III. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ASIAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES:

LITERATURE - CULTURE



In recent years, novels of Asian writers such as Murakami Haruki, Mo Yan have been widely read. Not only literature but also Asian culture from everyday life to intellectual area attracts attention in Asian and Western countries. In games from go to mahjonga, anime to Bollywood movies, martial sports from Taijiquan to Taekwondo, food culture from sushi to curry sauce take place in the Western and Asian everyday life harmonously. For this reason, we have chosen "Literature - Culture" as main theme for the International Symposium on Asian Languages and Literatures III. We are expecting to build an international platform for both academical researches and also interesting cultural sharing.

Symposium Topics

This symposium invites papers that investigate the teaching of Asian Languages in the following streams:

Literature
Culture
Literary Theories and Criticism
Culture Theories
Comparative Literature
Comparative Culture Studies
Literature and Interdisiplinary Studies
Culture and Interdisiplinary Studies
Literature and Social Identity
Culture and Social Identity
Literary Genres
Popular Culture
Teaching of Literature
Culture Policies
History of Literature
History of Culture



Important Notes about the Symposium and Presentations


Applications will be done online through the symposium official website http://ades.erciyes.edu.tr
Abstracts for paper presentations can be submitted until 15 November 2013.
Papers should not have been previously published or presented at a conference or symposium.
Notification of acceptance decisions will be communicated by 2 December 2013.
The paper presenters are kindly asked to restrict their presentations to 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes for discussion, Q&A led by the chair of the session.
Presenters of papers will receive acceptance letters, thereby facilitating sponsorship from employers.
The participants who do not pay the registration fee (100 EURO) by 3 March 2014 cannot present a paper at the symposium. The bank account for money transfer is as follow:Bank: Türkiye İş Bankası, Branch Name (Code): Erciyes Üniversitesi (5308), IBAN No: TR34 0006 4000 0025 3080 0330 18, Swift Code:ISBKTRISXXX.
For papers with multiple authors, each author must register separately and pay the registration fee, if he/she plans to attend the symposium. Authors with multiple papers must pay the registration fee for each paper.
Presentations are to be given in either Turkish or English. There will be no translation for the presentations.
All session rooms are equipped with computers and projectors.
Transportation and hotel expenses will be provided by the participants.
It is essential that the participants inform the organizing committee that they will not be able to attend and present a paper at the symposium in advance,at least 10 daysahead of the symposium. Otherwise, registration fee will not be refunded.
At the completion of the conference, attendees will receive their certificate of participation.





Submission

Call for Papers
September 1, 2013
Deadline for Abstract Submission:
November 15, 2013
Notification of Acceptance of Papers:
December 2, 2013
Deadline for Registration Fee Payment:
March 3, 2014
Deadline for Final Paper Submission:
April 1, 2014
Symposium Dates:
May 8-9, 2014








For further enquiries;

Please contact Ali Küçükler or Erdem Erinç.

E - Mail: ades@erciyes.edu.tr
Address : Erciyes University Faculty of Arts, 38039 Kayseri / Turkey
Phone : +90 352 437 93 42
Fax : +90 352 437 93 43
Website : http://ades.erciyes.edu.tr