HSACS

Call for Papers

Themes The key issues that will be examined are as follows: 

• Blasphemy, hate speech, “harmony” (national, social, religious) laws and bills 
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) Human rights mechanisms (UN [UPR/Special Procedures], AICHR, NHRIs) 
• Non-legal interfaith dialogues and social cohesion or social harmony initiatives 
• Perspectives from religion, race, ethnicity and nationalities 
• Political and nationality-based discrimination and hate 
• Social protection of gender and LGBTIQ stakeholders 
• Role of media, social media and technology 
• Impact on democracy, freedom of expression, human rights and the rule of law

Following the international conference, Asia Centre will undertake following publishing efforts: 

Conference Proceedings 

• Publish a set of peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings. 
• Book Project Asia Centre will invite selected authors and presenters (10-12) to participate in book proposal to Palgrave Macmillan (International Edition) and Gerakbudaya (Regional Edition). 
• Special Issue Journal Asia Centre will also assemble a small number of papers (5-6) for submission as a special issue to a journal drawn from its pool of partners’ publication. 

Conference Fee 

• This is a self-funded conference, hence a flat fee of USD$300 that will be charged to all keynote, paper and poster presenters, participants and drop-in visitors. This will go towards covering the cost of the venue, equipment and logistics, coffee breaks on all days, certificates for participants, conference communications and staff. 

Submission Guidelines 

• Paper Presentations and Speeches Researchers and practitioners wishing to present papers or share their experiences are invited to submit a title, an abstract in English of 300-350 words along with a biographical paragraph of 100 words to research@asiacentre.co.th. For those submitting papers, full papers should be 5000 words. 

Key Dates 

• Accepting abstracts now (on a rolling basis until 30 August 2020) 
• Payment due following acceptance of abstract
• Full papers (deadline 15 September 2020)