Call for papers
East ASian transnational flows in the middle east and africa

Guest Editor Nobuko Adachi of Illinois State University invites papers focusing on East Asian transnational flows in the cultural, social, political, and economic development of Africa and the Middle East. Ethnographic studies related to migratory flows will receive particular attention, though perspectives from all disciplines and theoretical perspectives will be considered. Topics include --but are not limited to-- economic development, political empowerment, identity, ethnic community, education and acculturation, and internationalization and transnationalism.

Please submit your paper (5,000 to 10,000 words) electronically in MS Word format, font size 12 to encounters@zu.ac.ae with copy to nadachi@ilstu.edu by June 15, 2010. Papers should be double-spaced in 12-point font. For further information see http://encounters.zu.ac.ae.