Call for Papers for Asian Perspectives

The Second Issue of Asian Perspectives (working title)



It is our pleasure to announce that our journal, Asian Perspectives (working title) on Asian history/cultural studies will be issued in March, 2009 by the Institute for East Asian Studies at SungKongHoe University.

Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit original contributions describing completed research related to cultural studies and history area.

The contributions will be screened and published on the second edition in March, 2009.



The contributions as for the second edition should be considered the following aspects:

- Subject Coverage: Asian history, Asian culture and critical & cultural studies in Asian regions.

- The contribution should have the form as followings;

1) The cover (the attached)

2) English abstract (150 words max)

3) Keywords

4) Full paper:

- English papers: 10,000 words (single-spaced, 11 font)

- Korean, Chinese, Japanese papers: A4 15 pages, 11 font)

5) Note

6) Reference

Important Dates

Full Paper Submission: 31 January 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 3 February 2009

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.

All papers are refereed through a peer screening process.

Korean, English, Chinese, Japanese papers are welcomed to contribute. All the papers except English papers will be translated into Korean to be issued.

Our executive editorial collectives and senior editors are as followings;

Executive Committee:

Paik Won-dam, Charles K. Armstrong, Shin Hyun-joon, Wang Xiao Ming, Chen Kuan-Hsing, Ubonrat Siriyuvasak, Dai Jinhua, Wang Hui, Chua Beng-huat, Theodore Hughes, Yoo Joong-ha, Cho Hee-yeon, Sakai Naoki, Leo Ching

Senior Editorial Collectives:

Kim Yerim, So Young-hyun, Shim Bo-seon, Kim Miran, Cha Seung-ki, Yun Young-do, Toya Mamoru, Eva Tsai, Kelly Hu, Song An Jong, Michiba Chiganobu, Margaret Cui, Wang XiangXian, Yonetani Masafumi, Viriya Sawangchot, Park Ja-young



Cover of the Contribution

Title of the Contribution
(As short as possible)

Author’s Name


Country


Affiliation
Position:

Department:

Name of Institution:

Contact Information
E-mail:

Tel:

Fax:

Full postal address:

Biographical notes:

(papers or articles)
(Approximately 100 words per author, maximum 150.)






[General Information of the First Issue]

We would like to attach the contents of the first issue, so please find them well.

Asia PErspeCTiveS



1. Purpose of the Journal

1) Asia PErspeCTiveS will become a gestalt for trans-national cultural studies and history field including south east Asia and north east Asia.

2) Asia PErspeCTiveS will make an issue of Inter-Asian questions to create the foundation of Asian common knowledge.

3) Asia PErspeCTiveS will recompose the historical and contemporary meaning of Asian culture and attain the prospect of its future, with overcoming ‘cultural-artistic’ orientation and ‘political-economic’ orientation of other existing journals regarding Asia.



2. Feature of the Journal

1) No. of Issuing: Initial issue due in September, 2008 - Half annual publishing (March & September)

2) Language used: Initial issue in Korean; Bi-lingual (Korean-English) from the second issue.



3. Specific Contents and Contributors of the Initial Issue (All written in Korean)

- Issue: Asian Cultural Industry and Cultural Human Resources – Production and Regulation of Culture

Shin Hyun-joon : Cultural Industry and Policy in Korea: Culture and Nation in Global Era of Neo-Liberalism

Dai Jinhwa : Cultural Industry in China

Takahara Motoaki : Lower Society of the Youths Whose Creativity Is Not Allowed

Joel David : Condemned Property: Video Piracy in the Philippines

Viriya Sawangchot : Why does “culture” rather than industry matter in Thailand’s economics development



- Re-focusing Asian history & Culture

Law Wing-Sang : The Violence of Time and Memory Undercover: Hong Kong’s Infernal Affairs

Liu Shu Qin : Yellow Covered Literature as a Position: 369 Newspaper and Book Market in 1930’s, Taiwan



- Young Scholars' voices

Sue Kim : The Host in Genre, Genre in the Host

Zhu Jie : The Background of Conflicts of Father and Son: Rereading Lu Ban’s Offsprings

Lee Hwa-jin : Return of ‘Chosun’ Cinema



- Now-Hot

Dai Jinhwa : Discourses on Lust, Caution



- Report

Shim Bo-seon : Inter-Asia Summer Youth Camp



- Stream of research – Book Review

Hong Jong-wook

Kwanja CHO, Cultural Circulation between the Colonial Korea and the Imperial Japan -Nationalism and Repeated Colonialism (Tokyo:Yushisha, 2007)

VACANT POST RESEARCH OFFICER JOURNAL DIVISION, PENERBIT USM

Duties:

• Carry out technical, record keeping and administrative duties.
• Maintanance of journals’ website.


Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in any field.
• Working knowledge of HTML/Web design.


Other requirements:

• Good oral & written communication skills in Bahasa Malaysia and English
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to multi-task and meet deadlines


Commencement of position: Immediate.


Terms of Appointment: Contract


Remuneration: RM 2,471.18 monthly


Interested applicants should contact:

Fazlina Mohamed Rouse
Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800 Minden USM

Email: fazlina@notes.usm.my
Phone: 04-653 4425/4423

THE 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GENDER STUDIES (SAMA 6) Cititel, Georgetown Penang, 28- 29 November 2008

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND FULL PAPERS

Abstracts should not be more than 200 words long and must include a 100 word biodata (each presenter). The following information must also be included: Title of paper (clear and not too long), name of presenter/s, Full affiliation, complete address, including e-mail of presenter/s. All abstracts must be submitted following the deadline below. Abstracts may be in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

Full papers - A4 size, Arial 12 points, 1.5 spacing, MS Word 97/2003 using APA Citation Style (Publication manual of the American psychological association, 5th. Edition) must be submitted to the conference Secretariat following the deadline below. The following information must be included: Title of paper (clear and not too long); name of writer/s; full affiliation; complete address, including e-mail of presenter/s; abstract of paper not more than 200 words long and a 100 word biodata of each writer/s. Papers may be in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES

• Abstract of paper Monday Sept. 15, 2008
• Notification of acceptance Monday Sept. 22, 2008
• Full paper Friday Oct 31, 2008

Please submit abstracts and papers to:

Geraldine Chan Kim Ling sama6pg@yahoo.com
Bahiyah Abdul Hamid bahiyah@ukm.my

* Those who do not adhere to the paper submission deadline should bring with them 20 copies of their paper and a CD copy of their paper. Those who do not have a complete paper on the conference day will not be allowed to present in the conference

For more information please visit : http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/~sama6/ or www.ukm.my/sama6

Regards,

Husna.

PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL --CALL FOR PAPERS

The Journal of the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP) or PLANNING MALAYSIA JOURNAL (ISSN 16756215) is a refereed and multidisciplinary journal related to theory, experiments, research, and development, applications of ICT, and practices of planning and development worldwide. The objective of the Journal is to promote activities of town planning, governance, engineering and environmental design through dialogue and exchange of views concerning the built environment and sustainability.



MIP welcomes any news, feature articles, or peer reviewed articles (including book review, software review, etc.) for publication. All articles should be an original work by the author(s).



MIP has the pleasure to invite you to contribute to its scientific refereed journal. The Journal covers the following areas:



Town Planning
Regional Planning
Resource and Environmental Planning
Urban Design
Environmental Conservation and Design
Habitat and Housing
Urban Development and Processes
Transportation Planning and Traffic Management/Engineering
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Planning Support Systems (PSS)
E-Planning and any ICT applications in Urban and Regional Planning
Sustainable Development
Community and Social Planning
Good governance practices
Universal Planning and Design (disability, bearer free, etc.)
Environmental Sciences and Engineering in Planning (including initiatives and studies on low carbon, zero discharged, global warming, etc.)
Any specific themes such as Knowledge Cities, Safe Cities, Livable Cities, New Urbanism, MDGs, Agenda21, etc.
Other than above but of the interest of MIP and Town Planning Profession




Interested authors are invited to submit their contribution. Manuscripts should be sent in a digital form (softcopy) by using CD/DVD or via electronic mail to pmjournal@gmail.com or mip@mip.org.my. Article should generally be no more than 8000 words. Each manuscript should have a title page and an abstract of about 150 words. The title page should contain the title, full name(s), designation(s), organizational affiliation(s), a contact address, and an email address. Articles should also be submitted in a digital form (softcopy) by using a diskette or via electronic mail to: mip@mip.org.my. All articles are received on the understanding that they are not under concurrent consideration at another journal. Exclusive copyright of accepted manuscripts shall be assigned to the Publisher (i.e. the MIP), and in consideration for this, two copies of the current Journal will be provided for each article. Additional reprints of articles can be ordered, at cost, by the author(s). PDF format of the article (if available) can be obtained from the Publisher.



This is to inform you that the deadline of the Journal has be extended to 10 Ocktober 2008. Please distribute this call to all your colleagues.

For more information contact:



Editor-in-Chief

pmjournal@gmail.com



or;



Secretariat

Malaysian Institute of Planners

B-1-02, Jalan SS7/13B

Aman Seri, Kelana Jaya

47301 Petaling Jaya

Selangor, Malaysia

Tel No :603-78770636/37

Fax No: 603-78779636

email : mip@mip.org.my

url : www.mip.org.my

KANITA Seminar Series 2008

Title: Alma-Ata Thirty Years On: The Social Ecology of Health and Disease

Date: 24 September 2008, Wednesday

Time: 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Venue: Rafidah Aziz Conference Room, KANITA

By: Prof. Chan Chee Khoon

Please find enclosed the flyer for your kind attention. We look forward to your participation at this seminar. Should you need further information, please feel free to contact me or the contact persons listed in the flyer.

Kindly confirm your attendance to Norizan/Marina at kanita@usm.my or 04-653 3445/3436.

Please come and join us.

Thank you very much.

Best Regards,

Siti Shahrizatil Husna bt Shahrudin

Pegawai Sistem Maklumat

Pusat Penyelidikan Pembangunan Wanita (KANITA)

11800 Universiti Sains Malaysia

Pulau Pinang

Tel : 046533888 ext 3681

Fax: 046566379