Denver, CO
Conference Date: August 16th, 2012
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Call for Papers
The 2012 NACSA Annual Conference
Denver, Colorado, August 16, 2012
The 2012 NACSA Annual Conference will be held on August 16th in Denver, Colorado, following the great tradition of our association to hold a one-day mini-conference prior to the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association (August 17-21, 2012). The aim of this year’s conference is broadly defined to be two-fold: to promote scholarly research on Chinese society, culture, economy, and immigrant life in the greater Chinese Diaspora, and to continue building bridges and guanxi among scholars of Chinese heritage and non-Chinese ancestry in North America, Asia, and other parts of the world.
* Theme(s)
The themes of this year’s conference are open. We call for submissions of regular papers/panels and will let themes emerge from the submissions. We encourage scholars and graduate students from mainland China,Hong Kong,Taiwan, and the greater Chinese Diaspora to submit papers/panels in either English or Chinese.
* Sessions
The 2012 mini-conference will be holding 6 concurrent sessions and a special session, depending on the ASA space allocation.
* Submission Deadline: April 15, 2012
* Submit your paper or abstract via email to: Lingxin Hao (hao@jhu.edu).
- Individual papers: Complete papers or paper abstracts will be considered. Paper abstracts may be 1-2 pages but must contain sufficient detail and evidence of timely completion for the program committee in its decision making. Papers to be presented at the ASA are eligible for this submission. List the authors’ and coauthors’ names, organizational affiliations, and email addresses.
- Panels: Any NACSA member can organize a panel. Each panel should consist of three presenters and a discussant. The panel organizer must submit a proposal specifying the theme of the panel along with the summaries/abstracts of the papers selected. List all panelists’ names, organizational affiliations, and email addresses.
- Submissions may be in English or in Chinese. The program committee assumes that the language used in individual papers/abstracts or panel proposals would be the same as the language used in presentation at the annual conference. Papers should be formatted in Word or pdf and sent as an attached file.
* Acceptance Announcement: May 1, 2012
- Email announcements to all organizers/discussants/authors about the tentative panels to which their presentations are assigned
- A formal acceptance letter will be provided to all the authors for their travel funding application and/or visa application purposes.
- Visit http://www.nacsa.netfor a tentative annual conference program after June 15 of 2012.
* Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 1, 2012
- A full paper is to be submitted to the organizer/presider/discussant of the assigned session.
* Contact Persons
Professor Lingxin Hao, President of NACSA, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, U.S.A. Tel. 410-516-4022; Email hao@jhu.edu
* Registration Fee
The registration fee for each participant is US$15 for regular and associate members, US$10 for students. Fees may be paid in form of a personal check or a bank draft, payable to “NACSA,” via regular mail prior to July 1, 2010 or on site in Atlanta. Checks should be sent to the treasurer: Professor Yang Cao, Department of Sociology, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A.
* Travel Funds
- All participants will be responsible for their own traveling to and from the conference. NACSA would be happy to assist you in applying for travel funds.
* Membership Renewal
Current members should renew their 2010 membership. The membership fee is $15 for regular member, $10 for associate member, $5 for student member, and $300 life-time member. Both current and new members may fill out their membership forms (see attached) and mail them with their membership dues in checks or bank drafts, payable to “NACSA,” to Professor Yang Cao, Department of Sociology, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A.
* Final Note
You are encouraged to distribute this Call for Papers widely to your colleagues, students, fellow students, and friends who may be interested in joining the NACSA.
Please click here for a PDF version.
* Submission Deadline: April 15, 2012
* Submit your paper or abstract via email to: Lingxin Hao (hao@jhu.edu).
- Individual papers: Complete papers or paper abstracts will be considered. Paper abstracts may be 1-2 pages but must contain sufficient detail and evidence of timely completion for the program committee in its decision making. Papers to be presented at the ASA are eligible for this submission. List the authors’ and coauthors’ names, organizational affiliations, and email addresses.
- Panels: Any NACSA member can organize a panel. Each panel should consist of three presenters and a discussant. The panel organizer must submit a proposal specifying the theme of the panel along with the summaries/abstracts of the papers selected. List all panelists’ names, organizational affiliations, and email addresses.
- Submissions may be in English or in Chinese. The program committee assumes that the language used in individual papers/abstracts or panel proposals would be the same as the language used in presentation at the annual conference. Papers should be formatted in Word or pdf and sent as an attached file.
* Acceptance Announcement: May 1, 2012
- Email announcements to all organizers/discussants/authors about the tentative panels to which their presentations are assigned
- A formal acceptance letter will be provided to all the authors for their travel funding application and/or visa application purposes.
- Visit http://www.nacsa.netfor a tentative annual conference program after June 15 of 2012.
* Full Paper Submission Deadline: July 1, 2012
- A full paper is to be submitted to the organizer/presider/discussant of the assigned session.
Registration Fee
The registration fee for each participant is US$15 for regular and associate members, US$10 for students. Fees may be paid in form of a personal check or a bank draft, payable to “NACSA,” via regular mail prior to July 1, 2010 or on site in Atlanta. Checks should be sent to the treasurer: Professor Yang Cao, Department of Sociology, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A.
Travel Funds
- All participants will be responsible for their own traveling to and from the conference. NACSA would be happy to assist you in applying for travel funds.
Membership Renewal
Current members should renew their 2010 membership. The membership fee is $15 for regular member, $10 for associate member, $5 for student member, and $300 life-time member. Both current and new members may fill out their membership forms (see attached) and mail them with their membership dues in checks or bank drafts, payable to “NACSA,” to Professor Yang Cao, Department of Sociology, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, U.S.A.
Conference Venue:
Hyatt Regency Denver
650 15th Street, Denver, Colorado, USA 80202
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