New Education About Asia Planned Special Sections: Winter 2009-Winter 2010

Education About Asia (EAA) is the peer-reviewed teaching journal of the Association for Asian Studies. Our readers include secondary school teachers and undergraduate instructors, and our articles are intended to provide educators, who are often not specialists, with basic understanding of Asia-related content. Qualified referees evaluate all feature manuscripts submitted for consideration. The following four special sections are being developed for 2009 and 2010:

Winter 2009—Asia in World History: The Twentieth Century. In this concluding special section of the series based upon National Standards for World History, we seek manuscripts that encompass a wide range of topics including economic, maritime, military, political, and social history. We also invite authors to submit manuscripts about important individuals who influenced twentieth century Asian and World History. The deadline for initial submission of manuscripts is August 10, 2009.

Spring 2010—Business, Economics, and Asia. In this special section, we invite authors to address economics, economic history, and business-related topics such as entrepreneurship in Asia, the benefits and costs of the East Asian economic “miracles,” international trade and Asia, and Asian values and capitalism. The deadline for initial submission of manuscripts is December 10, 2009.

Fall 2010—Asian Religions. We invite authors to submit manuscripts that address topics such as the historical and contemporary roles of religions in Asian cultures, everyday religious practices in Asia, comparative religions, and teaching about Asian religions in world history and literature survey courses. May 10, 2010 is the deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts.

Winter 2010—Environmental Challenges and Asia. We invite authors to submit manuscripts that address topics such as the potential conflicts between economic growth and the environment in Asia, the environmental movement in Asian countries, natural resources and their utilization and conservation, and environmental problems that affect particular Asian countries. The deadline for initial submission of manuscripts is August 10, 2010.

We are most interested in manuscripts that are useful for survey-level courses. Prospective authors are encouraged to share possible manuscript ideas with me via email before developing a submission. Interested authors are strongly encouraged to consult the EAA guidelines and examine sample articles available on the Web site under my signature, before submitting manuscripts.

Cordially,
Lucien Ellington
Editor, Education About Asia
302 Pfeiffer Stagmaier Hall
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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