The deadline for submitting an abstract for the Annual Meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand (PARST) has been extended to October 20, 2021. Abstracts should be between one and two pages long, including all references if any. Please refer to the full call for papers here.
Deadline for submission extended to November 14, 2021
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Proposals, which must be from a team of at least two partners belonging to two different academic disciplines, must be between 4,000 to 5,000 words long and must conform to the guidelines laid down in pages 11 to 13 of this document.
Teams of investigators in the proposals must be led by a member who is domiciled in the Global South. Teams led by a member who live in South-east Asia please send your proposals to enlightening123456 AT gmail.com. The deadline is 31 October, 2021, extended to November 14. Please consult further details and requirements in the Call for Proposals and the Full Text of the Call listed below.
Due to the ongonig pandemic problems in Thailand, the date of the upcoming Eighth International Workshop on Bioethics, Multiculturalism, and Religion, organized by the UNESCO Biochair in Rome, in collaboration with the Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Chulalongkorn University, has been moved to January 31 to February 2, 2022.
Papers are being called for the upcoming 25th Annual Meeting of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand (PARST), which will held online from December 20 – 22, 2021. The time zone of the Meeting will be Bangkok time zone, which is 7 hours ahead of GMT in winter.
Papers on any topics in philosophy or religious studies are welcome. However, the advertised theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is “Research on Religions in Thailand Today”.
Please send an extended abstract to us as an attached MS Word file on or before October 20, 2021. Abstracts must be between one and two A4 pages, including all notes and references.
Papers can be submitted either in English or Thai. We will separate out English-speaking and Thai-speaking paper presenters in separate rooms or sessions.
Those whose abstracts are selected for presentation will be invited to submit a full paper between 10 to 15 pages, APA style, by November 15, 2021, for possible inclusion in the Journal of the PARST after the Meeting. A full paper is not necessary for presenting at the meeting.
Registration Fees: 30 US Dollars
Important Dates
Deadline for submitting extended abstract – October 20, 2021
Notification of acceptance/rejection – October 31, 2021
Deadline for submitting full paper – November 15, 2021
25th Annual Meeting – December 20-22, 2021
Please send your abstract to Dr. Theptawee Chokvasin, Executive Member of the PARST, at dr.theptawee@yahoo.com
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The Virtual Asian Bioethics Conference August 29 – September 1
This will be a virtual conference on:
29 August 2021 (Sunday)
30 August 2021 (Monday)
31 August 2021 (Tuesday)
1 September 2021 (Wednesday)
Each Day will run for 5 hours (300 minutes) with no break time, starting at:
6:00AM Istanbul = 7:30AM Tehran = 8:30AM Chennai = 9AM Dhaka = 10AM Bangkok, Jakarta; 11:00 KL, Seoul, Beijing, and Manila = 12:00 midday Tokyo = 15:00 Christchurch = 20:00 California (a day before)
If necessary additional day(s) will be added, but we will not have parallel sessions.
Please submit in writing a 300-word abstract in English, which if approved after peer review, will be also included in the EJAIB September 2021 issue. Currently it is planned that presentations will either be assigned to a 20 minute or 30 minutes slot (e.g. 15 minutes with 5 minutes Q&A or 20 minutes with 10 minutes Q&A) – all in plenary.
The 2021 ABA General Meeting will be held during the conference. We may also accept some papers that are not related to COVID-19 or the current pandemic related issues.
Media: Skype.
We know that some members prefer Skype and some prefer Zoom. (The rationale for Skype is that Zoom is blocked in Iran, among the countries of ABA members that normally participate; and second that the Chat history and Recording is preserved off-line throughout all days for those who are members of the group). Participants will be only able to be added by the secretariat and not by other participants for security reasons.
Rules: The speaker may choose to use visual aids or not. If possible, the speaker should provide an electronic copy of their presentation (text or slides) in the skype chat; and the presenter may also decide to share screen if their network signal is strong enough. Participants who are not speaking will usually turn off their video and audio (though on Skype anyone can turn off all incoming video if you have a weak signal). The slides may contain words in any language, but nothing obscene.
In case a speaker or person asking a question has privacy concerns they can request the recording be stopped while they make their comment; but in general, if you do not agree to recording please use an unlinked skype user name.
Presenter fees
ABA paid members (any amount): USD50; USD100 for non-ABA members. An electronic certificate of presentation will be prepared.
Attendance fees
No fee for persons who just wish to attend and do not want a certificate
Certificate fees
USD20 for members who request an electronic certificate of attendance (USD40 for non-ABA members who want a certificate of attendance)
The method of payment will be determined later, and there will be no payment unless the paper is accepted for presentation. Applications for waiver of payment, or delayed payment because of financial transaction fees and difficulties, will be considered.
Note: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic the ABC that was originally scheduled to be held in Malaysia in 2020 is now planned as an in-person Asian Bioethics Conference in 2022.
This blog has changed its title from “Center for Ethics of Science and Technology” to “Center for Science, Technology, and Society” (CSTS) to reflect to widening of the scope of the Center. The main website of the CSTS is at https://csts.arts.chula.ac.th/ and its Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/centerforsciencetechandsociety
