Call for Papers 鈥� DEADLINE EXTENDED TO听AUGUST 1
The Council of Thai Studies (COTS) invites students, scholars, and practitioners to submit proposals for individual papers, panels of papers, and roundtable discussions for its 2023 Annual Meeting, which will be hosted in-person by the听听and the Thai Studies Committee at Northern Illinois University (NIU) from听October 20-22, 2023. We welcome all topics and perspectives from any discipline and background that focus on Thai Studies broadly construed. We also welcome presentations in Thai language.
We are pleased to announce that this year鈥檚 keynote speaker is听听(Chiang Mai University). Dr. Leepreecha will start the conference off听on Friday, October 20 at 12 noon听US Central Time with his keynote address.
First established in听1972 at NIU by Dr.听Ladd Thomas and Dr. Clark D. Neher,听COTS听is an informal consortium of scholars with interests in Thai Studies. The annual听COTS听meeting was designed as a space for scholars, students, and practitioners to share works in progress, preliminary findings, notes from the field, as well as present projects that are more developed on topics related to Thai Studies.
This is a free event and is open to the general public.
Types of Proposals:
鈥�Individual Papers, Film Screenings, and other types of media presentation:听Please submit an abstract (250 words), along with the presenter鈥檚 contact information.
鈥�Panels of Papers:听Please submit an abstract (300 words) for the panel, a list of participants, and abstracts (250 words) for individual papers, along with the panel organizer鈥檚 contact information
鈥�Roundtable Discussion:听Please submit an abstract (250 words) for the roundtable and a list of participants, along with the roundtable organizer鈥檚 contact information
鈥�Virtual presentations: A small number of听asynchronous听virtual papers or panels of papers will be considered. If you wish to propose a virtual paper or panel, please indicate that clearly on your proposal submission. If you have questions about virtual options, please contact Dr. Kanjana Thepboriruk (kanjana@niu.edu).
Proposals can be submitted electronically on the conference website at听.
Please submit your proposals no later than听August 1, 2023.