EUSAAP Conference 2023

EUSA Asia Pacific CONFERENCE 2023.Bangkok, Thailand

Thursday 29 & Friday 30 June 2023

Twenty-five Years of EU Studies in the Indo-Pacific: challenges, changes, prospects.

The 2023 EUSAAP annual conference and postgraduate workshop hosted by Chulalongkorn University and EUSA Thailand will celebrate and revisit the state of EU Studies within our region. This past quarter century has seen a number of frameworks introduced spanning from the ASEM format initiated in 1996 to the 2021 EU Indo-Pacific Strategy, and interspersed with the designation of four Indo-Pacific countries as EU Strategic Partners (Japan, Korea, China, India). This conference invites papers that explore these innovations and changing priorities embracing interdisciplinary perspectives – International Relations, Political Science, Law, Economics and History.

Programme

Programme, Presentations and Panels

The academic conference will be held over two days (Thursday and Friday) and participants are expected to attend both days. The postgraduate workshop will be held on one day parallel to the academic conference. The workshop will be conference-style presentations and facilitated by experienced academics which will provide supportive and constructive feedback.

The organisers reserve the right to re-arrange panels and presentation at short notice to accommodate operational requirements. Presentations are expected to be 15 minutes in length, allowing approx. 5 minutes Q&A per paper. The session chair will facilitate the discussion.

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Paper Upload

Paper Upload

Due to technical limitations with the current EUSAAP website, conference papers will be collected via the conference Google drive.

In addition, conference presentations should be uploaded to the Google drive to prevent and minimise potential technical issues with screensharing, presentations disappearing, etc (link below). The Google Drive organisation is laid out below.

Please check the programme below to find your session and stream. Then go into the Google drive and navigate to the respective session under Final Papers, and upload your final paper there. Repeat this process with your presentation under the ‘PowerPoint Presentations’ folder.

Please only upload word (.docx) or pdf documents.

Please check that you are uploading the correct file. Whilst every effort is made, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to switch an incorrectly uploaded file with a revised version.

Please name the file as follows: LastName_FirstName_Title of paper.docx

Google Drive:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11HzKYcqlUoO-NAHakmo6R7WxA1stRTmY?usp=share_link

Affiliated Journals

Affiliated Journals and Paper Publication

Conference participants will receive access to all full papers submitted to the conference. You are also encouraged to submit your paper for publication to the Asia Europe Journal of European Studies or the Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies.

EUSAAP is working with two affiliated journals and you are invited to submit your paper to either of these for publication.

Asia Pacific Journal of EU Studies

Australia New Zealand Journal of European Studies (ANZJES)

Logistical Information

Conference, Venue and Hotel Information

The conference will be held in the Pathumwan Princess which is an approx. 15minutes walk from the ibis hotel (https://www.pprincess.com/location.html)

The hotel is directly accessible by Bangkok’s BTS sky train system (National Stadium).

Programme & Conference Information as of 12 June 2023  Here

Hotel Accommodation for Conference & Postgraduate Workshop Participants

The designated conference hotel is Ibis Bangkok Siam 927 Rama 1 Road, Wangmai, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand (near Chulalongkorn University, Pathumwan Princess Hotel and the National Stadium) which will be used for accommodation for most conference presenters.

Please note that we will be covering costs for two nights accommodation and breakfast only for paper givers not living within commuting distance of the venue. We will NOT be able to cover any additional printing, room service, local transport, etc. charges. Please ensure that you will cover them upon check-out. Rooms will be booked for arrival on Wednesday, 28 June, and departure on Friday, 30 June 2023. Please note that only these nights can be covered. It will not be possible for the organisers to pay for any other nights.

For papers that are co-authored and/or several authors attending the conference, only one set of costs will be covered. For example, if the paper presentation is shared between two authors, we will only be able to cover the costs of one person.

Unless arranged otherwise in writing with the conference organisers, a single room is booked for conference presenters. The single rooms cannot be used by two people. Postgraduate workshop participants will be allocated twin rooms (same-sex only). Any additional guests staying at the hotel must be registered and pay the costs at check-in. If any additional nights have been booked at your cost (and confirmed in writing by the conference organisers), these must be paid for at check-in.

As you surely understand, the preparations for the conference have progressed and the EUSAAP had to make commitments to the hotel and other suppliers. If you have to withdraw from the conference now, you will be required to pay three nights of hotel accommodation. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation

Hotel Accommodation for National EUSA Presidents

National EUSA Presidents will be accommodated in the Pathumwan Princess Hotel, MBK Center, 444 Phaya Thai Rd, Wang Mai, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

https://www.pprincess.com/location.html

The hotel is directly accessible by Bangkok’s BTS sky train system (National Stadium).

Visa, Travel and local Information

Please check early if you require a visa to visit Thailand. Visitors to Thailand need a valid passport and in some cases a visa to enter the country. Nationals of 57 countries are allowed to be in the country without a visa. Nationals of other 21 countries including China, India and Saudi Arabia are granted a visa on arrival, while the remaining need a visa in advance.

Check the website below for further information: https://www.thaievisa.go.th

Timeline

Timeline

Call for papers closing: 28 February 2023

Applicants notified of paper acceptance: mid-March 2023

Participants’ acceptance: 10 calendar days after post-acceptance notification sent

Full paper submission (required): 01 June 2023

Guest registrations closing: 15 June 2023

Withdrawals & Transfers

As you can appreciate, conference organisers must make arrangements and financial commitments to suppliers to organise the event. Should participants withdraw, the below charges will apply to support conference-related expenditures.

Withdrawal date

Charges

15 April 2023

No charge

01 May 2023

EUR 100

14 June 2023

EUR 220

Registration Fees

Registration Fees

The conference and postgraduate workshop events are planned as mainly in-person events. We are monitoring the ongoing pandemic, however, at this stage, it is not planned to offer a virtual component.

EUSAAP is working hard to keep registration fees affordable. Fees include catering during the conference and a conference dinner. Please choose your registration type carefully (academic or student) during the registration process.

Please understand that all registration fees are non-refundable. Registration fees are payable at registration and charged via PayPal. Unfortunately EUSAAP cannot accept bank transfers, cheques or cash as currency conversion and/or banking fees often outweigh the registration fees.

Type

Cost

Conference – academic

EUR 50 Register HERE

Postgraduate Workshop

EUR 30 Register HERE

Guest (not presenting a paper)

EUR 30 Register HERE

Publications

Conference participants will receive access to all full papers submitted to the conference. You are also encouraged to submit your paper for publication to the Asia Europe Journal of European Studies or the Australia and New Zealand Journal of European Studies.

 

Register Here

Contact

European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific (EUSAAP) c/o University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch 8042 New Zealand

Martin.Holland@canterbury.ac.nz

Yvonne.Grosch@canterbury.ac.nz