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9/25/06

ST. LAWRENCE HOSTS N.Y. ASIAN STUDIES CONFERENCE

CANTON - St. Lawrence University will host the New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) on its campus Friday through Sunday, October 6 through 8. The conference theme is "The Asian Subject: Negotiating Identity"; participants will discuss issues including globalization, westernization, immigration, ethnicity, religion and nationalism.

The conference program includes workshops for K-12 teachers, and panel discussions on a variety of cultural, political and educational issues. Presenters are from colleges and universities across the United States. There will also be presentations and performances by St. Lawrence University students.

The New York Conference on Asian Studies is among the oldest of the nine regional conferences of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS), the largest society of its kind in the world. NYCAS is represented on the Council of Conferences, one of the sub-divisions of the governing body of the AAS, and speaks for all persons interested in any branch of Asian studies in New York State.

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More information: NACAS Conference Web Site

Asian Studies at St. Lawrence