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Call for Papers "Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity" 16th World Congress International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) Yunnan University Kunming, Yunnan (China) 15-23 July 2008 __________________________________________________ The 16th Congress of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) will be held from July 15th to 23rd in 2008 in the city of Kunming in southwest China. The congresss theme -Humanity, Development & Cultural Diversity- was proposed by Chinese scholars and approved by IUAES in 2003. As organized around this theme, the congress is being designed to address multidisciplinary issues within the broadly defined fields of anthropology and ethnology. The central site for our congress will be the campus of Yunnan University where conference facilities are being upgraded to meet our needs. So far we have more than 240 session/panel proposals, of which 122 Sessions/Panels have been accepted. Please download the list on the website (www.icaes2008.org). The Organizing Committee will announce the accepted proposals in succession, totally there will be 150-200 Academic Sessions/Panels accepted in this Congress. Currently, we are in the stage of calling for papers. Interested individual participants to the congress should submit their paper abstracts to the Chairperson directly and /or the Organizing Committee ([email protected], [email protected]). The abstract should be no longer than 350 words in Times New Roman, along with the paper title, key words, name, professional title, affiliation, and contact information of the author (s). Deadlines: 1. Abstracts submission, before October 30, 2007. 2. Notice of paper acceptance, before December 30, 2007. 3. Completed papers submission, before April 30, 2008. Conference Forms: - Opening and Closing Ceremonies - Plenary Session - Annual Sessions or Symposiums of the IUAES Commissions - Parallel Academic Sessions - Special Speeches - Roundtable Discussions Conference Registration Fees: Non-IUAES member: US$150 IUAES member: US$100 Student: US$50 Companion: US$30 We propose to you the main reasons to attend this Congress: a) Have your research or teaching results exposed and published in English and Chinese in China, where the anthropological and ethnological community is very large. b) Enable you to meet important scholars and potential students working in your field. c) Enhance your academic network for the future within the IUAES Commissions and with colleagues from many parts of the World, in an event that only happens every 5 years. d) Experience China, its minorities and its development. e) Get to know Kunming City and Yunnan Province, a most interesting part of China, where 40,000,000 people belonging to 56 ethnic groups live within varied and very beautiful landscapes. A special effort is being made to facilitate the participation of under and postgraduate students of Anthropology and ethnology, in order to provide them with the material and economical conditions that will enable them to go to China. Further information will appear soon on the Congress website, but we consider that this is a unique opportunity that only comes every 5 years for students to get in touch personally with distinguished scholars of the Anthropological World, who may only be familiar to them as authors of books or articles. On the short and long term, we expect this Congress to promote academic and personal contacts between scholars from all over the World who have little opportunity to meet elsewhere. The Organizing Committee is making an effort to invite and promote the interaction of colleagues and students from Third Word countries, especially those from South East Asia. An anthropological or ethnological film festival and several exhibitions will be held as part of the Congress, and we encourage those interested in submitting materials for them to get in touch with the Organizing Committee. A prize will be awarded to the best anthropological or ethnological film. IUAES is organized in Research Commissions. The Congress will provide the opportunity for each one of you to join one or several of them, and assure contact with colleagues from many countries in the field of your interest. Each Commission has set its rules for joining them, but it is a very open and accessible procedure to take part. Contact: Prof. Dr. Zhang Haiyang & Prof. Dr. Zhang Jijiao Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences No. 27, Zhongguancun South Street Haidian District Beijing 100081 China Tel: +86-10-68938386, 66508715 Fax: +86-10-66068146, 68421864 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Web: http://www.icaes2008.org __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
