2022-11-22
【代公告】NATSA 28th Annual Conference Call for Proposals
North American Taiwan Studies Association
28th Annual Conference
Resistance and Resilience: Repositioning Taiwan
June 22 - 24, 2023
University of California, Irvine
Call for Proposals
Recent years have seen challenges, both new and old, for the global community. Such new challenges include the expansion of authoritarian influence and aggression, a global pandemic that has reignited debates on different forms of governance, polarization in democratic societies, and technological developments further enabling digital authoritarianism and inequality. Old modes of domination and marginalization, such as those pertaining to race, ethnicity, gender, religion, colonialism, and beyond also continue to persist and interweave with new global conditions. These dynamics play out not only in entrenched ways of seeing and framing but also in the dominant narratives, subject matters, and methodologies in academic research. Standing at this historical juncture of instability and change, we seek reflexive and critical engagements that can open up opportunities to reimagine ways of coping with, navigating, and collaboratively shaping the new realities of today’s world.
The North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) has, since its inauguration, dedicated itself to being a platform that can exhibit the diverse perspectives and values of Taiwan and Taiwan Studies. We believe that the inclusivity and diversity of Taiwanese society provide a space for developing alternative views, theories, and narratives that deconstruct and destabilize dominant and hegemonic perspectives. It is in the midst of transitions and transformations that different modes of resistance, resilience, and repositioning emerge. We see these new opportunities as a fluid process of recognizing power dynamics, implementing multifaceted methods of ensuring inclusivity and sustainability, and negotiating meaning-making paradigms that span the wider relations of scholars/practitioners/activists and the communities we work with/for. We welcome proposals that shed light on different modes of resistance, resilience, and repositioning using Taiwan as a case, a method, a theory, a practice, a substantive area, or in any other capacity.
Important dates (Pacific Time):
Call for proposals open: November 3, 2022 - January 1, 2023 (Google Form will close on January 1 at 11:59 pm)
Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2023
Conference Dates: June 22-24, 2023
*Graduate Student Travel Grant Award will be available for application upon acceptance of the proposal.
Submission portal: https://forms.gle/V4iQYUDGvnhEoMLu7
Proposal types and submission formats:
***Please note that submissions not in the correct formats will not be considered.
1. Individual paper
• Abstract: 200-250 words (paper title and citations not included)
• Please include an introduction/motivation/research question(s), research method(s), and expected contribution/preliminary finding(s).
• If accepted, extended abstract or full paper submission is required:
o Due date: June 1, 2023
o Word Limits:
Extended abstract: 1000 words or above
Full paper: 3000-8000 words, excluding references
2. Panel
• Expected number of panelists: 3 to 4
• Panel description: 200-250 words
• Each individual paper abstract: 200-250 words (paper title and citations not included)
• Please include an introduction/motivation/research question(s), research method(s), and expected contribution/preliminary finding(s).
• If accepted, extended abstract or full paper submission is required:
o Due date: June 1, 2023
o Word limits:
Extended abstract: 1000 words or above
Full paper: 3000-8000 words, excluding references
• Papers submitted in the form of a panel cannot be resubmitted as individual paper proposals.
3. Creative events or participatory workshops
• Bio of the applicant(s): up to 200 words
• Proposal: up to 1000 words (project title and citations not included)
• Please specify the following information in your proposal:
o Title
o Description of the project and how it relates to the conference theme
o Expected number of participants
o Detailed event or workshop agenda o Estimated duration (up to 90 mins) o Tech requirement (setup)
4. Creative art projects
• Bio of the applicant(s): up to 200 words
• Proposal: up to 1000 words (project title and citations not included)
• Please specify the following information in your proposal:
o Title
o Description or narrative of the project and how it relates to the conference theme
o Primary discipline: performance, multimedia, reading, art exhibition, or other
o Original language (must provide English surtitles or subtitles for non- English works)
o Estimated duration (up to 90 mins)
o Medium: video, music, or other types
o Tech requirement (setup)
o Has this work been shown before? If yes, please specify where and when.
• If applicable, please also provide the following:
o A video link to the full documentation of the performance
o Minimum setup and rehearsal time required
o Preferred venue seating capacity
