2012 AATJ Annual Spring Conference
The 2012 American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Annual Spring Conference will take place on Thursday, March 15, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Paper and panel presentations will take place at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel from 8:00 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.; a membership meeting, keynote speech, and reception will take place two blocks away, at the 89 Chestnut Conference Centre, beginning at 6:30 p.m. This conference, the first to be held under the auspices of the newly renamed AATJ, is the continuation of the ATJ Annual Conference; it will be held in conjunction with the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). The AATJ Annual Spring Conference will feature more than 100 presentations on various aspects of Japanese language and literature. Please click on one of the following links to view and download the conference program: List of Panels and Presentations (7 pages) Complete Program Including Abstracts (28 pages) Online registration is now open.  Registration fees are $40 for regular AATJ and AJLS members, $30 for student members, and $60 for non-members. Online registration closes March 1, 2012; after that time registration will be on-site, at the rate of $60 (cash or check only). Thanks to our 2012 Conference Sponsors: Kodansha USA and Tuttle Publishing! We strongly encourage everyone attending the AATJ Annual Spring Conference to also attend the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, which also takes place in Toronto, at the same venue, the Sherston Centre Toronto Hotel, from March 15 - 18. This major conference features hundreds of presentations on Asian culture, history, politics, literature, and language -- including many on Japan -- as well as a huge Exhibit Hall where dozens of publishers show and sell their books on Asia. AATJ will have a booth in the Exhibit Hall; please visit us there, at Booth 425, from 10 - 6 on Friday, 10 - & on Saturday, and 9 - 12 on Sunday! To reserve a room at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, at the special rate for the AAS Annual Meeting, please please click here. Questions regarding the program should be addressed to Prof. Masahiko Minami, Conference Committee Chair, at , or to the AATJ office at . |