President

Jerry A. McBeath

Board of Directors

Nat Bellocchi

Thomas Bellows

Chiung-Fang Chang

George Chen

Chu-yuan Cheng

T.J. Cheng

Richard, Chu

Dan Ciuriak

Cal Clark

John Copper

David Dean

Jacques deLise

Harvey Feldman

Edward Friedman

Bates Gill

James Hsiung

Walter Kiang

Phylis Lan Lin

Shuen-fu Lin

Tse-min Lin

Yu-Long Ling

James Myers

William Parish

Gary.Rawnsley

Shelley Rigger

Robert Sutter

Hung-Chao Tai

Chia-Lin Tao

Wen-hui Tsai

Yung-Mei Tsai

Francis C. Tuan

Stephen Uhalley

Ping Wang

Vincent Wang

Woo Thye Wing

Catherine Woo

Larry M. Wortzel

Yenna Wu

Executive Director

Peter Chow

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Call for Papers

50^th Annual conference October 17-19, 2008

California State University, Fullerton

We invite proposals for panels, roundtables, and papers concerning China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other Chinese societies for the 50^th Annual Conference of AACS, which is being hosted by California State University, Fullerton. 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 Meeting.

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 graduate students as well as junior and senior scholars, and from overseas participants.

As in the past, panels and roundtables concerning special events or topics of broad significance are especially welcome.  All proposals should include short abstracts.  Overall, our goal is to construct a balanced program including panels representing the humanities, social sciences, and business-related disciplines.

Please send your proposal, preferably by e-mail, to the program chair, Dr. Shelley Rigger (shrigger@davidson.edu).  Make sure that you include complete contact information (address, telephone number, and e-mail).  The deadline for proposals is May 1, 2008.  Scholars submitting proposals by this deadline will be notified about their inclusion in the program by June 15^th.  

Because this is AACS’s 50^th Annual Conference, we especially welcome proposals that address the history of the organization or the past 50 years in China and the China Studies field. If you wish to submit a proposal related to the 50^th anniversary, please submit your proposal by January 25, 2008.

Professor Shelley Rigger, Chairperson  of Program Committee 

Department of Political Science Box 1719 Davidson College. Davidson, NC.28036

Committee Members : Kiang, Walter Yu-lung  : kIANGW@dcfs.lacounty.gov

Wing Thye Woo    wwoo@brookings.edu Chia-lin Tao  :  cpaotao @u.arizona.edu