers 2022-23
Melody Yunzi Li, President
Aryendra Chakravartty, Vice President
Zach Smith, Past President
Leah Renold, Secretary-Treasurer
Miao Dou, Webmaster
Patricia Schiaffini, CoC Rep
Past Meeting: October 7-8, 2022
University of Central Arkansas Hybrid (In Person & Online)
The 51st Annual SWCAS meeting was held in-person and virtually at the University of Central Arkansas on October 7 - 8, 2022. Focusing on the theme of “Reconnecting in a (Post) Pandemic World,” the conference invited over one hundred scholars, teachers, and students representing fifteen different countries. The conference featured a keynote lecture from AAS President Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, a roundtable on Asian and Asian American Studies under the framework of Global Asia, cultural performances from Dr. Melody Li and Dr. Cynthia Ma, and a public teacher education workshop on “Asia Across the Curriculum.”
* Our logo depicts a tree bending in the prevailing southwest wind, inscribed in a red ochre circle symbolizing the southern sun. Our conference in general encompasses Asianists located in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, although anyone is invited to join.