60th Japan-America Student Conference

CJS IS SPONSORING A GENEROUS SCHOLARSHIP FOR ONE UHM STUDENT TO ATTEND!

The 60th Japan-America Student Conference
Students Redefining their Role through Insight and Action

Begun in 1934 by university students, the Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) has a long history of promoting cross-cultural understanding between students from Japan and America. The Conference remains student-run even today, and its tradition of student leadership is reflected in its alumni, including Henry Kissinger and former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

In 2008, JASC will take place in four locations: Reed College, UCLA, the University of Montana and Harvard University. Along the way, 36 delegates from each country will engage each other in round table discussions, participate in academic lectures and forums and interact with a diverse group of other internationally minded students.

JASC is currently accepting applications for the 60th Conference. In the interest of attracting a group of diverse, vibrant and intellectually curious delegates, encourage students from all fields of study to apply, and we hope that professors and university representatives will recommend this program to their most promising students, ranging from first-year undergraduates to PhD candidates.

Participate in one of seven roundtables…
-Minority Issues: From Social Discrimination to Social Contribution
-Exploring the Relationship between Tradition and Modernity
-Communicating Environmental Ethnics: Media, Mindset and Ecological Inspiration
-Corporate Social Responsibility in Development
-Ethics: Holding Science Accountable to Humanity
-Comparative Law and Society
-Memory of Tragedy: Examining Vehicles of Bias, Education, and Peace

"As one whose own first involvement in Japan-U.S. relations was under the auspices of the Japan-America Student Conference in 1939, I can tell you honestly that it was one of the formative events of my lifetime. Having stood in your shoes more than fifty years ago, I sincerely hope that you will take full advantage of
your participation in JASC."
-Miyazawa Kiichi, Former prime minister of Japan and JASC alum

Program Dates:
July 25-August 21

Application Deadline:
February 8, 2008

For more information contact:
International Student Conferences
Phone: 202-289-9088
Fax: 202-789-8265
Email: jasc@iscdc.org
Website: www.iscdc.org

Chinese New Year Banquet

I am also going to be celebrating Japanese New Year, Tibetan New Year, and Thai New Year since no one seems to want to use the term 'Lunar New Year'.

Are any Chinese Studies Graduate students planning to go?

Abstract Submissions for SPAS Annual Student Conference Due Soon

The 19th SPAS Annual Student Conference will be held from the 12th to the 14th March 2008.

The deadline for submission of abstracts will be on January 28th 2008 and abstracts may be submitted online.

Successful submissions will be intimated by the first week of February 2008.

Details of the submission process may be found in the conference website:

http://www.hawaii.edu/shaps/gradconf/2008/index.html

Thanking you

Organizing Committee
19th SPAS Annual Student Conference