We welcome you to join us in Nagoya, Japan for the 3rd Asian Symposium on the Humanities and Arts for Peace from December 3-4, 2017, which is held in partnership with the 3rd International Conference on the Globalization of Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education (G-SLATE 2017) and the 3rd Asian Symposium on Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH 2017).

SHAPE 2017 welcomes participants with backgrounds or interests in the humanities and arts to gather, share and discuss global issues in the spirit of peace. This is a special international, symposium created to provide an opportunity for academics, researchers, students, school administrators, non-profit professionals, humanitarians, activists and others to explore global cooperation and innovations in the humanities and arts together with the promotion of peace throughout the world.

Early registration is only 17,500 JPY. We invite submissions of 250 words in English by Friday, October 27, 2017 from any of the following streams:
◾Art and Art History
◾Business & Economics
◾Cultural Studies
◾Design & Architecture
◾Education
◾Film, Radio, Television
◾Language and Linguistics
◾Peace, Conflict and Human Rights
◾Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
◾Social Sustainability
◾Urban Studies and Development
◾Other Areas (please specify)