Purpose
The Preparatory Council aims to promote Taiwan studies, to enhance interaction between the academic community in Taiwan and its counterpart in North America, and to facilitate communication among graduate students and scholars currently at work in Taiwan studies and related areas.Among the objectives of the Preparatory Council are the holding of an annual Taiwan Studies Conference in North America and the publication of the research papers collected from the annual conferences.
| Date | May 29 - June 1, 1998 | ||||||||
| Location | The University of Texas at Austin | ||||||||
| Subjects | We encourage participants to suggest topics and organized panels. Panels
on literature and language have already been suggested and are being developed. Participants should think creatively, but we do require that some aspect of Taiwanese society be central to the content of papers and panels. Papers on the following topics are of particular interest:
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| Paper Style | Manuscripts must be typed (in English or Chinese), double spaced, and include an abstract (in English) of no more than 300 words, with papers up to 35 pages in length. Manuscripts should follow accepted academic formats. We recommend The Chicago Manual of Style. | ||||||||
| Selection of Paper | Papers are selected through a process of blind readings. All readers are scholars from relevant fields. | ||||||||
| Deadlines | December 1, 1997: for an abstract
(in English) of no more than 300 words.
March 1, 1998: for 3 copies of the paper along with a disk in Word or Dos format. |
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| Registration Fee | Per Person Registration Fees:
Travel Grant: Paper presenters are eligible for a travel grant of up to $400. |
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