Call for Submissions: “Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic”

The “Asia Shorts “ book series, published by the Association for Asian Studies and distributed worldwide by Columbia University Press, offers concise, engagingly-written titles by highly-qualified authors on areas of significance in Asian Studies. Topics are intended to be substantive, generate discussion and debate within the field, and attract interest beyond it.

In collaboration with the AAS teaching journal, Education About Asia, we are developing an edited Asia Shorts volume titled “Teaching About Asia in a Time of Pandemic.” This volume will consist of two sections. Section one will include teaching resource essays on how to teach Asia-related topics online. Section two will include essays on teaching about the pandemic utilizing historical, economic, political, and social perspectives from and about Asia.

Because of the timeliness of this volume, we are asking for a very quick production process. Our goal is to have the completed volume available in both print and digital formats by early in the fall 2020 semester.

Prospective authors are strongly encouraged to submit a 1-3 paragraph description of possible contributions, preferably before June 15, 2020. You will receive prompt replies to queries. Once your proposal has been approved, completed submissions for this special volume will be due on or before July 15, 2020. All submissions will be blind reviewed before publication.

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