Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

May 15, 2017

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce that the 57th annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies will be held January 12–14, 2018 at the University of South Carolina. Our local coordinators are arranging some very exciting events.

The program committee welcomes proposals for individual or panel presentations. Proposals must be submitted no later than October 31, 2017. You must complete the submission form online.  Submit panel submissions here and individual paper submissions here.  Please direct any questions about proposal submission to our program chair, Professor Yulian Wu, and questions about conference logistics to our local arrangements chair Professor Amanda Wangwright

Conference participants must be dues-paying members. SEC/AAS dues are $20 ($10 for students). The membership application form is available on the SEC/AAS website under “Membership.” Please submit this form with the correct dues to Professor Li-ling Hsiao, Department of Asian Studies, New West 113, CB#3267, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. All members will receive a copy of the Southeast Review of Asian Studies (SERAS), the SEC/AAS’s peer-reviewed journal.

Program Chair
Yulian Wu
History Department
University of South Carolina
817 Henderson street, Gambrell 245
Columbia, SC 29208-4114
yuwu@mailbox.sc.edu

Local Arrangements Chair
Amanda Wangwright
School of Visual Art and Design
1615 Senate St., McMaster 317
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
aswright@mailbox.sc.edu

Three $200 travel awards are available to graduate students. Those who wish to be considered for these awards should note this on their paper proposals. Preference will be given to students in the Southeast region who must travel more than two hundred miles to attend.

In addition to our usual engaging papers, panels, and keynote address, the 2018 conference will feature a screening of films from the Chinese film collection at the University of South Carolina’s Moving Image Resource Collection.

I look forward to seeing you at the 2018 meeting in Columbia, South Carolina!

Krista Van Fleit
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies