List members may be interested in the 3rd Asiascape: Digital Asia (DIAS) conference, which will be held at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies and the International Institute for Asian Studies on 29 May 2018. The theme will be 'Rethinking Communities in the Age of the Digital', and promising contributions may be included in a special issue of the academic journal Asiascape: Digital Asia (Brill). Please see the official call for papers<http://www.politicseastasia.com/research/call-papers-rethinking-communities/> for detailed information. Deadline for abstracts: 1 February 2018. Submission: via the conference submission dropbox<https://forms.iias.asia/paper-proposal-3rd-asiascape-digital-asia>. Please note that the event follows the 16th Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) in Leiden (22-23 May 2018) and the annual meeting of the International Communications Association (ICA) in Prague (24-28 May 2018); potential contributors may find these related events worth attending as well. Regards, Florian Schneider ________________________________ Dr. Florian Schneider University Lecturer in the Politics of Modern China Managing Editor of the academic journal Asiascape: Digital Asia Chinese Department, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies Arsenaalstraat 1, Room 009 P.O.Box 9515 2300 RA Leiden The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)71 - 527 2544 Fax: +31 (0)71 - 527 2526 Web: www.PoliticsEastAsia.com<https://webmail.campus.leidenuniv.nl/owa/redir.aspx?C=XxWGPCVp6EeeAuifBOjwEZslF8TymdAIfjqfc0qkUYEAPEu-0D_kOR_w9CWSCooLG0JSLNkXBUk.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.PoliticsEastAsia.com> Twitter: @schneiderfa77