Call for papers
JII 2011 Conference
Building Bridges Between Cultures: Creating Intercultural Perspectives through Business, Education and Media
Sponsored by: The Japan Intercultural Institute
Date: Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Location: Tokyo
We invite you to present at JII’s upcoming conference to be held on October 16th. We will focus on how interculturalists in education, business and the media help increase the understanding of different cultural perspectives. The conference goal is to bring together a wide range of internationalists, educators, trainers and intercultural communication specialists. We encourage a wide range of presentations - both theory and practice – and an inclusive atmosphere. Presentations will be for 40 minutes including Q&A.
We encourage presentations on subjects that include:
- Intercultural Perspectives on the recent disasters in Japan
- Culture in language education
- Intercultural training in business
- Teaching intercultural communication
- Intercultural understanding through popular culture and media
- Differences in styles of doing business
- Cultural issues in teaching and classroom management
- Study-abroad
- Area studies
- World Englishes
Submission requirements:
1）Name:
2）Telephone number:
3）Email address:
4）Presentation title:
5）Language of presentation:
6）Name of presenter/s:
7）Presentation proposal (400 words):
8）Presentation description (for conference program) 100 words:
9) Presenter bio (for conference program) 50 words:
10) Desired equipment (projector, OHP, etc.):
11) Comments or questions:
Presentations will be 40 minutes including Q&A.
Submission deadline: July 31st, 2011
Submit to: conference-proposals@japanintercultural.org