Asian Pacific American Caucus Related Group Call for Papers

Deadline:  December 31, 2007

Asian Pacific American Caucus (APAC), a related group of the APSA, would like to invite you to submit a paper proposal to the 2008 APSA meeting to be held in Boston on Aug. 28-31, 2008.

We welcome papers that analyze important issues and questions on the politics of Asian Pacific Americans (APA). By deepening our understanding of APA politics, we believe we can contribute to the discussion of the conference theme, "Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities."  The development of APA identity and political activities is partially a creation of census racial categories.  Moreover, various forms of political, economic, and social inequalities among APAs and between APAs and other groups continue to be important themes for both the academics and the communities.

Please send in a proposal of 150-200 words by December 31, 2007 to APAC co-chairs, Okiyoshi Takeda AND Natalie Masuoka at the addresses below.  Please indicate if the same proposal has been submitted for consideration to an APSA section and which one(s) (we will consider both proposals).  In addition, please contact us if you would not mind being called to serve as chair or discussant for the APAC panel(s).

Please send queries and proposals to: 

APAC co-chairs 
Oki Takeda, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo (2006-08)
otakeda@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp

Natalie Masuoka, Duke University (2007-09)
natalie.masuoka@duke.edu

APAC homepage: http://www.apa-politics.org/