The International Convention of Asia Scholars
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 17:19:21 +0200
From: "Stremmelaar, J." <J.Stremmelaar@let.leidenuniv.nl>
To: IIAS <iias@let.leidenuniv.nl>
Subject: ICAS News!
Dear ICAS alumni,
Please allow us to update you on ICAS 4. We want to draw your special
attention to the New Features of ICAS such as the Lifetime Asian Studies
Award, the ICAS Book Prizes for the best studies in the fields of the Social
Sciences and Humanities, and ICAS PhD thesis in Asian Studies. We look
forward meeting you at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, located in the hart
of this booming town, in August 2005!
Yours sincerely,
The ICAS Secretariat
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ICAS 4 is hosted by the Shanghai Academy for Social Sciences (SASS) and will
be held from 20 to 24 August 2005.
The conference is expected to draw more than 1500 specialists in the field
of Asian Studies to the most booming town of Asia. Venue is the Shanghai
Exhibition Center. New features of ICAS include the Lifetime Asian Studies
Award, the ICAS Book Prizes for the best studies in the fields of the Social
Sciences and Humanities, and ICAS PhD thesis in Asian Studies.
Registration fees
Early bird $ 175 (until 1 May 2005)
Regular $ 200
On site $ 250
Students $ 125
Friends of ICAS 30% discount
Information for exhibitors and advertisers is available at icas4@sass.org.cn
Venue
Shanghai Exhibition Center
No. 1000 Yan'an Zhong Lu
Shanghai 200040
China
Submission of Abstracts
Institutions, Researchers and PhD students are invited to submit abstracts
for:
- Organized / Institutional panels
- Roundtables
- Individual papers
- Poster sessions
- Meetings in conjunction
Deadline all submissions 1 November 2004
Notice of acceptance proposals: 15 December 2004
Registration as of 1 January 2005 (Until 1 May 2005, early bird
registration)
For requirements see www.sass.org.cn/icas4
Online Subscription ICAS News!
As of yet, online subscription through the ICAS website is possible
(http://www.sass.org.cn/icas4/ ). When you subscribe, you will stay informed on the
latest ICAS news, and starting from January 2005, you may register for the
ICAS 4 event through your subscription. Please be careful not to lose your
personal username and password, which you may choose yourself. The
information provided will only be used for keeping you informed on ICAS and
related issues.
ICAS Secretariat
The ICAS secretariat was founded in 2001 to safeguard the continuity of the
ICAS process. The ICAS secretariat is hosted by the IIAS. Its main tasks
are: assessing new ideas concerning ICAS, supporting the reading committees
of the ICAS Book Prizes, keeping an up-to-date database of participants,
Asian Studies institutions and advertisers.
New Features
Friends and Patrons of ICAS
ICAS depends on voluntary contributions of people sympathetic to the idea of
ICAS. By becoming a friend of ICAS (biennial contribution of EUR 50) you
will
receive a 30 % discount on the ICAS 4 registration fee and numerous other
advantages. By becoming a patron of ICAS (minimum 1000 euro) your
organization is entitled to three free entrance tickets to ICAS events and
all the benefits enjoyed by the friends of ICAS.
Lifetime Asian Studies Award
Nominations for the Lifetime Asian Studies Award should consist of a letter
outlining the importance of the candidate for the field of Asian Studies, an
extensive CV of the candidate, and at least five letters of recommendation.
Nominations should be sent to the ICAS secretariat before 1 May 2005. The
recipient will be announced at ICAS 4.
ICAS Book Prizes
In 2004 ICAS has established the ICAS Book Prizes. All scientific books
published in 2003 and 2004 on topics pertaining to Asia are eligible. Three
prizes will be awarded: 1. best study in the field of the Humanities 2. best
study in the field of Social Sciences 3. best PhD in the field of Asian
Studies. The prize money consists of EUR 2500 for categories 1 and 2. The
best PhD thesis will be published. Lists of received books will be regularly
updated on the ICAS website. Reading committees are being formed. Five
copies of the books should be sent to the ICAS Secretariat before 31
December 2004. Short lists in all categories will be made public during the
AAS Annual Meeting in Chicago, 31 March-03 April 2005.
Information and Registration
ICAS 4 host
ICAS 4 Shanghai Office
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
7/622 Huaihai Zhonglu
Shanghai 200020
China
T +86-21-6372 0220
F +86-21-6372 0221
icas4@sass.org.cn
www.sass.org.cn/icas4
ICAS Secretariat
International Institute for Asian Studies
P.O. Box 9515
2300 RA Leiden
The Netherlands
T +31-71-527 2227
F +31-71-527 4162
icas@let.leidenuniv.nl
www.icassecretariat.org
The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) was at the outset an
experiment in terms of the parties involved, the nature of the participants,
the contents, the manner of organization, and its size. How did the ICAS
come about? As of 1995 the Association for Asian Studies, the European
Associations for Asian Studies and the International Institute for Asian
Studies (IIAS) had been thinking of ways of internationalizing Asian
Studies. This transatlantic dialogue gradually matured and acquired a name:
ICAS. Thus ICAS became a platform on which Asianists from all corners of the
world could study problems of interest to all. Nearly 1000 participants from
40 countries attended ICAS 1 which was organized by the IIAS in Leiden in
1998. More than 350 universities, institutes, and organizations were
represented. ICAS 2, which was hosted by the Freie Universität Berlin in
2001, was attended by 800 scholars. In 2003 the Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences and the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore,
jointly hosted ICAS 3. Over 1200 scholars from 54 countries participated and
some 940 papers were presented in 250 sessions, on a wide variety of topics.
ICAS 3 also provided a platform for scholars to explore ways of coordinating
Asia research in Asia.
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