Event:
Cultures of Authority in Asian
Practice: An On-line Conference of the Asian
Studies Development Program
Event
Date:
9/2-9/6/2003
Website:
http://www2.eastwestcenter.org/education/culauthasia/
Information:
The Asian Studies Development Program
would like to announce Cultures of Authority in Asian Practice:
An On-line Conference. This program is being hosted as the culmination
of a 2-year project, funded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, exploring the construction and practice of authority
as a focal theme for the comparative teaching of culture in the
humanities and social sciences.
The
conference will take place from Sept. 2-6, 2003 and will be moderated
by Dr. Roger Ames (Professor of Chinese Philosophy, University
of Hawai'i). The purpose of the conference is: to examine critically
the values and practices that historically have guided the negotiation
of identity, both practical and ideal, in different Asian contexts;
to consider how these values and practices play into the conception
and exercise of authority; and to assess their contemporary relevance
in an era of rapidly globalizing interdependence. Papers selected
for the conference will be candidates for inclusion in an edited
volume planned for publication through the State University of
New York Press series on Asian Studies Development.
Papers
are invited that examine historical and/or contemporary dimensions
of East, Southeast, and South Asian cultures of authority. Broad
areas of consideration include the concepts and practices associated
with the cultivation and expression of authority by authoritative
persons; the representation of authority in literature and the
arts; the political and social practices through which authority
has been institutionalized and conserved; and, the resources for
dissent and the negotiation of authoritative social, political
and cultural change. Traverse themes would include, for example:
the relationship between authority and the family; the role of
authority in education; the authority of countercultures; and
the authoring of gender, religious, and ethnic identities.
More
information on the Cultures of Authority project and the workshop
series is available at <http://www2.eastwestcenter.org/education/culauthasia/>.
Dr.
Roger Ames will provide an introduction to the workshop and will
offer summary remarks on the proceedings on the final day of the
program. He will also introduce the planned conference volume
in the SUNY series on Asian Studies Development.
Submission
Guidelines / Information:
Those
interested in presenting papers for the conference are asked to
submit a 250-300 word abstract by February 3, 2003. Approximately
sixteen papers will be selected by committee for presentation
on-line during the conference. Completed papers should be 7,000
to 8,000 words in length and will be due no later than July 28th,
2003. Papers will be posted to the Cultures of Authority website
one month before the conference. Registered participants in the
conference will be able to read and reflect on the papers prior
to the conference and will engage authors in moderated discussions
of their work throughout the five-day program. Authors will be
expected to be available daily, via email, for the duration of
the conference.
Please
send abstract submissions (by attached word document) to both
Roger Ames at rtames@hawaii.edu
and Peter Hershock at hershocp@eastwestcenter.org.
Deadline for abstract submission: Feb. 3, 2003
Contact:
For
questions or further information, contact either Roger Ames at
rtames@hawaii.edu or Peter
Hershock at hershocp@eastwestcenter.org.