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Call for Papers "The Construction of 'East Asian Race' in Europe, Racism, and the East Asian Response" Multidisciplinary Edited Volume Co-edited by Walter Demel and Rotem Kowner __________________________________________________ We are soliciting essay proposals for a multidisciplinary edited volume(s) on the European/Western construction of race regarding East Asians (primarily, Chinese, Japanese, Koreans) in the last half millennium and the East Asians self-images and their later response (accommodation, emulation, opposition) to Western racial construction and racism since the late nineteenth century. The book is designed to illuminate a central albeit somewhat neglected theme in both the history of racism in Europe/the West and the modern history of East Asia. Essays from all fields are welcome. The range of topics may include (but is certainly not limited to) one or more of the following themes. Each theme can be examined in the frame of either a single nation or an entire region: A. Evolution of Racial Constructions of East Asians in Europe/ the West - The construction of race and technology - The construction of race and power - The construction of race and perceptions of racial hierarchy - The construction of race and aesthetics - The construction of race and visual representations of East Asians - The construction of race and the taxonomical revolution - The construction of race in travel literature - The construction of race in Encyclopedias and lexicons - The construction of race and gender (the beholder / the object) B. Self-perceptions, impact and response - Chinese self-perceptions before 1840 - Japanese self-perceptions before 1853 - Impact of Western racial thinking on Social Darwinian thought in East Asia - Western racial impact on eugenic policies in East Asia - Western racial impact on aesthetic view in East Asia - Western racial impact on body transformations in East Asia - Western racial impact on transformations of nutrition in East Asia - Western racial impact on body ideals in East Asia - Western racial impact on intermarriage in East Asia - Western racial impact on tendencies of self-Orientalizing by East Asians - Western racial impact on the racial construction of minorities in East Asia - Western racial impact on world perception and hierarchy in East Asia - Western racial impact on foreign policy in East Asia - Western racial impact on immigration in East Asia C. Racism - The interrelations between racial construction of East Asians and racism - Racial construction and dehumanization of East Asians in modern times - Racism and combat behavior in the East Asian arena - Racism and self-images of East Asians (in literature, film, art, etc.) - Culture and societal form and the differing response to Western racism in East Asia - The impact of Western racial thought on modern racism in East Asia - The legacy of Western racism in contemporary East Asia 150-250 word abstracts (in English) are due by August 1, 2009; completed essays (5000-8000 words) are due May 1, 2010. The editorial committee includes Prof. Walter Demel (Universität der Bundeswehr München; [email protected]) and Prof. Rotem Kowner (University of Haifa; [email protected]). Please send your abstract to the entire committee. We will notify contributors regarding inclusion in the anthology by September 1. Contact: Prof. Rotem Kowner Department of Asian Studies The University of Haifa Mt. Carmel Haifa 31905 Israel Tel: +972-4-824-8501 Fax: +972-4-828-8539 Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
