Central Association of Teachers of Japanese Conference

The 19th Annual Conference of the Central Association of Teachers of Japanese will be held at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, on Saturday, March 3 and Sunday, March 4, 2007. Teachers and prospective teachers at all level are welcome. Detailed information about the conference, including online registration and online hotel reservation: www.uiowa.edu/~japanese/CATJ19. catj-conference@uiowa.edu.

The 16th annual meeting of the Association for Japanese Literary Studies will be held November 2–4, 2007, at Princeton University. The theme of the meeting will be "Literature and Literary Theory," Proposals are invited for paper presentations at the conference. We hope the participants will explore a variety of issues, including but not limited to: Recent theoretical trends and their possibilities and limits; historical changes in how we perceive literature and literary theory in Japan; the transformation of the role of the author and his/her relation to the literary production in the history of Japanese literature; historical development of literary theory from the premodern to modern times; shifting boundaries of "Japan" and "Japanese-ness"; the mutual relationship between theory and practice and how they have evolved in the history of Japanese literature; the relationship between a chosen mode of discourse and its "object"; how theories of translation, cultural studies, and nationalism engage with the production of Japanese cultural and literary boundaries; relationship between history, memory, and literature in Japan; relationship between politics and literature in Japan; "anti-theory" and "pro-theory" in the study of Japanese literature.

Deadline for receipt of abstracts of no more than 250 words is May 15, 2007. We welcome individual submissions as well as 3- or 4-person panel proposals. To facilitate maximal audience participation, there will be no formal discussants. Conference languages are English and Japanese. Proposals should be submitted electronically to the conference website: www.princeton.edu/ajls/. All other correspondence may be directed to the organizers: Richard H. Okada and Atsuko Ueda, AJLS 2007, Dept. of East Asian Studies, 211 Jones Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544. ajls2007@princeton.edu.

The twenty-first conference of the Japanese Language Teachers Association of New England and the twelfth conference of the Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese will be held June 23–24, 2007, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA. Abstracts are invited for presentations of original work (not previously published or presented elsewhere) on practical or theoretical topics in Japanese pedagogy (either college or pre-college level), Japanese linguistics, or related fields. Abstracts selected for presentation will be allotted 23 minutes at the conference for the body of the presentation, with an additional 7 minutes for questions and discussion. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is March 5, 2007. Please submit abstracts by email to the Harvard University Japanese Language Program at jlp@fas.harvard.edu as follows:

(1) The abstract should be one page in length with the title of the presentation at the top and including no information identifying the author(s). Abstracts will be accepted either in English or Japanese, but the language of the abstract should be the same as the language used in the presentation. Abstracts should be as specific as possible, outlining any argument to be made, describing any results or techniques to be presented, and indicating why the work is significant. One extra page of data and/or references may be appended to the abstract if necessary. Presentations by multiple authors will be accepted. The abstract should be submitted as an attachment (PDF format preferred) by email along with the information in (2).

(2) The body of the email should include the name(s) of the author(s) (Japanese names in both Romanized and Japanese script), affiliation, address, phone number, email address, title of presentation (Japanese presentations in both Japanese and English translation), and one of the following designations of the category of the presentation: "pedagogy (pre-college)," "pedagogy (college)," "linguistics," or "other." In the subject line of the email please indicate "JLTANE 21." Any special equipment necessary for the presentation (digital projector, OHP, etc.) should be indicated in the body of the email.

The final program will be posted at www.fas.harvard.edu/~jlp/jltane.html by mid-March, 2007. Information on registration and accommodations for the conference can also be found on the conference webpage. Please note that those making presentations at the conference are required to register.

The Division of Applied Linguistics of the Modern Language Association is pleased to be able to again sponsor three sessions at this year's MLA Annual Convention in Chicago (Dec 27–30). Details of the sessions are below. Please submit 250-word abstracts by March 15, 2007 to Hiram Maxim, hhm2@georgetown.edu.

1) "Applying Applied Linguistics in Foreign Language Programs." Papers exploring implementation of applied linguistics research in foreign language departments to support areas such as instruction, teacher development, and curriculum construction..

2) "Linking Form and Meaning in the L2 Classroom." Papers focusing on meaning-based approaches to formal L2 instruction. Practical application of research from varied theoretical perspectives welcome..

3) "Corpus-based Applied Linguistics Research." Papers presenting applied linguistics research that examines either native speaker or learner written or spoken language corpora.

The Canadian Association for Japanese Language Education (CAJLE) is pleased to announce its 2007 Annual Conference, which is scheduled for August 21–23, 2007, at University of New Brunswick. The goal of the conference is to bring together teachers of Japanese across countries and research specializations. The conference will consist of paper presentations and teacher workshops, with an optional overnight trip to Prince Edward Island.

We invite submission of abstracts for paper presentations on topics including, but not limited to, Japanese linguistics, second language acquisition, and Japanese language pedagogy as well as innovative teaching. Papers are scheduled to be presented during the first two days of the conference (subject to change). Thirty minutes will be allocated for each paper including questions and discussion. We also welcome presentations as a group on a particular theme. Presentations should be given in Japanese, though presentations in English may be accepted under special circumstances. Email submission is strongly preferred. Send the following (subject: "CAJLE 2007") as attached (preferably) PDF or Word file to shimojo@buffalo.edu. If using fax: 1-716-645-3825 (Attn: Mitsuaki Shimojo/CAJLE 2007). 1) Paper title (in Japanese and English), 2) one-page abstract (in Japanese), 3) name(s) of the presenter(s) (in Japanese and English), 4) current affiliation and title (in Japanese or English), and 5) email address, phone number, and mailing address. The deadline for submission is April 15, 2007. Notification of acceptance will be given by May 15. Participants must be members of CAJLE in order to resent at the conference. Membership information is available at www.cajle.net.

The University of Colorado East Asian Graduate Association (CUEAGA) is pleased to announce its 8th annual graduate conference, entitled "Margins and Centers: Constructing and Subverting Identity in East Asia," to be held April 13–14, 2007. The keynote speaker for the conference will be Dr. William Lafleur, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. CUEAGA is currently accepting proposals (up to 500 words) focusing on East Asia from students in disciplines including (but not limited to) history, anthropology, literature, language, religious studies, and sociology. Proposals should be submitted by March 5, 2007. Those applicants accepted will be notified by March 13. Please send all proposals to CUEAGA2007@gmail.com. Presentations should be approximately 20 minutes in length. Presenters will be grouped into panels by subject.