Officials in Washington, D.C. and some local governments are issuing orders that run counter to free inquiry, international intellectual exchange, support for research and teaching, and academic freedom. Threats to institutional funding and programs, such as the eradication of funding for Title VI, Fulbright, and FLAS programs, have resulted in profound uncertainties for these programs […]
The AAS Board of Directors has endorsed the Joint Statement on the Executive Order to Dismantle Department of Education issued by the American Council of Learned Societies and the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The statement reads: In this moment of turbulent policy change, The Phi Beta Kappa Society and the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) remain […]
The Philippine Studies Group of the Association for Asian Studies is pleased to award the Grant Goodman Prize for 2025 to Filomeno V. Aguilar, Jr. for his pivotal contributions to Philippine historical studies. Aguilar is Professor of History at Ateneo de Manila University. The Prize was established in 1990 with a generous gift from Grant Goodman (1925-2014), Professor […]
Letter to the leadership of Columbia University urging it to reject the Trump administration’s ultimatum of 13 March 2025 and stand firm in defense of academic freedom & the university’s independence Dr. Katrina ArmstrongInterim President, Columbia Universityofficeofthepresident@columbia.edu David GreenwaldClaire ShipmanCo-Chairs, Columbia University Board of Trusteessecretary@columbia.edu Dear Dr. Armstrong, Mr. Greenwald and Ms. Shipman: We write […]
The members of the Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) heartily welcome the 2025 Annual Conference to Columbus, Ohio. Aside from Chicago, the only other Midwest cities to host the AAS Annual Conference have been Ann Arbor, Michigan and Cleveland, Ohio—both in the 1950s. Columbus has various nicknames: No matter what you call it, we have various excursions […]
Paul E. Dunscomb, Professor of History at the University of Alaska Anchorage, passed away after a short illness on March 5, 2025. Paul was born and raised in New York’s Hudson River Valley, an area he loved throughout his life. He earned a B.S. in Communications from Ithaca College in 1985 and began a career […]
David B. J. Adams, 82, died Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at St. Peter Providence hospital in Olympia, WA. He was born October 17, 1941 in Key West, FL. David received his baccalaureate degree from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA in 1963 and his doctorate in political science from the University of Chicago […]
The Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award Committee is pleased to announce that Dr. Yoshiyuki Hara (Assistant Professor of Japanese, the University of Alabama at Birmingham) is the recipient of the 2025 Hamako Ito Chaplin Memorial Award for Excellence in Japanese Language Teaching. Dr. Hara completed his Ph.D. in Japanese linguistics, and his research and teaching interests […]
The Association for Asian Studies strongly condemns any act targeting transgender students, among the most vulnerable members of American society. Even as the Association holds its Annual Conference in Columbus, the AAS expresses its solidarity and support for transgender individuals in Ohio and the United States more broadly, including those among its faculty and student […]
The AAS is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s prize competitions and offer congratulations to all honorees. Please join us at the AAS 2025 Presidential Address and Awards Ceremony to recognize their work. The ceremony will take place on Friday, March 14, from 5:30 to 7:15pm, in the Aminah Robinson Grand Ballroom B/C (5th […]
The Association for Asian Studies is pleased to announce that following an extensive search process, Dr. Elise Huerta has been selected to serve as the new editor of Education About Asia (EAA). Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Huerta is a cultural studies scholar and educator who specializes in modern and contemporary China, with additional training […]
Graduate students and early career scholars are now invited to register for Conference Mentor Sessions at AAS 2025 in Columbus. Each Conference Mentor Session is a one-hour opportunity for a small group (up to nine participants) to talk with a senior scholar on a designated topic. Registration for Conference Mentor Sessions is open to AAS […]
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