EMJNet AAS Conference Grants

Early Modern Japan Network (EMJNet)

Conference Support Awards - 2018

The Early Modern Japan Network (EMJNet) of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) announces its conference grant program for 2018. The grants are designed to defray costs associated with participating in the AAS annual meeting, typically lodging, meals, and other incidental expenses not covered by other institutional sources of funding. Eligibility is open to early modern Japan specialists giving a paper at the 2019 AAS annual meeting in Denver. Priority will be given to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, independent scholars and more junior faculty with demonstrated financial need.

The EMJNet was founded in 1991 and is devoted to supporting activities of all specialists who address research in and teaching of early modern Japan (ca. late sixteenth to late nineteenth centuries). We sponsor proposals to the program committee for the AAS annual meeting and have organized conferences and other activities since that time. This Conference Support Award is a new, trial venture.

Grants will range from $250 to $300. We anticipate funding two awards this year. We expect to present awards in the form of a check at the annual business meeting of the EMJNet (to be scheduled).

To apply for the conference support award, please send the following as attachments (in this order) to earlymodernjapan.journal@gmail.com with the heading “Conference Support Award Application.”

1. A brief cover letter

2. Proof of acceptance of your AAS paper proposal for the 2019 Denver annual meeting

3. A copy of your abstract submitted to the AAS annual meeting program committee

4. A budget outlining expenses for your trip, including cost basis, and listing any grants or funding you have already received and those for which you are applying

5. A statement of any steps you are taking to limit costs

6. A one-page curriculum vitae

The application deadline is November 15, 2018 (decisions in December).

All applications will be reviewed by a three-member panel that represents three different disciplines. If you have any questions, please contact Philip Brown at earlymodernjapan.journal@gmail.com (heading: “Conference Support Question” to help me readily track inquiries).

Please circulate this solicitation to colleagues who may be interested, including international scholars.

Thanks,

Philip C. Brown for EMJNet