International Journal of Arts & Sciences

Multidisciplinary conferences in a "study abroad" format

 Academic Conferences for 2012
 

MALTA (Feb 19-23, 2012)

LAS VEGAS (Mar 13-16, 2012)

VIENNA (Apr 1-5, 2012)

GERMANY (Apr 8-13, 2012)

PARIS (Apr 16-19, 2012) 

TORONTO (May 21-24, 2012) 

PROVENCE (May 22-25, 2012)

BOSTON at Harvard (May 27-31, 2012)

FLORENCE (June 19-22, 2012)

PRAGUE (June 26-29, 2012)

ROME (Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2012)
 

Each IJAS program (i) introduces professors and other delegates to geographical locations that would be ideal for a study abroad program, and (ii) hosts an academic conference for research presentations in the following tracks:

  • Social Sciences and Humanities,
  • Business and Economics,
  • Teaching and Education, and
  • Technology and Science.

Delegates may take complimentary tours during the conference in a rigorously planned educational and cultural program. Click here for more information.

Delegates may also register for an optional one-credit hour graduate-level course entitled How to Organize a Study Abroad Program. Click here for information about this practicum-oriented course specially tailored for academics.
 



"I'm now pretty bored with single discipline conferences
because chances are you only learn about things you know already."
- Stefan Sagmeister
 
 









 

The Journal

The International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) was founded in 2005 as a double-blind refereed journal. Its first issue was published one year later in hard-copy format. Each issue was driven by a call for papers focusing on a particular topic such as the above 2007 collection of pedagogical articles. In 2008, the journal adopted a two-pronged strategy to reach out beyond American academia to a truly global audience. First, it launched a series of refereed international conferences promoting both traditional research and study abroad programs. Second, with effect from late 2009, the journal started disseminating its research in electronic format. Its editorial board welcomes submissions from universities around the world. IJAS recognizes the best research papers and contributors to international education through competitive awards. Our articles are increasingly accessed - click here - through Google Scholar. The journal is indexed in Ulrich's serials directory and Cabell's directories of Educational Curriculum & Methods and Educational Psychology and Administration.


  
 
 
 
 
 
 

ROME, ITALY (Oct 2011): Over 400 delegates attended our first foray in the Eternal City, and it looks like we will be back in Rome at the end of October, 2012. The American University of Rome's faculty, staff and students (see above) deserve kudos for sharing their campus with our delegates for an unforgettable experience.


  
 
 
MEDITERRANEAN MALTA (March 2011): Our annual Malta conference struck a happy medium when the Carnival spirit took over after the conference presentations. Jennifer Jordan (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan – third from left), Le Gene Quesenberry (Kazakhstan Institute of Management – fourth from left) and Lelania Sperrazza (American University of Sharjah  – sixth from left) are flanked by three American Fulbright students who flew in all the way from Macao. [Photo: Kathryn LaFever]


  
 
 

GERMANY CONFERENCE (April 2011): 240 professors and graduate students from 37 countries attended this semi-annual conference spanning over three adjoining countries. As part of the conference program promoting study abroad opportunities, the delegates visited the Merkle technology factory within walking distance of our conference center in Gottenheim. For more photos by Paulina Grimm and German press coverage of the event, click here.


  
 
 

TORONTO CONFERENCE (May 2011):  The lecturing went on beyond our conference premises at Ryerson University. Above, a Reif representative addressed our delegates at Niagara-on-the-Lake during our first cultural program for the week. (Photo: Courtesy of Greta Dermendjeva)


  
 
 

CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE (ON THE HARVARD CAMPUS) (June 2011): Professor Jeongah Kim (3rd from left) of Alabama A&M University and on behalf of IJAS receiving a recognition award from Dr. Hajjah Yah Binti Awg Nik of the University of Malaysia Kelantran.


  
 
 

AUSTRIA CONFERENCE (June 2011): IJAS delegates listening to a lecture in Salzburg's Schloss Hellbrunn. 


  
 
 

PRAGUE CONFERENCE (June 2011): The vision enthralled! If only our students in class would be as captive as our delegates were during this program in Karlstejn.