Date

June 16 - June 19, 2000

Location

Harvard University, Massachusetts

Purpose

The North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) promotes the study of Taiwan and the understanding of the changes in all aspects that are being experienced in Taiwanese polity, society, cultural heritage and natural environment. During the last five years, nearly two hundred papers have been presented, and a series of books is under way. We hope you will not miss this new opportunity to join us at this important annual event in Taiwan studies.

Subject

For our sixth annual conference, we encourage propositions in the
following areas:
 

1. Political and social changes: democratization, electoral politics, nationalism, state and society relations, social movements, class relations, identity, ethnicity and ethnic relations;
2. Literature, history and cultural studies: languages, literature, collective memories, cultural and religious beliefs and practices;
3. Economic development and environmental studies: economic restructuring, global challenges, urban and rural development, environmental policy and politics;
4. Aborigines studies: Aborigine languages and cultural heritage preservation, public policies toward Aborigines, Aborigine heritage and national identity questions;
5. Gender and Sexuality Studies;
6. Education;
7. International Relations: national security, Taiwan-China relations, and Taiwan-U.S. relations.

Participants are not confined to the topics suggested above. As this is a Taiwan studies conference, the context of the paper should be centered  on Taiwan, but we encourage a comparative approach with other regions of the world. Panel proposals are also welcome.

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 and all readers are scholars from relevant fields.

Deadlines:

Abstracts: December 1, 1999. Abstract should be sent by email to <board@natsc.org>.

Paper: March 1, 2000 (3 paper-copies plus a disk in Word or Dos format).

Travel Grant:

Paper presenters are eligible for a travel grant of up to $400.

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please visit our web page at <http://www.natsc.org>

Contact Persons

President	Tze-Luen Lin <tllin@udel.edu>
Vice-President	Chien-Juh Gu <guchienj@pilot.msu.edu>,
Secretary	Stephane Corcuff <kaokf@aol.com>
Treasurer	Li-fang Yang <lyang@ssc.wisc.edu>