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 [Call for proposals] - [Prize application] International Convention of Asia Scholars 2013  
 15 March 2012   >  15 October 2012 

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Contact name: Thomas Voorter         
Contact email : ICASiiasnl
Contact details: University of Macau
Av. Padre Tomás Pereira Taipa
Macau, China

http://www.icassecretariat.org/
http://www.umac.mo/icas8/
 

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Location: Venetian Macao Resort Hotel
Estrada da Baía de N. Senhora da Esperança, s/n,
Taipa, Macao SAR, P.R. China
Geocultural area(s): Asia
Discipline(s): Social sciences and Humanities
Overview: The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) was established by the International Convention of Asia Scholars in 2004. It aims to create an international focus for publications on Asia while increasing their worldwide visibility. The biennial ICAS Book Prize is awarded for outstanding English-language works in the field of Asia Studies.
Description: It is our pleasure to inform you that ICAS 8 will be organized by the University of Macau. It will take place from 24-27 June 2013 in the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel.

The more than four century long interaction between Western and Chinese traditions in Macao, the first and last European colony in China, has left the city with a unique blend of cultural diversity, modernity, and cosmopolitanism. Join us at this world heritage site for ICAS 8.

Please check out our Call for Panels and Papers online.

Visit the ICAS booth 103 at the AAS Annual Meeting in Toronto (15-18 March 2012).

The ICAS Team
Dr. Paul van der Velde - Chief Executive Officer
Martina van den Haak, MA - Executive Officer
Thomas Voorter, MA - Communication Coordinator

ICAS Book Prize
The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) was established by the International Convention of Asia Scholars in 2004. It aims to create an international focus for publications on Asia while increasing their worldwide visibility. The biennial ICAS Book Prize is awarded for outstanding English-language works in the field of Asia Studies.

The five awards are:
- Best study in the Humanities;
- Best study in the Social Sciences;
- Best dissertation in the Humanities;
- Best dissertation in the Social Sciences;
- and The Colleagues' Choice Award.

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Participants are expected to fund their own travel and accommodation.

For more information on ICAS 8 and requirements for participation, please visit http://www.icassecretariat.org or http://www.umac.mo/icas8

The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is the premier international gathering in the field of Asian Studies. ICAS founded in 1997, is a platform for representatives of academia and civil society to focus on issues critical to Asia and by implication to the rest of the world. ICAS is an active active accelerator of research. The ICAS Secretariat is hosted by the International Institute for Asian Studies.

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