Expressions of interest are invited for a series of panels on Canada-Asia relations at the Canadian Asian Studies Association conference, Nov. 13-16, 2008 in Waterloo. (The CASA call for papers follows.)

2008 marks the anniversary of several milestones in Canada-Asia relations. It is 150 years since the BC gold rush brought Asian immigrants to British North America, 100 years since the continuous passage law that effectively excluded migrants from India, 80 years since Canada and Japan established diplomatic relations, and 40 years since Pierre Trudeau announced plans for Canada to recognize China. We welcome papers examining diplomatic, trade, development, migration, missionary/religious, and NGO connections across the Pacific over the past 150 years.

If interested, please send a paper title and a short one-paragraph description by March 13 to David Webster, david.webster@utoronto.ca, and John Meehan, john.meehan@utoronto.ca

Canadian Asian Studies Association
In Conjunction with its three Area Councils;

East Asia - South Asia - Southeast Asia
?Asia on the Move ?

November 13 - 16, 2008
The University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Danièle Bélanger (CCSEAS) Reeta Tremblay (SAC), Yann Roche (CCSEAS), Ken Coates (University of Waterloo), Kimi Hara (University of Waterloo), André Laliberté (EAC), Annamaria Piccioni and Lynn Berrouard.

CONFERENCE THEME AND PANEL SUGGESTIONS

Over a decade after the Asian financial crisis, Asia has been transformed in many ways. We invite Canadian and international scholars in the social sciences, arts, humanities and sciences to take part in the next CASA conference to share their recent and cutting-edge research on Asia. Conference themes include but are not limited to;

· Asianization of Global Culture
· Science, Technology and Innovation
· Migration, Transnationalism and Multiculturalism
· "Asian Values" and "Reasonable Accommodations"
· Health Challenges: Asian Flu, Ageing, Smoking...
· Food, Energy and Environment
· Regional Cooperation and Integration in the Asia Pacific Region
· Historical Wars in Asia
· Asian Perspectives on Economic Globalization
· Languages and Language Acquisition
· Asia and Outsourcing
· Asia Faces Terrorism
· Asia as a Success-Story in Poverty Alleviation
· Asia-Canada Relations

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2008
Full information at
http://canadianasianstudies.concordia.ca/htm/2008call-e.htm