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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Chinese through the Americas, WCILCOS, Vancouver, BC, ,
May 16-19, 2012
> H-ASIA
> June 18, 2011
>
> Call for papers: "Chinese through the Americas",
> WCILCOS International Conference of Institutes and
> Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies, UBC,
> Vancouver Canada, May 16-19, 2012
> ***************************************************
> From 2012 WCILCOS <wcilcos.2012@ubc.ca>
>
> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>
> The 5th International Conference of Institutes
> and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies:
> Chinese through the Americas
>
> University of British Columbia
> Vancouver, B.C., Canada
> May 16-19, 2012
>
> University of British Columbia's Asian Library
> is pleased to announce that, in cooperation with
> the Ohio University Libraries, it will host the
> 5th WCILCOS International Conference of Institutes
> and Libraries for Chinese Overseas Studies on
> Chinese through the Americas. The event will be
> held May 16th to 19th, 2012 at the University
> of British Columbia (Point Grey Campus) in
> Vancouver, Canada.
>
> It is fitting that Vancouver, Canada will be the
> venue for the 5th WCILCOS conference as this
> beautiful city has been a hub of transnational
> flows of Chinese migrants since the 18th century.
> As the host institution, the UBC Asian Library
> is prestigiously placed and equipped to
> orchestrate the upcoming conference. The return
> of the WCILCOS Conference to North America also
> serves to recognize the rapid expansion of
> Chinese overseas studies and its related
> fields in the region. As with previous WCILCOS
> conferences, the organizers hope to utilize this
> event to promote the nexus between research and
> documentation on Chinese overseas studies and to
> facilitate greater interaction between scholars
> and librarians around the world.
>
>
> The conference now seeks roundtable, panel and
> paper proposals as well as poster presentations
> revolving around, but not limited to, the
> following topics:
>
> · New Patterns of Migration
>
> · Chinese Overseas Heritage Treasures: Trans-
> national Discovery & Delivery
>
> · Comparative Studies of Chinatowns in Asia,
> Europe, Australia and the Americas
>
> · Overseas Chinese Rare Collections
>
> · Emerging Communities and Descendants of
> Pioneers
>
> · Ethnic Relations
>
> · Identity Issues, Values and Culture
>
> · Organizations, Documentations, Archives
> and Networks
>
> · Immigration and Emigration Policies
>
> · Chinese Overseas Literature
>
> Proposals are welcome from academics, librarians,
> graduate students and undergraduate students.
> Continuing with the WCILCOS tradition, the
> conference will accept papers in both English and
> Chinese. For individual papers/ posters please
> submit a 300-500 word abstract, a 150 word personal
> bio and a CV of no more than 2 pages.
>
> Abstracts should include a phone number and
> email address. For panel presentations, please
> submit a panel abstract of 450 words or less,
> along with the names and paper titles of each
> presenter, contact information [phone and email]
> for the primary contact person, and a CV of no
> more than 2 pages for each presenter.
> Panels should include 3-4 presenters.
>
> We will provide moderators for each panel session.
>
> Please email the abstract and proposal to
> <wcilcos.2012@ubc.ca>. All abstracts, bio and CV
> should be sent in one single attachment in either
> Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or Rich
> Text File (.rtf) format. Name the attachment
> with your last name and the words "paper proposal"
> (for individual paper) or the panel organizer's
> last name and the words "panel proposal" (for
> panel presentation). The text should be prepared on
> letter/A4 size paper (8.5"x11"), single-spaced,
> and in 12-point font.
>
> Important Deadlines:
>
> Abstract Submission – September 15, 2011
>
> Acceptance Notification – November 15, 2011
>
> Final Paper Submission – February 15, 2012
>
> For current information on the conference,
> please visit
> http://wcilcos.library.ubc.ca/
>
> 5th WCILCOS Organizing Committee
>
> Planning activities will be guided by an
> organizing committee of library and academic
> leaders from educational, research and cultural
> institutes as well as university and public
> libraries. A UBC workgroup including Eleanor
> Yuen, Denise Fong, Lilly Li and Phoebe Chow will
> oversee the organization and launch of the event.
>
>
> Co-chairs:
>
> FERRIER, Jeffrey, Curator, Centre for International
> Collections, Ohio University Libraries
>
> YUEN, Eleanor, Head, Asian Library, University
> of British Columbia
>
> Organizing Committee Members:
>
> FONG, Denise, Project Manager, Chinese Canadian
> Stories – A UBC-SFU Project
>
> HU-DEHART, Evelyn, Professor of History and Ethnic
> Studies, Brown University
>
> KO, Angela, Assistant Fung Ping Shan Librarian,
> University of Hong Kong Libraries
>
> LEE, Hwa-Wei, Former Chief, Asian Division,
> Library of Congress
>
> LEONG, Jack Hang-Tat, Director, Richard Charles
> Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University
> of Toronto Libraries
>
> SEAMAN, Scott, Dean, Ohio University Libraries
>
> XU Yun, Director, Associate Professor Librarian,
> Department of Overseas Chinese Documents
> Studies, Jinan University Library
>
> YU, Henry, Associate Professor, Department of
> History and Principal Pro tem, St. John's
> College, University of British Columbia /
> Project Lead, Chinese Canadian Stories –
> A UBC-SFU Project
>
> ZHANG, Xiuming, Senior Editor, Chinese Institute
> for Overseas Chinese History Studies and
> Chief Editor of Overseas Chinese History
> Studies
>
> ZHENG, Liren, Curator, Charles W. Wason Collection
> on East Asia, Cornell University Library
>
> ZHUANG Guotu, Dean, Faculty of International
> Relations & Research School of SE Asian
> Studies, Xiamen University
>
>
>
> Secretariat:
>
> Denise Fong, CHPR Project Manager – Conference Manager
>
> Phoebe Chow, UBC Asian Library – Coordinator
>
> Lilly Li, CHRP Librarian, UBC Library – Database
> Manager & Chinese-language Liaison
>
>
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