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| SECOND IJAS CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, PROUD HOME OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY |
For the second year in a row, the International Journal of Arts and Sciences' (IJAS) conference at Harvard University introduces New England as a potential study abroad destination. The conference location is the intellectual heart and soul of New England where delegates will have access to complimentary programs in the larger Massachusetts area, and New Hampshire and Maine.
Boston is the historic bastion of American democracy and has not ceased to surprise since its first impromptu tea party. This is also a region rich in academic advancement. On a per capita basis, no other capital city in the United States has as many university graduates residing within it. Boston is a celebration for the open mind. Our hope is that this experience will spark an interest in our delegates to join us in exchanging research and promoting this region as an excellent venue for international education. IJAS is committed to tear down the silos of academia and integrate education within the larger sphere that encapsulates us all.
Please note that although this conference will be held at Harvard University, in no way should the availability of Harvard's premises be construed as if this was a conference organized by Harvard. As an academic organization, the International Journal of Arts and Sciences hosts research and study abroad events on several campuses in North America and Europe. Only IJAS is responsible and accountable for its own conferences and cultural programs.
Above photo (by Chaval Brasil): "Many traditions around Harvard College exist, including the superstitious belief that a person who touches the foot of the John Harvard statue during his campus visit is likely to be granted admission." However, there is no correlation between touching Mr. Harvard's shoe and getting your manuscript published in IJAS' journal.
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| The conference will be held in the Radcliffe and Byerly buildings overlooking the quaint Radcliffe Yard on the Harvard campus. |
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Conference Objectives and Call for Research
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The IJAS Conference Series takes place annually in several cities across Europe and North America. The series has three primary aims.
The first aim is to provide opportunities for academics from a range of disciplines and countries to share their research both through the conference podium and IJAS' double-blind refereed publications. All IJAS conferences are inter- and multi-disciplinary.
The second aim of the Conference Series is to provide opportunities for academics to receive informal in-depth feedback through discussions, and to enable them to establish contact with professionals in other countries and institutions. The tours are the main way of "breaking the ice" away from the formalities of the conference hall, providing an informal setting for discussing different points of view. Even in an increasingly networked world of internet and satellite conferences, there is no substitute for personal interaction—what Edward R. Murrow calls "the last three feet of communication." It is individuals, not data streams, who must ultimately build the connections that in turn create lasting international research partnerships.
The third aim of the Conference Series is to introduce academics to educational premises in locations that are suitable for study abroad programs and which may meet their students’ educational needs. IJAS draws its inspiration from the Fulbright Program, an integral part of the United States' foreign educational relations, where face-to-face exchanges have proven to be the single most effective means of engaging international publics while broadening dialogue between academics and institutions.
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To participate in this conference, please submit an abstract, paper or proposal in one of the following tracks:
- Social Sciences and Humanities,
- Business and Economics,
- Teaching and Education, and
- Science and Technology.
The best paper in each of these four refereed tracks will be recognized through an engraved plaque. The reviewers will select the winning papers.
The accepted submissions will be clustered around their common topics and areas of interest. As is typical of multidisciplinary conferences, the final program - released about three weeks before the conference - will mirror the research agendas of the delegates rather than a pre-conceived list of arbitrary topics.
It is up to each delegate how much to submit or publish. Some authors may publish only an abstract in the proceedings. Others may prefer to publish a full-length manuscript in the journal.
Delegates may also attend a conference without submitting or publishing any research.
Authors may deliver their work during the conference either as (i) a regular presentation, (ii) a poster session, (iii) a panel, or (iv) a workshop.
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| A fishing shack in Maine. |
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First Off-Campus Program: Maine and New Hampshire
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| Coastal House in Maine hosted a private lobster lunch for all IJAS delegates (Harvard 2010). |
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For those who would like to step outside the conference premises on this third day of the conference, the private coach will head north to Maine, stopping at Kennebunkport. We will head into town past the spectacular old seafarers' houses, walk around, and enjoy a complimentary lobster lunch. The bus will then travel down the slow road, taking Route 9 through Wells and into Ogunquit. The Marginal Way cliff walk will span from Perkins Cove to the Beach. We will continue down the Shore Drive to Cape Neddick and the Nubble Lighthouse. Kodak moments abound. Long Sands Beach will afford us another look at the ocean, and some salt water taffy. The bus proceeds towards Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A historic seaport and popular summer tourist destination, Portsmouth was named one of the 2008 Dozen Distinctive Destinations by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. In Portsmouth, we will stop for a short break at the cafes around Market Square.
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Second Off-Campus Program: Plimoth Plantation
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| Plimoth Plantation |
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Plimoth Plantation is a living museum that shows the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by English colonists, some of whom later became known as Pilgrims. They were among the first people who emigrated to America to avoid religious persecution.
The re-creations are sourced from a wide variety of first and second records, accounts, articles and period paintings and artifacts.
In the 1700 English Village section of the museum, interpreters have been trained to speak, act, and dress appropriately for the period. At Plimoth Plantation they are called historical interpreters, and they interact with their 'strange visitors' in the first person, answering questions, discussing their lives and viewpoints and participating in tasks such as cooking, planting, blacksmithing and animal husbandry. The 1627 English Village loosely follows a time line, chronologically representing the calendar year 1627 from late March through November (the months the museum is open), depicting day-to-day life and seasonal activities as well as featuring some key historical events such as funerals and special celebrations.
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Why The Bus Programs
Matter
The bus programs directly contribute to the delegates' research and teaching abroad experience. Click here to see how and why.
Photo: At last year's conference, Dr. Bulent Tarman of Selcuk University delivering his presentation entitled Global Perspectives and Challenges on Teacher Education in Turkey.
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To submit your abstract, paper or other proposal for presentation at this conference, click here.
The most important dates to remember are as follows:
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Submit your abstract through the online submission form on or before March 11, 2011.
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Pay the registration fee for the conference before March 20, 2011.
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The conference will be held during May 29 - June 2, 2011.
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Email your formatted manuscript after your online submission is accepted and before July 7, 2011.
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The proceedings and journal will be published during October 2011.
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Within a few days of receiving your online abstract submission, we will notify you of the reviewers' acceptance or rejection, for the conference.
If we inform you that it is an acceptance and you would like to publish your research, follow the model format here and email us your formatted document in Microsoft Word. You may do so up to two weeks after the conference.
Abstracts and summarized articles will be published in the proceedings entitled Conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, in CD-ROM format (ISSN 1943-6114).
Full length manuscripts may be published in the International Journal of Arts and Sciences, also in CD-ROM format (ISSN 1944-6934). The review process for the journal is slower and more demanding in its standards. Although both the proceedings and the journal are refereed, research that meets the refereed standards for the conference may not meet the refereed standards for the journal.
The journal is no longer distributed in hard copy format. It is now in CD-ROM format since this makes it easier to disseminate articles (click for examples). Each registered author will receive a complimentary copy of the CD-ROM in which his/her work appears. The CD-ROMs will be airmailed in October 2011.
Registered authors who prefer a hard copy of the proceedings or journal may download the entire CD-ROM on their own computer and publish and order a hard copy of it from Lulu.com for their own personal use.
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.
There is no page limit on articles. We welcome both short and lengthy submissions. We don't impose a financial penalty on lengthy manuscripts.
Each registered author, irrespective of whether he or she submits a formatted abstract or paper, will receive a Certificate of Participation.
Powerpoint Presentations
At the conference, each presentation room will be equipped with a laptop, a digital projector and a projector screen. The laptop will be set up for Powerpoint presentations. Linux and Mac users are asked to save their presentations in a compatible format. In the evolving world of Microsoft, save down to the 97-2003 format in order to ward off any problems. You may bring with you about 15 hard copies for the attendees.
Questions about your submission and presentation should be emailed to: conference@internationaljournal.org.
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Harvard University does not provide lodging for conference delegates. Also, Harvard is situated at the outskirts of Boston, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where hotel lodging tends to be above average in price. For a list of hotels close to Harvard, click here.
There is no shortage of lodging in Boston, ranging from economical hostels (click here to see the low daily rates) to hotels. An important issue to consider is whether the location is close to public transport. This may be more important than the location's distance to the conference.
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For a well-mapped array of hotels at all star levels in and around Boston, Massachusetts, we recommend the Yahoo Travel website. For each hotel it recommends within your price range, check whether the hotel is within walking distance to public transport or whether it provides low-cost access to public transport, especially the subway. As long as you're well connected between the hotel and the conference - Harvard Square Station is the closest subway station to our conference - by means of public transport, distance is not as relevant. If you have to take a taxi from your hotel, consider taking it to the nearest subway station instead of to your destination proper.
Another lodging website we recommend for Boston is booking.com.
Be careful about the consequential transport costs of booking a hotel with no public transport nearby.
The subway system in Boston is second to none in comparison to other American cities. As long as you may walk from your hotel to a subway or take other public transport that connects to the subway, Boston can be enjoyed fully. For example, a number of hotels in Braintree, south of Boston, offer a shuttle service to the nearest subway station.
The closest international airport to Harvard University is Boston's Logan Airport (BOS) which has its own subway station. For information about transport availability in Logan and Boston, click here. We do not recommend renting a car in Boston since the city enjoys an excellent public transport system.
If you click on the above "public transport" links you will see a map of the subway, the main bus routes and the commuter rail in and around Boston. Distinguish between the subway and the commuter rail. The subway runs frequently; the commuter rail may run, say, once every two hours. Notice that Harvard Square Station in on the red subway line to Alewife in the upper left-hand section of the map. For a list of buses that operate to, and from, Harvard Square Station, click here. This could help you connect to hotels on the route, such as the moderately priced Super 8 Motel within walking distance of Bus 71's route (see map).
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| Cambridge is the world capital of scientific research. Interior view of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR). |
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Things To Do According To CityOfBoston.gov
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Photo: IJAS delegates (2010) after their presentations in Fay Hall.
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Conference Registration
Registration is open to everyone, not just to research presenters.
For all alternative ways of paying the registration fee, click here.
Registration fees do not include food and lodging.
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$340 - Conference at Harvard (2011) Registration:
Valid for all 5 days.
Valid for one person for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours.
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$225 - Conference at Harvard (2011) Registration:
Valid for 1 day only.
Valid for one person, for one day only, on conference premises. Does not include any tours.
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$540 - Conference at Harvard (2011) Registration for 2 persons:
Valid for all 5 days
Joint registration for yourself and a fellow co-author or guest, valid for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours.
This option is not available for two authors with two or more research presentations.
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$105 - How to Organize a Study Abroad Program
A one-credit hour graduate level course with the University of San Diego.
For information and separate registration click here.
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In Case of Questions About...
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your submission or the conference:
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International Journal of Arts & Sciences
Attn: Conferences Department
99 Sleepy Hollow Dr.
Cumberland, RI 02864-3236
USA
E-mail: conference@internationaljournal.org
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Dr. Joseph Bonnici
IJAS Conferences Coordinator
Vance Hall
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley St
New Britain, CT 06050-4010
USA
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There is no shortage of lodging in Boston, ranging from economical hostels to hotels. Please see the Lodging section above for more information.
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