Thirtieth Japan Studies Association Conference—In Person!
January 3-5, 2024
(Wed.-Fri.)
The Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach Hotel
Honolulu, Hawai'i
Established in San Diego in the spring of 1994, the JSA has assisted its members – primarily teachers from American two- and four-year colleges and universities – to acquire first-hand knowledge about Japan and infuse it into the curriculum of their home institutions. Through workshops and study-tours, and the professional networking they enable, JSA’s members have been inspired to engage in curriculum development, design study-abroad programs, and initiate Japan-related or comparative research, an outlet for which they have found both in the organization’s Japan Studies Association Journal and its annual national conference.
In January 2024 we will meet in sunny Honolulu to share our continuous and new pedagogical and research interests in Japan’s literary and cultural traditions, historical and economic developments, sociopolitical and religious past and present. We invite proposals for individual presentations, discipline-specific or interdisciplinary panels, roundtables on pedagogy and teaching innovation and staged readings.
In January 2024 we will meet in sunny Honolulu to share our continuous and new pedagogical and research interests in Japan’s literary and cultural traditions, historical and economic developments, sociopolitical and religious past and present. We invite proposals for individual presentations, discipline-specific or interdisciplinary panels, roundtables on pedagogy and teaching innovation and staged readings.
Conference Theme: What's Next for Japan?
The tumultuous beginning of the Reiwa Era appears to have settled into a period of relative calm and stability. Japan has known such periods before in its recent history. Yet each of these periods of stability have ended in the sudden advent of crisis and return of the continuing upset and tumult which appears to have punctuated Japanese life since 1989 if not before. Japanese may enjoy these periods of relative calm, but they also anxiously anticipate their end. So many challenges currently face Japan and the Japanese; demographic, climatic, security, economic, and also existential. Which facet, or combination of facets, will confront the Japanese with their next crisis? We welcome paper and panel proposals from all academic disciplines which examine the attempts of Japanese to face these challenges. We equally look forward to paper or panel proposals for discussing how faculty can convey these challenges to their students in their teaching.
Keynote Presentation: To Be Announced Soon
Keynote to be described here.
Keynote Presentation: To Be Announced Soon
Keynote to be described here.
Submitting an abstract or a panel proposal
Abstracts for an individual presentation (approx. 250 words) or proposals for a themed panel, roundtable or staged reading (approx. 500 words) should be submitted via JSA’s website: http://www.japanstudies.org by Friday, December 1, 2023. Please make sure that you include the name(s), institutional affiliation and contact information for each presenter along with individual presentation titles.
We would also welcome your suggestions for a Japanese literary, historical or theoretical text to provide the focus of the now traditional general discussion session.
For more information, please contact the Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Prof. Andrea Stover, Belmont University: andrea.stover@belmont.edu
Prof. Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage: pedunscomb@alaska.edu
You may also contact JSA Treasurer:
Prof. Stacia Bensyl, Missouri Western State University: bensyl@missouriwestern.edu
We would also welcome your suggestions for a Japanese literary, historical or theoretical text to provide the focus of the now traditional general discussion session.
For more information, please contact the Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Prof. Andrea Stover, Belmont University: andrea.stover@belmont.edu
Prof. Paul Dunscomb, University of Alaska Anchorage: pedunscomb@alaska.edu
You may also contact JSA Treasurer:
Prof. Stacia Bensyl, Missouri Western State University: bensyl@missouriwestern.edu
Accommodation and Registration Information
HOTEL COSTS AND CONTACT INFORMATION SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
We will be meeting once again at Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach.
The room cost is $229, single or double. There is a destination fee of $12 (all hotels are charging up to $35 a day for a resort/destination fee).
All guests must make their reservations NO LATER than December 1, 2023.
Here are the three options to make your reservation:
Option 1: Link to reservation
Option 2: Call our hotel reservations directly at the hotel: +1 808 922 3861 Group Code: G-KCC6
Option 3: E-mail: concierge@hyatt.com
We will be meeting once again at Hyatt Place Waikiki Beach.
The room cost is $229, single or double. There is a destination fee of $12 (all hotels are charging up to $35 a day for a resort/destination fee).
All guests must make their reservations NO LATER than December 1, 2023.
Here are the three options to make your reservation:
Option 1: Link to reservation
Option 2: Call our hotel reservations directly at the hotel: +1 808 922 3861 Group Code: G-KCC6
Option 3: E-mail: concierge@hyatt.com
Register for the 2024 Conference and Become a Japan Studies Association Member or Renew Your Existing Membership!
When you register and pay for the January 2024 JSA Annual Conference, your JSA Membership Fee of $45 for 2024 is included!
Registration for the 2024 JSA Conference is $200 for part-time, retired, student, unemployed or independent scholars; or $300 for full-time employees. This offer is open until December 15th, 2023; after that date there will be an additional $25 late fee added.
Registration for the 2024 JSA Conference is $200 for part-time, retired, student, unemployed or independent scholars; or $300 for full-time employees. This offer is open until December 15th, 2023; after that date there will be an additional $25 late fee added.