ICAS 5 Abstracts online

Please find the abstracts of ICAS 5 listed here: http://www.icassecretariat.org/index.php?q=icas5-abstracts

Amsterdam University Press-ICAS Series: ICAS 5 Proceedings

We herewith invite individual scholars and convenors of panels that participated in ICAS 5 to submit their individual papers or panel papers for submission in the ICAS Proceedings before 31 December 2007.

You will receive a notification whether your paper has been accepted for publication by 1 February 2008. Please note that once your paper has been accepted it will go through an editing process. We strive to publish the proceedings before the next ICAS (ICAS 6, Daejeon, 2009).

ICAS BOOK PRIZES 2007 CITATIONS
Kuala Lumpur 2 August 2007, Crowne Plaza Hotel

For the second time the ICAS Book Prizes were awarded. They were established in 2004 with the aim to create by way of a global competition both an international focus for publications on Asia while at the same time increasing the visibility worldwide.All scientific books published in 2005 and 2006 pertaining to Asia were eligible. Four prizes were awarded. Best study in the field of the humanities; best study in the field of social sciences; best dissertation in the field of Asian studies and the Colleagues Choice Award.

ICAS 6 Announcement

ICAS 5 has been succesfully concluded and soon we will update you on future developments regarding the ICAS Proceedings and on ICAS 6. We first would like to announce the ICAS Book Prize Winners 2007, which were awarded the prize on 2 August at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and handed out by deputy prime minister Dato'seri Najib Tun Razak.

Announcement ICAS Book Prize Winners 2007

Announcement nominations ICAS Book Prize 2007

The Secretariat of ICAS established the ICAS Book Prize (IBP) in 2005. Our aim is to create by way of a global competition both an international focus for publications on Asia while at the same time increasing their visibility worldwide.

All scientific books published in 2005 and 2006 on topics pertaining to Asia were eligible. Four prizes will be awarded: 1. best study in the field of the Humanities; 2. best study in the field of Social Sciences; 3. best PhD in the field of Asia studies; and, 4. Colleagues Choice Award.

Nominations

It's our pleasure to present to you the definitive ICAS 5 programme which consists of 338 panels and more than 1500 participants.

Programme

Attached. Also see http://www.icassecretariat.org/icas5/index.php?q=node/16

This will replace the time slot previously published on the http://www.icas5kl.com/ site.

ICAS Book Prize

The ICAS Book Prize (IBP) is a global competition which provides an international focus for publications on Asia while at the same time increasing their visibility worldwide. The book prizes are awarded for: (1) best study in the humanities; (2) best study in the social sciences. Furthermore there is a prize for the most outstanding PhD dissertation in the field of Asia Studies. Eighty publications (46 Humanities and 34 Social Sciences) and 10 PhD theses have been submitted, a rise of 50% compared to the 2005 edition. The reading committee was in particular impressed by the high quality of the PhD theses and calls upon the PhD supervisors to stimulate our young colleagues to submit their dissertations. The deadline for the IBP 2009 is 31 December 2008.

The Selection Committee of ICAS 5 met in Kuala Lumpur in January 2007 to evaluate the organized and institutional panels. The Committee is most pleased to report that in total 100 organized panels and 40 institutional panels have been accepted. This brings the total amount of panels to 300 panels including the previously grouped panels of individual submissions. Thus ICAS 5 has the potential to become the largest Asia Studies Event in the world.

The Selection Committee of ICAS 5 met in Kuala Lumpur in November 2006 to evaluate the individual abstracts and almost all of them have been placed in panels. This was done in line with the border and disciplinary transcending spirit of ICAS. The Committee is most pleased to report that more than 1000 submissions have been received. The wide variety of themes, disciplines and regions covered, as well as the participation from more than 50 countries and 400 institutes, promises an intellectually challenging Convention.

A provisional list of panels and its participants is now online at www.icas5kl.com . This list will be updated frequently with the remainder of abstracts which have not been panelized so far. Each panel has four presentations followed by discussion and will last for two hours.
All accepted individual paper presenters, will receive a letter of invitation by mail in the near future. The appointed chairs of the panels have been asked to contact the other panel members to construe a panel abstract by 1 March 2007.
Participants who have submitted an application for a ICAS 5 grant will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than 1 May 2007.