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ECAS 2013, 5th European Conference on African Studies "African dynamics in a multipolar world"June 26-28 Lisbon The fifth European Conference on African Studies (ECAS 5) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on June 26 to 28, 2013. It will be organized by the Centro de Estudos Africanos - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (Center of African Studies of the University Institute of Lisbon) on behalf of AEGIS, the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies. Its general theme will be ‘African Dynamics in a Multipolar World’.The call for papers is now open and will close on 16th January 2013.Panel "Asian soft powers in Africa"ConvenorsTakuo Iwata (University of Miyazaki) emailXiaomeng Sun (Beijing Foreign Studies University) emailKyu Deug Hwang (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) emailMail All ConvenorsShort AbstractThis panel session aims to analyze "Asian soft powers" from case studies of China, Japan, and South Korea in Africa to understand Asia - Africa relationship and look future cooperation between two regions in 21st century.Long AbstractAs 21st century is occasionally expressed "the century of Asia and Africa", Asian presence has been radically increasing in Africa. Asian emergent countries have been focused in terms of its political and economic influence in Africa from the world. "China in Africa" and "India in Africa" are the hottest issues of African studies related to their economic and diplomatic activities. These issues are much talked in western world, traditional hegemonic actors in Africa.However, it doesn't seem to be sufficient to understand Asia - Africa relationship without consideration on non-material factor. Soft power which is assured by hard power becomes more important element to consider Asia - Africa relations. This panel session aims to reflect over "Asian Soft Powers in Africa" to understand Asia - Africa relationship and look future cooperation between two regions. This panel session tries to analyze soft powers of China (by Xiaomeng SUN), Japan (by Takuo IWATA), and South Korea (by Kyudeug HWANG) in Africa, the most influential East Asian countries.These three articles (presentations) of this panel session try to analyze soft powers of each country in Africa from government to non-government level to provide materials for comparative study on the issue of "Asian soft powers in Africa".Chair: Takuo IWATAPropose a paperThe panel has no papers to display. Only accepted papers will be shown here.All proposals must be made via the bespoke on-line facility that ECAS2013 is using to handle all proposals. Proposals should not be sent by email. Convenors wishing to present in their own panel should also use the online form to enter their proposal.Proposals should consist of a paper title, a (very) short abstract of less than 300 characters, and an abstract of 250 words. The proposal may also state the audio-visual requirements you have for your presentation.On submission of the proposal, you should be taken to a screen stating that your submission was completed successfully. If not then you need to try again. On completion the convenors will be sent an automated email alerting them to your proposal. You will also be sent such an email. If you do not receive this email, please first check the login environment (click login above) to see if your proposal is there. If it is, it simply means your confirmation email got spammed/lost; and if it is not, it means you need to re-submit, as the process went wrong somewhere!Proposals will be marked as pending until the Call for Papers closes, and convenors are asked to make decisions. They will then be marked as accepted or rejected; and the panel convenors will inform you of their decisions.RulesDelegates may only make one presentation, although they may also convene one plenary session or panel; or be discussant in one plenary session or panel.Clearly delegates may make multiple proposals, however we discourage this practice as later you will be required to withdraw papers where you have multiple acceptances, inconveniencing those convenors.Useful information for after you've proposed your paperPaper authors can use the login link in the toolbar above to edit their proposals. Co-authors cannot be added/removed nor can papers be withdrawn through this environment - please email ecas2013(at)nomadit.co.uk to do this.