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Welcome to our first conference in Paris.
Paris is the most visited city in the world, home to 3,800 historical monuments and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites. As Tom Wolfe put it, "Napoleon wanted to turn Paris into Rome under the Caesars, only with louder music and more marble. And it was done. His architects gave him the Arc de Triomphe and the Madeleine. His nephew Napoleon III wanted to turn Paris into Rome with Versailles piled on top, and it was done. His architects gave him the Paris Opera, an addition to the Louvre, and miles of new boulevards."
Paris is today one of the world's leading cultural centers, and its influences in education, media, science, and the arts all contribute to its international status and its desirability as a base for academic conferences.
Paris hosts the headquarters of many international organizations such as UNESCO, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the informal Paris Club.
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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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This is a unique project composed solely of photographs about Paris. It is the work of Luke Shephard, a student at the American University of Paris.
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We invite abstracts, papers, and proposals in any of the following tracks:
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Social Sciences and Humanities,
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Business and Economics,
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Teaching and Education, and
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Technology and Science.
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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 15-minute oral presentation, or as (ii) a poster session.
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First Cultural Tour:
Monet's Giverny and Rouen
April 17, 2012
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| The clock tower in downtown Rouen. |
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Claude Monet's gardens at Giverny are like his paintings, brightly colored patches that are messy but balanced. Flowers were his brushstrokes, a bit untamed and slapdash, but part of a carefully composed design. Monet spent his last and most creative years cultivating his flowers and his art at Giverny.
Visiting Giverny, there's much to admire. All kinds of people flock to Giverny. Gardeners admire the earth-moving landscaping and layout, botanists find interesting new plants, and art lovers can see paintings they've long admired come to life. Fans enjoy wandering around the house where Monet lived and seeing the boat he puttered around in, as well as the hen-house where his family got the eggs for their morning omelets.
Monet's world contrasts sharply with the hustle and bustle of Paris.
We will also visit Rouen, a city that is closely associated with Monet - he repeatedly depicted its cathedral in his drawings - and the Impressionists. In Rouen's Old Market Square, we will see the morning market surrounded by half-timbered houses. This is also the spot where Joan of Arc was burned on 30 May on 1431.
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| Monet still inspires from his home and gardens in Giverny. |
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Second Cultural Tour:
Versailles and Fontainebleau
April 18, 2012
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| Reception of the Duc de Conde at Versailles. |
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This second tour day takes us back to a France graced by royalty and power struggles in the midst of opulence. For a sample of "what it was like", we visit both Versailles and Fontainebleau.
The Palace of Versailles is a royal château in the Île-de-France region of France.
The court of Versailles was the centre of political power in France from 1682, when Louis XIV moved from Paris, until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in October 1789 after the beginning of the French Revolution. Versailles is therefore famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of absolute monarchy of the Ancien Régime.
With the past and ongoing restoration and conservation projects at Versailles, the Fifth Republic has enthusiastically promoted the museum as one of France's foremost tourist attractions. The palace, however, still serves political functions. Heads of state are regaled in the Hall of Mirrors; the Sénat and the Assemblée Nationale meet in congress in Versailles to revise or otherwise amend the French Constitution.
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| Napoleon waves "adieu" to his own at Fontainebleau. |
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The Royal Château de Fontainebleau, surrounded by a forest, is a large palace where the kings of France took their ease. It is also the site where the French royal court, from 1528 onwards, entertained the body of new ideas that became known as the Renaissance.
From the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, every monarch, from Francis I to Louis XV, made important renovations at the Palace of Fontainebleau, including demolitions, reconstructions, additions, and embellishments of various descriptions, all of which endowed it with a character that is a bit heterogeneous, but harmonious nonetheless.
On 18 April 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte, shortly before his first abdication, bid farewell to his renowned grognards who had served with him since his very first campaigns, at the Palace's courtyard. The courtyard has since been renamed the "Courtyard of Goodbyes". According to contemporary sources, the occasion was very moving. The 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau stripped Napoleon of his powers (but not his title as Emperor of the French) and sent him into exile on Elba.
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| Following in the footsteps of the Duc de Conde at Versailles. |
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Why The Bus Programs Matter
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There is more than meets the eye behind these bus programs.
To find out why these tours are conducive to study abroad programs and joint research, please click here.
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To submit your abstract for presentation at this conference, click here.
The most important dates to remember are as follows:
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- Pay the registration for the conference before February 24, 2012.
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The conference will be held during April 16-19, 2012.
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The proceedings and journal will be published in late October 2012.
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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 July 10, 2012.
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 (i) WorldCat, (ii) Ulrich's serials directory, and (iii) 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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David Turecamo goes up the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
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The conference will be held at 30 rue Cabanis, 75014 Paris. This is one of the main centers in Paris for study abroad courses (e.g., French language courses). It is a 38-minute walk south of Notre Dame Cathedral (see map). The conference location is very close to train and subway stations. For a map of our location's immediate vicinity, click here.
Given Paris' excellent transport facilities, you may lodge anywhere you prefer in Paris and still be within reasonable distance to the conference center. We strongly recommend the website booking.com for lodging facilities in Paris. If you prefer lodging in the conference center's neighborhood, limit your search to hotels in the Mont Parnasse (14th district) neighborhood - select 14. Mont Parnasse in the left hand margin of the booking.com Paris site.
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Conference Registration Payment
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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$360 - Paris (April 2012) Conference Registration:
Valid for all 4 days.
Valid for one person for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours.
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$240 - Paris (April 2012) Conference 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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$560 - Paris (April 2012) Conference Registration for 2 persons:
Valid for all 4 days
Joint registration for yourself and a co-author, child 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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David Turecamo explores Paris' famous Cathedral and its 800-years long history.
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In case of questions about...
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the conference or submissions:
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| tourism and lodging in Paris:
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International Journal of Arts & Sciences
Attn: Mark Bridge
55 Farm Drive
Cumberland, RI 02864-3565
USA
E-mail: conference@internationaljournal.org
| Professor J. Bonnici
IJAS Conferences Coordinator
Vance Hall
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley St
New Britain, CT 06050-4010
USA
| Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris
25 rue des Pyramides
75001 Paris
France
http://en.parisinfo.com/
Lodging: Click here.
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