Sorry for the crosspost if you get plural emails on this. CFP: Asian Histories of Computing (Special Issue of the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing) In recent years, historians of computing have been discussing the plural "histories" of computing. A derivative of such approach has been the growing importance of transnational historical investigation in this field. This special issue on Asian History of Computing aims at not only to broaden the literature of international case studies, but also to deepen the view on the circulation of knowledge, importation of knowledge, standardization in each region, role of international institutions, and so force, through Asian perspectives on the history of computing. The editors invite original, scholarly treatments of the history of computing that critically examine historical case studies in Asian computing. Submissions could take any number of approaches, including: - Broad historical perspectives on the development of computing in Asian contexts - Historical case studies of particular technological developments - Accounts of governmental role in developing industry - Regional histories of localizations of computing technologies - Studies of institutions - Critical analyses of scholarly or popular narratives about the Asian history of computing These are only illustrative of possible approaches, as we would welcome creative approaches to Asian history of computing that go beyond these specific examples. Abstracts should be submitted to Chigusa Kita (ckita@kansai-u.ac.jp) by 30 September 2013. Authors of accepted abstracts will receive invitations to submit their full papers to the Annals manuscript center by 28 February 2014. Chigusa Kita (Kansai University, Japan) Hyungsub Choi (Seoul National University, South Korea)