Cultures
of Authority in Asian Practice
On-line Conference
Call for Papers
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.
Those interested in presenting papers for the conference are asked to submit a 250-300 word abstract by February 14, 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.
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.
For questions or further information, contact either:
Roger Ames, rtames@hawaii.edu or
Peter Hershock, hershocp@eastwestcenter.orgPlease send abstract submissions (by attached word document) to both:
rtames@hawaii.edu and hershocp@eastwestcenter.org
Deadline for abstract submission: Feb. 14, 2003