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  • 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