Call for Papers: the 39th Congress of the JSMES

更新日: 2023/02/03

The 39th Congress of The Japan Society for Medieval English Studies Call for Papers

Naoki Hirayama
Chair of the congress organising committee

The 39th congress of the Japan Society for Medieval English Studies will be held at Waseda University (Waseda Campus) on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 December 2023. Proposals are invited for papers and symposia. The language for presentation must be either Japanese or English. We look forward to receiving many proposals. The guidelines for proposals are given below. [日本語版はこちら]

Guidelines for Proposals [PDF version]

1. Deadline for submission: 24:00 Wednesday 31 May 2023 (Japan time)

2. Address for submission: hirayama39jsmes[AT]gmail.com (Naoki Hirayama, Onomichi City  University)
* Submissions are accepted only by email. Please resubmit all the documents if you do not receive a confirmation email within 24 hours after submission.

3. Those who wish to give papers are asked to pay particular attention to the following two points:
(1) Please refrain from submitting what you have already presented/published or are planning to present/publish on other occasions (including meetings of the east and west branches of this society) or in other media such as journals.
(2) If you are not a member of this society yet, you must become one by the time you present.

4. Documents to be submitted

(A) For Papers [30 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for discussion]
(1) Cover (with the title of the paper, your name and affiliation), written in Japanese and English. The Japanese title is unnecessary if you present in English. What you write here will be used in the programme and poster for the congress, so please provide accurate information.
(2) Title of the paper (in Japanese and English) and a short abstract (about 400 characters if Japanese, about 200 words if English)
The Japanese title is unnecessary if you present in English. In that case, please add a note to that effect at the end of the abstract.
(3) Title of the paper and a longer abstract (no more than 1,000 characters if Japanese; no more than 500 words if English)
(4) Bibliography
Please include only items that you have actually read.
(5) A notice on whether or not you plan to use a computer

[Notes]
Please use the designated application form template (A4 size) to create the documents to be submitted. You can download the template on the home page of the society: go to “全国大会” at the top of the JSMES-website and choose “応募フォーム” .

Please enter each of (1) to (5) on separate pages in one file. (The downloadable application form template already has this format.) Do not mention your name or affiliation in (2) to (4).
Please send a brief CV to your designated chair, whose name will be announced after your proposal is accepted.

(B) For Symposia
(1) Cover (with the title of the symposium, titles for each paper, names and affiliations of each speaker) written in Japanese and English. Japanese titles are unnecessary if presentations are given in English. What you write here will be used in the programme and poster for the congress, so please provide accurate information.
(2) Title of the symposium, titles for each paper (in Japanese and English), abstracts of the chair and each speaker (about 400 characters if Japanese, about 200 words if English).
Japanese titles are unnecessary if presentations are given in English. In that case, please add a note to that effect at the end of the abstract.
(3) Bibliography
Please include only items that you have read.
(4) A notice on whether or not speakers plan to use a computer

[Notes]
Please use the designated application form template (A4 size) to create the documents to be submitted. You can download the template on the home page of the society: go to “全国大会” at the top of the JSMES-website and choose “応募フォーム” .
Please enter each of (1) to (4) on separate pages in one file. (The downloadable application form template already has this format.) Do not mention your name or affiliation in (2) and (3).

When the review is completed, each applicant will receive the decision and comments of the congress organising committee on his/her abstract. If your proposal is accepted, you will be asked to resubmit a short version of the abstract to appear in the programme. Please make appropriate changes based on the comments you receive.