July 29, 2012
Ateneo de Manila University
Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall Auditorium
Katipunan, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

DEADLINE for PAPER TITLE and ABSTRACT (300 words + -, accompanied by author’s one-page curriculum vitae): December 19, 2011

DEADLINE for FULL PAPER of accepted submissions: April 25, 2012  

The twenty first century ushered in with predictions of Asian world leadership. But just before the century reached its mid-point, in March 2011 a triple disaster hit Japan, one of the runners-up for leadership. The earthquake caused a massive tsunami and a nuclear crisis followed. China, another runner-up for leadership, has been hit by strong typhoons and floods. Southeast Asian countries, strategically important for any single Asian country vying for leadership, have also been victimized by natural calamities: floods, landslides, earthquakes, forest fire, volcanic eruptions, floods. The nuclear power plants in Fukushima symbolize the power of humans to develop nature such as transforming atom into energy. They illustrate human ingenuity to defy natural limits: Japan lacks natural resources, such as oil, but the nuclear power plants have been able to run Japanese factories and bring electricity to Japanese homes. But they are also proof of the limits of human creativity. In less technologically developed countries, exploitation of natural resources has been both a source of progress and man-made disasters. In many of these countries, however, the people face greater challenge to improvise for sheer survival.   

What nations or states do to and with their natural endowments or lack of it -- trees, mineral resources, water, sunlight, soil, animals, plants, insects -- impact on them domestically, internationally, and globally. Peoples’ and states’ constructive and destructive power are manifested in scientific, technological and cultural developments, as well as in today’s environmental problems.

For its sixth international conference on July 29, 2012, the Ateneo Center for Asian Studies (ACAS) invites scholars, graduate students and practitioners to submit papers on NATURE and CULTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES in ASIA. The papers may be theoretical, historical, empirical, or philosophical. Papers on the following general topics are particularly being sought:

The role of culture in interacting with nature; the role of nature in shaping national culture
Histories of environmental destruction, protection, subjugation, development
Impact of nuclear accidents and crises on a state’s energy policy
International and/or regional cooperation on natural calamity prediction, disaster response, control and management
Regionalism and environmental issues
Globalization and environmental issues
Politics and natural disasters

GUIDELINES
            Papers should be on Asia and/or its sub-regions or an Asian country other than the Philippines. Comparative papers and papers on international relations will be given high priority. And here the Philippines may be included.

            Please send title, abstract, short bio-data, and other relevant documents, together with the registration form (downloadable from http://www.ateneo.edu/offices/acas/) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

REGISTRATION

• Registration fee will be waived for paper presenters.
• 7 January 2012: Deadline for early registration. The fee is P1000.00 (one thousand pesos), inclusive of lunch, snacks, and certificate of attendance. In the interest of saving paper and environmental protection, certificate of attendance will be printed only for those who request it. Please do not request for it if you do not need it.
• The regular registration fee of P2,000.00 (two thousand pesos) applies from 8 January 2012.
• How to pay the registration fee:

    Over-the-counter Metrobank payment procedure:
1.    Go to any Metrobank Trust Co. (MBTC) Branch.
2.    Get a copy of Metrobank’s Payment Slip and accomplish the required information/details:
a.    Company Name: ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY
b.    Subscriber Name: REGISTRANT’S COMPLETE NAME
c.    Reference Number: ACAS 6th CONFERENCE
d.    Subscriber Number: 006
e.    Mode of Payment: CASH/CHECK/DEBIT ACCOUNT
f.    Amount of Payment: PXXXX.XX

Note: Slips are to be accomplished in duplicate copies.
            1st copy : Bank copy
            2nd copy : Client’s copy

3.    Present payment slip to MBTC tellers together with cash/check.
4.    Once validated, MBTC teller will give you a validated copy.
5.    Before leaving, check & verify the copy received (payment slip serves as proof of payment);
            a.    If validated
            b.    And, if the copy was the one accomplished and presented to bank teller
 

• Please fax the validated payment slip together with the registration form to (632) 426-4326 or (632) 426-0906. Or, scan and send it as e-mail attachment to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
•  Participants may also pay the regular registration fee on the day of the conference. Participants from abroad are especially requested to do so, to avoid bank fees. But, to be assured of seats, all are requested to send to ACAS a filled-out registration form on or before 25 January 2012.

 
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Details: http://www.ateneo.edu/offices/acas or, http://www.admu.edu.ph/offices/acas