As the country that gave the world the novel one thousand years ago, and subsequently haiku and manga, Japan's long and rich literary history make it an ideal place to bring together academics, writers, and librarians to celebrate, debate, and explore their common passion. The aim of this International Conference is to encourage academics, scholars and practitioners representing a exciting diversity of countries, cultures, and religion to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue. By bringing together a number of university scholars working throughout Japan, Asia, and beyond to share ideas, LibrAsia 2011 will afford the opportunity for renewing old acquaintances, making new contacts, and networking across higher education and beyond.

LibrAsia 2011 will not only be an academic conference, but also offer a number of talks, workshops, and readings of original works, in an exciting long weekend of interdisciplinary and intercultural discussion. The Land of the Rising Sun offers an amazing juxtaposition of cultures, of east and west, of religious and secular, and of course of the Ancient and Modern reflected by tone of the conference themes. The other theme is Journey's of Discovery and the conference organizers hope that delegates will join on a collective and individual, intellectual and actual journey of discovery.

FEATURED SPEAKER: DRAGO STAMBUK

Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts: February 1 2011
Results of abstract reviews returned to authors: February 15 2011
Deadline for submission of full papers: May 1 2011
Deadline for full conference registration payment for all
presenters: May 1 2011
Conference Programme Published Online: May 5 2011
LibrAsia Conference: May 27-30 2011