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The Association for Asian Studies 2022 Annual Conference will take place March 24-27, 2022 in Honolulu, Hawai'i. Stay tuned for more details and information to come.
AAS COVID-19 UPDATE: We are hopeful that over the course of the next year vaccinations will be widely available and administered and that it will be safe to travel to Honolulu in March. The state of Hawai'i re-opening plans and travel requirements continue to change with encouraging updates posted daily. We are planning to hold an in-person conference and are working closely with the convention center and hotels to ensure protocols are in place to ensure a safe and healthy meeting. We will continue to post updates over the next few months; please check this page or conference announcement for updated information.
Call for Proposals 2022
The Call for Proposals will open in June 2021. More information and details will post to this website soon.
Thank You for Joining Us Virtually!
Thank you for joining us at the AAS 2021 Virtual Conference. While this year was a bit different than others, it is always wonderful to meet members and share in new research projects and conversations. We hope you gained valuable insights from each session you attended and feel enthusiastic about the future of Asian Studies.
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Faces of Faith: Early Japanese Religious Statuary at the @SainsburyCentre
18 June - 3 Oct
To commemorate the 1,400th anniversary of Prince ShΕtoku's passing, the Sainsbury Centre will be displaying and exploring religious Japanese artefacts:
https://japaninnorwich.org/2021/06/18/faces-of-faith-launch/
"Old State, New Society: Indonesia's New Order in Comparative Historical Perspective" β this 1983 article by Benedict Anderson is part of our June feature on pieces about Intellectuals from the #JAS archives. #AsianStudies
Old State, New Society: Indonesia's New Order in Comparative Historical Perspective | The Journal of Asian Studies | Cambridge Core
Old State, New Society: Indonesia's New Order in Comparative Historical Perspective - Volume 42 Issue 3
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New #AsiaNow post: Jing Jiang of @Reed_College_ writes about Chinese #ScienceFiction, the topic of her new Asia Shorts volume from AAS Publishing.
“A Form of Prophecy for the Near Future”: Chinese Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century and Beyond - Association for Asian Studies
By Jing Jiang Jing Jiang is Associate Professor of Chinese and Humanities at Reed College and author of Found in...
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A new #BeyondJapan is out now, exploring the artistic movement of #Futurism with @SISJAC_UK Fellow Dr Daria Melnikova. Daria joins @OllieMox to explain how Russian and Japanese artists challenged its core principles & Eurocentric nature.
βΆοΈhttps://japaninnorwich.org/2021/06/17/beyond-japan-ep-40-futurism-a-global-art-movement-with-dr-daria-melnikova/
As part of #CLW2021 and honouring #asianheritagemonth, Celebrate Student Research: Games in Asia was successfully held on May 18. To conclude the session, we have put together the presentation materials and created a reading list. Explore further at: https://asian.library.ubc.ca/celebrate-student-research-games-in-asia/.
