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PRAGUE CONFERENCE
June 26-29, 2012
Online submissions will be accepted until March 16, 2012. If you need a Schengen Visa, please apply early.
The Knights of Malta's gated premises in Prague
The International Journal of Arts & Sciences (IJAS) in collaboration with the University of Malta's Gozo Campus is hosting its second conference in Prague, at the joint premises of the Knights of Malta and the Anglo-American University.
This refereed four-day conference is staged inside a palace steeped in history, amidst the baroque architecture of Prague's historical Mala Strana quarter, meters away from Charles Bridge (Karlův most), the city's most familiar monument.
The conference brings together international academics, including professors and graduate students, to present research in their respective fields. It also introduces them to the Czech Republic as an affordable and unique location for study abroad programs.
We invite abstracts, papers, and proposals in any of the following tracks:
Social Sciences and Humanities,
Business and Economics,
Teaching and Education, and
Technology and Science.
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.
Students flock to Prague whose buildings escaped the bombs of WWII.
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.
First Complimentary Day Trip: The Konopiště Armory and Karlštejn Castle Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The Republic's most popular destination.
Our first stop will be Konopiště, a 17th-century castle-turned-hunting-lodge built by the Habsburgs who transformed it into the Club Med of its time. Here the nobility relaxed amid the well-stocked hunting grounds surrounding the castle. A bear still roams in the moat of the castle as a reminder of the prolific hunting that went on until the day that the castle's most famous hunter, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated in 1914, setting off World War I. Yet, the manor remained the same, decked with armory and antiques and the vestiges of nobility as if waiting for the Archduke's return.
Our next stop, just over one hour away, will be the Republic's most popular destination, Karlštejn Castle. Charles IV built it in the 14th-century to safeguard the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire. Renovators removed the additions that came later and today it is restored to its original medieval state. The Disney-like appearance of the castle gives way to a less imposing interior in line with its founding years. For a virtual tour of the castle, click here.
Second Complimentary Day Trip Kutná Hora: A UNESCO Heritage Site Thursday, June 28, 2012
Kutná Hora is a medieval town that saw its fortune rise with the discovery of the silver deposits underneath it, making it at one point the second most important city in Bohemia. The town's ancient heart no longer glitters with silver. Yet it also escaped the clutches of Communist-era buildings that blight many of the Czech Republic's small towns. Its famous St. Barbara's Cathedral which took 200 years to complete and its historic center captured the attention of UNESCO. So did its most talked about building, the macabre Bone Church full of decorations made of human bones dug from the mass graves of the 14th-century plague and the 15th-century Hussite wars.
The town is full of surprises and is small enough to be seen in a single day at a brisk pace.
Bridges span across the Vltava River.
Why the Bus Tours Matter
There is more than meets the eye behind these bus tours.
To find out why these tours are conducive to study abroad programs and joint research, please click here.
Submit Your Research
To submit your abstract for presentation at this conference, click here.
The most important dates to remember are as follows:
Online abstract submissions will be accepted until March 16, 2012.
Pay the registration for the conference before March 26, 2012.
The conference will be held during June 26-29, 2012.
The proceedings and journal will be published in late October 2012.
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 7, 2011.
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, alsoin 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 (clickforexamples). 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.
Our conference location, the Knights' palace and home to Anglo-American University, is at Lázeňská 4, Prague 1, Czech Republic. "Prague 1" represents central Prague and the conference location is in the Mala Strana neighborhood.
The most scenic and direct way of reaching the conference is through a stroll on the Charles Bridge (click here for visual directions to our location).
For those who prefer public transport, Prague is extremely well-connected through its tram and subway systems which connect to our conference location as follows:
Tram - no. 12, 22 - stop "Malostranske namesti".
Subway - station "Malostranska" of A (green) line, and then one stop later by tram no. 12 or 22 (stop "Malostranske namesti"). Or Station "Narodni trida" of B (yellow) line, and then by tram no. 22 to stop "Malostranske namesti".
For hotels (marked in red) in the Mala Strana neighborhood and in the vicinity of the conference location (marked with a green arrow), click here. For the best available rates on hotels near the Charles Bridge, click here. To search for all hotels in central Prague, click here.
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.
$360 - Prague (June 2012) Conference Registration: Valid for all 4 days. Valid for one person for all conference events, on and off conference premises. Includes all tours.
$240 - Prague (June 2012) Conference Registration: Valid for 1 day only. Valid for one person, for one day only, on conference premises. Does not include any tours.
$560 - Prague (June 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.
$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.
Video: Students from Southern California visit Prague, capturing the city's leisurely pace for their communications project.
In case of questions about...
the conference or submissions:
events sponsorship:
lodging:
International Journal of Arts & Sciences Attn: Mark Bridge Conferences Department 55 Farm Drive Cumberland, Rhode Island 02864-3565 USA E-mail: conference@internationaljournal.org
Anglo-American University Lázeňská 4, 118 00 Praha 1 Czech Republic
See detailed information above about lodging.
If you apply for a travel visa, the Czech Embassy will likely ask you for evidence of your hotel booking arrangements for the whole duration of your stay.
