The 16th International Congress of Anthropological & Ethnological Sciences
On the Theme of “Humanity, Development and Cultural Diversity”
From July 15-23, 2008 in Kunming, China
This is to inform you that the 16th World Congress of IUAES (International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences) will be held in the City of Kunming, China, from July 15-23, 2008. The Congress’ Organizing Committee is trying to make it the most successful congregation of anthropologists and ethnologists around the world. Your participation is especially welcome!
We are now at the stage of calling for proposals to organize academic Panels/Sessions. If you or your organization has an intention to organize and chair a session, please fill the attached application form or contact us immediately. At moment, we have 195 session proposals at hand, but we need more for making the organizing work better.
It is our suggestion that each session could have 3 panels (i.e., smaller groups) and each panel could consist of 5 paper presenters. If a session has 3 panels and a total of 15 speakers from 3 countries/regions around the world, the session leader is to be granted 1 waiver of registration fee (check website:http://www.icaes2008.org for details). This measure is to encourage each panel/session be international.
The Organizing Committee is now raising funds to create a basis of financial support to cover travel and/or lodging for a selected group of individuals from the developing countries in special financial needs and for scholars whose roles are crucial to the success of the 16th World Congress. Details will be announced when we have a clear idea of how much funding will be at our disposal.
You may also recommend other scholars as session leaders. For more information and the welcome letter, please visit the website http://www.icaes2008.org
If you have suggestions and inquiries, please contact us by this email address or phone call 86-10-68933590 for Dr. Liu Mingxin, 86-10-68932100 for Dr. Zhang Jijiao.
If you or one of your colleagues is willing to serve as a session leader, please be advised to download the application forms at website http://www.icaes2008.org, and simultaneously send it to iuaes2008@126.com and iuaes2008@hotmail.com.
Office of Academic Committee
The Organizing Committee of the 16th World Congress of IUAES
Central University of Nationalities and the
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Beijing, PRC
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