About ICAS 6
Think Asia!
6-9 August 2009, Daejeon, Korea
WEBSITE: http://www.icas6.org
The overarching theme of ICAS 6 is: Think Asia! Who does not have Asia on his or her mind nowadays? It seems as if in a split second Asia has taken center stage. Is it a miracle or sheer hard work? Now that Asia is in the limelight the world is fast becoming aware of its varied culture, its rich environment and its polyglot background.
Asia is everywhere. Its material and spiritual produce have become part and parcel of a global cultural pulse which pushes the frontiers of the human and natural sciences further into unchartered territories.
The venue for ICAS 6, Daejeon, successfully merges its long history of culture and tradition with leading research in science and technology. ICAS 6 will provide the platform to re-think Asia and all its facets.
The International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS) is one of the largest biennial gatherings for Asia scholars to meet and discuss new developments in the fields of the Human and Natural Sciences. Since 1998, ICAS has brought more than 5,000 academics from 60 countries together at five conventions.
About the Hosts
Chungnam National University (CNU), the Center for Asian Regional Studies (CARS) and Daejeon Metropolitan City together with the ICAS Secretariat will host ICAS 6.
About CNU
Chungnam National University is one of the major national universities in Korea, established for South Chungcheong province in 1952 during the Korean War. CNU is a prestigious center of higher education in South-Korea and is located in the heart of innovations: surrounded by over a 100 research and education centers. It has dual degree programs with Bloomfield College, Illinois Institute of Technology, Shandong College in China, and State University of New York, Stonybrook. For more information see the CNU website:
http://plus.cnu.ac.kr/english/index.jsp
About CARS
The Center for Asian Regional Studies is a centre of excellence within the Faculty of Humanities of Chungnam National University. It has various programmes in various fields including linguistics, literature, culture and human science. http://plus.cnu.ac.kr/english/index.jsp
About Daejeon Metropolitan City
Daejeon, capital of science, is located in the heart of the Korean Peninsula and is a major communication and transportation hub. Daejeon successfully merges its long history of culture and tradition with leading research in science and technology. As a city of science and technology, Daejeon is often dubbed "the Silicon Valley of Korea."
http://www.metro.daejeon.kr/english/index.jsp
About the ICAS Secretariat
ICAS has grown into the largest biennial Asia studies event covering all subjects of Asia studies. Thus ICAS now has become the only major, regular Asia studies event to take place in Asia. On average the number of participants varies between thousand and fifteen hundred. The ICAS Secretariat safeguards the continuity of ICAS and jointly organizes ICAS events together with the local host, as well as the ICAS Book Prize and Publications. See www.icassecretariat.org
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