Greetings Message from the Host

President

Paul Hung-Chao Tai

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Shelley Rigger

Board of Directors

Nat Bellocchi

Thomas Bellows

Chiung-Fang Chang

George Chen

Chu-yuan Cheng

T.J. Cheng

Linda H. Chiang

Richard, Chu

Dan Ciuriak

Cal Clark

John Copper

David Dean

Jacques deLise

June Teufel.Dreyer

Edward Friedman=

Yeong-Kuang Ger

Bates Gill

John F. Hsieh

James Hsiung

Walter Kiang

Wei Chin Lee

Phylis Lan Lin

Tse-min Lin

Yu-Long Ling

Jerry A. McBeath

William Parish

Hans Stockton

Robert Sutter

Chia-Lin Tao

Wen-hui Tsai

Francis C. Tuan

Stephen Uhalley

Ping Wang

Vincent Wang

Woo Thye Wing

Catherine Woo

Yenna Wu

Executive Director: =

Peter Chow

Address: AACS R4/116=

The City College, CUNY, Convent Ave. & 138^th St.

New York, NY 10031

Tel: (212) 650-8268<= /p>

(212) 650-6206

Fax: (212) 650-8287

= Call for Papers<= /p>

American Association for Chinese Studies

51^st Annual Conference at

Rollins College, Orlando, Florida

October 16-18, 2009

We invite proposals for panels, roundtables, and papers concerning China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Chinese Diaspora for the 51^th Annual Conference of the AACS, being hoste= d by Rollins College in Orlando, Florida. Although membership in AACS is required for participation in the Annual Meeting, non-members are welcome to submit proposals, join the Association and participate in the Annual Meetin= g.

The program committee prefers proposals for complete panels (a chair, 2-3 papers, and 1-2 discussants) and roundtables (a chair and 3-4 other participants). The committee also welcomes proposals for individual papers and will attempt to place the presenter on an appropriate panel. We encourage submissions from grad= uate students as well as junior and senior scholars, and overseas participants.<= o:p>

As in the past, panels and roundtables concerning special events or topics of broad significance a= re especially welcome. We partic= ularly welcome proposals that address the impact of the U.S. change in presidential administration, as well as the late 2008 global financial crisis, on Chinese societies, economies, and polities. We also encourage proposals on pressure= s of cultural globalization on Chinese audiences and responses. All proposals sh= ould include short abstracts. Overall, our goal is to construct a balanced program, including panels representing the humanities, social sciences, = and business-related disciplines.

Members of the program committee include Shelley Rigger, Robert Sutter, Ilan Alon, and Jerry McBea= th. Please send your proposal, preferably by e-mail, to Professor McBeath at ffjam@uaf.edu. Make sure to include compl= ete contact information (address, telephone number, and e-mail). The deadline f= or proposals is M= ay 1, 2009. Scholars submitting proposals by this deadline will be notified about t= heir inclusion in the program by June 15^th.