The Japan Association of Cultural Economics (JACE) is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its Annual Research Conference.  With a view to hosting the biannual conference of the Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI) to Japan in 2012, this Research Conference will welcome papers in English for international researchers, both based overseas and those residing in Japan, that will contribute to discussions and exchanges of ideas on various issues in the field of cultural economics as widely defined between Japanese and international participants.  The city of Kani, a remote small-scale city, is well-known in Japan for its cultural centre, municipally-funded and run by Kisei Ei, a Member of the ACEJ Board, is the host of the conference, providing an exciting example for the innovative ways in which local participation in the arts and culture is promoted and contributes to community building.

Topics of papers previously presented have included creative cities, government funding for the arts, government policy for nonprofit organizations in the arts and culture, cultural participation, case studies of community development with the use of the arts and comparative study of cultural policy.  The proposal can go beyond this list, as long as it addresses political, economic or organizational issues surrounding the creative, cultural sector.  The paper does not need to be based on neo-classical economics, but could be from diverse disciplines such as sociology, cultural studies, geography, politics and policy studies.

We expect to have at least one session specifically allocated to international researchers, with commentators and the chair selected from the members of the JACE.  Attendance fee will be charged, but there will be no obligation to join the membership of the JACE.

Submission of Proposals
All those interested in presenting papers at the JACE 2009 are requested to submit an abstract in English of their proposed paper by February 15, 2009 by email attachment (the document should be made with Word 2003 compatible application) to Dr Nobuko Kawashima (nkawashi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp).  The abstract should not exceed 300 words and should include the following information:
Author name(s)
Email address
Affiliation and position
Title of paper
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their proposals by the end of February, 2009.  Accepted authors must submit papers of no more than four pages that will be published in the conference compendium by April 10, 2009 by email to Nobuko Kawashima 

Enquiries may be sent to: Dr Nobuko Kawashima, Doshisha University
nkawashi@mail.doshisha.ac.jp