East Asia Forum - Call for Papers

The East Asia Forum is a refereed multi-disciplinary journal published annually by the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

With contributions from graduate students the world over, the EAF enjoys a reputation for producing original graduate-level research that is at the forefront of the field of East Asian Studies.

We are currently seeking original academic papers surrounding the topic of ‘desire’, which address the many ways in which desires are produced, structured, regulated, and mobilized through various institutions and discursive formations. We encourage submissions from graduate students in all disciplines within and beyond the field of East Asian Studies, including history, sociology, anthropology, economics, art history, literature, cultural studies, and philosophy.

Possible topics for papers include:

• theories of desire and their complications in the East Asian context
• literary and cultural representations and mediations of desire
• the mobilization of desire within art and cinema
• intersections of nationalism, identity, and desire
• the interplay of desire with capitalism, socialism, and commodity culture
• gender and sexuality
• the construction of East Asia as a space of fantasy, and its consequent structuring as object of desire

Sponsored by the Department of East Asian Studies, whose aim is to promote interdisciplinary research relating to East Asia while encouraging a cross-regional approach, the EAF seeks submissions that strive to go beyond the cultural idioms traditionally used in discussions of East Asia.

All contributions are peer-reviewed and are subject to final approval by the editorial committee. The deadline for submissions is April 5, 2010.

Please consult the section “Notes to Contributors” given in the link below for stylistic and submission requirements: http://www.eaf.asiapacificreader.org/

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