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The the Annual Conference of Phenomenological Association Japan will take place at  Hokkaido University, on November 16th & 17th, 2024.
The executive committee of PAJ invites Talk Proposals and Workshop Proposals on any topic relevant to phenomenology.
Workshop proposals must be based on joint projects on exploratory or experimental themes.
Please send all submissions to the secretary electronically at paj-office[at]pa-j.jp by May 31, 2024.(Please change [at] to @)

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Accessibility Accommodation

PAJ provides reasonable accommodations to assist participants with disabilities in the annual conference. Participants in need of accommodations must send requests electronically at paj-office[at]pa-j.jp well in advance of the meeting.(Please change [at] to @)

Submitting Talk Proposals

1. You must submit one Microsoft Word document of A4 size as e-mail attachment containing a cover page that provides detailed contact information followed by an abstract prepared for anonymous review. In addition, if you have difficulty in participating in the entire program due to pregnancy, childcare, illness, or any other reason, please indicate suitable time slots in the e-mail.
2. The cover page must include all of the following:
   Paper title
   Author name
   Contact information (home address, phone number, and electronic address)
   Institutional affiliation
   These are not included in the word count of the abstract.
3. The abstract must start on a new page. It must be no more than 800 words in English, German, or French including bibliography, not exceeding two A4 pages.
4. Applicants will be informed of acceptance and rejection decisions by the end of July. Accepted abstracts will be published on our website before the meeting. Accepted speakers will have 30 minutes to present their papers, followed by a 15 minutes discussion, at the conference.
5. Applicants must be a member of Phenomenological Association Japan.

Submitting Workshop Proposals

1. Your submission should contain one Microsoft Word document of A4-size as e-mail attachment containing a cover page that provides detailed contact information followed by a workshop proposal.
   
2. The cover page must include all of the following:
   Workshop title
   Organizer name
   Contact information (home address, phone number, and electronic address)
3. The workshop proposal must start on a new page and include all of the following:
   Workshop title
   Organizer name and her/his academic affiliation
   Speaker names and their academic affiliations
   Abstract for the workshop
   The abstract must describe the whole workshop, as well as the contents of each presentation within it, in one A-4 page (about 400-500 words in English, German, or French).
4. Workshop organizers must be members of PAJ at the time of submission, but both members and non-members can be speakers. The number of speakers in a single workshop is unlimited. You cannot have the organizer and all the speakers from the same academic institution.
5. Applicants will be informed of acceptance and rejection decisions by the end of July. The length of time for each workshop will be 120 minutes.
6. Organizers must submit workshop reports (no longer than 2,500 words in English, German, or French) to Annual Review of the Phenomenological Association of Japan, volume 40, to be issued in November 2024.