AMJLS is pleased to announce that its 2025 Spring meeting will be held as an international conference, to promote collaborative research activities between domestic and overseas scholars on modern and contemporary Japanese literature. This will be an excellent opportunity to organize panels and exchange ideas. The conference will be held on May 31 (Sat) and June 1 (Sun) in a fully online format using Zoom.

If you wish to participate, please apply following the guidelines below. This international conference is open to members and non-members of the AMJLS. In the case of non-members, if their proposal is selected for presentation at the conference, they will have to pay a participation fee of 10,000 yen (payment details will be announced later).

The theme of the special invited panel of the 2025 Spring Conference is “Current Trends in the Research and Translation of Modern Japanese Literature Abroad.” Read more [here].

GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS

For individual presentations, please provide:

-title

-abstract (800 Japanese characters)

-brief explanation of the importance of this presentation vis-a-vis previous research (400 Japanese characters)

*Please note that the content of presentations should not be previously published or presented. Each time slot for individual presentations is 30’+ 10’ for Q&A.

For panel proposals, please provide:

-title

-general abstract detailing the common topic (2000 Japanese characters)

-names of organizer, presenters, and discussant (if any)

*Please note that the organizer must be an AMJLS member; all other panelists may be non-members. Panels are 2h30′ long, including Q&A.

The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2024. has been extended until December 14, 2024.

Please submit your proposals using one of the methods below:

A) fill in the application form on our website (encouraged);

Individual presentation Google form

Panel presentation Google form

B) download the entry sheet below, fill it out and send it by email to: kindaibungakukai〔at〕gmail.com　*change〔at〕to @.

Individual presentation entry sheet

Panel entry sheet

You will be notified of the selection results after the December meeting of the Steering Committee. The exact date and time of your presentation will also be decided by the Steering Committee. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

We look forward to receiving your applications!