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  • 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)