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.

Herewith we present the long lists (10 each) for both the best study in the humanities and social sciences which are to be announced at the AAS Annual Meeting 2007 in Boston.

A new feature of the IBP is the Colleagues Choice Award. This award has been established following numerous requests to give the academic community the opportunity to voice their choice. Visit our virtual polling station at http://www.icassecretariat.org/ which will be available until 15 July 2007 and vote!

Panels and sessions

Please find attached the lists of accepted organized and institutional panels. In total some 185 panels have been submitted of which 85 organized and 40 institutional panels have been accepted. The lists have been sorted by theme. If your panel is not listed here and you have not yet received a message from the organizers (acceptance, rejection, revision), don't hesitate to contact us at info@icas5kl.com.

Together with the 175 grouped panels listed at http://www.icas5kl.com/, we are proud to inform you that we will be able to offer you a programme of more than 300 different sessions plus some general sessions. Herewith ICAS 5 promises to become the largest gathering of Asia scholars in the world.

This combination of organized and grouped panels is not only an ideal mix of top down and bottom up contributions to asia studies but also a confluence of various paradigmatic approaches which typify the conduit character of ICAS.

The ICAS Institutions' Caroussel

To showcase the different institutions that are particpating and at the same time (re)aquaint scholars with their activities, we invite all academic organisations to represent their institutions in the exhibiton hall or have virtual presentations. In the ICAS Caroussel, institutions will inform the audience on new developments and activities. Participants can explore new developments by visiting this room where personal and virtual presentations will alternate. Presentations can be between 5 and 15 minutes. Digital presentations can be submitted in video- or powerpoint format (PC, not-MAC) before 1 July 2007.