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The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is dedicated to the advancement of the field of Asian Studies through international exchange, networking, publications, research support, and career development.
The AAS Secretariat will be closed from December 24 until January 5 for a holiday break. We hope everyone enjoys a peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year!
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The AAS Secretariat will be closed from December 24 until January 5 for a holiday break. We hope everyone enjoys a peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year!
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CfP: Third Forum on Dialogue of World Civilizations - #Astronomy, Science and Technology on the Ancient #SilkRoad
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
December 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
CfP: Third Forum on Dialogue of World Civilizations - #Astronomy, Science and Technology on the Ancient #SilkRoad
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
Lanzhou University invites paper submissions for a conference on May 29-31, 2026 with an optional trip to #Dunhuang on June 1-3.
More information in the pictures. #Sinology #China
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We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
The Digital Orientalist
Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We are always looking for submissions, all year around!
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com
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Pleased to share the Spring 2026 schedule for the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA online seminar series @ Harvard!
Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30–11:45 am EST.
REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts 🧪
Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30–11:45 am EST.
REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts 🧪
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Call for chapters on youth climate politics in Asia and Africa, for an edited book co-edited by our member Laura Bullon Cassis.
Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.
Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Call for chapters on youth climate politics in Asia and Africa, for an edited book co-edited by our member Laura Bullon Cassis.
Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.
Abstracts are due by 15 January, 2026.
Call for Proposals: 18th European Association for Japanese Studies International Conference, 27-30 August 2026 in Poznań, Poland and online. Submit paper and panel proposals by 5 January 2026 for consideration.
2026 Call for Contributions - EAJS
2026 Call for Contributions Conference Login The European Association for Japanese Studies invites paper and panel proposals for the forthcoming 18th EAJS International Conference. Please read the…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Call for Proposals: 18th European Association for Japanese Studies International Conference, 27-30 August 2026 in Poznań, Poland and online. Submit paper and panel proposals by 5 January 2026 for consideration.
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The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
"The first grant will support early career scholars in History and Areas Studies." Applications are due by April 13, 2026.
Greetings check this out: Amplifying voices is a new Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish. Apply!!! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Amplifying voices
New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish
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December 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The first grant will support early career scholars in History and Areas Studies." Applications are due by April 13, 2026.
Undergraduate and grad students are invited to apply for the five-week Study Abroad in Laos program (SAIL) offered by the Center for Lao Studies. Applications are due by April 16 (April 1 for anyone seeking college credit)
Program Detail | Center for Lao Studies
Do you want to learn the Lao language, Lao history, and Lao culture? What better way to do it than to spend your summer fully immersed in Lao society in Laos!
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December 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Undergraduate and grad students are invited to apply for the five-week Study Abroad in Laos program (SAIL) offered by the Center for Lao Studies. Applications are due by April 16 (April 1 for anyone seeking college credit)
Ming Studies scholars planning to attend #AAS2026 in Vancouver—you have until *tomorrow* (December 18) to apply for a Geiss-Hsu grant to support your travel! All materials must be submitted to AAS by 11:59pm Eastern Time.
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
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December 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Ming Studies scholars planning to attend #AAS2026 in Vancouver—you have until *tomorrow* (December 18) to apply for a Geiss-Hsu grant to support your travel! All materials must be submitted to AAS by 11:59pm Eastern Time.
bit.ly/AAS2026Ming
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We are pleased to invite all #AAS2026 attendees to the Keynote Address by Professor Hyun Mee Kim (Yonsei University) on Thursday, March 12 at 5:00pm. Professor Kim will speak on "A Feminist Redefining of Democracy in Post-Developmental South Korea."
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
We are pleased to invite all #AAS2026 attendees to the Keynote Address by Professor Hyun Mee Kim (Yonsei University) on Thursday, March 12 at 5:00pm. Professor Kim will speak on "A Feminist Redefining of Democracy in Post-Developmental South Korea."
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
Call for Proposals: Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China 2026 Young Scholars conference, "Emerging Trends in China’s Society, Politics and Economy," May 4-5 at UC San Diego. Submit proposals by January 16 for consideration.
Academic Conferences
The center hosts academic conferences where scholars meet to discuss their research and exchange ideas about future research collaboration. These conferences are closed to the public.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Call for Proposals: Fudan-UC Center on Contemporary China 2026 Young Scholars conference, "Emerging Trends in China’s Society, Politics and Economy," May 4-5 at UC San Diego. Submit proposals by January 16 for consideration.
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The latest issue of JAOS has been published, #145.4 (2025). This will be the last one under the old name. Starting next year, the journal will appear under its new name, JASPA: Journal of the American Society for Premodern Asia.
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JAOS
The Journal of the American Oriental Society (ISSN 0003-0279) is published quarterly by the American Oriental Society.
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December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The latest issue of JAOS has been published, #145.4 (2025). This will be the last one under the old name. Starting next year, the journal will appear under its new name, JASPA: Journal of the American Society for Premodern Asia.
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New resource! As we prepare for #AAS2026 in Vancouver, we've added a list of #AsianStudies programs and centers in Canada to the AAS website.
Did we miss any? Let us know!
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Did we miss any? Let us know!
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Asian Studies Programs and Centers in Canada - Association for Asian Studies
Last updated December 15, 2025. If your program, center, or department is not listed, or if your website URL has changed, please notify Maura Elizabeth Cunningham at [email protected]. …
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December 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
New resource! As we prepare for #AAS2026 in Vancouver, we've added a list of #AsianStudies programs and centers in Canada to the AAS website.
Did we miss any? Let us know!
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Did we miss any? Let us know!
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Yuxi Pan is writing a dissertation on the representation of horses in the Yuan Dynasty and the broader Mongol world. In June 2025, Pan visited Hong Kong and Taiwan on research trips supported by an EIAC small grant.
Apply for your grant by February 2: bit.ly/EIAC26
Apply for your grant by February 2: bit.ly/EIAC26
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yuxi Pan is writing a dissertation on the representation of horses in the Yuan Dynasty and the broader Mongol world. In June 2025, Pan visited Hong Kong and Taiwan on research trips supported by an EIAC small grant.
Apply for your grant by February 2: bit.ly/EIAC26
Apply for your grant by February 2: bit.ly/EIAC26
Call for Applications: Indiana University summer Japanese Workshop, intensive online courses in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year Japanese. Apply by January 30 to participate!
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December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Call for Applications: Indiana University summer Japanese Workshop, intensive online courses in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-year Japanese. Apply by January 30 to participate!
With generous funding from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, AAS is able to provide travel grants for Ming Studies scholars to attend #AAS2026—but there's only one week left to apply! Submit materials by December 18.
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December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
With generous funding from the James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, AAS is able to provide travel grants for Ming Studies scholars to attend #AAS2026—but there's only one week left to apply! Submit materials by December 18.
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Great programs on offer here. I've attended previously and it tremendously helped my language skills.
Call for Applications: Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes, with options for both South and Southeast Asian languages. Classes will run June 15-August 7, 2026; all application materials are due by March 1.
Overview of WISLI Programs
We offer high-quality, proficiency-driven courses for 30+ languages for undergraduates, graduate students, adult learners, and rising high school juniors and seniors (online only). Our 8-week…
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December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Great programs on offer here. I've attended previously and it tremendously helped my language skills.
Call for Applications: Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes, with options for both South and Southeast Asian languages. Classes will run June 15-August 7, 2026; all application materials are due by March 1.
Overview of WISLI Programs
We offer high-quality, proficiency-driven courses for 30+ languages for undergraduates, graduate students, adult learners, and rising high school juniors and seniors (online only). Our 8-week…
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December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Call for Applications: Wisconsin Intensive Summer Language Institutes, with options for both South and Southeast Asian languages. Classes will run June 15-August 7, 2026; all application materials are due by March 1.
You have #AAS2026 questions. We have answers.
Submit your AAS Annual Conference queries and dilemmas using our quick and easy form—we'll be answering selected questions between now and March 12!
bit.ly/AAS2026-AMA
Submit your AAS Annual Conference queries and dilemmas using our quick and easy form—we'll be answering selected questions between now and March 12!
bit.ly/AAS2026-AMA
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
You have #AAS2026 questions. We have answers.
Submit your AAS Annual Conference queries and dilemmas using our quick and easy form—we'll be answering selected questions between now and March 12!
bit.ly/AAS2026-AMA
Submit your AAS Annual Conference queries and dilemmas using our quick and easy form—we'll be answering selected questions between now and March 12!
bit.ly/AAS2026-AMA
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For premodern/early modern Japan specialists out there (or those who are Japan-curious), I've finally finished compiling my list of relevant panels/talks for #AAS2026! Please let me know if I accidentally missed something! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2026 - AAS - Premodern Japan-related panels
Premodern Japan-related Sessions, Association for Asian Studies 2026 Below is a list of sessions at AAS 2026 related to premodern Japan. I’ve done my best to locate everything, but if anything has ...
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December 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
For premodern/early modern Japan specialists out there (or those who are Japan-curious), I've finally finished compiling my list of relevant panels/talks for #AAS2026! Please let me know if I accidentally missed something! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
It's time to put those finishing touches on your #AASInAsia2026 proposals and hit the submit button! All proposals for onsite, virtual, and hybrid sessions/roundtables must be submitted to AAS and LUMS *today*.
bit.ly/AIA2026
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December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's time to put those finishing touches on your #AASInAsia2026 proposals and hit the submit button! All proposals for onsite, virtual, and hybrid sessions/roundtables must be submitted to AAS and LUMS *today*.
bit.ly/AIA2026
bit.ly/AIA2026
Call for Papers: The University of Michigan will hold a workshop on Asian Political History, May 4-5, 2026. All who are interested in sharing their work should submit a paper abstract by January 20.
Apply now: bit.ly/3KfTcyF
Apply now: bit.ly/3KfTcyF
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Call for Papers: The University of Michigan will hold a workshop on Asian Political History, May 4-5, 2026. All who are interested in sharing their work should submit a paper abstract by January 20.
Apply now: bit.ly/3KfTcyF
Apply now: bit.ly/3KfTcyF
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Commentary I co-wrote (for #AsiaNow of @asianstudies.org ) with two talented scholars (one originally from Thailand and the other from Belarus) on the value of looking back to Asia & Belarus 2019-2021 while thinking about this year's Gen Z wave, just reprinted by LSE blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2025/12...
Gen Z Activism from Asia to Belarus and Beyond, 2019-2025 - LSE Southeast Asia Blog
This blog was first published by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) on 7 November 2025. To see the original post, please visit the AAS here. 2025 could be called the Year of Gen Z Activists. Betw...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Commentary I co-wrote (for #AsiaNow of @asianstudies.org ) with two talented scholars (one originally from Thailand and the other from Belarus) on the value of looking back to Asia & Belarus 2019-2021 while thinking about this year's Gen Z wave, just reprinted by LSE blogs.lse.ac.uk/seac/2025/12...
Drumroll please!
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We are happy to announce the results of our 2025 AAS elections. Thank you to the members who voted, as well as to all the candidates!
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We are happy to announce the results of our 2025 AAS elections. Thank you to the members who voted, as well as to all the candidates!
AAS 2025 Election Results - Association for Asian Studies
We are pleased to announce the results of the AAS 2025 election, which opened on September 16 and concluded on November 17. All current AAS members received an electronic ballot to vote in the…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Drumroll please!
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We are happy to announce the results of our 2025 AAS elections. Thank you to the members who voted, as well as to all the candidates!
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We are happy to announce the results of our 2025 AAS elections. Thank you to the members who voted, as well as to all the candidates!