Asian Studies

September 26-28, 2017
Crawley, West Australia
With a particular thematic focus on 'Gender-Based Violence', the 2017 WIA aims to draw together scholars and activists working on this issue in Asia and Australia, to foster a discussion on the various challenges and strategies involved in addressing Violence Against Women in dfferent contexts.

October 6–8, 2017
San Francisco, CA
An International Conference of the Chinese Historical Society of America

October 16-19, 2017
Haifa and Tel Aviv, Israel
Themes are (1) Patterns of military and civilian internment during WWI and their relevance to contemporary norms (including Asia), (2)Motives and determinants of differential treatment of POWs and interned civilians during WWI (specific case studies or comparisons), (3) Gendered, sexual and emotional aspects of long-term internment (including Asia), (4)The impact of WWI on subsequent wartime treatment of POWs (including Asia), (5) Is WWI a turning point in the treatment of POWs and interned civilians in modern times?

October 18 - 22, 2017
St. Louis, MO
2017 Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association Conference. Potential topics could include, but are not limited to:
Representations in film, TV, comics, etc.; Whitewashing, racebending, and erasure; Cultural appropriation; Otaku culture, anime, manga, gaming; Music (K-pop, J-pop, etc.); Bollywood, Hong Kong films, Korean films, etc.; TV series (Fresh Off the Boat, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Quantico...

November 8 - 9, 2017
Duisburg, Germany
What potential challenges, opportunities, and new conflicts may arise in the roll-out of BRI(Belt and Road Initiative)? Can the BRI become a template for a new phase of globalization? What are the geostrategic implications of BRI and how will they impact on regional and global power balances? What are the potential impacts of BRI on the economic, social and political structures in the regions along the “Belt” and “Road”?

January 5, 2018
London, UK
This one-day workshop will bring together academics and other China professionals to examine developments in China’s politics and society over Xi Jinping's first five years.

March 22 - 23, 2018
Kyoto, Japan
The international conference focuses on the policies and praxis of empires in the mobilization and deployment of colonial subjects as well as the various strategies employed by the mobilized people and societies to protect themselves and their dignity during WWII.

March 29 - April 1, 2018
Los Angeles, CA
This seminar is interested in examining the dialogic, shifting creation of Asia(s) from the inter-East Asian circulation of texts, ideologies, and languages, as well as the back and forth movement of ideas between East Asia and the West.

April 6 - 7, 2018
Stanford, CA
The conference will feature up to thirteen student presentations of original research on any aspect of premodern (technically, beginnings to 1911) Chinese humanistic culture, drawing on but not limited to the traditional disciplines of history, literature, religion, art, social sciences, and thought.

April 27-28, 2018
Stanford, CA
Focus on four areas of research: (1) the Spatial Analysis of Asian Human Geographies, (2) Text Mining and Computational Analysis of Asian & Non-Latin Scripts, (3) Network Analysis of Non-Western social formations, and (4) the development of Digital Humanities tools and platforms designed for the unique challenges of Asian Studies scholarship.

May 17 – 18, 2018
Shanghai, China
ORIENTALISM, NEO-ORIENTALISM AND POST-ORIENTALISM IN AFRICAN, MIDDLE EAST, LATIN AMERICAN, ASIAN/CHINESE STUDIES

May 25 - 26, 2018
Hong Kong
Aims to formulate questions for inquiry, identify objects of study, and develop methods for analysis in examining the diverse intermedial encounters and exchanges that transpire among East and Southeast Asian cultural and media flows and processes.

June 15 - 16, 2018
Munich, Germany
This workshop is designed to cast a light on this diversity of commentarial practices found within Buddhist traditions as they spread historically throughout Asia

June 28 - 30, 2018
Abuja, Nigeria
This emerging political and economic order calls for intellectual discussions on Asia-Africa relationships and Africa’s role in this encounter.

June 30 - July 1, 2018
Tokyo, Japan
ASCJ is an interdisciplinary scholarly organization dedicated to the study of Asia.

July 7 - 8, 2018
New Delhi, India
The Program Committee for the AAS-in-ASIA conference seeks proposals dealing with all regions of Asia on subjects covering a wide range of scholarly disciplines and professional fields under the broad theme: Asia in Motion: Geographies and Genealogies

July 21 - 22, 2018
Changchun, China
To promote the exchange and discussion among scholars from China and the world; to promote research level and academic development in World/Global and East Asian historical studies.

December 4 - 7, 2018
Hanoi, Vietnam
InterAsian Connections VI: Hanoi is the sixth in a series of conferences showcasing innovative research from across the social sciences and related disciplines that explores themes that transform conventional understandings of Asia.