Puangchon Unchanam is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at Naresuan University, author of Royal Capitalism: Wealth, Class, and Monarchy in Thailand, published by University of Wisconsin Press, and recipient of the Honorable Mention for the 2022 Harry J. Benda Prize. To begin with, please tell us what your book is about. My […]
Jean C. Oi will take office as the next AAS Vice President following the 2022 Annual Conference in March. Oi is William Haas Professor of Chinese Politics, Department of Political Science and Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, Director of the China Program at Stanford University and Lee Shau Kee Director of the Stanford Center […]
Tom Le is Assistant Professor of Politics at Pomona College and has been a member of the AAS since 2015. A political scientist, Le’s work covers Japan and East Asia more broadly. Why did you join AAS and why would you recommend AAS to your colleagues? I joined AAS to engage with scholars outside of […]
Kristen E. Looney is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies and Government at Georgetown University and has been a member of the AAS since 2013. Your discipline and country (or countries) of interest: Political Science, China and Northeast Asia Why did you join AAS, and why would you recommend AAS to your colleagues? A few years […]
Diana Kim is an assistant professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and core faculty member of the Asian Studies Program. Visit her website and follow her on Twitter @DianaSueKim. What is your discipline and country (or countries) of interest? I received my Ph.D. in political science, and my research adopts a […]
Dorothy J. Solinger is Professor Emerita at the University of California, Irvine. She is a political scientist who specializes in China. How long have you been a member of AAS? Fifty years, I’m told. (I entered graduate school at Stanford in 1968—did I really join the AAS instantaneously, at such a tender age in my […]
