Call for Submissions -- deadline 15 May. Asia-Europe Voices, the newly-launched journal of ASEFUAN, is pleased to announce a call for sub-missions. ASEFUAN is a network of former participants of the ASEF (Asia-Europe Foundation) Sum-mer University, which is a two-week intensive scholarship programme for talented European and Asian students from the ASEM countries. The purpose of both ASEF and ASEFUAN is to promote and foster intercultural relations between Europe and Asia. Read moreAsia-Europe Voices is a multidisciplinary journal set up by a group of ASEFUAN members from both Europe and Asia. We aim to receive contributions from students and scholars from both continents. With four issues foreseen to be published annually, the journal aims to strengthen the ASEFUAN process, bringing together both students and professionals from both Europe and Asia who are interested in the processes taking place between and within the two world regions. The journal provides a good forum to share completed articles (for example a shortened thesis) as well as work in progress both for those who have not yet published, and for those more experienced. The articles are owned by the individual contributors, copyrights are thus not transferred to Asia-Europe Voices. This also implies that contributors may choose to publish the material elsewhere, in which case, a note of reference to Asia-Europe Voices is appreciated. The Editorial Board with the Journal Management Team announces the following theme for the first issue: "TRENDS IN DIALOGUES BETWEEN AND WITHIN ASIA AND EUROPE" Original essays and articles are sought, addressing issues reflecting different political, social, cultural and economical processes taking place in the recent dialogues between Europe and Asia. These proc-esses may include, but are not limited, to: EU enlargement, regionalism vs. nationalism discussion, environmentalism, steps towards common security, and post-Asian currency crisis economic processes. We welcome both academic articles (ca. 10,000-12,000 words, ca. 20-25 pages) and shorter essays (1,500-3,500 words, ca. 3-7 pages) on the topic. The shorter essays should be more free-formed than the academic articles, and they could be written based on personal experiences but with reflections on a wider context, such as cultural, political or social implications between Asia and Europe. Original view-points are appreciated. The articles should be delivered to the Editor-in-Chief in Word- or PDF-form with references to the jour-nal. Articles will be converted into PDF-form before listed on the net. We recommend that the contribu-tors use the APSR (American Political Science Review) citation technique in the articles. Please see the instructions for APSR citation technique at www.lclark.edu. The deadline for articles is May 15, 2004. Please submit the manuscripts or further inquirements to the Asia-Europe Voices e-mail address (handled by the Editor-in-Chief): asiaeuropevoices@hotmail.comSincerely yours, Johanna Lahdenperä (AU-8Editor-in-Chief) for Asia-Europe Voices

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