Letter to the Executive Members of the IUAES and to the Chairpersons of the Panels/Sessions

December 31, 2008

Dear executive members and chairpersons,

    It is with your support that the 16th World Congress of the IUAES has been decided to hold in Kunming, China from July 27 till 31, 2009. I, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, sincerely welcome you to join us in the Congress or to organize panels or sessions focusing on certain topics. I also hope you can invite more scholars worldwide to join us in the Congress in July, 2009, so that we can share the latest research achievements and experience with worldwide colleagues.

    The Congress is a grand assembly in the international anthropological and ethnological academic field, and is a new development for the IUAES. It is with your affirmation and trust that we have the honor to organize this Congress. As the organizer of the Congress, we are dedicated to facilitate the participation and try our best to provide thoughtful and considerate services, in order to hold a substantial, influential and unique congress.

    We provide financial support for those scholars with financial constraints in order to ensure more scholars can come. For more detailed information about financial support, please visit www.iuaes2008. org,  send E-mails to iuaes2008@126.com; iuaes2009@yahoo.cn
, or call 86-10-68932100 or 66508317 to contact us.

    We are looking forward to seeing you in Kunming, the Spring City of China, in the summer of 2009.

    Best regards for the New Year!

 Yang Chuantang

President of the Organizing Committee