May / June 2013

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Thursday July 4 - Sunday July 7, 2013ECSS2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on the Social Sciences ECSEE2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Envi-ronment

Thursday July 11 - Sunday July 14, 2013ECE2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on Education ECTC2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on Technology in the Classroom

Thursday July 18 - Sunday July 21, 2013ECAH2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on Arts & Humanities ECLL2013 - The Inaugural European Conference on Language Learning

The City of Brighton will be host to six IAFOR conferences taking place in the UK this July. From iconic tourist attractions to beachfront cool, Brighton is a treasure trove of things to do and places to go. Vibrant, colourful, fun and free, Brighton offers the energy of the city and freedom of the sea. We hope to see you there!

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New Journals Released

IAFOR has released two journals, the first issue of the IAFOR Journal of Education and the second issue of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship. You can view the journals on our website iafor.org or view them on issuu at issuu.com/iafor. We welcome you to take a look!

About Our JournalsA small number of papers from the associated IAFOR conference proceedings are selected by the journal editor(s) for reworking and revising subject to normal processes of review. It is expected that between 5 and 10 percent of papers included in any given conference proceedings will be developed for inclusion in the associated conference journal. The editor(s) may also commission articles or accept them through open call.

IAFOR’s journals reflect the interdisciplinary and international nature of our conferences and are organized thematically. Editors may choose to issue one, two or even three volumes of a journal depending on the quality and range of submissions in the respective conference proceedings.

IAFOR Journal of EducationEditor : Dr Sandra KrohISSN: 2187-0594

The IAFOR Journal of Education is an is an internationally reviewed and editorially independent interdisciplinary journal associated with the Asian conference on Education.

IAFOR Journal of Literature & LibrarianshipEditor : Dr Melissa KennedyISSN: 2187-0608 (online)

The IAFOR Journal of Literature and Librarianship is an editorially independent and internationally reviewed interdisciplinary journal associated with LibrAsia: the Asian Literature and Librarianship.

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as part of The Third Annual Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship 2013

About Vladimir Devidé Despite a successful international academic career as a renowned mathematician, with professorships in Australia and the US, as well as his native Croatia at the University of Zagreb, it is primarily as a Japanologist and haiku poet that Vladimir Devidé is now remembered. Devidé was not only one of the world’s most celebrated haiku poets, but a tireless promoter of Japanese culture. If Croatia is now considered a Haiku “superpower”, with more poets practicing the art per capita than any other nation, it is largely thanks to his efforts. Vladimir Devidé died in August 2010.

The Vladimir Devidé Haiku Award is for haiku regardless of being traditional or modern; it transcends haiku divisions and is based only on literary merit. The announcement of the Awards and reading of the winning haiku was made by Professor Mark Williams of Akita International University, Japan at LibrAsia 2013, April 5, 2013.

The Third Vladimir Devide Haiku Award Grand Prize was awarded to Krzysztof Kokot of Poland for the fol-lowing entry:

knock on the door –from this and other side

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The 3rd Vladimir deVidé haiku award

About the Award Founder & Selector: Drago Štambuk, Croatia Number of Entries: 171, from 30 countries (the highest from Croatia: 43; 25%; then USA: 26, 16%; United Kingdom: 12, 7%; New Zealand, Romania, Serbia: 8, 4.6%...) Organizer : IAFOR, LibrAsia (The Third Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship), Osaka, Japan, April 4 - 7, 2013.

目eye magazine

It has taken months in planning but we have finally launched our first issue of Eye magazine to showcase and encourage inspiring and intellectual discussion. At IAFOR we felt that you, as a reader of Eye, should also have the opportunity to contribute to this new exciting magazine venture. Thus we hope that it can give you the opportunity to also creatively focus your own vision, perspective and insight as a contributor to future editions.

We trust that Eye magazine will be an informative, interesting and exciting way for us to communicate with you, and you in turn with us. In future editions we hope to bring you a wide range of articles and stories ranging from interviews and reviews, through to showcases of the newest, most innovative and thought provoking ideas from academia. We hope you enjoy the first edition!

You can view the magazine on our website iafor.org or view it on issuu at issuu.com/iafor. We welcome you to take a look!

IAFOR Open Film Competition 2013 The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is inviting filmmakers from around the world to submit san original short film for the annual IAFOR Open Film Competition. Amateur and professionals are welcome to enter, however entrants are limited to just one submission for the category, regardless of category. There is no charge for entering a film.

Submissions in English (or with English subtitles) are welcome in the following categories:- Fiction (under 40 minutes/over 40 minutes)- Documentary (under 40 minutes/over 40 minutes)- Anime (under 20 minutes/under 40 minutes)- Spot News (International/Regional/National; under 20 minutes/under 40 minutes)- Music Video (under 10 minutes)

The closing date for entries is September 15, 2013.Winners will be announced at the Asian Conference on Film and Documentary in Osaka, Japan (November 8 – 10, 2013). The overall winner will be awarded a grand prize of US$1000 and a trophy. Winners of the individual categories will be awarded a trophy.

For more information and to download an entry form, please visit http://filmasia.iafor.org/film.html

2012 winner Denis Quinn (left) receives his award from Professor Gary Swanson (right) at Film Asia 2012.

IAFOR is excited to announce Bradley J. Hamm as the keynote speaker for the Fourth Annual Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication (MediAsia 2013).

From 2005 to 2012, Professor Hamm was the dean of the Indiana University School of Journalism, one of the oldest programs of its kind in the United States and the world, before being recently being named dean of the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications at Northwestern University, one of the world’s leading schools of media.

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About the Conferences MediAsia 2013 will be held alongside the Second Asian Conference on Film and Documentary, or FilmAsia 2013. Conference Theme 1: Social Media and Responsibility; Globalization and InternationalizationConference Theme 2: Connectedness, Identity and AlienationCall for Papers Now Open: Abstract Submissions Deadline July 1 2013Early Bird Registration 35,000 JPY: Before August 1 2013

See the MediAsia (mediasia.iafor.org) and Film Asia (filmasia.iafor.org) websites for further details.

Photo: MediaAsia 2012

Medill Dean Bradley J. Hamm named as keynote speaker

Head of JETRO London to Keynote at ECSS/ECSEE 2013

Jun Arima is Director General of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO) in London, and seconded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). From 1992 he served in the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). In 1996, he was sent to the OECD as Councilor (energy advisor), to the Permanent Delegation of Japan. He served in senior positions in ANRE following his return to Japan. From 2002, he spent four years in Paris as Head of the Country Studies Division for the International Energy Agency (IEA). His activities in international climate and energy issues have seen him recognised internationally, most recently as Japan’s chief negotiator at the UN Climate Talks in Cancun, Mexico in 2010.

Mr Arima will be the keynote speaker at the joint session of the European Conference on the Social Sciences, held with the European Conference on Sustainability, Energy and the Environment in Brighton, UK, in July.

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About the Conferences Theme: “Sustainability, Society and the Environment: Searching for Synergies”All presenters must register by June 10, 2013.You can register as an audience member anytime up until the start of the conference. See the ECSS (ecss.iafor.org) and ECSEE (ecsee.iafor.org) websites for further details

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova named as ACE/ACSET 2013 Keynote Speaker

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova, President of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Area Studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia, and Professor Emeritus in the University, has been named keynote speaker at the 5th Asian Conference on Education, in October of this year.

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova is President of National Association for Applied Linguistics (NAAL), Chair of the Russian Ministry of Education’s Foreign Language Research and Methodology Council, and President and founder of both the National Society for English Language Teachers in Russia, and the National Association of Applied Linguistics. She holds the Lomonosov Award for teaching achievements, Fulbright’s 50th Anniversary Award, and was named Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Birmingham in the UK, the State University of New York (SUNY) in the USA, and the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University, in Armenia.

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About the Conferences The Fifth Asian Conference on Education 2013 will be held alongside the Inaugural Asian Conference on Society, Education and Technology (ACSET 2013). Conference Theme: Learning and Teaching in Changing TimesCall for Papers Now Open: Abstract Submissions Deadline July 1 2013Early Bird Registration ends on July 31, 2013. See the ACSET (acset.iafor.org) and ACE (ace.iafor.org) websites for further details.

ACAH & LibrAsia 2013 - Conference in Review

With the Sakura in bloom and with fine April weather, over 250 delegates from over 40 countries were welcomed to Osaka for the Fourth IAFOR Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH) and the Third Conference on Literature and Librarianship (LibrAsia).

The conference, which had the theme of connectedness and alienation, was fortunate to have a high caliber of feature speakers and presenters.

The Introductory address by Chairperson of the IAFOR Advisory Board, the Reverend Professor Stuart Picken set the aspirational tone of the conference by encouraging the conference delegates to step outside our usual disciplinary comfort zone and engage with academics from other disciplines. He noted that from the cross-pollination of an interdisciplinary approach we greatly enhance our own knowledgebase within our respective specialist fields.

The 2013 keynote address by Professor Mark Williams of Akita International University was titled “Life after Death? Writing within the Alienated Self in Post-War Japan.” It was a fascinating insight into the lives of Japanese authors Shimao Toshio and Shiina Rinzo and the role that literature played in dealing with the horror and trauma of war.

This year’s featured speaker at the conference was Professor Tien-Hiu Chiang from the National University of Tainan in Taiwan. Professor Chiang, a widely noted and published scholar, gave an address on how teachers contribute towards the pedagogy of normalized cultural capital, which results in the phenomenon of cultural reproduction within their students.

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ACAH & LibrAsia 2013 - Conference in Review

A continuing feature of IAFOR’s Osaka based conferences is the showcasing of the Arts and Culture of Japan. The 2013 conference saw the awarding of the third annual Vladmir Devidé Haiku Poetry Award to Krzysztof Kokot of Poland, as well as a creative Haiku writing workshop given by prominent Haiku exponents Emiko Miyashita and Hana Fujimoto. The performance of the Taiko drums by leading Japanese group Batiholic was also a cultural highlight for the conference attendees. The powerful and complex rhythms of the group delighted the audience. The conference attendees also had the opportunity to gain knowledge and practical experience of the Japanese art of Calligraphy, with an informative demonstration given by Calligraphy students from Ritsumeikan University. The 2013 IAFOR Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities (ACAH) and the Third Conference on Literature and Librarianship (LibrAsia) was a packed and exciting programme of academic and cultural engagement. It offered delegates a diverse, informative and thought-provoking range of academic presentations as well as providing it’s many International delegates the chance to experience the hospitality of Japan and its culture. The conference organizing committee would like to thank the marvelous contributions of all the presenters and look forward to seeing you again in Osaka for next year’s ACAH and LibrAsia Conference.

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IAFOR Executive Director addresses Chinese University of Hong Kong Conference

Executive Director of IAFOR, Dr Joseph Haldane was an invited speaker at the “Future of English in Asia: Perspectives on Language and Literature” Conference at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He spoke on Academic publishing in English in Asia as part of a panel with Ms Rosana Chong, English Curriculum Director of the Hong Kong Education Bureau, and Dr Ho Lai-ming, Director of Asian Cha, the online literary magazine. Dr Haldane’s presentation looked at the challenges and opportunities afforded by new online technologies in relation to academic publishing, including questions relating to access, dissemination, and quality control.

Other invited speakers at the conference included Professor Longxi Zhang of City University Hong Kong, Professor Bill Ashcroft of the University of New South Wales, Professor Bob Adamson of the HKiED, and Professor Way Kuo, President of City University of Hong Kong.

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Upcoming Events Wednesday October 23 - Sunday, October 27, 2013 in Osaka, JapanACE 2013 - The Fifth Asian Conference on EducationCall For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013ACSET 2013 - The Inaugural Asian Conference on Society, Education and TechnologyCall For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013

Friday November 8 - Sunday, November 10, 2013 in Osaka, Japan MediAsia2 013 - The Fourth Asian Conference on Media & Mass CommunicationCall For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013 FilmAsia 2013 - The Second Asian Conference on Film and Documentary Call For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013

Thursday November 12 - Sunday, November 24, 2013 in Osaka, JapanABMC 2013 - The Fourth Asian Business & Management Conference Call For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013ACPEL 2013 - The Inaugural Asian Conference on Politics, Economics & Law Call For Papers Now Open: Deadline July 1 2013

Photo: The pagoda at Shitenoji Temple, Osaka