‘Altered Earth’ in Asia: Oceans, Landscape, Atmosphere

AAEH 2025 is organised by the International Consortium for Earth and Development Sciences (ICEDS), Kagawa University, the Asian Association for Environmental History (AAEH) and the Environmental History Network in Japan. The Conference’s general title is taken from Altered Earth: Getting the Anthropocene Right (Cambridge University Press, 2022), edited by Julia Adeney Thomas.

Criteria for Panels in AAEH

A regular panel session will have a 90-minute time slot including four(max five) speakers and discussions, which a discussant will start with a prepared comment on the papers. A panel chair will keep track of time and manage a nice flow of interaction within the panel. The roles of panel organiser, chair and discussant can be fulfilled by the same or different persons. But an author cannot act as chair or discussant in the session.

The panel may be not only this regular paper session but also will have alternative formats such as Meet the Author, Roundtable, Workshop, Visual Presentation with Introduction and Discussion.

We kindly ask that all interested partners carefully read and adhere to the panel composition rules below. The program committee reserves the right to propose changes to panel submissions as a condition for acceptance or to decline the submission altogether should it continue to not adhere to the rules below.

1. Multiple-nationalities of panellists
2. Gender balance in a panel
3. Comparative studies among regions and nations
4. Multiplicity of academic ranks
5. Ability to target the whole of Asia: not only East Asia, but also more preference to include Southern, Southeastern and other Asian regions.

These five points are not a requirement but could be taken into consideration.

The programming of the panels will proceed in four stages. (1) Proposals are received for the selection of panel types, titles and a short description of 250 words, which are then peer-reviewed by the Programme Committee and a list of panels is drawn up. (2) Then, in a second stage, we will issue a broad call for presentation submissions for each panel. One representative of each panel, the convenor, will, together with the organisers, ask each chair, presenter and discussant to register for that panel, and may also include presenters from other open calls. (3) If there are not enough presenters, the Programme Committee will invite applications from the public at any time. (4) Final panel proposals, including individual presenters, will be made by the Programme Committee on the basis of the agreement of the convenors to finalise the full composition of the panel including a chair and discussant(s).

How to submit panels and papers

• The call for panels (first stage) is an initial process; panellists are not selected, but the session title and a 250-word description of its content is revealed. A list of titles for panels at the conference is then drawn up. The organisers and a convenor as a contact person of the panel are identified and are responsible to organise the individual meetings.
  
• Then, based on a review of the submitted panels by the Programme Committee, a public call for papers will be held (second stage). Individual applicants select a session from the panel list that is suitable for their presentation. However, if there is no suitable panel on the list, the applicants can choose a non-selection option and the Programme Committee will form a new panel for them and decide on a chair and discussant(s).
  
• It is important that a broad range of conference members cooperate on the chair and discussant roles, and each conference will be looking for people to fill these roles (third and fourth stages).

Submit a new panel

[Online Forms for panel submissions is available to fill in. Click here to access Microsoft Forms for input. Please follow the instructions to complete the form. Please note that additions and corrections can be made until the deadline at the end of August on 10 September.]

The Call for Panels was closed on 10 September 2024.

Panel list

[The panel list for AAEH 2025 will be uploaded on this site end-September 2024.]

The panel list is uploaded.

Submit a new paper

Paper submissions started on 30 September 2024.

Call for Papers for AAEH 2025 is now open at AAEH’s New Membership Management System (NMMS: https://confaid.com/mi/aaeh/login).

Please login and visit ‘MyPage’ on this site. At the NMMS each member will be able to change her/his registration information on an individual basis. Please note that if you have not participated in the biennial conference before, please register on Google Forms. Of course, we will not unnecessarily disclose the information you send us, and we do not plan to use it for any purpose other than the association’s activities. After entering your information, we will send you an account ID with password from the NMMS.

All registered members of the AAEH receive an account ID and password. If you have problems accessing the NMMS, please contact us at the following email address with your name and affiliation: contact@confaid.com.

At your ‘My Page’ you can find a link for SUBMISSION. From this link, you can submit your paper to your preferable panel. Basic instructions and panel lists are available on this site. If you have any questions about the NMMS, please contact ‘contact@confaid.com’ with your name and affiliation. The deadline for the Call for Papers is 30 November. Questions or comments on the Call for Papers are welcome. Please contact Kagawa University ICEDS at ‘iceds.aaeh@gmail.com.’

Call To Action

We look forward to working across disciplines such as science, humanities and history.