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{{Event
|Acronym=LibrAsia 2013
|Title=The Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship 2013
|Type=Conference
|Field=Literature & Librarianship
|Start date=2013/04/04
|End date=2013/04/07
|Homepage=http://librasia.iafor.org/
|Logo=LibrAsia banner main.jpeg
|City=Osaka
|State=Osaka
|Country=Japan
|Submission deadline=2012/12/01
}}
The International Academic Forum in conjunction with its global partners is proud to announce the Third Asian Conference on Literature and Librarianship, to be held from April 4-7 2013, at the Ramada Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Special Theme: "Connectedness, Identity and Alienation"

The 2013 conference theme is "Connectedness, Identity and Alienation" in literature, and the organizers encourage submissions that approach this unifying subject from a variety of perspectives. 

However, the submission of other topics for consideration is welcome and we also encourage sessions within and across a variety of inter/disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. For more details about submitting an abstract, please scroll down the page. 

Submissions will be organized into the following streams: 

Literature 

Literature: African Literature 
Literature: Ancient & Classical Literature 
Literature: Anglo-American Literature 
Literature: Arabic/Middle Eastern Literature 
Literature: Asian Literature 
Literature: Children's and Young Adult Literature 
Literature: Comparative Literature 
Literature: European Literature 
Literature: Folktales, Myths and Legends 
Literature: Historical and Political Literature 
Literature: Indigenous People's/Ethnic Literatures & Minority Discourses 
Literature: Latin American Literature 
Literature: Literary Criticism and Theory 
Literature: Literary Practice 
Literature: Literary Translation and Translatology 
Literature: Literature and Film 
Literature: Literature, Language and Identity 
Literature: Literature and Religion 
Literature: Poetry 
Literature: Manuscriptology, Textual and Genetic Criticism 
Literature: Memoir and Autobiography 
Literature: Teaching Literature 
Literature: Travel Writing 
Literature: Theatre and Drama 

Librarianship 

Librarianship: Cataloging and Classification 
Librarianship: Censorship, Ownership and Intellectual Property 
Librarianship: Library Research and Development 
Librarianship: Protecting and Preserving Librarianship: 21st Century Problems and Solutions

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by the deadline of December 1 2012. All abstracts will be blind reviewed by a voluntary team, and authors will usually be notified of the decision of the reviewers within two weeks of submission. Those who submit near the December 1 deadline will receive confirmation of acceptance or rejection by December 15 2012.  
All accepted authors may have their full paper published in the online conference proceedings. Full text submission is due by May 1 2013. 
The deadline for full conference payment for all presenters is March 15 2013.
Acronym	LibrAsia 2013 +
End date	April 7, 2013 +
Event type	Conference +
Has coordinates	34° 42' 8", 135° 29' 44"Latitude: 34.702191666667 Longitude: 135.49558611111 +
Has location city	Osaka +
Has location country	Category:Japan +
Has location state	Osaka +
Homepage	http://librasia.iafor.org/ +
IsA	Event +
Logo	LibrAsia banner main.jpeg +
Start date	April 4, 2013 +
Submission deadline	December 1, 2012 +
Title	The Asian Conference on Literature & Librarianship 2013 +