Deadline: 20 January 2011
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: Nationalism and Science in East Asia
Deadline for abstracts (500 words): January 20, 2011
We invite papers that will examine the relationship between science and nationalism in East Asia. Science and nationalism are arguably the two most vital features of modernity, yet their relationship to each other has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. The small body of scholarship that does exist tends to focus on non-Eastern Asian nations.
The purpose of this subject issue is two folded. First, it seeks to explore, deepen, and complicate our understanding of the historical and current development, promotion, and practice of science, technology, and medicine in relation to nationalism, and vice versa, particularly in the context of East Asian. Second, it aims to generate active discussions that draw insights and questions from rich scholarships on nationalism, STS, and East Asian studies.
Questions that papers may explore include, but not limited to:
— how science (and technology & medicine) and nationalism has mobilized each other
— what role science (and technology & medicine) has played in national identity building
— how did colonial and postcolonial politics shape the way in which science (and technology & medicine) and nationalism interact with each other
— how does science (and technology & medicine) invoke nativist, essentialist, religious nationalist, and modernist debates about state formation and nation building?
— what role does nationalism play in shaping the way in which science (and technology & medicine) is promoted, developed, and practiced?
We welcome papers from various disciplines, including STS, history, literature, and anthropology.
The full paper is due on March 15.
Abstracts should clearly address the theme and focus of the subject issue and should be sent to the editors:
Hiromi Mizuno (mizuno@umn.edu) and Shigeru Nakayama (nakayama.hs@nifty.com)
East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS) is an interdisciplinary, quarterly journal based in Taiwan and co-edited by editorial boards in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and the West. For more about the journal:
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/12280
More information here.
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of East Asian Science, Technology and Society: Nationalism and Science in East Asia
Deadline for abstracts (500 words): January 20, 2011
We invite papers that will examine the relationship between science and nationalism in East Asia. Science and nationalism are arguably the two most vital features of modernity, yet their relationship to each other has received surprisingly little scholarly attention. The small body of scholarship that does exist tends to focus on non-Eastern Asian nations.
The purpose of this subject issue is two folded. First, it seeks to explore, deepen, and complicate our understanding of the historical and current development, promotion, and practice of science, technology, and medicine in relation to nationalism, and vice versa, particularly in the context of East Asian. Second, it aims to generate active discussions that draw insights and questions from rich scholarships on nationalism, STS, and East Asian studies.
Questions that papers may explore include, but not limited to:
— how science (and technology & medicine) and nationalism has mobilized each other
— what role science (and technology & medicine) has played in national identity building
— how did colonial and postcolonial politics shape the way in which science (and technology & medicine) and nationalism interact with each other
— how does science (and technology & medicine) invoke nativist, essentialist, religious nationalist, and modernist debates about state formation and nation building?
— what role does nationalism play in shaping the way in which science (and technology & medicine) is promoted, developed, and practiced?
We welcome papers from various disciplines, including STS, history, literature, and anthropology.
The full paper is due on March 15.
Abstracts should clearly address the theme and focus of the subject issue and should be sent to the editors:
Hiromi Mizuno (mizuno@umn.edu) and Shigeru Nakayama (nakayama.hs@nifty.com)
East Asian Science, Technology and Society (EASTS) is an interdisciplinary, quarterly journal based in Taiwan and co-edited by editorial boards in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and the West. For more about the journal:
http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/journal/12280
More information here.
