The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Third Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, to be held from April 4-7 2013, at the Ramada Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

CONFERENCE THEME
"Connectedness, Identity and Alienation"
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 religions to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue.

LibrAsia 2013 is not only an academic conference, but will again this year offer a number of talks, workshops, and readings of original works, in the context of 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 the conference theme of "Connectedness, Identity and Alienation" in Literature.

We hope you can join us in Osaka in 2013!

The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B Picken

LibrAsia/ACAH 2013 Conference Chair
Order of the Sacred Treasure, B.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland,
Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board


KEY INFORMATION, DATES & FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Deadline for submission of abstracts: December 1 2012

Results of abstract reviews returned to authors: Usually within two weeks of submission

Deadline for submission of full papers: May 1 2013

Deadline for full conference registration payment for all presenters: March 15 2013

Conference Programme Published Online: March 21 2013

ACAH Conference: April 4-7 2013