Welcome to E-ASPAC
Welcome to E-ASPAC, the electronic journal of ASPAC (Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast), the Pacific regional association of the Association of Asian Studies. E-ASPAC is a fully peer-reviewed annual electronic journal in Asian Studies.
Esterline Prize
We are now accepting paper submissions by students for the Esterline Prize. The deadline is May 15, 2005. Submissions should be between 15-20 pages. The ASPAC 2005 will be hosted by the School of Religion at Claremont Graduate University (see the call for submissions). The dates for the conference are from June 17-19, 2005. http://www.aspac.info.
How to submit to E-ASPAC
Our peer-reviewing practices are “double-blind,” meaning that neither the authors nor the editors can identify each other. We maintain standards similar to those of any professional journal. We presume that submissions are finished products intended to make a scholarly contribution to the appropriate field of Asian Studies. Indications of scholarly quality include the inclusion of a bibliography that makes it evident that the author is familiar with the current state of the field, appropriate foot- or endnotes, a subjective or scholarly “voice,” careful proofreading and correction. We presume that most pieces will be based in part in materials originally written in the language of the subject field.
For submissions that do not meet the above scholarly standards, we provide another venue for electronic publishing: “ASPAC PAPERS.” ASPAC PAPERS are intended to be less finished pieces, perhaps representing work in progress, reports of interesting field projects, or written for a wider audience. ASPAC PAPERS can be found at: http://mcel.pacificu.edu/aspac/papers/indexis/papers.htm. The site of which the papers are one component receives more than 4500 visitors on an average day, mostly college and university students doing research in Asian Studies. Fully 10% of the traffic is from outside the United States, principally from Japan, Canada, and Australia, in that order. It is possible to write for ASPAC PAPERS and later upgrade the piece for publication in E-ASPAC.
To submit to E-ASPAC or ASPAC PAPERS please send your piece as an electronic attachment. If the piece includes a great number of graphics, it may be necessary to send us a CD-rom version of it. Our editors will consult with you if this proves to be the case. It is easiest for us to work with files saved in MS Word, though we have been able to work with a wide variety of word processing programs. Please include the footnotes as a separate file. Footnotes created automatically in MS WORD will often be “absorbed” when sent as attachments. If you have a great many Asian characters, it may be necessary to save them as a graphic file. Please follow MLA or Chicago style standards for the submission. If, like many of our authors, English is a second language for you, please have a native speaker of English go over your piece carefully before submitting it. We cannot take responsibility for editing English usage.
Because of our thorough peer-review processes it may be some weeks until you hear from us. We publish annually, in the spring. You will be notified when your submission is accepted. At that time we will need a brief biography, key words to be included in the piece for the use of search engines, and a current email address.
All queries as to our interest in specific topics are welcome. Please contact Jeffrey Barlow, editor, E-ASPAC at barlowj@pacificu.edu.