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  • Globalisms and Localisms in Asian Hip Hops
    South Asia
  • Saturday, May 31, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM NPT
    Early Career Writing Workshop: 'Preparing Your Article For Publication'
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM NPT
    Opening Ceremony
  • 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM NPT
    Reception
  • Sunday, June 1, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Dangerous Pleasures: Senses, Emotions, and Bodily Practices in Early Modern Chinese Writings
    Organizer: Wenting Ji (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    Organizer: Xiaoqian Ji (she/her/hers) – Southeast University
    Chair: Shengqing Wu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Mengling Wang (she/her/hers) – Furman University
    Paper Presenter: Ziyun Liu (she/her/hers) – Minzu University of China
    Paper Presenter: Wenting Ji (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoqian Ji (she/her/hers) – Southeast University
    Discussant: Yinzong Wei (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Dynamics, Complexities and Agencies: Rethinking the Center-Margin Relations in Ancient China
    Organizer: Fanghan Wang (she/her/hers) – Shandong University
    Chair: Fanghan Wang (she/her/hers) – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Fanghan Wang (she/her/hers) – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Dongming Wu (he/him/his) – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Mariana Castro (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Lin Jiao (she/her/hers) – Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts
    Discussant: Bo Xie (she/her/hers) – Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Faith in Flux: Religion and Identity Politics in Asian Local and Migrant Communities
    Organizer: Minhang Du – Peking University
    Organizer: Eugene Yuan (She/They) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Chair: Yuqing Du – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Minhang Du – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Zixuan Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Yuqing Du – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Ye Yuan – Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes - Paris Sciences et Lettres
    Paper Presenter: Ruo Lin – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Jingyang Zhao (she/her/hers) – Southwest University of Political Science and Law
    Discussant: Yuerong Wen – National Taipei University of Education
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Leveraging the Margins of the "Middle Kingdom": Frontier China in East Asia’s Hot and Cold Wars
    Organizer: Hao Chen (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Chair: Noriko Unno – Osaka University
    Paper Presenter: Benno Weiner – Carnegie Mellon University
    Paper Presenter: Hao Chen (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Anran Wang – Korea University
    Paper Presenter: Junyi Han – Yale University
    Discussant: Peng Hai – University of Pittsburgh
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Mediated Margins: Articulating Immigrant Experiences in Global Asias
    Organizer: Tzu-Chi Ou (she/her/hers) – National Chengchi University
    Chair: Ting-Fai Yu (he/him/his) – French Centre for Research on Contemporary China
    Paper Presenter: Tzu-Chi Ou (she/her/hers) – National Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Qiqi Jin (she/her/hers) – Taiwan National Cheng-chi University
    Paper Presenter: Ting-Fai Yu (he/him/his) – French Centre for Research on Contemporary China
    Paper Presenter: Wan-Ci Jiang (she/her/hers) – HKU University of Arts Utrecht
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Modernity, Marginality, and Mobility in a Demographically Changing Asia
    Organizer: Melanie P. Tolentino (she/her/hers) – Central Luzon State University
    Chair: Melanie P. Tolentino (she/her/hers) – Central Luzon State University
    Discussant: Yoshihide Obayashi (he/him/his) – Hokkaido University
    Discussant: Kailash Timilsina (he/him/his) – Gandaki University
    Discussant: Jay Santos (he/him/his) – Central Luzon State University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Negotiation, Agency and Hegemonic Discourses in Northeast India
    Organizer: Pranab Kumar Pegu (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Organizer: Ng Sourav Singha (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Chair: Pranab Kumar Pegu (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Paper Presenter: Pranab Kumar Pegu (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Paper Presenter: Ng Sourav Singha (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Paper Presenter: Roshni Brahma (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Paper Presenter: Hare Krishna Doley (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    New Spaces of Borderlands Studies
    Organizer: Gregory Goulding – University of Pennsylvania
    Organizer: Ayesha Sheth – Ahmedabad University
    Chair: Gregory Goulding – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Gregory Goulding – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Ayesha Sheth – Ahmedabad University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel Lapinski (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Tanuja Kothiyal – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Off-modern Topographies: Rural-Nuclear Landscapes, Literary Bodyscapes and Counter-Linguistic Sites toward a Remapping of East Asian Modernity
    Organizer: Serena Di Maria – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Chair: Ya-hsun Chan (she/her/hers) – Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Serena Di Maria – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: I-Ying Wei (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Masato Kurosawa – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Tatsuya Kageki – Meisei University
    Paper Presenter: Akemi Yamauchi – Miyagi University of Education
    Discussant: Yi-Ting Chang (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Outside/In: Reframing Asia through Decentralized Curatorial Practices
    Organizer: Ellen Larson (they/them/theirs) – University of Chicago
    Chair: Ellen Larson (they/them/theirs) – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Min-hyung Kang (she/her/hers) – Barim Gwangju
    Discussant: Abby Chen (she/her/hers) – Asian Art Museum
    Discussant: Cheng Xu (she/her/hers) – Asian Art Museum
    Discussant: Naz Cuguoglu (she/her/hers) – Asian Art Museum
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reframing Cultural Boundaries between China and Japan in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
    Organizer: Wendong Cui (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Shuo-win Chen – Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Wendong Cui (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yin Lu (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Huilin Chang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Chu Hai College
    Paper Presenter: Jiayin Cai (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Discussant: Yin Lu (he/him/his) – Peking University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Security in Asia: Looking in, Looking out
    Organizer: Yoichiro Sato (he/him/his) – Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
    Chair: Yoichiro Sato (he/him/his) – Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
    Paper Presenter: Beata Bochorodycz – Adam Mikevicz University
    Paper Presenter: Hidekazu Sakai (he/him/his) – Kansai Gaidai University
    Paper Presenter: Shahbaaz Manzoor – Houzeo
    Paper Presenter: Soumya Awasthi – Observer Research Foundation
    Discussant: Barbara Kratiuk (she/her/hers) – Vistula University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Special Roundtable: How to Publish in Academic Journals and Books
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Wonders of Transformation: Technology and Cultural Imaginations in (Pre)Modern China
    Organizer: Jiayi Chen – Washington University in St. Louis
    Chair: Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu (she/her/hers) – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Huijun Mai – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Xinyi Fu – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Jiayi Chen – Washington University in St. Louis
    Paper Presenter: Dankun Zhao – Southeast University
    Discussant: Chiung-yun Evelyn Liu (she/her/hers) – Academia Sinica
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    "Zaoren (造人)": Crafting Subjecthood in Premodern China
    Organizer: Yuxuan Tay (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Jinchao Zhao (she/her/hers) – Tongji University
    Discussant: Jinchao Zhao (she/her/hers) – Tongji University
    Paper Presenter: Yuxuan Tay (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Huajie Fan (she/they) – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Tiantian Cai (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Yutong Li (she/her/hers) – New York University Shanghai
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Building Borderworlds: Migration, Labor, and Social Reproduction in and from Southeast Asia

    Organizer: Nicole T. Venker – Cornell University

    Chair: Jasnea Sarma – University Of Zurich

    Paper Presenter: Nicole T. Venker – Cornell University

    Paper Presenter: Shae Frydenlund – University of Colorado, Boulder

    Paper Presenter: Jasnea Sarma – University Of Zurich

    Discussant: Shae Frydenlund – University of Colorado, Boulder

  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Cultural Imagination in Motion: Computational Perspectives on Chinese Heritage, Literature, and Iconography
    Organizer: Maciej Kurzynski (he/him/his) – Lingnan University
    Chair: Zongqi Cai (he/him/his) – Lingnan University
    Paper Presenter: Paul Vierthaler (he/him/his) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Jing Chen (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Qiuzi Guo (she/her/hers) – The Education University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Maciej Kurzynski (he/him/his) – Lingnan University
    Discussant: Lin Du (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Democratic Decline and Population Migration: Looking for the Connections
    Organizer: AKM Ahsan Ullah – Universiti Brunei Darussalam
    Chair: AKM Ahsan Ullah – Universiti Brunei Darussalam
    Paper Presenter: Jannatul Ferdous (she/her/hers) – Comilla University
    Paper Presenter: Diotima Chattoraj (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Tahseen Jahan (she/her/hers) – Dhaka University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Digital Humanities Meets Print Culture Studies: New Perspectives on Modern Japan and China
    Organizer: Yoshitaka Hibi (he/him/his) – Nagoya University
    Chair: Yoshitaka Hibi (he/him/his) – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Yoshitaka Hibi (he/him/his) – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Zhixi Yin – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Ayumi Mitsuishi – Nara University
    Paper Presenter: Chinatsu Maki – Nara University of Education
    Discussant: Ha-kyoung Shin – Sookmyung Women's University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Fandom, Media, and Popular Cultures in Global Asias II: Gender, Belonging, and Urban Spaces
    Organizer: Michelle H. S. Ho (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Sneha Annavarapu (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Michelle H. S. Ho (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Michelle H. S. Ho (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Sneha Annavarapu (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Mayadevi Murthy (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Nemo Martin (they/them/theirs) – Kanazawa University
    Paper Presenter: Maggie Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Food (Im-)Mobilities and Multiple Global-Asian Futures
    Organizer: Venus Viana (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Chair: Sau-Wah Mak (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Shuk-Ying Lo (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Venus Viana (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Sau-Wah Mak (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Emiko Takei (she/her/hers) – Osaka Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Identity Transitions in Life Passages: Translating and Interpreting Rites and Rituals in Sinitic Contexts
    Organizer: Chun Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Organizer: Yuqing Luo (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Chair: Yuqing Luo (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Chun Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Paper Presenter: Yunyang Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Leipzig
    Paper Presenter: Yuqing Luo (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Sze Sze Yap (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Fei Deng (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Memory, Movement, Montage: Engaging with the Pluralities of Migrant Narratives
    Organizer: Rituparna Rana (she/her/hers) – Memory Movement Montage, USA
    Chair: Nida Sajid (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Discussant: Muhammad Numan (he/him/his) – School of Liberal Arts, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan
    Discussant: Pawan Sharma (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Discussant: Shashwati Talukdar (she/her/hers) – Four Nine and a Half Pictures
    Discussant: Diditi Mitra (she/her/hers) – Brookdale Community College
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Mobility in South Asian Ports and Port Cities
    Organizer: Joshua Ehrlich – University of Macau
    Chair: Joshua Ehrlich – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Alastair McClure (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Joshua Ehrlich – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Devika Shankar – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Leilah Vevaina – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Place-Making in Tibetan Buddhist Societies: (Re)Constructions of Sacred Spaces through Pilgrimage, Text and Image
    Organizer: Mufei He – Tsinghua University
    Organizer: Yuyuan (Victoria) Liu – Columbia University
    Chair: Weirong Shen – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Rufei Luo – Nanjing University
    Paper Presenter: Yuewei Wang – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Mufei He – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Shuang Yao – Renmin University of China
    Paper Presenter: Yuyuan (Victoria) Liu – Columbia University
    Discussant: Patrick Dowd – American Institute of Indian Studies
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Producing and Exporting Gender Narratives: Chinese Games, Platforms, Reality TV and Films
    Organizer: Yimeng Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Bingchun Meng (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Yimeng Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Tingting Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Technology Sydney
    Co-Author: Yalan Huang (she/her/hers) – Jinan University
    Paper Presenter: Ran Xi (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Mengyun He (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Simon Wu (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Discussant: Bingchun Meng (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Rethinking the Political Geography of Nineteenth-Century South Asia
    Organizer: Jon E. Wilson (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    Chair: Jon E. Wilson (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Jon E. Wilson (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Shubhanga Pandey (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Iftekhar Iqbal (he/him/his) – Universiti Brunei Darussalam
    Paper Presenter: Mortaza Hassani (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    The Possibilities and Limits of Agrarian accumulation: Institutions and Climate-Change in Contemporary India
    Organizer: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Organizer: Nilotpal Kumar – Azim Premji University
    Chair: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Nilotpal Kumar – Azim Premji University
    Paper Presenter: Gopi Sankar (he/him/his) – Azim Premji University
    Paper Presenter: Anna David Thottappilly (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Transnationalizing Three Body: Negotiating China, Futurity, and Global Media
    Organizer: Shan Mu Zhao (she/her/hers) – Thompson Rivers University
    Paper Presenter: Shan Mu Zhao (she/her/hers) – Thompson Rivers University
    Paper Presenter: Kaby Kung (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Shiyi Zhao (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Shuwen Yang – Stanford University
    Discussant: Hua Li – Montana State University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    "Crossing Borders: Migration, Identity, and Labor in East Asian Socio-Political Landscapes"

    Paper Presenter: Fang-Yu Li – New College of Florida

    Paper Presenter: Naaborle Sackeyfio – Miami University, Ohio

    Organizer: Kazue Harada – Miami University, Ohio

    Chair: Kazue Harada – Miami University, Ohio

    Paper Presenter: Kazue Harada – Miami University, Ohio

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Affective Echoes: Gender, Resistance, and Identity in Contemporary East Asia
    Organizer: Xinran Wang (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Xiaoyu Xiong (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Xinran Wang (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyu Xiong (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Jiapei Li (she/her/hers) – University of Southampton
    Paper Presenter: Qianhui Ma (she/her/hers) – Columbia University in the City of New York
    Discussant: Shengqing Wu – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Affective Echoes:Gender, Resistance, and Identity in Contemporary East Asia

    Organizer: Xinran Wang – National University of Singapore

    Organizer: Xiaoyu Xiong – Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Chair: Jannis Jizhou Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Paper Presenter: Xinran Wang – National University of Singapore

    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyu Xiong – Chinese University of Hong Kong

    Paper Presenter: Jiapei Li – University of Southampton

    Paper Presenter: Qianhui Ma – Columbia University in the City of New York

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Blurring Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Marginal Spaces in South Asia- Part I
    Organizer: Camellia Biswas (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Organizer: Sharada Channarayapatna (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Chair: Sharada Channarayapatna (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Discussant: Camellia Biswas (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Discussant: Ashra Madhubhashini Wickramathilaka (she/her/hers) – Earth Lanka
    Discussant: Saurabh Mishra (he/him/his) – IIT Gandhinagar
    Discussant: Sameen A. Mohsin Ali (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
    Discussant: Debankita Das (she/her/hers) – University of Hyderabad
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    China’s Expanding Influence on Southeast Asia: Infrastructure, Mobility, and Sociopolitical Dynamics
    Organizer: Ding Yuan (he/him/his) – Shanghai Normal University
    Chair: Min Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Xinrong Ma (she/her/hers) – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Xu Peng (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoxu Chen (she/her/hers) – Southern University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Kaili Zhao (she/her/hers) – South China Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Zhongsi Nie – Rhizome Cultural Consultancy
    Discussant: AKM Ahsan Ullah – Universiti Brunei Darussalam
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Community, Space and Everyday Socio-Political Negotiations in India: Historical and Ethnographic Inquiries
    Organizer: Dyotana Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Krea University
    Organizer: Sarthak Bagchi – Ahmedabad University
    Chair: Dyotana Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Krea University
    Paper Presenter: Dyotana Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Krea University
    Paper Presenter: Abhijit Dasgupta (he/him/his) – Vellore Institute of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Atmadeep Sengupta – Presidency University
    Co-Author: Atmadeep Sengupta – Presidency University
    Paper Presenter: Sarthak Bagchi – Ahmedabad University
    Co-Author: Sarthak Bagchi – Ahmedabad University
    Paper Presenter: Jahnu Bharadwaj (he/him/his) – Tihu College
    Co-Author: Madhumita Sengupta (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Co-Author: Saurabh Saikia – Cotton University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Crossing Borders: Migration, Identity, and Labor in East Asian Socio-Political Landscapes
    Organizer: Kazue Harada (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Ohio
    Chair: Kazue Harada (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Ohio
    Paper Presenter: Fang-Yu Li – New College of Florida
    Paper Presenter: Naaborle Sackeyfio (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Ohio
    Paper Presenter: Kazue Harada (she/her/hers) – Miami University, Ohio
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Dancing "Global Asia" and Inter-Asian Cultural Exchanges in the Cold War
    Organizer: Soo Ryon Yoon (she/her/hers) – Sungkonghoe University
    Chair: Soo Ryon Yoon (she/her/hers) – Sungkonghoe University
    Paper Presenter: Soo Ryon Yoon (she/her/hers) – Sungkonghoe University
    Paper Presenter: Darlene Machell M. Espena – Singapore Management University
    Paper Presenter: Beiyu Zhang – Jinan University
    Discussant: Yu Tao – University of Western Australia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Feminine Metamorphosis: Re-situating Women in the Emerging China from Needlework, Columns, to Inter-species Writing
    Organizer: Yunyi Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Shuhui Yin (she/her/hers) – Macau University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Yunyi Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Trista Ching Yeung (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Shuhui Yin (she/her/hers) – Macau University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Hoi Yan Chu (she/her/hers) – King's College London
    Discussant: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Colby College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    India and the Asian Arc: Enhancing Partnerships in South and Southeast Asia
    Paper Presenter: Amit Singh (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Paper Presenter: Neha Sinha (she/her/hers) – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University
    Paper Presenter: Bhawna Sharma (she/her/hers) – Geeta University
    Paper Presenter: Shreesh Kumar Pathak (he/him/his) – Amity University
    Paper Presenter: Tomasz Lukaszuk – University of Warsaw
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Inequality of Aspiration in Contemporary Urban Indonesia
    Organizer: Anders Møller (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Anindya Tamara (she/her/hers) – Universitas Semarang
    Chair: Wenjing Qiu (she/her/hers) – Leiden University
    Paper Presenter: Aireen Grace Andal (she/her/hers) – Airlangga University
    Paper Presenter: Anders Møller (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Wenjing Qiu (she/her/hers) – Leiden University
    Paper Presenter: Anindya Tamara (she/her/hers) – Universitas Semarang
    Discussant: Rita Padawangi (she/her/hers) – Singapore University of Social Sciences
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Interdisciplinary Approaches to Women and Mobilities in Modern Japan
    Organizer: Andrew C. Elliott (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women's College
    Chair: Edward Boyle (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Paper Presenter: Andrew C. Elliott (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women's College
    Paper Presenter: Ryōta Nishino – Meijo University
    Paper Presenter: Isabel Fassbender (she/her/hers) – Kansai Gaidai University
    Paper Presenter: Maria L. Correa (she/her/hers) – Doshisha Women's College
    Discussant: Edward Boyle (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Modernity in the Making: Rethinking and Reframing Gender Dynamics in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Xi Tian – Bucknell University
    Chair: Xi Tian – Bucknell University
    Paper Presenter: Zexu Guan (she/her/hers) – Beijing Language and Culture University
    Co-Author: Fang Yang (she/her/hers) – Hangzhou Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Erika Ningxin Wang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    Paper Presenter: Xi Tian – Bucknell University
    Paper Presenter: Chengpang Lee (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Discussant: Geng Song (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Roots, Resistance, and Decoloniality: Political Ecology by, of, and for Southeast Asia
    Chair: Amanda Flaim – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Thaw Htoo – Université de Lausanne
    Paper Presenter: Manapee Khongrakchang (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Koning – University of Nevada, Reno
    Paper Presenter: Christina Sayson – Unaffiliated
    Paper Presenter: Khin Shwe Oo – Chiang Mai University
    Co-Author: Amanda Flaim – Michigan State University
    Organizer: Stephanie Koning – University of Nevada, Reno
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Surprise Circuits: Translating Modern Korea and Beyond the Problem of (In)fidelity
    Organizer: Jae Won E. Chung (he/him/his) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Chair: Sunyoung Park (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Jae Won E. Chung (he/him/his) – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Paper Presenter: Haerin Shin (she/her/hers) – Korea University
    Paper Presenter: Susan Hwang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Sunyoung Park (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Varieties of environmentalism in East Asia (Part I): The Asian Anthropocene
    Organizer: Loretta Lou – Durham University
    Organizer: Myung-Ae Choi (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Chair: Loretta Lou – Durham University
    Paper Presenter: Lichao Yang – Beijing Normal University
    Co-Author: Robert Walker – Beijing Normal University
    Co-Author: Guanli Zhang – Beijing Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Seung Hee Cho – Jeju National University
    Co-Author: Yijun Gai (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Hao-tzu Ho – National Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Myung-Ae Choi (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Hideaki Fujiki – Nagoya University
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Why Space in Korea, Now? Rethinking Site-Specificity in Contemporary Korea
    Organizer: Madeleine Han (She/they) – Yale University
    Chair: T. Yejoo Kim (she/they) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: T. Yejoo Kim (she/they) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Soyoon Ryu (she/they) – The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
    Paper Presenter: Madeleine Han (She/they) – Yale University
    Discussant: Eleana Kim – University of California, Irvine
    Northeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Academic Freedom and Knowledge Production in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Stefani Nugroho (she/her/hers) – Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University of Indonesia
    Organizer: Sri Wahyuningroem (she/her/hers) – Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta
    Chair: Stefani Nugroho (she/her/hers) – Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University of Indonesia
    Paper Presenter: Stefani Nugroho (she/her/hers) – Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University of Indonesia
    Paper Presenter: Sri Wahyuningroem (she/her/hers) – Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta
    Co-Author: Laurentius P. Christianto (he/him/his) – Atma Jaya Indonesia Catholic University of Indonesia
    Paper Presenter: Cherian George (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Nelson G. Cainghog (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines, Diliman
    Southeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Agrarian Dynamics, Gender and Agroecology Movements in Rural Japan and Nepal
    Organizer: Takeshi Ito – Sophia University
    Chair: Ramesh Sunam (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Takeshi Ito – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Dinesh Joshi – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Ramesh Sunam (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Lina Baniya – Tribhuvan University
    Discussant: Fraser Sugden – University of Birmingham
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    AI in Action: Enhancing Asian Studies Education Through Practical Applications
    Organizer: Chunmei Du (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Chair: Chunmei Du (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Discussant: Yu-Chieh Li – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Keyao Pan – Florida International University
    Discussant: Rochelle Y.H. Yang – The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Connor Au Yeung (he/him/his) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Youjia Li (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Blurring Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Marginal Spaces in South Asia- Part II
    Organizer: Camellia Biswas (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Organizer: Debasmita Ghosh (she/her/hers) – IIT Gandhinagar
    Chair: Camellia Biswas (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Discussant: Debasmita Ghosh (she/her/hers) – IIT Gandhinagar
    Discussant: Pallavi Narayan (she/her/hers) – Ahmedabad University
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Climate Change, Urban Political Ecology and Transboundary Environmental Issues in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Didid Haryadi (he/him/his) – University of Brawijaya
    Chair: Phimmaly Thammavong – Global Green Growth Institute, Laos
    Paper Presenter: Medina Adulyarat – University of Vienna
    Paper Presenter: Phyo Su San – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Rattanasiri Kittikongnapang – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Banthoon Phankaew, Lecturer, Department of Communication Management, Faculty of Journalism and Mass Communication, Thammasat University
    Southeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Conciliating Science and Religion: Understanding South Asian Epistemology
    Organizer: sanjeev kumar, Co-author (he/him/his) – Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, University of Delhi
    Organizer: Neha Singh, Co-author (she/her/hers) – Ramanujan College, University of Delhi
    Chair: Rekha Saxena (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Discussant: Neha Singh, Co-author (she/her/hers) – Ramanujan College, University of Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Pankaj Kumar Bharti (he/him/his) – Magadh University
    Paper Presenter: Anselam Minj (he/him/his) – Ranchi University
    Paper Presenter: Anil Kumar (he/him/his) – University of Delhi
    Co-Author: Mayank Chaurasia (he/him/his) – Ramanujan College, University of Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Rabit Kumar (he/him/his) – University of Delhi
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Culture in Travel: Reframing of Asian Mobilities through Daily Life
    Organizer: Xinwei Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Helsinki
    Chair: lu zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Nottingham
    Paper Presenter: Yifei Luo (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Ye Tian (he/him/his) – University of Durham
    Paper Presenter: lu zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Nottingham
    Paper Presenter: Xinwei Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Helsinki
    Discussant: Zezhou Yang (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy: Evaluating India’s Response Post-Liberalization
    Organizer: Shweta Sinha Deshpande (she/her/hers) – Symbiosis International University
    Organizer: Sulakshana Sen (she/her/hers) – Symbiosis International University
    Chair: Shweta Sinha Deshpande (she/her/hers) – Symbiosis International University
    Discussant: Shweta Sinha Deshpande (she/her/hers) – Symbiosis International University
    Discussant: Sulakshana Sen (she/her/hers) – Symbiosis International University
    Discussant: S. Irudaya Rajan (he/him/his) – IIMAD
    Discussant: Neeta Inamdar – Manipal Academy of Higher Education
    Discussant: Zafar Iqbal (he/him/his) – DePaul University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Flowing Boundaries：New Orders on the Yangtze River from Ecological, Economic, and Territorial Perspectives
    Organizer: Jiaxin Jiang (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Customs University
    Chair: Tomoko Shiroyama (she/her/hers) – The University of Tokyo
    Discussant: Tomoko Shiroyama (she/her/hers) – The University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Hong Jiang (she/her/hers) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Xi Ma (he/him/his) – Yuelu Academy, Hunan University
    Paper Presenter: Jiaxin Jiang (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Customs University
    Paper Presenter: Ruochen Chen (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Paper Presenter: Zilong Wang (he/him/his) – The University of Tokyo
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Indigenous Communities and Eurocentric Conservation Models: Reflections from the Eastern Himalayas
    Organizer: Deki Yangzom (she/her/hers) – Royal Thimphu College
    Chair: Pasang Y. Sherpa (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Noihrit Gogoi (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Cruz
    Paper Presenter: Deki Yangzom (she/her/hers) – Royal Thimphu College
    Paper Presenter: Raysha Alvir (she/her/hers) – Chr. Michelsen Institute
    Discussant: Pasang Y. Sherpa (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Modernization and Urbanization in China: The Changing Faces of Local Life
    Organizer: Hongyang Ji – University of Alberta
    Chair: Yao Li (he/him/his) – Hunan Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Hongyang Ji – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Bingli Liu – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Qi Yang – University College London
    Paper Presenter: Qian Feng (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta
    Discussant: Yao Li (he/him/his) – Hunan Normal University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Spatial and Social Mobilities in Early Modern Japan
    Organizer: Bettina Gramlich-Oka (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Chair: Bettina Gramlich-Oka (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Miyabi Asai – Yokkaichi University
    Paper Presenter: Bettina Gramlich-Oka (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Yasuhiro Takahashi – Tama University
    Paper Presenter: Norio Shimizu (he/him/his) – Meiji University
    Discussant: Masafumi Motomura – Okayama University
    Northeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Theater without Borders: Beyond Gender and into Fantasy in Japanese Cross-Dressing Performances
    Organizer: Carmen Tamas (she/her/hers) – University of Hyogo
    Chair: Carmen Tamas (she/her/hers) – University of Hyogo
    Discussant: Marco Del Din (he/him/his) – Heidelberg University - Ca' Foscari University of Venice
    Discussant: Emerald L. King (she/ zir) – University of Tasmania
    Discussant: Stefana Samfira (she/her/hers) – National University of Theater and Film "I.L. Caragiale"
    Discussant: Afreeda Obreat (she/her/hers) – Osaka University of Arts
    Southeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Transforming Japanese Studies in a Multicultural Era: Opportunities, Obstacles, Outlooks
    Organizer: Yufei Zhou (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Organizer: Kazuhiro Takii (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Chair: Torsten Weber (he/him/his) – German Institute for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Yufei Zhou (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Kazuhiro Takii (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Discussant: Zahra Moharramipour (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Mai Kataoka (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Nobuko Kayashima (she/her/hers) – JICA Ogata Research Institute
    Northeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Varieties of environmentalism in East Asia (Part II): Environmentalism Revisited
    Organizer: Myung-Ae Choi (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Organizer: Loretta Lou – Durham University
    Chair: Myung-Ae Choi (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Brian Spivey – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Eetu Laustela – University of Duisburg-Essen
    Paper Presenter: Loretta Lou – Durham University
    Paper Presenter: Ka Ming Wu – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Co-Author: Ke Zhu – University of Amsterdam
    Co-Author: Yu-ting Ho – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Young Rae Choi – Florida International University
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Asian Studies Journal Editors' Roundtable
    Organizer: Robert Oppenheim (he/him/his) – Modern Asian Studies
    Chair: Pratyoush Onta (he/him/his) – Martin Chautari
    Discussant: Robert Oppenheim (he/him/his) – Modern Asian Studies
    Discussant: Maitrii Aung Thwin (he/him/his) – Asia Research Institute
    Discussant: Jieyu Liu (she/her/hers) – SOAS University of London
    Discussant: Priya Chacko (she/her/hers) – South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Breaking Barriers: Gender and Work Dynamics in China’s Social and Political Arenas
    Organizer: Ling Han (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Chengpang Lee (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Ling Han (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Jiangyi Chen (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Co-Author: Jing Song (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Xinhui Jiang (she/her/hers) – Nanjing University
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Yingyi Wang (she/her/hers) – St. Lawrence University
    Co-Author: Nan Lin (she/her/hers) – Nanjing University
    Discussant: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    BRICS as a Strategic Platform? Reconfiguring Global Order Beyond Established Institutions
    Organizer: Adrian Brona – Jagiellonian University
    Chair: Adrian Brona – Jagiellonian University
    Paper Presenter: Łukasz Fyderek – Jagiellonian University
    Paper Presenter: Agnieszka Kuszewska-Bohnert – Jagiellonian University
    Paper Presenter: Michał Lubina – Jagiellonian University
    Paper Presenter: Karolina Wanda Olszowska – Jagiellonian University
    Paper Presenter: Adrian Brona – Jagiellonian University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Evolving Narratives of Japanese Sex Work: Memories, Aging Workers, and Female-to-Female Services
    Organizer: Marta Fanasca – University of Bologna
    Chair: Anna Specchio – University of Turin
    Paper Presenter: Marta Fanasca – University of Bologna
    Paper Presenter: Yoko Kumada – Professional Institute of International Fashion
    Paper Presenter: Ayaka Yoshimizu – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Michela Riminucci – Kobe University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Generations and Social Movements in Mainland Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Jane M. Ferguson (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Chair: Tyrell Haberkorn (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Tyrell Haberkorn (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Jane M. Ferguson (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Khin Zaw Win (he/him/his) – Tampadipa Institute
    Paper Presenter: Kyaw Min Oo (he/him/his) – Athan - Freedom of Information Organisation
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Infrastructural Lives on the Margins: Negotiating Modernities in the Asian Uplands
    Organizer: Sarah Turner (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Chair: Sarah Turner (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Jean Michaud (he/him/his) – Laval University
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Turner (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Karine Gagne (she/her/hers) – University of Guelph
    Discussant: Sango Mahanty (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Margins as Loci of Knowledge Production: Border Thinking and Local Knowledges in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    Organizer: Shireen Khan (he/him/his) – BUITEMS, Quetta
    Chair: Hamayoon Khan, N/A (he/him/his) – Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, (BUITEMS) Quetta
    Paper Presenter: Hamayoon Khan, N/A (he/him/his) – Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, (BUITEMS) Quetta
    Paper Presenter: Homer Jan (he/him/his) – BUITEMS Quetta
    Discussant: Homer Jan (he/him/his) – BUITEMS Quetta
    Paper Presenter: Sara Rashid (she/her/hers) – Higher Education Department, Peshawar
    Paper Presenter: Shireen Khan (he/him/his) – BUITEMS, Quetta
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Margins as Method: Situated Knowledge, Subversive Invisibility, and Resilience in Asia
    Organizer: Qihui Wu (she/her/hers) – University of Jinan (Guangzhou)
    Organizer: Senter Bi (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Qihui Wu (she/her/hers) – University of Jinan (Guangzhou)
    Paper Presenter: Qihui Wu (she/her/hers) – University of Jinan (Guangzhou)
    Paper Presenter: Senter Bi (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Qifan Hao (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Krystie Ng – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Jocelyn Ford (she/her/hers) – Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College (Zhuhai)
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Material Mobilities and Medleys: Reframing Asian Territories Through Cross-Border Dust, Beef, Relics, and Secondhand Clothes
    Organizer: Jakkrit Sangkhamanee (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Chair: Jakkrit Sangkhamanee (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Jakkrit Sangkhamanee (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Jiraporn Laocharoenwong (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Prakirati Satasut (he/him/his) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Chaiyaporn Singdee (he/him/his) – King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Negotiating the Local and the Global in Modern China
    Organizer: Xiaoqing Diana Lin (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Northwest
    Chair: Guoqi Xu (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Guoqi Xu (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Qiong Zhang (she/her/hers) – Wake Forest University
    Paper Presenter: Dan Du (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina, Charlotte
    Paper Presenter: Yat Ivi Fung (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoqing Diana Lin (she/her/hers) – Indiana University Northwest
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Shaping Security and Governance in the Indo-Pacific: The Intersection of Geopolitics, Technology, and Democratic Values
    Chair: Yoichiro Sato (he/him/his) – Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
    Paper Presenter: Abhiruchi Ojha (she/her/hers) – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Co-Author: Leslie Keerthi Kumar SM (he/him/his) – Lady Shri Ram College
    Paper Presenter: Barbara Kratiuk (she/her/hers) – Vistula University
    Co-Author: Rob Rabel (he/him/his) – Victoria University of Wellington
    Paper Presenter: Seohee Ashley Park (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
    Paper Presenter: Dipannita Maria Bagh (she/her/hers) – North Eastern Hill University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    The Vanishing Stories of the Mountain Regions
    Organizer: Nazmeen Hamza – F.G Girls College Gakuch Gizar
    Chair: Arif Hussain – Karakorum International University Gilgit
    Discussant: Arif Hussain – Karakorum International University Gilgit
    Discussant: Nazmeen Hamza – F.G Girls College Gakuch Gizar
    Discussant: Azra Syed – GGDC Chitral Higher Education Department
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Tibet Between Film and Fiction: In Memory of Pema Tseden
    Organizer: Howard Y. F. Choy – Wittenberg University
    Chair: Howard Y. F. Choy – Wittenberg University
    Paper Presenter: Howard Y. F. Choy – Wittenberg University
    Paper Presenter: Christopher Peacock – Dickinson College
    Paper Presenter: Yang Xiang – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Chantal Ying-tung Chau (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Patricia Schiaffini-Vedani – Old Dominion University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Unraveling the Interplay of Feudal Systems, Gender Inequality, Social Progress, and Reproductive Trends in Rural Regions of Pakistan
    Organizer: Salma Zahir (she/her/hers) – Government Girls Degree College Marguz Swabu
    Chair: Farhan Ahmed (he/him/his) – NED University
    Paper Presenter: Farhan Ahmed (he/him/his) – NED University
    Paper Presenter: Salma Zahir (she/her/hers) – Government Girls Degree College Marguz Swabu
    Discussant: Nazia Aslam (she/her/hers) – Government Girls High School, Rahimabad
    Paper Presenter: Muhammad Yaseen – University of Turbat
    South Asia
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM NPT
    KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Reframing Global Asias: The Nepal Perspective
  • 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM NPT
    FILM: Sherpas – The True Heroes of Mount Everest
  • Monday, June 2, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Anti-Gender Sentiment in China and South Korea
    Organizer: Kailing Xie (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
    Chair: Ling Tang (they/them/theirs) – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Kailing Xie (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
    Co-Author: Kailing Xie (she/her/hers) – University of Birmingham
    Paper Presenter: Ling Tang (they/them/theirs) – University of Melbourne
    Co-Author: Stevi Jackson (she/her/hers) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Euisol Jeong (she/her/hers) – Baekseok University
    Discussant: Stevi Jackson (she/her/hers) – University of York
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Border Land Issues: Contextualized Experiences from South and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Tabassum Majeed (she/her/hers) – Islamia College University Peshawar, Peshawar
    Paper Presenter: Kesone Kanhalikham (she/her/hers) – National University of Laos
    Chair: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Discussant: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Amit Gautam – Social Science Baha
    Paper Presenter: Sreang Chheat – Griffith University
    Paper Presenter: Maria Carolina Rodriguez Bello Dawonlay (they/them/theirs) – Lalang Hu Mga Laga Organization Inc.
    Co-Author: Samiksha Neupane – Centre for Social Change
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Breaking and Bridging: Understanding Sino-Philippines Relations Through Shifting Social Mobilities and Transnational Networks
    Organizer: Xuejun Liu (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Xuejun Liu (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Xuejun Liu (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ma. Regina P. Agustin (she/her/hers) – University of Santo Tomas
    Paper Presenter: Ella Joy A. Ponce (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Discussant: Ma. Regina P. Agustin (she/her/hers) – University of Santo Tomas
    Discussant: Ella Joy A. Ponce (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Cities of Modern Bengal
    Organizer: Nilanjana Paul (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Chair: Sandip Munshi (he/him/his) – BITS Pilani Mumbai
    Paper Presenter: Nilanjana Paul (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Discussant: Nilanjana Paul (she/her/hers) – The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
    Paper Presenter: Sandip Munshi (he/him/his) – BITS Pilani Mumbai
    Paper Presenter: Suchetana Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Jadavpur University
    Paper Presenter: Aritra De (he/him/his) – Tarleton State University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Consumption, Resistance, or Subversion? : Indonesian Women's Use of East Asian Popular Culture
    Organizer: Kohki Watabe (he/him/his) – University of Tsukuba, Malaysia
    Chair: Kohki Watabe (he/him/his) – University of Tsukuba, Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Noriko Hiraishi – University of Tsukuba, Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Mana Kamioka – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Fithyani Anwar (she/her/hers) – Hasanuddin University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    From Memorials to Popular Culture: The Processes of Heritage making in China
    Organizer: Xiaochun Ma (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Chair: Li Zhang – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Xiaochun Ma (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Li Zhang – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Liping Peng – Polytechnic University of Milan
    Co-Author: Yapeng Duan – Jiangxi Normal University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Intimate and Cosmopolitan: Asian Diplomatic Correspondences and their Global Entanglements, c. 1650-1950
    Organizer: Ariel Lopez – University of the Philippines, Diliman
    Chair: Ariel Lopez – University of the Philippines, Diliman
    Paper Presenter: Ariel Lopez – University of the Philippines, Diliman
    Co-Author: Tirmizy Abdullah (he/him/his) – Mindanao State University
    Paper Presenter: Norifumi Daito – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Annabel T. Gallop – British Library
    Paper Presenter: Midori Kawashima (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Discussant: Ariel Lopez – University of the Philippines, Diliman
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Kathmandu University Yoga Workshop
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Listening in the Sub-continent: Sonic Practices and Mobilities of Hindi Cinema
    Organizer: Pavitra Sundar – Hamilton College
    Chair: Pavitra Sundar – Hamilton College
    Paper Presenter: Pavitra Sundar – Hamilton College
    Paper Presenter: Shikha Jhingan – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Paper Presenter: Sebanti Chatterjee – SRM University-AP
    Paper Presenter: Ravi Kant – CSDS
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Locally Made: Reconstructing the Indigenous and Diasporic Knowledge Exchange Networks in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Queenie Lin (she/her/hers) – Delft University of Technology
    Chair: Queenie Lin (she/her/hers) – Delft University of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Queenie Lin (she/her/hers) – Delft University of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Shaun Yi Xian Lee (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Muhammad (Louie) Buana (he/him/his) – Leiden University / Royal Netherlands Institute for Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Guo-Quan Seng (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Guo-Quan Seng (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Marginalized Abroad: Students, Writers, and Sex Workers Across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America
    Organizer: Margaret Kuo (she/her/hers) – California State University, Long Beach
    Organizer: Amalia Dragani – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
    Chair: Elizabeth VanderVen (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Margaret Kuo (she/her/hers) – California State University, Long Beach
    Paper Presenter: Amalia Dragani – Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
    Paper Presenter: Helen Schneider (she/her/hers) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
    Paper Presenter: Quang Van (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Discussant: Janet Theiss (she/her/hers) – University of Utah
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Navigating Desire and Resistance: Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Global Chinese Digital Media
    Organizer: Ruoqian Li (she/her/hers) – University of Sheffield
    Organizer: Tong Meng (she/her/hers) – Durham University
    Chair: Ruoqian Li (she/her/hers) – University of Sheffield
    Paper Presenter: Ruoqian Li (she/her/hers) – University of Sheffield
    Paper Presenter: Tong Meng (she/her/hers) – Durham University
    Paper Presenter: Yiming Wang (she/her/hers) – Maastricht University
    Paper Presenter: Zhifan Sheng (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reframing Asia Through Performance: Negotiating Cultural Mobility and Modernity
    Organizer: I-Wen Chang – Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
    Chair: Casey Avaunt – Hamilton College
    Paper Presenter: Casey Avaunt – Hamilton College
    Paper Presenter: I-Wen Chang – Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
    Paper Presenter: Sang Woo Ha – Universiti Malaya
    Paper Presenter: Wei-Ying Hsu – National Chin-Yi University of Technology
    Discussant: Sang Woo Ha – Universiti Malaya
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Shifting Spaces: Domesticity, Technology, and Identity in Global Asian Modernities
    Organizer: Peijie Mao – ShanghaiTech University
    Chair: Peijie Mao – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Peijie Mao – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Hua Li – Montana State University
    Paper Presenter: Ling Zhan – Hangzhou Normal University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    The Work of Heritage: Culture, Conservation, Critique, Life
    Organizer: Lauren Leve – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Chair: Neel Kamal Chapagain (he/him/his) – Ahmedabad University
    Discussant: Lauren Leve – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Discussant: Monalisa Maharjan – South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University
    Discussant: Austin Simoes-Gomes – University of Toronto
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Transimperial Agents and the Cultural Production of the Global Qing
    Organizer: Sylvia Tongyan Qiu (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Andrea S. Goldman (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Sylvia Tongyan Qiu (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Yushu Chen (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Albert Kozik (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Benji Fleischacker (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Agrarian Perspectives on Asian City Futures
    Organizer: Sangeeta Banerji – New York University Shanghai
    Organizer: Lena Scheen – New York University Shanghai
    Chair: Lena Scheen – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Tang Min (she/her/hers) – Tongji University
    Paper Presenter: Lou Jing – Central Academy of Fine Arts
    Paper Presenter: Zehra Hashmi (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Sweta Xess – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Paper Presenter: Thomas Crowley – Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
    Discussant: Sangeeta Banerji – New York University Shanghai
    Discussant: Sushmita Pati – National Law School of India University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Artifacts, Diagrams and Texts: Circulation of Cosmological Knowledge at the Margins in Divination Practice in Early China
    Organizer: Yixin Liang (she/her/hers) – Wuhan University
    Chair: Yi-fei You – National Chung Hsing University
    Paper Presenter: Yunhao Tian – University of Munich
    Paper Presenter: Flaminia Pischedda (she/her/hers) – University of Vienna
    Paper Presenter: Yixin Liang (she/her/hers) – Wuhan University
    Paper Presenter: Li Ni – Zhejiang University
    Discussant: Yantao Kuang (he/him/his) – University of Munich
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Climate Governance and Carbon Modernities in Southeast Asia’s Margins
    Organizer: Michelle A. Miller (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: David Taylor (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: David Taylor (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Michelle A. Miller (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Helena Varkkey – Universiti Malaya
    Paper Presenter: Yustina Octifanny – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Danny Marks (he/him/his) – Dublin City University
    Co-Author: Michelle A. Miller (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Jay Mar D. Quevedo – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: David Taylor (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Conceptualising the Adivasi Mode of Production in South Asia
    Organizer: Fraser Sugden – University of Birmingham
    Paper Presenter: Fraser Sugden – University of Birmingham
    Paper Presenter: Suresh Dhakal – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Kumar Sanjay Singh – Delhi University
    Discussant: Janak Rai (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University, Nepal
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Documenting Crises and Disasters: A Transdisciplinarity Tryout for Liberal Arts Communication
    Organizer: Sakura Kudo – National Museum of Ethnology
    Chair: Sakura Kudo – National Museum of Ethnology
    Paper Presenter: Sachi Komai – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Paper Presenter: Akiko Yokoyama – National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
    Paper Presenter: Shoko Kawata – National Institute of Japanese Literature
    Paper Presenter: Kenichi Sawazaki (he/him/his) – Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
    Discussant: Go Ohba (he/him/his) – National Institutes for the Humanities
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Domesticity as Method: Engaging Materialities and Lived Experiences in Global Asia
    Organizer: Miguel Antonio N. Lizada (he/him/his) – The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Juan Miguel Leandro Quizon (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Miguel Antonio N. Lizada (he/him/his) – The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Miguel Antonio N. Lizada (he/him/his) – The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Juan Miguel Leandro Quizon (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Aileen Del Rosario-Rondilla – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    From Structure to Sensation: Literary Mapping and Infrastructure Transformation in Cold War Asia
    Organizer: Chih-Chi Weng (she/her/hers) – National Taipei University of Education
    Chair: Chih-Chi Weng (she/her/hers) – National Taipei University of Education
    Paper Presenter: Chih-Chi Weng (she/her/hers) – National Taipei University of Education
    Paper Presenter: Yu Lin (she/her/hers) – National Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Seongju Lee – Dongguk University
    Paper Presenter: Chieh-Ju Lin (she/her/hers) – Tunghai University
    Discussant: Chih-Chi Weng (she/her/hers) – National Taipei University of Education
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Killing, Internment and Forced Marches Revisited: New Perspectives on Military and Civilian Prisoners in the Pacific War
    Organizer: Danny Orbach – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Chair: Nissim Otmazgin – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Paper Presenter: Danny Orbach – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Paper Presenter: Paul Taucher (he/him/his) – Murdoch University
    Paper Presenter: Sandra Wilson – Morduch University
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Kovner – Columbia University
    Discussant: Nissim Otmazgin – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Local Expressive Practices in Global Circulation: Documentation, Archiving, Performance, and Sustainability
    Organizer: Anna M. Stirr (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Chair: Anna M. Stirr (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Paper Presenter: Anna M. Stirr (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Paper Presenter: Mason Brown – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Rajan Shrestha (he/him/his) – Nepal Music Archive
    Paper Presenter: Dinesh Raj Upadhyaya – Kathmandu University
    Co-Author: Rita Thapa Magar (she/her/hers) – Folk and Dohori Song Academy Nepal
    Co-Author: Hikmat Khadka (he/him/his) – US Embassy Nepal
    Paper Presenter: Lochan Rijal (he/him/his) – Kathmandu University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Marginality and Violence in Literature: Assessing Role and Impact as Agent of Solution
    Organizer: Garima Malik (she/her/hers) – Bhagat Phool Singh Women University
    Organizer: Kadambri Gasso (she/her/hers) – Government College, Amargarh (Malerkotla)
    Chair: Ashok Verma (he/him/his) – Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya
    Paper Presenter: Garima Malik (she/her/hers) – Bhagat Phool Singh Women University
    Paper Presenter: Kadambri Gasso (she/her/hers) – Government College, Amargarh (Malerkotla)
    Paper Presenter: Mohit Singh (he/him/his) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Vikash Singh (he/him/his) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Saru Sachdeva – Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology
    Co-Author: Sanjeet Kaur (she/her/hers) – University of Lucknow
    Co-Author: Vrinda Vats (she/her/hers) – PM Shri Jawhar Navodya School
    Discussant: Himanshu Parmar (he/him/his) – Himachal Pradesh University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Navigating in a Torrent of Time When Promises Are Ceasing: Examining the Emerging Dynamics in the Liminal Stage of Contemporary China’s Future Making
    Organizer: Ruize Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Zhan Yang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Ruize Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Zhan Yang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Mengjun Huang (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Ai Gu (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Discussant: Yukun Zeng (they/them/theirs) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Aidong (Eden) Li (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Negotiating Spaces: A Study of the Periphery, Marginalities, and the In-Between in Malaysia and Singapore
    Organizer: Sahil Bhagat – Nanyang Technological University
    Chair: Armand Azra bin Azlira – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Sahil Bhagat – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Sharmini Aphrodite – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Armand Azra bin Azlira – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Ke Ying Sheryl Lee – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Alison Fong (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Sharmini Aphrodite – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Performativities and Alternative Modernities: Case Studies of Religious Practices In East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Kazuo Fukuura (he/him/his) – Toin University of Yokohama
    Chair: Kazuo Fukuura (he/him/his) – Toin University of Yokohama
    Paper Presenter: Ryohei Takamura (he/him/his) – Akita University
    Paper Presenter: Chawarote Valyamedhi – National Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Kazuo Fukuura (he/him/his) – Toin University of Yokohama
    Paper Presenter: Atsuko Fukuura (she/her/hers) – Shiga University
    Discussant: Kazuo Fukuura (he/him/his) – Toin University of Yokohama
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Text, Image, Code: How Digital Media Became "Global" in the Sinosphere
    Organizer: Anatoly Detwyler (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Anatoly Detwyler (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Anatoly Detwyler (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Ulug Kuzuoglu (he/him/his) – Washington University in St. Louis
    Paper Presenter: Angela Xiao Wu (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Eliot Chen (they/them/theirs) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Anatoly Detwyler (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Transcending Margins: (Re)Imagining Women's Identity in South Asian Performative Space(s)
    Organizer: Bidisha Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    Organizer: Payal Priya (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    Chair: Bidisha Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    Paper Presenter: Kuntalika Jharimune (she/her/hers) – Vignan's Institute of Information Technology
    Paper Presenter: Bidisha Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    Paper Presenter: Payal Priya (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    Discussant: Payal Priya (she/her/hers) – Amity University Jharkhand
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Asian Digital Nomads in the Post-Pandemic Era: Navigating Identity, Gender, Home and Spatial Practices
    Organizer: Yuchen Song (she/her/hers) – Monash University
    Organizer: Yinshuang Dong – Nanjing University
    Chair: Xin Yu – Shenzhen University
    Discussant: Xin Yu – Shenzhen University
    Paper Presenter: Yuchen Song (she/her/hers) – Monash University
    Paper Presenter: Qinghan Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Yang (she/her/hers) – Monash University
    Paper Presenter: Yinshuang Dong – Nanjing University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Beyond Audibility: Cultural Soundscapes and Sensory Belonging in Contemporary East Asia
    Organizer: Fenglin Ju (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Yucong Hao (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Discussant: Ka Lee Wong – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Fenglin Ju (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Ziyu Feng – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Ziyu Feng – University of Arizona
    Paper Presenter: Lei Wang – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Lei Wang – University of Arizona
    Paper Presenter: Zixuan Wang – University of Texas at Austin
    Paper Presenter: Yitong Guo (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Beyond the Margins: Reframing Marginality and Identity in Taiwan in the Modern Era
    Organizer: Horng-luen Wang (he/him/his) – Academia Sinica
    Chair: Pei-yin Lin – The University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Harry Yi-Jui Wu (he/him/his) – National Cheng Kung University
    Discussant: Harry Yi-Jui Wu (he/him/his) – National Cheng Kung University
    Paper Presenter: Horng-luen Wang (he/him/his) – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Pin-Yi Li (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Jolan Hsieh (she/her/hers) – National Dong Hwa University
    Discussant: Jolan Hsieh (she/her/hers) – National Dong Hwa University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Contested Urbanism: Making Sense of the Spatial Dynamics of Cities in Indonesia
    Organizer: Merlyna Lim (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Organizer: Rita Padawangi (she/her/hers) – Singapore University of Social Sciences
    Chair: Merlyna Lim (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Paper Presenter: Merlyna Lim (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Paper Presenter: Rita Padawangi (she/her/hers) – Singapore University of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Amalinda Savirani (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    Paper Presenter: Evi Mariani (she/her/hers) – Project Multatuli
    Paper Presenter: Herlily Herlily (she/her/hers) – University of Indonesia
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Emergence of New World Imagination in the 19th and 20th Century: Understanding the Asian Colonial Countries through the Lens of Auto-Biographical Narratives, Memoirs And Travelogues
    Organizer: Barnali Chanda (she/her/hers) – Adamas University
    Chair: Avijit Banerjee (he/him/his) – Visva-Bharati University, West Bengal
    Paper Presenter: Barnali Chanda (she/her/hers) – Adamas University
    Paper Presenter: Swati Moitra (she/her/hers) – Gurudas College, University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Arpita Bose (she/her/hers) – Hooghly Mohsin College
    Paper Presenter: Jinyun Li – Fuzhou University
    Paper Presenter: Juanjuan Wu (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    From Bonds to Borders: Exploring Taiwan’s Role in Reframing Asia through Finance, Trade, and Diasporic Networks
    Organizer: Yu-wei Huang – National Taiwan University
    Chair: Cheng-heng Lu – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Yu-wei Huang – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Cheng-heng Lu – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Discussant: Cheng-heng Lu – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Grain, Tobacco, and Papermaking: State Building and Rural Economy in Wartime China (1927-45)
    Organizer: Jiayi Li (she/her/hers) – The University of California, San Diego
    Chair: Jiayi Li (she/her/hers) – The University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Jiayi Li (she/her/hers) – The University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Boshen Yan (he/him/his) – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Yue Yu (she/her/hers) – Xiamen University
    Discussant: Hanzhi Dai (he/him/his) – University of Edinburgh
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Landscapes of Contemporary Resistance and Marginalized Tradition: Reframed Localities, Mediated Heritages, and Organized Dissent in China and India
    Organizer: Thomas Noel (he/him/his) – Villanova University
    Chair: Nathan Badenoch – Kyoto University
    Discussant: Nathan Badenoch – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Anusha Hariharan – Villanova University
    Paper Presenter: Nishaant Choksi – Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
    Paper Presenter: Thomas Noel (he/him/his) – Villanova University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Many Cosmopolitanisms: Memory and Modernity in the South Asian Metropolis
    Organizer: Zoya Sameen (she/her/hers) – Aga Khan University
    Chair: Surabhi Pudasaini – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Zoya Sameen (she/her/hers) – Aga Khan University
    Paper Presenter: Ahona Panda (she/her/hers) – Claremont McKenna College
    Paper Presenter: Navine Murshid – Colgate University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Navigating Marginalization: Indigenous Responses to Resource Politics, Urban Mobilities, and Transitional Justice in the Context of State Modernization in Taiwan
    Organizer: Chen Yi-Fong (he/him/his) – National Dong Hwa University
    Chair: Chen Yi-Fong (he/him/his) – National Dong Hwa University
    Paper Presenter: Chen Yi-Fong (he/him/his) – National Dong Hwa University
    Paper Presenter: Sera Mika (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Shau-lou Young (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Hsiang-I Teng (she/her/hers) – Tunghai University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Open Reflections on the Developments and Challenges of Southeast Asian Studies in South Korea
    Organizer: Ki-Hyun Bae (she/her/hers) – Sogang University
    Chair: Yoon Hwan Shin – Sogang University
    Discussant: Ki-Hyun Bae (she/her/hers) – Sogang University
    Discussant: Woonkyung Yeo – Seoul National University
    Discussant: Hyung-Jun Kim – Kangwon National University
    Discussant: Kyunghoon Kim – Korea Institute for International Economic Policy
    Discussant: Eric Tagliacozzo – Cornell University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Photography's Asian Archives: Transforming Memory and Community from the Margins
    Organizer: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Chair: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Yi Gu (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto, Scarborough
    Discussant: Diwas Kc (he/him/his) – Nepal Picture Library
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Pluralism and Inclusive Service Delivery: Issues and Challenges Faced by the Malaiyaha Community in Sri Lanka
    Organizer: Ravindra C. Palliyaguruge (he/him/his) – Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
    Chair: Deepika Singh, She (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Discussant: Raktim Patar, He (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Discussant: Phirmi Bodo, She (she/her/hers) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Discussant: Atrayee Saha, She (she/her/hers) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Discussant: Rajendra Sharma (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Reflections on the Future of Himalayan Studies - I
    Organizer: Arjun Guneratne (he/him/his) – Macalester College
    Chair: Arjun Guneratne (he/him/his) – Macalester College
    Discussant: Arjun Guneratne (he/him/his) – Macalester College
    Discussant: Mark Turin (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Janak Rai (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University, Nepal
    Discussant: Ariana Maki (she/her/hers) – University of Idaho
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The governance of the forest carbon frontier in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Yingshan Lau (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Lamphay Inthakoun (she/her/hers) – The University of Melbourne
    Chair: Dixon T. Gevana (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Los Baños
    Paper Presenter: Yingshan Lau (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Yingshan Lau (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Lamphay Inthakoun (she/her/hers) – The University of Melbourne
    Discussant: Lamphay Inthakoun (she/her/hers) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Dixon T. Gevana (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Los Baños
    Paper Presenter: Rob Cole (he/him/his) – WWF Asia-Pacific and Greater Mekong
    Paper Presenter: Yunrui Ren (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Contesting Authority: Protest, Media, and Digital Activism in Contemporary Asia
    Organizer: Stephan Ortmann – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Chair: Stephan Ortmann – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Stephan Ortmann – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Kenneth Ka Lok Chan – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Discussant: Kenneth Ka Lok Chan – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Lu Wei Rose Luqiu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Contesting Revolution: Media and Solidarity in the Socialist World
    Organizer: Yaowen Dong (he/him/his) – University of Memphis
    Chair: Yinyin Xue (she/her/hers) – Rhodes College
    Paper Presenter: Yucong Hao (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Paper Presenter: Lin Du (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Nan Hu (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
    Paper Presenter: Yaowen Dong (he/him/his) – University of Memphis
    Discussant: Yifan Zhang (he/him/his) – Jilin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Expanding Horizons: Researching Twentieth-Century China from Within and Without
    Organizer: Yajun Mo – Boston College
    Organizer: Arunabh Ghosh – Harvard University
    Chair: Arunabh Ghosh – Harvard University
    Discussant: Yajun Mo – Boston College
    Discussant: Arunabh Ghosh – Harvard University
    Discussant: Taomo Zhou – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Yasser Nasser – University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Discussant: Gal Gvili – McGill University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Experimental Life-making in the Margins of East Asian Urbanization
    Organizer: Shan Huang (he/him/his) – Independent Scholars of Asia
    Organizer: Min Lee (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Shan Huang (he/him/his) – Independent Scholars of Asia
    Paper Presenter: Shan Huang (he/him/his) – Independent Scholars of Asia
    Paper Presenter: Min Lee (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jinjin Zhang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Daeun Lee (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Mun Young Cho – Yonsei University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Food, Community, Kinship: Culinary Intimacies in Global Asias
    Organizer: Anita Mannur (she/her/hers) – American University
    Chair: Fan Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Paper Presenter: Anita Mannur (she/her/hers) – American University
    Paper Presenter: Krishnendu Ray (he/him/his) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Joseph Ruanto-Ramirez (he/him/his) – Southwestern University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Global South Asians against Global Empire before 1947
    Organizer: Zardas Lee (they/them/theirs) – Saint Mary's College
    Chair: Iqbal Sevea – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Shatrunjay Mall – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Samee Siddiqui – Drury University
    Paper Presenter: Mark Reeves – University of the West of England Bristol
    Paper Presenter: Zardas Lee (they/them/theirs) – Saint Mary's College
    Discussant: Iqbal Sevea – National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Material Matters: The Agency of Objects in Chinese Cinematic Culture
    Organizer: Yuqian Yan (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University
    Chair: Paola Iovene (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Paola Iovene (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Hongfeng Tang (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yuqian Yan (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University
    Paper Presenter: Ting Luo – Zhejiang University
    Paper Presenter: Yiyang Hou – Lingnan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Media Aesthetics and Transmedia Practices in Chinese Literature and Culture: A Long-Durée and Sinophone Perspective
    Organizer: Yu Zhang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Organizer: Pei-yin Lin – The University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Pei-yin Lin – The University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Liang Luo (she/her/hers) – The University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Yu Zhang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Pei-yin Lin – The University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Tim Shao-Hung Teng – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Qiufan Chen – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Discussant: Liang Luo (she/her/hers) – The University of Kentucky
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Mules, Peacocks, Sheep, and Tigers: Indigenous Knowledge, Diplomatic Engagement, and Ecological Shifts in a Changing Asian Borderland, 1890s-1990s
    Organizer: Yin Cao (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Organizer: Yu Yan (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Chair: Yin Cao (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yin Cao (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Yan (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Paper Presenter: Gyatso Marni (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Xuexin Cai (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Discussant: Yucheng Shih (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Marginality: The Redefinition of Chinese Elite Women in a Globalized World
    Organizer: Siyu LI (she/her/hers) – Aix-Marseille University
    Chair: Siyu LI (she/her/hers) – Aix-Marseille University
    Paper Presenter: Siyu LI (she/her/hers) – Aix-Marseille University
    Paper Presenter: Di Wang – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Yukun Zeng (they/them/theirs) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: hanzhang liu – Pitzer College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Margins and Centres: The Pluralities and Paradoxes within the Environmental Modernities in InterAsia
    Organizer: Yufang Gao (he/him/his) – Yale InterAsia Initiative
    Chair: Yu Luo (she/her/hers) – University of Puget Sound
    Discussant: Yufang Gao (he/him/his) – Yale InterAsia Initiative
    Discussant: Shivangi Pareek (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Discussant: Lav Kanoi (he/him/his) – Yale Institute of Sacred Music
    Discussant: Rundong Ning (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Re-Harkening Her Life Story: Women and Biographical Memory in Early Modern East Asia
    Chair: Maki Nakai – School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
    Discussant: Jolan YI (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Discussant: Bettina Gramlich-Oka (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Tradition and Transition: Ideological and Cultural Mobilities Shaping Modernities across Asia and Beyond
    Organizer: Zhe Hou (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
    Chair: Sophie Ling-chia Wei (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Zhe Hou (she/her/hers) – Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Shuyang Zhao (he/him/his) – Nanjing University
    Paper Presenter: Ran Wei (he/him/his) – Tsinghua University
    Discussant: Sophie Ling-chia Wei (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yang Luo (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Urbanization, Marginalization and the Politics of Citizenship Part 2: Perspectives on Environmental Justice
    Organizer: Natsuki Chubachi – Kyoto University
    Organizer: Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Chair: Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Natsuki Chubachi – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Ulil Amri – Creighton University
    Discussant: Ulil Amri – Creighton University
    Paper Presenter: Amalie Goul Dueholm – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Khathaleeya Liamdee (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Voices on the Margins: Contemporary Art and Intersectionality in Hong Kong
    Organizer: Fong Fong Chen (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Chair: Fong Fong Chen (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Discussant: Yu-Chieh Li – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Queenie Liu (she/her/hers) – HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education
    Paper Presenter: Doris Wai Yin Wong (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Carol Pui Ha Chow (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Agency of host countries within China’s BRI
    Organizer: Bhagya Senaratne (she/her/hers) – Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
    Chair: Bhagya Senaratne (she/her/hers) – Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
    Paper Presenter: Rose Luke (she/her/hers) – University of Johannesburg
    Discussant: Rose Luke (she/her/hers) – University of Johannesburg
    Paper Presenter: Renaud Egreteau (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ruiyi Zhu (she/her/hers) – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Bhagya Senaratne (she/her/hers) – Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Algorithmic Doubt in Contemporary Chinese Culture
    Organizer: Margaret Hillenbrand – University of Oxford
    Chair: Christopher Lupke – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Margaret Hillenbrand – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Wenzhu Li – University of Alberta
    Discussant: Christopher Lupke – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Annabella Mei Massey – Courtauld Institute of Art
    Paper Presenter: William Beswick – Ashmolean Museum Oxford
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Contagious Cartographies: Risk, Agency, and Belonging in Queer Asias
    Organizer: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    Chair: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Paul Michael L. Atienza (any pronouns) – Cal Poly Humboldt
    Paper Presenter: Jih-Fei Cheng – Scripps College
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Contours of Cosmopolitanism: Cityscapes of Belonging and Marginal Modernities in Asia
    Organizer: Abhimanyu Kumar (he/him/his) – Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University
    Chair: Arun Gupto (he/him/his) – Pokhara University
    Paper Presenter: Abhimanyu Kumar (he/him/his) – Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University
    Paper Presenter: Pankaj kumar Singh (he/him/his) – Delhi University
    Paper Presenter: Jonmani Das (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Paper Presenter: Mayurakshi Kumar (he/him/his) – Delhi University
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Engaging Multiculturalism and Pluralism in Island Southeast Asia: Expanding Language and Culture Studies of Indonesia and the Philippines
    Organizer: Juliana Wijaya (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Juliana Wijaya (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Discussant: Pia Arbodela (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Discussant: Kimi Yamoto (she/her/hers) – Osaka University
    Discussant: G. G. Weix (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
    Discussant: Richard Fox (he/him/his) – University of Victoria
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    From Margins to Center: Rediscovering Peripheral Artifacts in Late Imperial China
    Organizer: Tianyu Shi (he/him/his) – University of Hamburg
    Organizer: Dingwei Guo (he/him/his) – Free University
    Chair: Ren-Yuan Li – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Tianyu Shi (he/him/his) – University of Hamburg
    Paper Presenter: Dingwei Guo (he/him/his) – Free University
    Paper Presenter: Ziwei Ye – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Ren-Yuan Li – Academia Sinica
    Discussant: Yi-fei You – National Chung Hsing University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Intersections of Identity, Gender, and Representation in Modern South Asia
    Organizer: Saima Arzeen (she/her/hers) – University of Peshawar, pakistan
    Chair: Pradip Prakashrao Kapse (he/him/his) – Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Paper Presenter: Saima Arzeen (she/her/hers) – University of Peshawar, pakistan
    Paper Presenter: Pradip Prakashrao Kapse (he/him/his) – Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Co-Author: Aung Min Thein (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Anagha Tambe
    Paper Presenter: Abhijit Bhattachatya (he/him/his) – Nabagram Amar Chand Kundu College
    Speaker: Ame Khin May-Kyawt (she/her/hers) – York University
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    'Meatways' in Asia: Health, Cultural Politics, and Sustainability
    Organizer: Sango Mahanty (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Organizer: Assa Doron (he/him/his) – Australian National University
    Chair: Assa Doron (he/him/his) – Australian National University
    Discussant: Sango Mahanty (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Discussant: Danny Marks (he/him/his) – Dublin City University
    Discussant: Sarah Turner (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Discussant: Eva Nisa (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Discussant: Jin Qian (she/her/hers) – Wageningen University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Modernity, Mobility, and the Notion of Being a Burden to Others: Aging, Death, and End-of-Life Care in Contemporary Japan
    Organizer: Masafumi Motomura – Okayama University
    Chair: Masafumi Motomura – Okayama University
    Paper Presenter: Satoshi Kato – Tohoku University
    Paper Presenter: Mayumi Ono – Ritsumeikan University
    Paper Presenter: Masafumi Motomura – Okayama University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    New Perspectives on Culture under Empire in Modern China Japan Relations
    Organizer: Craig A. Smith, Dr (he/him/his) – The University of Melbourne
    Chair: Craig A. Smith, Dr (he/him/his) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Craig A. Smith, Dr (he/him/his) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Yun Xia – Shanghai University
    Paper Presenter: Haiying Hou – Shanghai Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Liang Yao – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yijia Zhang – Shanghai University
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Redefining Manchuria: Intercultural Negotiation and Transnational Knowledge Production of Northeast Asia in the Early Twentieth Century
    Organizer: Jingjing Huang (she/her/hers) – The University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Ji Li (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Jingjing Huang (she/her/hers) – The University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Tomasz Ewertowski (he/him/his) – Shanghai International Studies University
    Paper Presenter: Wenhao Guan (he/him/his) – The Ohio State University
    Paper Presenter: Rui Li (he/him/his) – The University of Guelph
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Hinduism in the Global Space: Texts, Traditions, and Theopoetics
    Organizer: George Pati – Valparaiso University
    Chair: Diana Dimitrova – University of Montreal
    Paper Presenter: George Pati – Valparaiso University
    Paper Presenter: Diana Dimitrova – University of Montreal
    Paper Presenter: Tracy Pintchman – Loyola University, Chicago
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Politics of Memory in Asia and Beyond: Empowerment, Healing, Flipping the Script
    Organizer: Kevin Laddapong (any pronouns) – Indiana University-Bloomington
    Chair: Somrak Chaisingkananont (she/her/hers) – Mahidol University
    Co-Author: Somrak Chaisingkananont (she/her/hers) – Mahidol University
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Laddapong (any pronouns) – Indiana University-Bloomington
    Paper Presenter: Pimnara Chanorn – Mahidol University
    Co-Author: Pimnara Chanorn – Mahidol University
    Paper Presenter: Sirima Thongsawang – Chulalongkorn University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Toward Ethical Futures: Reframing the Japanese Repatriation vis-à-vis Atomic-bombings, Ethnic Minorities, and Museums
    Organizer: Nobuko Yamasaki – Lehigh University
    Chair: Nobuko Yamasaki – Lehigh University
    Discussant: Nobuko Yamasaki – Lehigh University
    Paper Presenter: Takayuki Kawaguchi (he/him/his) – Hiroshima University
    Paper Presenter: Wenju Lee – Tamkang University
    Paper Presenter: Jonathan Bull – Hokkaido University
    Northeast Asia
  • 6:45 PM – 7:40 PM NPT
    FILM: Bhedako Oon Jasto (Like Sheep’s Wool)
  • Tuesday, June 3, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    China Infrastructural Inc: Cultural Politics of Modernity in the Making on Margins
    Organizer: Minhua Ling (she/her/hers) – Geneva Graduate Institute
    Organizer: Jun Zhang (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Jun Zhang (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Minhua Ling (she/her/hers) – Geneva Graduate Institute
    Co-Author: Jun Zhang (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yu Luo (she/her/hers) – University of Puget Sound
    Paper Presenter: Yi Kang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Shiru Wang (she/her/hers) – Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Juan Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Bristol
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Cross-Border Migration in India and Pakistan: Exploring Contemporary Trends and Challenges
    Organizer: Rashid Muhammad – The Islamia University of Bahwalpur, Pakistan
    Chair: Nor Azlah Sham Binti Rambely (she/her/hers) – University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Rashid Muhammad – The Islamia University of Bahwalpur, Pakistan
    Paper Presenter: Shahana Maryam (she/her/hers) – University of Sargodha
    Paper Presenter: Nor Azlah Sham Binti Rambely (she/her/hers) – University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Mohamed Ali bin Haniffa (he/him/his) – University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
    Discussant: Mohamed Ali bin Haniffa (he/him/his) – University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Empowering Health in the Anthropocene: Decolonizing Medical Practice in Southeast Asia through Re-inventing Traditional Medicines
    Organizer: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    Chair: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    Paper Presenter: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    Paper Presenter: Joanne Lim – University of Nottingham Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Linda Bustan – Petra University
    Discussant: Inggrid Tania (he/him/his) – Indonesian Medical Association for The Development of Traditional Medicine
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Exploring the (in)Flexibility of East Asian Masculinities: Marginality, Border Crossings, and the Mobility of Power
    Organizer: Jinbo Yuan (she/her/hers) – Nagoya University
    Chair: Ran Ma – Nagoya University
    Discussant: Tingting Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Technology Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Tracy Lee (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Chu Hai College
    Paper Presenter: Jinbo Yuan (she/her/hers) – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Hao Wen (he/him/his) – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Weiying Yu – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Gendered Transformations in Reproduction and Parenting: Ideological Shifts in Motherhood and Fatherhood in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Congwei Zheng (he/him/his) – University of Glasgow
    Chair: Yifan Yang (she/her/hers) – Monash University
    Paper Presenter: Congwei Zheng (he/him/his) – University of Glasgow
    Paper Presenter: Haoyue tan – University College London
    Paper Presenter: Xijia You, n/a – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Mingxuan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Mediating Spaces on/of Screen (Part 2): Construction, Circulation and Reception in South Asian Media Ecology
    Organizer: Pritha Chakrabarti (she/they) – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University
    Chair: Neepa Majumdar (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Paper Presenter: Neepa Majumdar (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Paper Presenter: Suvadip Sinha (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
    Paper Presenter: Pritha Chakrabarti (she/they) – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University
    Paper Presenter: Rutuja Deshmukh (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    New Frontiers of Politics, Economy, and Settlement in Ancient East and Inner Asia
    Organizer: Maxim Korolkov – University of Heidelberg
    Chair: Maxim Korolkov – University of Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Maxim Korolkov – University of Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Annie Chan (she/her/hers) – University of Munich
    Paper Presenter: Yuri Pines (he/him/his) – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Paper Presenter: Yohei Kakinuma – Waseda University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reframing Ecological Perspectives for a Global Asia: What do Hindu traditions offer?
    Organizer: Deborah D.C de Koning (she/her/hers) – Tilburg University
    Chair: Knut Axel Jacobsen (he/him/his) – University of Bergen
    Paper Presenter: Deborah D.C de Koning (she/her/hers) – Tilburg University
    Discussant: Deborah D.C de Koning (she/her/hers) – Tilburg University
    Paper Presenter: Knut Axel Jacobsen (he/him/his) – University of Bergen
    Paper Presenter: Manisha Sheth Gutman (she/her/hers) – Ecoexist Foundation
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reframing Gendered Futures on Digital Platforms and through Transnational Mobility
    Organizer: Lucetta Kam (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Chair: Howard Chiang (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Paper Presenter: Katrien Jacobs (she/her/hers) – Monash University
    Paper Presenter: Yuan Jasmine Zhu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Francisca Yuenki Lai – National Tsing Hua University
    Paper Presenter: Lucetta Kam (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reframing Interspecies Subjectivities in Global Asia: Ethnographic engagements with Human-Elephant Mobility, Temporality, and Intersubjectivity.
    Organizer: Rebecca S. Winkler (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Anandi Gandhi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Cruz
    Paper Presenter: Rebecca S. Winkler (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Anandi Gandhi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Cruz
    Paper Presenter: Wasan Panyagaew – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Wasan Panyagaew – Chiang Mai University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reimagining Indigeneity: Indigenous Alternatives and Nonhuman Companions on the Tibetan Plateau
    Organizer: Jinba Tenzin (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Junhan Hu (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Jinba Tenzin (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Jinba Tenzin (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Mark Henderson (he/him/his) – Mills College at Northeastern University
    Paper Presenter: Junhan Hu (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Drolma Gadou (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado, Boulder
    Paper Presenter: Dan WU (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Guangye Qi (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Taste, Tradition, and Transformation: Exploring Food Cultures and Identities in Laos and Thailand
    Organizer: Malinee Khumsupa (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Malinee Khumsupa (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Sorayut Aiem-UeaYut (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Phothong Chanthavilay (he/him/his) – National University of Laos
    Paper Presenter: Ruetaitip Chansrakaeo (she/her/hers) – Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Thai Buddhist Cosmology and Divination in Contemporary Contexts
    Organizer: Roni N. Wang (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Chair: M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati (she/her/hers) – California State University, Sacramento
    Paper Presenter: Roni N. Wang (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati (she/her/hers) – California State University, Sacramento
    Paper Presenter: Bonnie Pacala Brereton (she/her/hers) – Khon Kaen University
    Paper Presenter: Natchapol Sirisawad (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Things that Connect: New Approaches to Material Culture and Women in Late Imperial China
    Organizer: Yuanfei Wang (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Chair: Yulian Wu – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Yuanfei Wang (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Discussant: Yulian Wu – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Huan Jin – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Fong Fong Chen (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Yuhang Li – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Chinese Global Orders?
    Discussant: Adhira Mangalagiri (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Discussant: Tansen Sen (he/him/his) – New York University Shanghai
    Chair: Tansen Sen (he/him/his) – New York University Shanghai
    Discussant: Selina Ho – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Shigeto Sonoda, University of Tokyo
    Organizer: Adhira Mangalagiri (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Discussant: Sarvani Gooptu, Netaji Institute for Asian Studies, Kolkata, India
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Cosmos, City and the World: Rethinking Centers and Peripheries in Classical and Modern Contexts
    Organizer: Weimo Liu (she/her/hers) – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
    Chair: Youn-mi Kim (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Paper Presenter: Youn-mi Kim (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Paper Presenter: Weimo Liu (she/her/hers) – Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Sophie Ling-chia Wei (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ran Wei (he/him/his) – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Zheng (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Emerging Digital Media Landscape and Civic Imagination in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Winnie Yanjing Wu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Chair: Winnie Yanjing Wu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Winnie Yanjing Wu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Lucia Lu Chen (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Shuhao Chen (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Hong Zeng (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Global Chinas, Local Adaptations: Historical Strategies for Cultural Appropriation and Navigation in Sino-West Cultural Interchange
    Organizer: Jianye He (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Weihong Du (she/her/hers) – Knox College
    Paper Presenter: Jianye He (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Weihong Du (she/her/hers) – Knox College
    Paper Presenter: Giusi Tamburello (she/her/hers) – Università degli Studi di Palermo
    Discussant: Giusi Tamburello (she/her/hers) – Università degli Studi di Palermo
    Paper Presenter: Salvatore Giuffrè (he/him/his) – King's College London
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Lighthouses, Labs, and Observatories: Glocalizing Infrastructures and Sciences in Modern China
    Organizer: Xiaoping Xue (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    Chair: Yin Cao (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Discussant: Ke Zhang – Fudan University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Cao (she/her/hers) – University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Zhilin Chu (she/her/hers) – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoping Xue (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Of Bazar, Town, and City: Indigenous and Mainstream Imagination in Nepal
    Organizer: Komal Phuyal (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Chair: Ammaraj Joshi (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Komal Phuyal (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Discussant: Ammaraj Joshi (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Dipak Lungeli (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Mohan Dangaura (he/him/his) – Nepal Sanskrit University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reframing Death through Silence: Deaths at Wartime, Pandemic Time, and Frozen Time in China and Taiwan
    Organizer: C. Julia Huang (she/her/hers) – National Tsing Hua University
    Chair: Robert Weller – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: C. Julia Huang (she/her/hers) – National Tsing Hua University
    Paper Presenter: Rebecca Nedostup – Brown University
    Paper Presenter: Juan Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Bristol
    Co-Author: Jiahui Li – University of Bristol
    Discussant: Robert Weller – Boston University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reframing Journal Publishing in ‘Asia’
    Organizer: Edward Boyle (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Organizer: Matthew D. McMullen (he/him/his) – Nanzan University
    Chair: Matthew D. McMullen (he/him/his) – Nanzan University
    Discussant: Edward Boyle (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Discussant: Ellen Van Goethem (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    Discussant: Sebastian Maslow (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Discussant: Tristan Grunow (he/him/his) – Nagoya University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reframing the 1949 Divide: Was the Mao Era an Anomaly?
    Organizer: Yidi Wu (she/her/hers) – Elon University
    Chair: Yidi Wu (she/her/hers) – Elon University
    Discussant: Timothy Weston (he/him/his) – University of Colorado, Boulder
    Discussant: Lara Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Heidelberg
    Discussant: Chang Liu (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Statelessness, Everyday Violence and Camps in Southern Asia: The Rohingya Question
    Organizer: Nasreen Chowdhory, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Chair: Biswajit Mohanty (he/him/his) – University of Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Nasreen Chowdhory, n/a (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Biswajit Mohanty (he/him/his) – University of Delhi
    Discussant: Biswajit Mohanty (he/him/his) – University of Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Meherun Ahmed (she/her/hers) – Asian University for Women
    Paper Presenter: Shahana Chowdhury (she/her/hers) – University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    The Dynamics of Performance: Understanding Asia through its Rituals
    Organizer: Archita Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    Chair: Archita Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    Paper Presenter: Archita Banerjee (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    Paper Presenter: Prachi Chauhan (she/her/hers) – Tezpur University
    Paper Presenter: Anju Orkkatteri Krishnan (she/her/hers) – NAM College Kallikkandy, Kannur University
    Paper Presenter: Priyanka Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    The Making of Space: Bodies, Borders, Boundaries
    Organizer: Shahnaz T. Rouse (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lawrence College
    Chair: Shahnaz T. Rouse (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lawrence College
    Discussant: Shahnaz T. Rouse (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lawrence College
    Paper Presenter: Esha Niyogi De (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Zebunnisa Hamid (she/her/hers) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Gwendolyn Sarah Kirk (she/her/hers) – Indiana University-Bloomington
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Urbanization, Marginalization and the Politics of Citizenship Part 1: Perspectives on Cultural Identities
    Organizer: Natsuki Chubachi – Kyoto University
    Organizer: Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Chair: Ulil Amri – Creighton University
    Paper Presenter: Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Discussant: Riwanto Tirtosudarmo (he/him/his) – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Kazuyo Futaesaku (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: John Iremil Teodoro – De La Salle University
    Paper Presenter: Lermie Shayne S. Garcia (she/her/hers) – Ateneo De Manila University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    A Transboundary History of Medicine: The Pluralism of Asian’s Local Medical Practices and Scientific Discourses Beyond Geographic Boundaries
    Organizer: Xiaoyu Chen – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Waika Kot – University of California, Davis
    Paper Presenter: Sijie Ren – University of Bristol
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyu Chen – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Tianji Lu (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Accumulation, Dispossession, and the Indigenous Margins: Case Studies from India
    Organizer: Roluah Puia (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Organizer: Deepali Aparajita Dungdung (she/her/hers) – Ranchi University
    Chair: Roluah Puia (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Paper Presenter: Roluah Puia (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
    Paper Presenter: Deepali Aparajita Dungdung (she/her/hers) – Ranchi University
    Paper Presenter: Repakaba Tzudir (he/him/his) – Nagaland University
    Paper Presenter: Thangsiandong Guite (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali
    Paper Presenter: Sujatha Devarapalli (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences
    Co-Author: Gayatri Balu (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Artificial Intelligence: Representations, Practices, and Implications in Asian Popular Culture
    Organizer: Keiko Nishimura (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Organizer: Ananya Saha (she/her/hers) – Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
    Chair: Keiko Nishimura (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Keiko Nishimura (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Ananya Saha (she/her/hers) – Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
    Paper Presenter: Patrick W. Galbraith – Senshu University
    Paper Presenter: Megan Catherine Rose (she/her/hers) – University of New South Wales
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Cultural Trans-Asianism: Representations and Geopolitics of Cultural Soft Power across South and East Asia
    Organizer: Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Chair: Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya (she/her/hers) – University of Delhi
    Discussant: Ahanthem Romita Devi – Manipur University
    Discussant: Ambika Basu – University of Delhi
    Discussant: Prachi Aggarwal – Delhi University
    Discussant: Shyam Kumar Anand – Academy of Korean Studies
    Discussant: Vinay Kumar – Delhi University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Faith under the Siege of Modernity: The Evolution of State and Popular Religions in Modern China (1750-2023)
    Organizer: Boyi Pang – The University of Macau
    Chair: Tianshu Zhu – The University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Boyi Pang – The University of Macau
    Discussant: Naomi Elaine Thurston – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Li – Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
    Paper Presenter: Wenjin Fang – Duke University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Heritage and Adaptation in Vietnamese Food Culture: Identity, and Influence in a Changing World
    Organizer: Thúy Tranviet (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Chair: Thúy Tranviet (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Thúy Tranviet (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Nir Avieli (he/him/his) – Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
    Paper Presenter: Phuong-Anh Dang (she/her/hers) – University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam
    Discussant: Pia Arbodela (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Heritage and Adaptation in Vietnamese Food Culture: Language, Identity, and Influence in a Changing World

    Organizer: Thúy Tranviet – Cornell University

    Chair: Thúy Tranviet – Cornell University

    Paper Presenter: Thúy Tranviet – Cornell University

    Paper Presenter: Nir Avieli – Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

    Paper Presenter: Phuong-Anh Dang – University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Discussant: Pia Arbodela – University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Identity, Resistance, and Maintenance: Navigating Infrastructures in South and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Anto Moshin (he/him/his) – Northwestern University in Qatar
    Chair: Anto Moshin (he/him/his) – Northwestern University in Qatar
    Paper Presenter: Anto Moshin (he/him/his) – Northwestern University in Qatar
    Paper Presenter: Harsha Man Mahajan (he/him/his) – Northwestern University in Qatar
    Paper Presenter: Ratnamala Vananamalai (she/her/hers) – Mizoram University
    Co-Author: Lalchhandami Lalchhandami (she/her/hers) – Mizoram University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Immersive Asia: Soundwalk and Noisescape of Asian Cities, Part 2
    Organizer: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Organizer: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Chair: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Discussant: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: L. Nicole Vaughan (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Paper Presenter: Yang Ding (she/her/hers) – China Women's University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Meaningful Places: Famous Sites in Japanese Cultural Memory
    Organizer: Motoi Katsumata (he/him/his) – Meisei University
    Organizer: Matthew P. Fraleigh (he/him/his) – Brandeis University
    Chair: Matthew P. Fraleigh (he/him/his) – Brandeis University
    Paper Presenter: Bo Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Motoi Katsumata (he/him/his) – Meisei University
    Paper Presenter: Matthew P. Fraleigh (he/him/his) – Brandeis University
    Paper Presenter: Junfu LI (he/him/his) – Osaka University
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Mobilities in Sinophone Cinema, Performance, and Literature
    Organizer: Tze-lan Sang (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Chair: Tze-lan Sang (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Discussant: Alvin K. Wong (he/him/his) – Hong Kong University
    Discussant: Miaomiao Qi (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Ling Zhang (she/her/hers) – State University of New York, Purchase College
    Discussant: Jia Tan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Hangping Xu (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Networks, Identities, Place-making in the Himalayas I: The (Non) Centrality of the State
    Organizer: Dibyesh Anand (he/him/his) – University of Westminster
    Chair: Dibyesh Anand (he/him/his) – University of Westminster
    Discussant: Nitasha Kaul (she/her/hers) – University of Westminster
    Discussant: Kaustabh Deka (he/him/his) – Dibrugarh University
    Discussant: Tenzin Desal (he/him/his) – Tibet Policy Institute
    Discussant: Swargajyoti Gohain (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Organizing Nature: Tracking the Capitalocene in South Asia
    Organizer: Atreyee Majumder – National Law School of India University
    Organizer: Sandeep Banerjee – McGill University
    Chair: Sandeep Banerjee – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Elliott Prasse-Freeman – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Suvendu Ghatak – University of Florida
    Paper Presenter: Atreyee Majumder – National Law School of India University
    Discussant: Atreyee Majumder – National Law School of India University
    Paper Presenter: Sandeep Banerjee – McGill University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Outside In: When Foreign Became Tradition in East Asian Art
    Organizer: Yu-chih Lai – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Yu-chih Lai – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Ching-Ling Wang (he/him/his) – Rijksmusem
    Paper Presenter: Ching-Fei Shih (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Discussant: Matthew McKelway (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Andrew On-Tsun Fung (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Northeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    What gender means and what gender does in Timor-Leste
    Organizer: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Organizer: Senhorina Madalena dos Santos – UNTL - Human Rights Centre
    Chair: Joanico Gusmao Alves (he/him/his) – UN Women
    Paper Presenter: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Paper Presenter: Josh Trindade (he/him/his) – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Iram Saeed (she/her/hers) – Arcoiris Timor-Leste
    Paper Presenter: Bernardo Leto – UNTL
    Discussant: Mica Barreto Soares – UNTL
    Southeast Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Capital, Migration, and (Re)Territorialization: Reconfiguring Borders Across East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Ben Fan (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Hsiu-hua Shen (she/her/hers) – Institute of Sociology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
    Paper Presenter: Ben Fan (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Hsiu-hua Shen (she/her/hers) – Institute of Sociology, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
    Discussant: Kisho Tsuchiya – Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Miriam Jaehn – Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Yunxi Wu (she/her/hers) – Kagawa University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Enlarging the Margins: Struggles and Solidarities among the Subjugated in Modern Asia
    Organizer: Aadarsh Chunkath (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Aadarsh Chunkath (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Aadarsh Chunkath (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Mortaza Hassani (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Sara Hussein – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Rebecca Waxman – University of California, Los Angeles
    Discussant: Rebecca Waxman – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Muhammad Ashraf T. P. – Humboldt University, Berlin
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Fiscal Decentralization as a Catalyst for Sustainable Development: Comparative Insights from China, India, Indonesia, and Pakistan
    Organizer: Farhan Ahmed Shaikh (he/him/his) – NED University of Engineering & Technology
    Chair: Aamir Aijaz Syed (he/him/his) – Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University
    Paper Presenter: Farhan Ahmed Shaikh (he/him/his) – NED University of Engineering & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Fahmida Laghari (she/her/hers) – Xijing University
    Paper Presenter: Aamir Aijaz Syed (he/him/his) – Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University
    Paper Presenter: Syofriza Syofyan – Trisakti Universitas
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Images Worlding: Trans-Asia Visual Media and Filmed History of the 20th Century
    Organizer: Yijiao Guo (he/him/his) – King's College London
    Chair: Xiang Fan (she/her/hers) – King's College London
    Paper Presenter: Lu Pan – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Timmy Chih-Ting Chen – Hong Kong Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Yijiao Guo (he/him/his) – King's College London
    Paper Presenter: Ran Ma – Nagoya University
    Discussant: Xiang Fan (she/her/hers) – King's College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Knowledge on the Move: Nature, Science, and Memory in Modern East Asia
    Organizer: Aolan Mi (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    Chair: Kan Li (she/her/hers) – Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
    Paper Presenter: Kan Li (she/her/hers) – Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
    Paper Presenter: Wenyi Guo (she/her/hers) – Renmin University of China
    Discussant: Wenyi Guo (she/her/hers) – Renmin University of China
    Paper Presenter: Liangyu Hu (he/him/his) – Beijing Language and Culture University
    Discussant: Liangyu Hu (he/him/his) – Beijing Language and Culture University
    Paper Presenter: Aolan Mi (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Mobilities and Barriers in Contraflow Cultures and Media in the Post-Pandemic Era
    Organizer: Xiao Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Chair: Xiao Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Co-Author: Xiao Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Discussant: Ying-kit Chan (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Anubha Sarkar (she/her/hers) – City University of London
    Paper Presenter: Xinyue Luo (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Fan Yang (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Co-Author: Yijia Zhang (she/her/hers) – The University of British Columbia
    Co-Author: Jessie Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Sydney
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Mobilities of Buddhist Place and Practice in Premodern Asia
    Organizer: Eloise Wright (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Organizer: Jinchao Zhao (she/her/hers) – Tongji University
    Chair: Sanjukta Datta (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Paper Presenter: Eloise Wright (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Paper Presenter: Jinchao Zhao (she/her/hers) – Tongji University
    Paper Presenter: Mingzhou Chi – Beijing Science and Technology University
    Paper Presenter: Yan LIU, Associate Professor, Kunming University of Science and Technology
    Discussant: Sanjukta Datta (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Monks, Merchant Networks, and Religious Mobility among the Jains
    Organizer: Eric Villalobos – Emory University
    Chair: Jyoti Agarwal (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Eric Villalobos – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Jyoti Agarwal (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Anchit Jain – University of Delhi
    Discussant: David Silverberg – Columbia University
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Moving with the times: Footpaths, Roadways, and Everyday Journeys in the Transnational Himalaya
    Organizer: Amy Johnson (she/her/hers) – Georgia College & State University
    Chair: Amy Johnson (she/her/hers) – Georgia College & State University
    Discussant: Bhoomika Joshi (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Nishtha Tewari (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Discussant: Anisa Bhutia (she/her/hers) – Aarhus University
    Discussant: Logan M. Emlet (he/him/his) – Yale University
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Racialized and Gendered Bodies in East Asia: Colonization, Biopolitics, and Agency
    Organizer: Emi Omuro (they/them/theirs) – Ochanomizu University
    Organizer: Misha Cade (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Emi Omuro (they/them/theirs) – Ochanomizu University
    Paper Presenter: Libera Amadiwakama Mochihashi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholars of Asia
    Paper Presenter: Junxiao Leng (she/her/hers) – Kanagawa University
    Paper Presenter: Misha Cade (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Chair: Junxiao Leng (she/her/hers) – Kanagawa University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reconstructing Identities and Cultural Resistance: Youth Culture in East Asia's Digital Age
    Organizer: Zhuyuan Han (she/her/hers) – The Education University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Wenxi Hu – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Wenxi Hu – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Co-Author: Zhuyuan Han (she/her/hers) – The Education University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kexuan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Xiaodan Wang (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Helena Hiu Yung Chung (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Wenxi Hu – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Asian Migration: Space-making, Situated Modernities, and Social Mobilities
    Organizer: Sophie D. Loy-Wilson (she/her/hers) – The University of Sydney
    Chair: Craig A. Smith, Dr (he/him/his) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Sophie D. Loy-Wilson (she/her/hers) – The University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Yu Tao – University of Western Australia
    Paper Presenter: Charlotte Setijadi (she/her/hers) – The University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Fei sheng, Prof (he/him/his) – Sun Yat-sen University in City of Guangzhou,China.
    Discussant: Kesang Youdon (she/her/hers) – Himachal Pradesh University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Riparian Governmentalities in urbanising South Asia
    Organizer: Anubhav Pradhan (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    Organizer: Barsha Santra (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    Chair: Anubhav Pradhan (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    Paper Presenter: Anubhav Pradhan (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    Co-Author: Barsha Santra (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
    Paper Presenter: Sivee Chawla – James Cook University
    Co-Author: Sheetal Patil – Indian Institute for Human Settlements
    Paper Presenter: Ritika Rajput – United Nations University
    Paper Presenter: Divya Chand – Lokal Habitat Labs
    Paper Presenter: Vaishali Kashyap – Birla Institute of Technology Pilani (Goa)
    South Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Transregional Ecological Concerns, Connections, and Cooperation
    Organizer: Wenbin Peng – Sichuan Normal University
    Chair: Tsering Bum – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
    Paper Presenter: Tsering Bum – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
    Discussant: Wenbin Peng – Sichuan Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Xi Zhang – Minzu University of China
    Paper Presenter: Ping Huang – Sichuan Film and Television University, Chengdu University of Information Technology
    Paper Presenter: Haimei Shen – Yunnan Minzu University
    Paper Presenter: Yachuan Zhao – Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
    Co-Author: Drashi Dondrub – Leshan Normal University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    War and Its Afterlife: Narratives of Identity and Cultural Memory in Global Asia
    Organizer: Jin Feng (she/her/hers) – Grinnell College
    Chair: Jing Jiang (she/her/hers) – Reed College
    Discussant: Jing Jiang (she/her/hers) – Reed College
    Paper Presenter: Jin Feng (she/her/hers) – Grinnell College
    Paper Presenter: Jie Zhang (she/her/hers) – Trinity University
    Paper Presenter: Xianmin Shen (she/her/hers) – Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Ethnobotany at the Margin: Traditional Healing, Ecological Resilience, and Indigenous Ecologies
    Organizer: Wasinee S. Topoonyanont (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Chair: Wasinee S. Topoonyanont (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Wasinee S. Topoonyanont (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Areeya Tivasuradej (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Thianchai Surimas (he/him/his) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Pranab Kumar Mandal (he/him/his) – Ramakrishna Mission Residential College
    Discussant: Nanthanoot Udomlamun (she/her/hers) – Kasetsart University
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Exile Landscapes: Tibetan Refugee Experiences, Survival and Community Resilience in South Asia
    Organizer: Priyanka Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    Chair: Priyanka Chakraborty (she/her/hers) – Sister Nivedita University
    Paper Presenter: Joanna Pereira Coelho (she/her/hers) – Goa University
    Paper Presenter: Nimu Sherpa (she/her/hers) – Mirik College, University of North Bengal
    Paper Presenter: Tashi Phuntsok (he/him/his) – Vidyasagar College, Calcutta University
    Paper Presenter: Arnab Mandal (he/him/his) – Krishnagar Government College
    Paper Presenter: Janhavi Pande (she/her/hers) – University of Adelaide
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Exploring Tourist Urbanization: Colonial Legacies, Social Tensions, and Transformations in South Asian Mountain Landscapes
    Organizer: Rémi Mr de Bercegol (he/him/his) – CNRS
    Chair: Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud (he/him/his) – Université de Bordeaux
    Discussant: Nicolas Bautes (he/him/his) – Université de Montpellier
    Paper Presenter: Ratoola Kundu (she/her/hers) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Diya Mehra (she/her/hers) – South Asia University Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Tudor Silva (he/him/his) – University of Peradeniya
    Paper Presenter: Odile Henry (she/her/hers) – Université de Paris 8/ CSH Delhi
    Paper Presenter: Akumtong Imchen (he/him/his) – Highland Institute
    Co-Author: Victoire Bertholet (she/her/hers) – French Institute of Puducherry
    Discussant: Balasubramanian Dhandapani, French Institute of Puducherry (India)
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Networks, Identities, Place-making in the Himalayas II: Contestations and Connections
    Organizer: Dibyesh Anand (he/him/his) – University of Westminster
    Chair: Nitasha Kaul (she/her/hers) – University of Westminster
    Discussant: Swati Chawla (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    Discussant: Sayantani Mukherjee (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Discussant: Sanjukta Datta (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    New Ways of Knowing and New Boundaries of Knowledge Production between Nepal and China
    Organizer: Zezhou Yang (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Organizer: Aneka Rebecca Rajbhandari (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Chair: Zezhou Yang (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Zezhou Yang (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Jiayue Xu (she/her/hers) – Sciences-Po Paris
    Paper Presenter: Niraj Lawoju (he/him/his) – Sichuan University
    Co-Author: Amish Mulmi (he/him/his) – Delhi University
    Paper Presenter: Raunab Singh Khatri (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Co-Author: Aneka Rebecca Rajbhandari (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Shubhanga Pandey (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    On the Movement of Identity in a Global Asia: A Cross-Media, Decolonial Panel
    Organizer: Rebecca Ehrenwirth (she/her/hers) – University of Applied Sciences/SDI Munich
    Chair: Fareed Ben-Youssef (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University
    Paper Presenter: Rebecca Ehrenwirth (she/her/hers) – University of Applied Sciences/SDI Munich
    Paper Presenter: Fareed Ben-Youssef (he/him/his) – Texas Tech University
    Paper Presenter: Roslynn Ang (she/her/hers) – NA
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Revolutionary Narratives: Gender, Trauma and the Rewriting of Identity in Modern Chinese Female Literature
    Organizer: Heyu Yang (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Chair: Heyu Yang (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Heyu Yang (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Zhe Song (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Hiu Lam Mak – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Seeing the Silence in Modernity: Reconsidering 'Death' in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Hanqiu Guo (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Hanqiu Guo (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Miao He (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Miao He (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Hechen Liu – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Jiaxin Li (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Chair: Hechen Liu – Duke University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Self-Reliance Against Scarcity: Medical and Technological Extraction and Appropriation in Wartime China, 1937-1949
    Organizer: Chao Wang (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    Chair: Yun Zhang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Discussant: Helen Schneider (she/her/hers) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
    Paper Presenter: Yuye Kong (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yun Zhang (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Linghui Ji (he/him/his) – Zhejiang University
    Paper Presenter: Chao Wang (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Sentiment, Trauma, and Fluidity: Marginalized Bodies in Global Asian Cinema
    Organizer: Yayu Zheng (she/her/hers) – Courtauld Institute of Art
    Chair: Yayu Zheng (she/her/hers) – Courtauld Institute of Art
    Paper Presenter: Yayu Zheng (she/her/hers) – Courtauld Institute of Art
    Paper Presenter: Karen Ren – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Jie (Jocelyn) Xu – University of York
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    The Politics of Climate Change and Development in Asia
    Organizer: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Organizer: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Chair: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Paper Presenter: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Rose-Jensen – American University of Phnom Penh
    Paper Presenter: Shangrila Joshi – The Evergreen State College
    Paper Presenter: Sophie Webber – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Zezhou Yang, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    The Politics of Development and Alternative Modernities in North-East India
    Organizer: Thomas Malsom (he/him/his) – North Eastern Hill University
    Chair: Pompi Basumatary (she/her/hers) – The Assam Royal Global University
    Paper Presenter: Nakhrai Debbarma (she/her/hers) – North Eastern Hill University
    Paper Presenter: Sonjit Chakma (he/him/his) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
    Paper Presenter: Pompi Basumatary (she/her/hers) – The Assam Royal Global University
    Paper Presenter: Orenvungi L Ngullie (she/her/hers) – North Eastern Hill University
    Paper Presenter: Thomas Malsom (he/him/his) – North Eastern Hill University
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Villages and Peasants in a Mobile Era: Coping Strategies and Survival Tactics of Individuals
    Organizer: Yu Le – Ochanomizu University
    Chair: Zhang Manqing – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Zhou Yuqin – Tohoku University
    Discussant: Zhou Yuqin – Tohoku University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Le – Ochanomizu University
    Paper Presenter: Liu Chenyu – Hitotsubashi University
    Paper Presenter: Shen Siyuan – Kobe University
    Paper Presenter: Zhang Manqing – Kyoto University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Win-Win-Win Collaborations to Grow: How the Joint Fellowship Programs Create New Opportunities to Researchers, Host Institutions and the Funder
  • 6:45 PM – 7:15 PM NPT
    FILM: Blues of Pink
  • Wednesday, June 4, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    20 Years of Impossible Desires
    Organizer: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Chair: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Discussant: Gayatri Gopinath – New York University
    Discussant: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Omar Kasmani – Freie Universitat
    Discussant: Akhil Katyal – BITS Law School
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    A Passage to Southwest China: Reconsidering Transregionality from an Asian Borderland
    Organizer: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Mingwei Song – Wellesley College
    Paper Presenter: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Robin Visser – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Colby College
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Ziyu Liu – Guizhou University
    Paper Presenter: Dihao Zhou – Sichuan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Art, Archives and Archaeology: New Evidence and Methodology in East Asian Studies
    Organizer: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Chair: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Zhuming Yao – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Sinae Kim – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Mai Yamaguchi (She/They) – San Antonio Museum of Art
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Carriers of Belief: The Mobilities of Objects in Mahāyāna Buddhism in the Himalayan Region
    Organizer: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: James Gentry (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Todd T. Lewis (he/him/his) – College Of The Holy Cross
    Discussant: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Yuting Zhang (she/her/hers) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Christian Luczanits (he/him/his) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Challenges and Persistence of LGBTQ+ people in Korea and Japan: Everyday Life, Pride and Backlashes
    Organizer: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Organizer: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Chair: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Paper Presenter: Jieha Lee (she/her/hers) – Soongsil University
    Paper Presenter: Akiko Shimizu (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Paper Presenter: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Discussant: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Exposed Bodies: Corporeal Imagination in East Asian Media Against Globalism
    Organizer: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Chair: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Shenglai Jin (he/him/his) – Sungkyunkwan University
    Paper Presenter: Harim Park (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Discussant: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Governance Regimes and Value under Neoliberalism: Interrogating Contemporary Politics of Labor in South Asia
    Organizer: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Organizer: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Chair: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Vinayak Krishnan – University of Sussex
    Paper Presenter: Marini Thorne – Columbia University
    Discussant: Nilotpal Kumar – Azim Premji University
    Paper Presenter: Ahmad Fahim – Indian Institute of Technology
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Immersive Asia: Soundwalk and Noisescape of Asian Cities, Part 1
    Organizer: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Organizer: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Chair: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Benjamin Harris (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Manlin Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Zhengming Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Masayuki Iwase (he/him/his) – Formerly University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Media, Discourse, and Ideological Construction in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Chair: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Discussant: Guoguang Wu (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Jiayue Xu (she/her/hers) – Sciences-Po Paris
    Paper Presenter: Weiru Cheng (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Ming Mo (she/her/hers) – Shandong Institute of Modern Financial Development
    Discussant: Ruolin Hou
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    One Road, Many Outcomes: The Impact of the One Belt One Road Initiative on 3 South Asian Countries
    Organizer: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Chair: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Co-Author: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Co-Author: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Mehmood Arfan (he/him/his) – Punjab University
    Discussant: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reversing the Gaze: The Marginalized Representations of Otherized Women in Early Modern China
    Organizer: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Hui Wang – Nanjing Xiaozhuang University
    Paper Presenter: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Yuming Yu (she/her/hers) – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Weiling (Dolores) Kong – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Zhexin Gao – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ziyue Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Transnational Therapeutics: Technologies and Landscape of Healing in the Broad Indo-Malay Networks
    Organizer: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Chair: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: Tsung-Ren Hung – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Fikriyah Winata – Texas A & M University
    Paper Presenter: Meta Astuti – Hasanuddin University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (Post)colonizing the Body: Transnational Embodiments of Governance, Space, and Belonging in East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Organizer: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Discussant: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Nur Adilla (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Koyna Tomar, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Bridging Migration in Asia: Transnational Perspectives on Asian Migrant Workers in Japan
    Organizer: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Chair: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Waode Hanifah Istiqomah (she/her/hers) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Jaessadakorn Kalapong (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
    Paper Presenter: Meng Cong Luan (she/her/hers) – Kobe University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Crossing Gendered Boundaries: Yaoguai (妖怪), Monstrosity, and Identity in East Asian Narratives
    Organizer: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Jingyang Zhao (she/her/hers) – Southwest University of Political Science and Law
    Paper Presenter: Ang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Stirling
    Paper Presenter: Qianyi Ma – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Meixi Chen – Colorado College
    Paper Presenter: Chenying Wang – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yingxin Zhang (She/They) – University College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Cultural Heritage: Metamorphosis through Time and Space: Exploring the Transformation from Traditional to Modern Style
    Organizer: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Chair: Wei Liu – Beijing Normal University
    Discussant: Xinyuan Cheng – Yulin Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Paper Presenter: Xinran XU – Guangzhou University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Decolonizing Methodologies and South Asian Experiences
    Organizer: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Organizer: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    Chair: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Labib Hossain – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Sanjay Sharma – Aarhus University
    Paper Presenter: Debjani Das – Vidyasagar University, Medinipur
    Paper Presenter: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Discussant: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Global Ceramics: Interregional Trade and Cultural Interchange in the Early Modern Era
    Organizer: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kunpeng Xiang, N/A (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Heritage, Modernization, and the Marginalization of Japan’s Alternative 'Capitals'
    Organizer: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Jens Sejrup (he/him/his) – University of Copenhagen
    Paper Presenter: Ellen Van Goethem (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    Discussant: Andrew C. Elliott (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women's College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Mediating Spaces on/of Screen (Part 1): Spatiality, Aesthetics and Performance in Cinemas of Asia
    Organizer: Pritha Chakrabarti (she/they) – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University
    Chair: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Baidurya Chakrabarti (he/they) – RV University, Bengaluru, India
    Paper Presenter: Suddhadeep Mukherjee (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Rudrani Gangopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Metaphorical Paradigms in Global Asias: Navigating Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Dimensions
    Organizer: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Chair: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Shiv Kumar Singh (he/him/his) – University of Lisbon
    Paper Presenter: Mansi Bajaj (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Moving into Place: Struggles of Mobility and the State
    Organizer: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Chair: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Paper Presenter: Colum Graham (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Qi Li (she/her/hers) – Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Paper Presenter: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Performing and Reclaiming the Female Body through History
    Organizer: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Chair: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Paper Presenter: Yu Chih Chou – Goucher College
    Paper Presenter: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Discussant: Kwan Yin Lee – Wofford College
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyan Deng – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Queer Lives on Asian-Pacific Margins
    Organizer: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Chair: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: John Mervin Embate (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines
    Paper Presenter: Yujie Xu (she/her/hers) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jozon A. Lorenzana (they/them/theirs) – Ateneo De Manila University
    Discussant: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reimagining Environmental Narratives in Asian Margins: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Local Mobilities
    Organizer: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Organizer: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    Chair: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Discussant: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Rethinking Community-Led Development in the Anthropocene: New Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Organizer: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Discussant: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Yi-Chin Wu – National Taiwan Normal University
    Chair: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Tracing Links to Ancestral Lands: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Expressions, and Environmental Stewardship in the Philippines
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Agnes Silva – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Marian Gongora (she/her/hers) – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Estrella Dacillo (she/her/hers) – Central Mindanao University
    Paper Presenter: Maria Zenia Dulce (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Tacloban College
    Paper Presenter: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    What does transdisciplinary research and practice look like? Landslides, disaster risk reduction, and learning across difference in Nepal
    Organizer: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Amy Johnson (she/her/hers) – Georgia College & State University
    Discussant: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Jeevan Baniya (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Amod Dixit (he/him/his) – Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN); National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET)
    Discussant: Tek Bahadur Dong (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Shobhana Gurung Pradhan (she/her/hers) – BBC Media Action Nepal
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    "Nanyang" Crossings: Worlding Sinophone Southeast Asian Literature and Culture
    Organizer: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Chair: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Yihan Xie (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Qianru He – Nanyang Technological University
    Discussant: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Asian Monarchies in the Modern World
    Organizer: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Chair: Kazuhiro Takii (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Paper Presenter: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Bill Long (he/him/his) – Georgia State University
    Paper Presenter: Kittisak Sujittarom (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Co-Author: Astrid Norén-Nilsson – Lund University
    Paper Presenter: Duncan McCargo (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Democratic Recession and the Potential for Popular Democracy in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
    Organizer: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Chair: Martinho -. Pereira (he/him/his) – UNTL
    Discussant: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Discussant: Richard Fox (he/him/his) – University of Victoria
    Discussant: Eunsook Jung – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Encountering Modernity in the Eastern Himalayas
    Organizer: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Chair: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Discussant: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Paper Presenter: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    Discussant: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Gendered Realities and Intersecting Identities: Roles of Filipino Women During Crisis in the Context of Language, Work, and Caregiving
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Cunanan (she/her/hers) – Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT)
    Paper Presenter: May Desiree Hulipas – Polytechnic University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Global Asia at China’s Edges: Entrepreneurs, Settlement, and Innovation
    Organizer: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Chair: Sonika Gupta (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Paper Presenter: Duojie Zhaxi (he/him/his) – Qinghai Minzu University
    Paper Presenter: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Global Asia at China’s Edges: Entrepreneurs, Settlement, and Security II

    Organizer: Andrew Grant – University of Tampa

    Chair: Sonika Gupta – Indian Institute of Technology

    Discussant: Andrew Grant – University of Tampa

    Paper Presenter: Duojie Zhaxi – Qinghai Minzu University

    Paper Presenter: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University

    Paper Presenter: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder

  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    In Search for Asian Identities: Globalized Perspectives on East Asian Art and Architecture
    Organizer: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Organizer: Gloria Yu Yang – Kyushu University
    Chair: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Lianming Wang – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Gloria Yu Yang – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (she/her/hers) – University of East Anglia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Lives Mobilized by Land and Water: Reconfiguring the Local and Beyond in East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Sue Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Chair: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    Paper Presenter: Hazman Baharom (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Sue Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoxi Zhao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yichi Zhou – Xiamen University
    Discussant: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Negotiate with the Asian Modernity: Gender, Identity and Popular Culture in Transmedia Fandom Practice
    Organizer: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Chair: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Paper Presenter: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Paper Presenter: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Jialu Wen (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Wenxin Xiao – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Protocols versus praxis: Global health goals, biomedical standards, and reproductive realities in South Asia
    Organizer: Jan Brunson – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Chair: Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Flame University
    Paper Presenter: Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Flame University
    Paper Presenter: Jan Brunson – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Paper Presenter: Abdullah All Shakil (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
    Paper Presenter: Anindita Majumdar (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    Discussant: Sita Mademba – Social Science Baha
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Reflections on the Future of Himalayan Studies - II
    Organizer: Arjun Guneratne (he/him/his) – Macalester College
    Chair: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Ather Zia – University of Northern Colorado
    Discussant: Mona Bhan (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
    Discussant: Heather Hindman – University of Texas at Austin
    Discussant: Tanka Subba – IIT Gandhinagar
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Self-determination in the Philippines: From Anti-Colonialism to City Margins to Decolonial Futures
    Organizer: Cla Ruzol (they/them/theirs) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Organizer: Kristian Karlo Saguin – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Chair: Aireen Grace Andal (she/her/hers) – Airlangga University
    Paper Presenter: Karminn C. D. Daytec Yañgot (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Baguio
    Paper Presenter: Cla Ruzol (they/them/theirs) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Arnisson Andre Ortega (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
    Discussant: Kristian Karlo Saguin – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The "Margins" of Chinese Civilization: The Subsistence, Economy, and Identity Formations of Western China
    Organizer: Yu Dong – Shandong University
    Chair: Xuexiang Chen – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Xuexiang Chen – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Alice Yao – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Alice Yao – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Kuei-chen Lin – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Yu Dong – Shandong University
    Co-Author: Wei Yang – Yunnan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The Right to the Mountains: Ethnicity and Nation in Himalayan Tourism
    Organizer: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Chair: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Paper Presenter: Ian Bellows (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Paper Presenter: Khadga Narayan Shrestha (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Medhavi Gulati (she/her/hers) – Panjab University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The Rise of 'Radical Feminism' in Global Asia: Connecting China, India and South Korea
    Organizer: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Chair: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Co-Author: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Discussant: Euisol Jeong (she/her/hers) – Baekseok University
    Discussant: Niharika Pandit (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Paper Presenter: Hongkun Wang (she/her/hers) – Shenzhen University
    Co-Author: Ling Tang (they/them/theirs) – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Yaya Ji (she/her/hers) – University College London
    Paper Presenter: Xumeng Xie (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Global Queer Asias: New Directions
    Organizer: Howard Chiang (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Chair: Lucetta Kam (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Discussant: Aniruddha Dutta – University of Iowa
    Discussant: Howard Chiang (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Shana Ye – University of Toronto
    Discussant: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Globalising Asians and Mobility: Marginality and Identity Formation of Asian Migrants
    Organizer: Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo (he/him/his) – Universidad Externado de Colombia
    Chair: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo (he/him/his) – Universidad Externado de Colombia
    Paper Presenter: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    Paper Presenter: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Negotiating Marginalized Identities: Cultural Memory, Media Narratives, and Resilience in South and East Asia
    Organizer: Pratikshya Mishra (she/her/hers) – Christ University, Bangalore
    Chair: Edwin Michielsen (_) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Pratikshya Mishra (she/her/hers) – Christ University, Bangalore
    Paper Presenter: Ting-Yu Chou (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Paper Presenter: Sonalika Chaturvedi (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
    Paper Presenter: Edwin Michielsen (_) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Negotiating the Locality and Subjectivity: On the Ethnic Chinese Under Imperial Order and Global Discourse
    Organizer: Yue Duo (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Organizer: Xin Su (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Chunmei Du (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Discussant: Yue Qi (she/her/hers) – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Yunjing Yi (she/her/hers) – Renmin University of China
    Paper Presenter: Yue Duo (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Xin Su (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Politics of Recognition and Boundary in Trans-Asian Film Cultures
    Organizer: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Chair: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Discussant: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Yinjie Wang (she/her/hers) – China Fine Arts Academy
    Paper Presenter: Shi-yan Chao (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Navnidhi Sharma (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Kaushik Bhaumik (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Migration and Urban Infrastructures in Global Asia
    Organizer: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Chair: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Jing Hao Liong – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Elisa Tamburo – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Yvonne Khor (she/her/hers) – China Foreign Affairs University
    Paper Presenter: Teraya Paramehta (she/her/hers) – Universitas Indonesia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Queer Asia: Inter-regional Circulation and Inter-referencing of Boys Love Narratives
    Organizer: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Chair: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Mingi Jang (she/her/hers) – Kyungnam University
    Paper Presenter: Masao Imamura (he/him/his) – Yamagata University
    Paper Presenter: Ying-kit Chan (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Thomas Baudinette (he/him/his) – Macquarie University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reimagining the multiplicity of border studies in China and the East Asian Region
    Organizer: Waifung Tam, N/A (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Laikwan Pang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Waifung Tam, N/A (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Laikwan Pang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kwai-Cheung Lo (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Hung-chiung Li, N/A (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Re-Peripheralization of Buraku as Discriminated Minority: The Dynamics of Outcast Status, Migration, Gendered Subalternity
    Organizer: tsutomu Tomotsune (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Chair: Wesley Weunten (he/him/his) – San Francisco State University
    Paper Presenter: tsutomu Tomotsune (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: John Porter (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Kiyonobu Hirooka (he/him/his) – Osaka Metropolitan University
    Discussant: Shahana Bhattacharya (she/her/hers) – Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi)
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Rituals and Myth: Identity Formation of the Ethnic Minorities in China and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: sinae Hyun – Sogang University
    Chair: Tatsuki Kataoka – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Jianxiong Ma – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Wasan Panyagaew – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Tatsuki Kataoka – Kyoto University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Rooted in Place: Exploring the Cultural Significance of Plants and Food in Asian Communities
    Organizer: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Chair: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Yi-tze Lee – National Dong Hwa University
    Paper Presenter: Sakura Kudo – National Museum of Ethnology
    Paper Presenter: Greg de St. Maurice – Keio University
    Discussant: Greg de St. Maurice – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Putthida Kijdumnern (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Talking About the Para-academic: Global Asia(s) Through Space-making and Decolonial Feminist Praxis
    Organizer: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Organizer: Anushmita Mohanty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Discussant: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Discussant: Anushmita Mohanty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Aratrika Sengupta (they/he) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Technologies of Desire: Queer Intimacy, Digital Architectures, and Fan Practices in and Beyond East Asia
    Organizer: Norah Chungyan Chow (she/ta) – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Discussant: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Ziwei Tiffany Tang (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Yongkun Vicky Wu (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Norah Chungyan Chow (she/ta) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Xinyue Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Unsettling Asia: Frameworks for Thinking Alongside, Across, and Beyond
    Organizer: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Chair: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: rupak shrestha (he/him/his) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Anushay Malik (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Tansen Sen (he/him/his) – New York University Shanghai
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Women on the Margins: Negotiating Sex, Marriage, and Work across Asia
    Organizer: Lijun Zhang – Cornell University
    Organizer: Lois (Lu) Hao (she/her/hers) – Agnes Scott College
    Chair: Jolan YI (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Lichun Huang – Academia Sinica
    Discussant: Lichun Huang – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Lijun Zhang – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Lois (Lu) Hao (she/her/hers) – Agnes Scott College
    Paper Presenter: Huichi Hsu – National Chengchi University
    Discussant: Huichi Hsu – National Chengchi University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Complex mobilities within and from Asia: Shifting Flows, Drivers, and Experiences
    Organizer: Ashika Niraula (she/her/hers) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Chair: Ashika Niraula (she/her/hers) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Sagar Raj Sharma
    Paper Presenter: Pratiti Roy (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
    Paper Presenter: Richa Shivakoti (she/her/hers) – Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
    Co-Author: Deepa Nagari
    Co-Author: Chandana Sharma
    Discussant: Usha George
    Paper Presenter: Pushpa Acharya – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Yu Huang – Edith Cowan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Digitization and Marketization of Cultural Memory in Contemporary Asia
    Organizer: Danqi Lu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Tracy Lee (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Chu Hai College
    Discussant: Zhiyi Yang – University of Frankfurt
    Paper Presenter: Geng Song (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Tiara Wilson (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Bingbing Shi – University of St Andrews
    Paper Presenter: Danqi Lu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Paudel Pukar – Beijing Normal University
    Co-Author: Yihang Yan – Beijing Normal University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Eddies and Circulations, New Formations the Confound the Cultural Center
    Organizer: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Chair: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jocelyn Clark – Pai Chai University
    Paper Presenter: Michael Hurt – Korea National University of the Arts
    Paper Presenter: Shzr Ee Tan – University of London, Royal Holloway
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Evolving Developmental Landscapes in Asia
    Organizer: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Organizer: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Chair: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Paper Presenter: Dinesh Paudel
    Paper Presenter: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Paper Presenter: Rajni Gamage – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Harindra Dassanayake – Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy.
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Global Visions, Local Encounters: Extraterritoriality, Education, and Nationhood in China
    Organizer: Guanhua Tan (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Chair: Chang Xu – Rice University
    Paper Presenter: Guanhua Tan (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Discussant: Qiliang He – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Chao Lang – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Yuan Tian – National University of Singapore
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Thinking Along with Moving: The Sociopolitical, Affective, and Resistant Dimensions of Mobility within and beyond Asia
    Organizer: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Xiaojia Hou (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Paper Presenter: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Xiaojia Hou (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Paper Presenter: Lia Butanda (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    Paper Presenter: Lopita Nah (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    Paper Presenter: Mao Lin (he/him/his) – Georgia Southern University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Time and Borders in Flux: Rethinking Temporality Beyond China
    Organizer: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Organizer: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Chair: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Paper Presenter: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Paper Presenter: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Discussant: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Xinwei Xu (she/her/hers) – Edith Cowan University
    Paper Presenter: Yi Meng (she/her/hers) – The University of Cologne
    Paper Presenter: Xiao Liu (she/her/hers) – New York University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Transitioning Gender and Identity: Ethnographies on Education in South Asia
    Organizer: Yamini Agarwal – Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
    Chair: Hem Borker – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Paper Presenter: Yamini Agarwal – Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
    Paper Presenter: Hem Borker – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Paper Presenter: Pronita Dutta – University of Oxford
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Who is an Artisan? A Question of Margins and Modernity
    Organizer: Hanna H. Kim (she/her/hers) – Adelphi University
    Chair: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    Co-Author: Huy Van Nguyen (he/him/his) – Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
    Co-Author: Hien Thi Nguyen (she/her/hers) – School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts, Vietnam National University in Hanoi
    Paper Presenter: Minny Lee (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Neel Kamal Chapagain (he/him/his) – Ahmedabad University
    Paper Presenter: Hanna H. Kim (she/her/hers) – Adelphi University
    Paper Presenter: Ming Xue (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 6:45 PM – 7:55 PM NPT
    FILM: Diversity Plaza
  • Thursday, June 5, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 2:00 PM NPT
    Excursions in and Around Kathmandu