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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    20 Years of Impossible Desires
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Organizer: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Chair: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Discussant: Gayatri Gopinath – New York University
    Discussant: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Omar Kasmani – Freie Universitat
    Discussant: Akhil Katyal – BITS Law School
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    A Passage to Southwest China: Reconsidering Transregionality from an Asian Borderland
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Mingwei Song – Wellesley College
    Paper Presenter: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Robin Visser – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Colby College
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Ziyu Liu – Guizhou University
    Paper Presenter: Dihao Zhou – Sichuan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Apocalypse from the Borderland: Fengwu, Routes, and the Topopoetics of Tong Mo's Southwest Narrative
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Translational Identities and Cultural Memories of Guilin in Taiwan Through Pai Hsien-yung, Li Zishu, and Chan Tah Wei
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Colby College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Making Their Own "west:" Local Modernity and Global Imagination in Southwest China
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Kevin Ziyu Liu – Guizhou University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Southwest Sci-fi's Critical Provincialism
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Dihao Zhou – Sichuan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Art, Archives and Archaeology: New Evidence and Methodology in East Asian Studies
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Organizer: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Chair: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Zhuming Yao – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Sinae Kim – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Mai Yamaguchi (She/They) – San Antonio Museum of Art
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Stray Finds: Bronze Archaeology in the Yangtze River Valley, South China
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) The Burden of New Materials: A Literary Critique of Textual Discoveries
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Zhuming Yao – Boston University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Vernacular Scripturalization: "Sutra Lecture Texts" from Dunhuang in Medieval China
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Sinae Kim – University of Toronto
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Sleeping Beauty: A Case Study of a Forgotten Rhinoceros
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Mai Yamaguchi (She/They) – San Antonio Museum of Art
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Carriers of Belief: The Mobilities of Objects in Mahāyāna Buddhism in the Himalayan Region
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Organizer: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: James Gentry (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Todd T. Lewis (he/him/his) – College Of The Holy Cross
    Discussant: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Yuting Zhang (she/her/hers) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Christian Luczanits (he/him/his) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Cloud-like Offerings: The Mobilities of Canopies in Eighteenth-century Tibet
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) The Circulation of the Flag in the Likeness of Vaiśravaṇa at Jang: Contentions over Portable Sacra in Seventeenth-century Tibet
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: James Gentry (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) The Refuge of Newar Buddhist Amulets: Dharma as Power in Buddhist Tradition
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Todd T. Lewis (he/him/his) – College Of The Holy Cross
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) From Tholing Monastery to the Yuhua Ge: The Sanctification and Historical Construction of the Golden Temple
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Yuting Zhang (she/her/hers) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (5) Reframing Early Buddhist Art in Mustang, Nepal, Through the Lens of Book Illuminations
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Christian Luczanits (he/him/his) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Challenges and Persistence of LGBTQ+ People in Korea and Japan: Everyday Life, Pride and Backlashes
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Organizer: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Chair: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Paper Presenter: Jieha Lee (she/her/hers) – Soongsil University
    Paper Presenter: Akiko Shimizu (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Paper Presenter: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Discussant: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Navigating Challenges: The Stories of Sexual Minority Women in South Korea
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Jieha Lee (she/her/hers) – Soongsil University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Demanding Safety: Feminist Politics of Feelings and the Anti-trans Movement in 21st Century Japan
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Akiko Shimizu (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Religion, Politics, and Anti-gender Activism in Japan: The Role of the Unification Church
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Anti-hate Alliance in Pride: Exchanges Between Seoul Queer Culture Festival and Tokyo Rainbow Pride
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (0) Exposed Bodies: Corporeal Imagination in East Asian Media Against Globalism
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Organizer: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Chair: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Shenglai Jin (he/him/his) – Sungkyunkwan University
    Paper Presenter: Harim Park (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Discussant: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Facial Expressions on Modern Chinese Screen: Revisiting Lu Xun's Criticism of Cinematic Faces
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Exposing North Korea: Transnational Cinema in 1980s and 2000s North Korea
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Shenglai Jin (he/him/his) – Sungkyunkwan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Women, Cyborgs and Vulnerability in I'm a Cyborg, but That's Okay (Park Chan-wook, 2006)
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Harim Park (she/her/hers) – New York University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Poisoning Girls: Botanical Bodies in Netflix Series Little Women (2022)
    Location: 6
    Speaker: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Governance Regimes and Value Under Neoliberalism: Interrogating Contemporary Politics of Labor in South Asia
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Organizer: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Organizer: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Chair: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Vinayak Krishnan – University of Sussex
    Paper Presenter: Marini Thorne – Columbia University
    Discussant: Nilotpal Kumar – Azim Premji University
    Paper Presenter: Ahmad Fahim – Indian Institute of Technology
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Governing Return Migration
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) The Social Production of Statistics: Analyzing the Role of Enumerators
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Vinayak Krishnan – University of Sussex
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Formalizing the Economy? Contested Regimes of Labor's Governance and the Growth of Gig Work in India
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Marini Thorne – Columbia University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Lucknawi Chikankari Embroidery Production System: Gender and Value of Labor of Artisan Women
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ahmad Fahim – Indian Institute of Technology
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Immersive Asia: Soundwalk and Noisescape of Asian Cities, Part 1
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Organizer: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Organizer: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Chair: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Benjamin Harris (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Manlin Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Zhengming Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Masayuki Iwase (he/him/his) – Formerly University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Sound Marks the Spot: An Ethnography of Migrant Sonic Place-making in Urban Singapore
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Benjamin Harris (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Harmonizing Melodies and Noise: The Soundscape of Silver-haired Music Communities in Beijing
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Manlin Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) The Stadium as a Wok: An Analytical Study on the Soundscape of Asian Football Fans in Live Matches
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Zhengming Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Listening To, Re-sounding, and Mapping the Affects of Minor Sounds and Major Noises in a Japanese City Through Sound Art
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Masayuki Iwase (he/him/his) – Formerly University of British Columbia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Media, Discourse, and Ideological Construction in Contemporary China
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Organizer: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Chair: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Discussant: Guoguang Wu (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Jiayue Xu (she/her/hers) – Sciences-Po Paris
    Paper Presenter: Weiru Cheng (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Ming Mo (she/her/hers) – Shandong Institute of Modern Financial Development
    Discussant: Ruolin Hou
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Modernity of Media and Nationalism in Contemporary China: A Critical Approach
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) North Korea's Nuclear Tests in Chinese Media: A Psychological Exploration of Nuclear Deterrence
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Jiayue Xu (she/her/hers) – Sciences-Po Paris
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Techno-nationalism in Technology Reporting: A Comparative Study of Cgtn's Domestic and International Coverage of Chips and Soybeans
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Weiru Cheng (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Indian Citizens’ Public Opinion towards China: Insights from Reddit using BERT & STM
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ming Mo (she/her/hers) – Shandong Institute of Modern Financial Development
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    One Road, Many Outcomes: The Impact of the One Belt One Road Initiative on 3 South Asian Countries
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Chair: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Co-Author: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Co-Author: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Mehmood Arfan (he/him/his) – Punjab University
    Discussant: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Is the One Belt One Road a Good Opportunity?
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Co-author: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Navigating Regional Connectivity Through Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Challenges of South and Central Asian Integration Amid Changing Geopolitical Dynamics
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Co-author: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Navigating Regional Connectivity Through Belt and Road Initiative: Prospects and Challenges of South and Central Asian Integration Amid Changing Geopolitical Dynamics
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Mehmood Arfan (he/him/his) – Punjab University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reversing the Gaze: The Marginalized Representations of Otherized Women in Early Modern China
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Hui Wang – Nanjing Xiaozhuang University
    Paper Presenter: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Yuming Yu (she/her/hers) – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Weiling (Dolores) Kong – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Zhexin Gao – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ziyue Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) The Magnified Female Genitalia and Sexual Inequality: An Analysis of Portrayals in Pre-modern Chinese Erotic Fiction
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) Public Virtue vs. Individual Virtue: A Comparative Analysis of Catholic and Neo-confucian Sexual Ethics in the Late Ming and Early Qing Period
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Weiling (Dolores) Kong – University of Notre Dame
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Womenizing and Phallicism vs. the Alienated Female Homoeroticism: A Comparative Exploration of Female Same-sex Love and Desire in 18th & 19th Centuries Chinese Fiction
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Zhexin Gao – University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) The Marginalized Othering in Female Writing and Friendship: The "Villainess" in Women's Tanci Fiction of Early Modern China
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Ziyue Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Transnational Therapeutics: Technologies and Landscape of Healing in the Broad Indo-malay Networks
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Organizer: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Chair: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: Tsung-Ren Hung – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Fikriyah Winata – Texas A & M University
    Paper Presenter: Meta Astuti – Hasanuddin University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (1) Transnational Therapeutics: Technologies and Landscape of Healing Among Indonesian Migrant Workers in Taiwan
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (2) To Be Food or Not to Be? The Circulation and the Re-enchantment of Jamu to Taiwan
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Tsung-Ren Hung – University of Sydney
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (3) Exploring Eight Dimensions of Wellbeing Through Therapeutic Landscape And
    network Encounters
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Fikriyah Winata – Texas A & M University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    (4) Medicine, Media, and Prophecy: The Japanese Pharmaceutical Industry and Identity Politics in Colonial Indonesia, 1905-1942
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Meta Astuti – Hasanuddin University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (Post)colonizing the Body: Transnational Embodiments of Governance, Space, and Belonging in East and Southeast Asia
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Organizer: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Discussant: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Nur Adilla (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Koyna Tomar, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    Visualizing Leprosy: Race, Labor, and Value in Nineteenth-Century Medical Photography
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Paper Presenter: Koyna Tomar, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (1) Dispelling Zhangqi: Dangerous Environments, Perilous Diseases, and Colonizer Bodies in Qing Taiwan
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (3) Geo-bodies and Transgender Bodies: Plastic Surgery in Contemporary Taiwan
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (4) Unequal Citizenship: Biopower and the Gendered Control of Women's Bodies in Malaysia
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Nur Adilla (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Bridging Migration in Asia: Transnational Perspectives on Asian Migrant Workers in Japan
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Organizer: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Chair: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Waode Hanifah Istiqomah (she/her/hers) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Jaessadakorn Kalapong (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
    Paper Presenter: Meng Cong Luan (she/her/hers) – Kobe University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) The Current Status and Challenges of the Specified Skilled Worker System and the Acceptance of Nepalese Workers
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) From Trainees to Workers:
    navigating Indonesian Labor Migration to Japan Under the SSW Program
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Waode Hanifah Istiqomah (she/her/hers) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) The Influence of Sociocultural Dynamics in Thailand on the Migration of Young Workers to Japan Under the Technical Intern Training Program (TITP)
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Jaessadakorn Kalapong (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) The Formation of Ethnic Enclaves by New Chinese Immigrants in Japan:
    the Interaction with Ethnic Networks
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Meng Cong Luan (she/her/hers) – Kobe University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (5) Examination of the Factors Involved in the Mobility and Settlement of Filipino Professionals and Skilled Workers: Insights from Japan
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Crossing Gendered Boundaries: Yaoguai (妖怪), Monstrosity, and Identity in East Asian Narratives
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Organizer: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Jingyang Zhao (she/her/hers) – Southwest University of Political Science and Law
    Paper Presenter: Ang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Stirling
    Paper Presenter: Qianyi Ma – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Meixi Chen – Colorado College
    Paper Presenter: Chenying Wang – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yingxin Zhang (She/They) – University College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) From Yao to Human Being: The Identity Transformation of Yecha in Late Imperial Chinese Literature
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Stirling
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Shapeshifting and Boundary-crossing: From "Madam White Is Kept Forever Under the Thunder Peak Tower" to Her Adventures in Serpentine and Sacrifice
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Qianyi Ma – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Body, Affect, and Queering Green Snake: The Femslash of Chinese Animation White Snake Series
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Meixi Chen – Colorado College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Continuing Cultural Traditions and Transcending Gender Norms in MOBA Game: A Critical Examination of Monstrous Female Characters in "Honor of Kings"
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Chenying Wang – University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (5) Pathologised Bodies and Resilient Narratives: Biopolitics, Monstrosity, and Medical Violence in Chinese Intersex Memoirs
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yingxin Zhang (She/They) – University College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Cultural Heritage: Metamorphosis Through Time and Space - Exploring the Transformation from Traditional to Modern Style
    Location: Lumbini I (Dusit)
    Organizer: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Chair: Wei Liu – Beijing Normal University
    Discussant: Xinyuan Cheng – Yulin Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Paper Presenter: Xinran XU – Guangzhou University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) From Home to Commercialized Home: The Process and Mechanism of the Evolution of Dong Nationality Home Space from the Perspective of Modernity
    Location: Lumbini I (Dusit)
    Speaker: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Study on the Identity Transformation and Reproduction Mechanism of Traditional Crafts Under Cultural Ecological Change: A Discussion Based on Local Practices of Traditional Embroidery Art Development in Tibet
    Location: Lumbini I (Dusit)
    Speaker: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Historical Evolution and Contemporary Transformation of Traditional Village Public Cultural Spaces: A Case Study of the Intangible Cultural Heritage 'Apo Tea'
    Location: Lumbini I (Dusit)
    Speaker: Xinran XU – Guangzhou University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Decolonizing Methodologies and South Asian Experiences
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Organizer: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    Chair: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Labib Hossain – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Sanjay Sharma – Aarhus University
    Paper Presenter: Debjani Das – Vidyasagar University, Medinipur
    Paper Presenter: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Discussant: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Methods for Recuperating the Forgotten Indigenous Water Infrastructure: The Case of Dacca, Eastern Bengal
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Labib Hossain – Cornell University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Decolonizing Fieldwork: Global Nepalis in Collaborative Knowledge Production
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Sanjay Sharma – Aarhus University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge Production: The Healing Practices of the Adivasis of West Bengal
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Debjani Das – Vidyasagar University, Medinipur
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Concepts for a Decolonized Study of Global Connections Between Asia and Africa
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Global Ceramics: Interregional Trade and Cultural Interchange in the Early Modern Era
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kunpeng Xiang, N/A (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Dragon and Kraak: The Interactions Between the Imperial Ming and the World
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Navigating the Oceanic Crossroads: Zhangzhou Porcelain Trade in Indonesia During the Early Seventeenth Century
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) A Comparative Study of Fabulous Animal Motifs on Blue-and-white Ceramics of Safavid Iran and Ming China
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Western Technology and Porcelain "Medicinal Dew" Utensils of the Qing Dynasty Palace
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Kunpeng Xiang, N/A (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Heritage, Modernization, and the Marginalization of Japan’s Alternative 'Capitals'
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Organizer: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Jens Sejrup (he/him/his) – University of Copenhagen
    Paper Presenter: Ellen Van Goethem (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    Discussant: Andrew C. Elliott (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women's College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) 'New' Wars in the 'Old Capital': Transnational Memory and Kyoto's Modern Memorial Landscape
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Re-inviting Global Flows: Globalist Metaphors at Two Reconstructed Heritage Sites in Japan
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Jens Sejrup (he/him/his) – University of Copenhagen
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) (Re)Imaginings of the Heian, Nara, and Shuri Palaces in Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ellen Van Goethem (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Mediating Spaces On/of Screen (Part 1): Spatiality, Aesthetics and Performance in Cinemas of Asia
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Pritha Chakrabarti (she/they) – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University
    Chair: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Baidurya Chakrabarti (he/they) – RV University, Bengaluru, India
    Paper Presenter: Suddhadeep Mukherjee (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Rudrani Gangopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Wells, Wombs, and Tombs: Trauma and Gendered Imaginaries in Asian Horror
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) On the Rooftop: Notes on a Shifting Filmic Space
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Baidurya Chakrabarti (he/they) – RV University, Bengaluru, India
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Ghoonghat Ki Aad Se…: Veiled Unverifiables and Slipping Signifiers in Bombay and Pakistani Cinema
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Suddhadeep Mukherjee (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) The Disappearing Act: Women in Bombay Cinema
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Rudrani Gangopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Metaphorical Paradigms in Global Asias: Navigating Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Dimensions
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Chair: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Shiv Kumar Singh (he/him/his) – University of Lisbon
    Paper Presenter: Mansi Bajaj (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Mythic Metaphors in Global Marketing: Cognitive and Cultural Implications
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Fruit Metaphors: A Critical Analysis of Symbolism in Health Communication
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Metaphors in Teaching of Hindi as a Foreign Language
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Shiv Kumar Singh (he/him/his) – University of Lisbon
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Metaphors in Language Acquisition: Pedagogical Perspectives
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Mansi Bajaj (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Moving into Place: Struggles of Mobility and the State
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Organizer: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Chair: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Paper Presenter: Colum Graham (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Qi Li (she/her/hers) – Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Paper Presenter: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Teak Season and Its Aftermath in Rural East Java
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Colum Graham (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Paths of the Displaced: Eviction, Reclamation, and Informal Housing in The

    zhangjiang Science City, Shanghai
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Qi Li (she/her/hers) – Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) When Elephants Collide: Natural Disasters and Voting Patterns in Thailand
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) We Are Afraid but We Can Do Nothing. the Military Are There to Protect Them": Outsourcing of the State Sovereignty in West Papua
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Performing and Reclaiming the Female Body Through History
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Organizer: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Chair: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Paper Presenter: Yu Chih Chou – Goucher College
    Paper Presenter: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Discussant: Kwan Yin Lee – Wofford College
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyan Deng – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Between Virtuous Wife and Modern Woman: The Problematics of Representing Women in Early Republican Print and Visual Media
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Yu Chih Chou – Goucher College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Revolutionary Bodies: Performing Female Revolutionary Heroes on Stage and Screen
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Outlaw Bodies: Making Female Actors Worthy Subjects of Late-qing Xiqu History
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Xiaoyan Deng – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Queer Lives on Asian-pacific Margins
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Organizer: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Chair: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: John Mervin Embate (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines
    Paper Presenter: Yujie Xu (she/her/hers) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jozon A. Lorenzana (they/them/theirs) – Ateneo De Manila University
    Discussant: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Queer Presence/absence on the Periphery: Insights from Hainan
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Situating Queerness in Filipino Experience: The Bakla, the Parlor, and the Paglaladlad
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-author: John Mervin Embate (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Lesbian Uses of Social Media Across City, Town and Rural Settings in China's Jiangsu Province
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Yujie Xu (she/her/hers) – University of York
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Queer Productions from the Periphery: Parodying Class and Sexuality Among Rural Queer Filipino Youtube Bloggers
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Jozon A. Lorenzana (they/them/theirs) – Ateneo De Manila University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reimagining Environmental Narratives in Asian Margins: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Local Mobilities
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Organizer: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Organizer: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    Chair: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Discussant: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Remarks on Yoga, Indology, and Cognitive Linguistics
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Reframing Asia: A Critical Analysis of the Western Orientalization and Romanticization of Asian Spirituality (Matthiessen, Ransmayr, Carrère)
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Reframing Asia II: Russian Instrumentalisations of Asian Spiritualities as a Means to Construct Anti-western Empire (Viktor Pelevin, Aleksandr Slepakov, Eduard Verkin)
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Cultural Heritage and Environmental Interconnections: The Role of Olfactory Heritage in Northern India Temple Architecture
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Rethinking Community-led Development in the Anthropocene: New Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Organizer: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Organizer: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Discussant: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Yi-Chin Wu – National Taiwan Normal University
    Chair: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) Reimagining the 'Community' Within Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives: A Political Ecological Perspective on Case Studies in Vietnam
    Location: Princess Ballroom(Dusit)
    Speaker: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Reinterpreting the 'Community' in Community-based Tourism Development: The Case of a Multi-ethnic National Park in Malaysia
    Location: Princess Ballroom(Dusit)
    Speaker: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Regenerative Tourism as a Model for Community Resilience: A Case Study of Miso Walai Homestay, Sabah
    Location: Princess Ballroom(Dusit)
    Speaker: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (5) Negotiating Heritage for Self-determination－values, Meanings, and Politics of the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines
    Location: Princess Ballroom(Dusit)
    Speaker: Yi-Chin Wu – National Taiwan Normal University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Tracing Links to Ancestral Lands: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Expressions, and Environmental Stewardship in the Philippines
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Agnes Silva – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Marian Gongora (she/her/hers) – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Estrella Dacillo (she/her/hers) – Central Mindanao University
    Paper Presenter: Maria Zenia Dulce (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Tacloban College
    Paper Presenter: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (1) A Study on the Philippines' Sustainability of Climate Change Policies and Its Effects on
    women Post-typhoon Rai (Odette)
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Marian Gongora (she/her/hers) – Far Eastern University
    Co-author: Agnes Silva – Far Eastern University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (2) Plot Genotype of Agusan Manobo Folk Narratives
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Estrella Dacillo (she/her/hers) – Central Mindanao University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (3) Embodiment of Knowledge in the Dance Rituals of the Mamanwa in Eastern Visayas Philippines
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Maria Zenia Dulce (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Tacloban College
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    (4) Youth Perspectives on Environmental Conservation and Ecotourism in the Sierra Madre Alta Ancestral Domain, Aurora, Philippines
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    What Does Transdisciplinary Research and Practice Look Like? Landslides, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Learning Across Difference in Nepal
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Amy Johnson (she/her/hers) – Georgia College & State University
    Discussant: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Jeevan Baniya (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Amod Dixit (he/him/his) – Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN); National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET)
    Discussant: Tek Bahadur Dong (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Shobhana Gurung Pradhan (she/her/hers) – BBC Media Action Nepal
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    “Nanyang” Crossings: Worlding Sinophone Southeast Asian Literature and Culture
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Chair: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Yihan Xie (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Qianru He – Nanyang Technological University
    Discussant: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Screening "Chinese Films": Early Chinese Cinema in Nanyang (1910s-1920s)
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yihan Xie (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Cultural Anxiety: A Phenomenological Study of Chinese Novels in Singapore and Malaysia
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Qianru He – Nanyang Technological University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Sinophone Crossings: Circulation of Chinese “Patriotic Songs” in British Malaya
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Asian Monarchies in the Modern World
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Organizer: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Chair: Kazuhiro Takii (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Paper Presenter: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Bill Long (he/him/his) – Georgia State University
    Paper Presenter: Kittisak Sujittarom (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Co-Author: Astrid Norén-Nilsson – Lund University
    Paper Presenter: Duncan McCargo (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Reigning by Proclamation: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and the Discourse of Titah
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Protecting Tradition While Promoting Reform: The Bhutanese Monarchy
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Bill Long (he/him/his) – Georgia State University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Re-monarchization of the Public Sphere: Royal Visits During the Early Reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, 1950s-1960s
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Kittisak Sujittarom (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Divergent Trajectories: The Thai and Cambodian Monarchies in Comparison
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Duncan McCargo (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    Co-author: Astrid Norén-Nilsson – Lund University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Democratic Recession and the Potential for Popular Democracy in Indonesia and Timor-leste
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Chair: Martinho -. Pereira (he/him/his) – UNTL
    Discussant: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Discussant: Richard Fox (he/him/his) – University of Victoria
    Discussant: Eunsook Jung – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Encountering Modernity in the Eastern Himalayas
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Organizer: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Chair: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Discussant: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Paper Presenter: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    Discussant: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Religion in the Margins of the Himalayas – Modernity and Syncretism in the Darjeeling Hills
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Speaker: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) To Be And/or Not to Be (?): The Curious Case of Kyiduks in Darjeeling
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Speaker: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) The Curious Case of Baba Harbhajan Singh: Territory and Symbols in the India China Borderlands
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Speaker: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Gendered Realities and Intersecting Identities: Roles of Filipino Women During Crisis in the Context of Language, Work, and Caregiving
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Cunanan (she/her/hers) – Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT)
    Paper Presenter: May Desiree Hulipas – Polytechnic University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Mapping Heritage Language Maintenance and Shift of Filipino Women in Japan
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Exploring the Identities of Filipino Domestic Workers During COVID from the Lenses of Socioecology and Intersectionality
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Stephanie Cunanan (she/her/hers) – Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT)
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Exploring the Roles of the Filipino Indigenous Women as Carers and Teachers During the Pandemic
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: May Desiree Hulipas – Polytechnic University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Global Asia at China’s Edges: Entrepreneurs, Settlement, and Innovation
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Chair: Sonika Gupta (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Paper Presenter: Duojie Zhaxi (he/him/his) – Qinghai Minzu University
    Paper Presenter: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) “Show Me Your Products”: Mind the Gap Through Entrepreneurship and Material Development
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Opportunism After the Earthquake: Chinese Entrepreneurs, Migration, and Disaster Capitalism in Kathmandu
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Duojie Zhaxi (he/him/his) – Qinghai Minzu University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Navigating New Horizons: Han Chinese Migration and Educational Choices in Chiang Mai
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    In Search for Asian Identities: Globalized Perspectives on East Asian Art and Architecture
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Organizer: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Organizer: Gloria Yu Yang – Kyushu University
    Chair: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Lianming Wang – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Gloria Yu Yang – Kyushu University
    Paper Presenter: Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (she/her/hers) – University of East Anglia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Nanban Lacquer as a Global Style
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Anton Schweizer – Kyushu University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Reframing Peacocks in Qing Imperial Gardens: Utopian Enclaves and Territorial Aesthetics
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Lianming Wang – City University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Reimagining Colonial Peripheries: A Japanese Tearoom Clad in Chinese Tiles
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Gloria Yu Yang – Kyushu University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Transcultural Dialogues: From Bohemian Okinawan Artist Haebaru Chōkō (1903-1961) in East Asia to Yuken Teruya (b.1973) in Global Mobility
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Eriko Tomizawa-Kay (she/her/hers) – University of East Anglia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Lives Mobilized by Land and Water: Reconfiguring the Local and Beyond in East and Southeast Asia
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Organizer: Sue Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Chair: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    Paper Presenter: Hazman Baharom (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Sue Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoxi Zhao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yichi Zhou – Xiamen University
    Discussant: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Water as Metaphor: Comparing the Metaphysical Poetics of Hamzah Fansuri and Matsuo Basho
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Hazman Baharom (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Opium,violence,and Insanity in the Borderland of Mountains and Creeks in Southwest China, 1880 to 1940
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Sue Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Social Changes in the Hai River from 1860 to 1902: A Study Centered on Tianjin
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Xiaoxi Zhao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Reconstruction of the Port City Texture: Centered on Malacca in the Seventeenth Century
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Yichi Zhou – Xiamen University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Negotiate with the Asian Modernity: Gender, Identity and Popular Culture in Transmedia Fandom Practice
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Chair: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Paper Presenter: Su Li – Cardiff University
    Paper Presenter: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Jialu Wen (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Wenxin Xiao – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Transnational Fandom and Identity Negotiation: The Localisation of Ouen Culture in Chinese Screenings of the First Slam Dunk
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Su Li – Cardiff University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) The Discourse Representation on the Chinese Platform About the Bodysuit of Taylor Swift and K-pop Female Idols
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) The Transnational Consumption Turn on the Femininity of Japanese Beauty Monster Tomie
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Jialu Wen (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) From Boys' Love to Girls' Love: Transmedia Play, Performativity, and Identity Construction in Language Cosplay (Yu C) Among Chinese Young Women
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Wenxin Xiao – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Protocols versus Praxis: Global Health Goals, Biomedical Standards, and Reproductive Realities in South Asia
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Jan Brunson – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Chair: Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Flame University
    Paper Presenter: Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Flame University
    Paper Presenter: Jan Brunson – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    Paper Presenter: Abdullah All Shakil (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
    Paper Presenter: Anindita Majumdar (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    Discussant: Sita Mademba – Social Science Baha
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Risky for Whom? Registers of Risks for Highly Biomedicalised Births in India
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Sreeparna Chattopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Flame University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) The Social Choreography of Cesarean Sections in Nepal
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Jan Brunson – University of Hawaii at Manoa
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Climate Change Reductionism, Uterus Infections and Hysterectomies on the Southwestern Coast of Bangladesh
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Abdullah All Shakil (he/him/his) – University of Connecticut
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Sanitation and Reproductive Well-being Amongst Women in India
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Anindita Majumdar (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Reflections on the Future of Himalayan Studies - II
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Arjun Guneratne (he/him/his) – Macalester College
    Chair: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Ather Zia – University of Northern Colorado
    Discussant: Mona Bhan (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
    Discussant: Heather Hindman – University of Texas at Austin
    Discussant: Tanka Subba – IIT Gandhinagar
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Self-determination in the Philippines: From Anti-colonialism to City Margins to Decolonial Futures
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Organizer: Cla Ruzol (they/them/theirs) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Organizer: Kristian Karlo Saguin – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Chair: Aireen Grace Andal (she/her/hers) – Airlangga University
    Paper Presenter: Karminn C. D. Daytec Yañgot (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Baguio
    Paper Presenter: Cla Ruzol (they/them/theirs) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Arnisson Andre Ortega (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
    Discussant: Kristian Karlo Saguin – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Claims and Counterclaims: Pursuits of Indigenous Self-determination in a Colonial City
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Karminn C. D. Daytec Yañgot (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Baguio
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Indigenous Consent as Brokerage in Large Dam Building
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Cla Ruzol (they/them/theirs) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Indigenous Urbanisms in a Postcolonial City
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Arnisson Andre Ortega (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The "Margins" of Chinese Civilization: The Subsistence, Economy, and Identity Formations of Western China
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Organizer: Yu Dong – Shandong University
    Chair: Xuexiang Chen – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Xuexiang Chen – Shandong University
    Paper Presenter: Alice Yao – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Alice Yao – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Kuei-chen Lin – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Yu Dong – Shandong University
    Co-Author: Wei Yang – Yunnan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Reform of Agricultural Production Mode and Frontier Management Practice in Early Yunnan Under the Pattern of Pluralism and Integration: From the Perspective of Plant Remains in Dianchi Basin
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Xuexiang Chen – Shandong University
    Co-author: Wei Yang – Yunnan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Beyond Heavy Metal: Revisiting the Bronze Age Economics of the Tin and Copper Belt in the Honghe (Red) River Valley
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Alice Yao – University of Chicago
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) The Different Uses and Relationships Between the Southwestern China and the Central Plains Revealed by the Ba-shu Style Weapons
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Kuei-chen Lin – Academia Sinica
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Persistence and Changes in Subsistence Practices During Late Bronze Age to Han Dynasty in Northeastern Sichuan, Southwestern China
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yu Dong – Shandong University
    Co-author: Xiaobin Wang – Shandong University
    Co-author: Weidong Chen – Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The Right to the Mountains: Ethnicity and Nation in Himalayan Tourism
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Organizer: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Chair: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Paper Presenter: Ian Bellows (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    Paper Presenter: Khadga Narayan Shrestha (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    Paper Presenter: Medhavi Gulati (she/her/hers) – Panjab University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (1) Reclaiming Everest: Discontents, Disasters, and the Making of a Nepali Mountain
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Ian Bellows (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Neoliberal Ethnicity: Makalu Sherpa and the Evolution of Himalayan Mountaineering
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Young Hoon Oh (he/him/his) – Kyungbook National University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Tourism and Inter-ethnic Relations in Khumbu Region of Nepal
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Khadga Narayan Shrestha (he/him/his) – Tribhuvan University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Navigating Fluid Identities: Dynamics of Power Relations Among Sherpas in Himalayan Mountaineering
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Medhavi Gulati (she/her/hers) – Panjab University
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    The Rise of 'Radical Feminism' in Global Asia: Connecting China, India and South Korea
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Organizer: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Chair: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Co-Author: Yunyun Zhou (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Discussant: Euisol Jeong (she/her/hers) – Baekseok University
    Discussant: Niharika Pandit (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    Paper Presenter: Hongkun Wang (she/her/hers) – Shenzhen University
    Co-Author: Ling Tang (they/them/theirs) – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Yaya Ji (she/her/hers) – University College London
    Paper Presenter: Xumeng Xie (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (2) Scolding Is Saving：a Hermeneutic Analysis of Chinese Radical Feminism in the Post-#metoo Era
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Hongkun Wang (she/her/hers) – Shenzhen University
    Co-author: Ling Tang (they/them/theirs) – University of Melbourne
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (3) Reclaiming Power: A Diaspora Autoethnography of Radical Feminist and Anarchist Activism
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yaya Ji (she/her/hers) – University College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    (4) Queering or Abolishing the Marriage-family Continuum? The Imaginations About Radical Intimacies Within Chinese Queer Communities and Radical Feminists
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Xumeng Xie (she/her/hers) – Queen Mary University of London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Global Queer Asias: New Directions
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Howard Chiang (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Chair: Lucetta Kam (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Discussant: Aniruddha Dutta – University of Iowa
    Discussant: Howard Chiang (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Shana Ye – University of Toronto
    Discussant: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Globalising Asians and Mobility: Marginality and Identity Formation of Asian Migrants
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Organizer: Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo (he/him/his) – Universidad Externado de Colombia
    Chair: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo (he/him/his) – Universidad Externado de Colombia
    Paper Presenter: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    Paper Presenter: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Asian Migrants In/through Colombia: An Analysis of Identity Change During the Migration Journey
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Jerónimo Delgado Caicedo (he/him/his) – Universidad Externado de Colombia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Under the Shadows of Other Asians' Image: Racial Passing/ Identity Hopping of Afghan Refugees in Indonesia Cities
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Realisa D. Masardi (she/her/hers) – Gadjah Mada University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Alienation and Belonging: Uncertainty and Creation of Global Asias
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Speaker: Furrukh Khan (he/him/his) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Negotiating Marginalized Identities: Cultural Memory, Media Narratives, and Resilience in South and East Asia
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Pratikshya Mishra (she/her/hers) – Christ University, Bangalore
    Chair: Edwin Michielsen (_) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Pratikshya Mishra (she/her/hers) – Christ University, Bangalore
    Paper Presenter: Ting-Yu Chou (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    Paper Presenter: Sonalika Chaturvedi (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
    Paper Presenter: Edwin Michielsen (_) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Tribal Identity in Transit: Constructing the 'Adivasi' in Popular Media
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Pratikshya Mishra (she/her/hers) – Christ University, Bangalore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) A Multiculture State? Myth or Otherwise: The Representation of Neglected
    language Communities in Taiwanese Public Domains
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Ting-Yu Chou (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Ecological Displacement and Cultural Memory in Amitav Ghosh's the Hungry Tide and Gun Island: Narratives of Mobility and Resistance
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Sonalika Chaturvedi (she/her/hers) – National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Proletarian Literature, Indigeneity, and the (Im)Mobility of Labor in Imperial Japan
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Edwin Michielsen (_) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Negotiating the Locality and Subjectivity: On the Ethnic Chinese Under Imperial Order and Global Discourse
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Yue Duo (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Organizer: Xin Su (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Chunmei Du (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Discussant: Yue Qi (she/her/hers) – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Yunjing Yi (she/her/hers) – Renmin University of China
    Paper Presenter: Yue Duo (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Xin Su (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Not Only Behind the Scene: A Study of Baohuanghui and China's Anti-american Boycott Movement in 1905
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yunjing Yi (she/her/hers) – Renmin University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Hometown: Colonial Imagination and the Cultural Politics of Consular Jurisdiction in Late Qing Dynasty
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yue Duo (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Reconstructing Teo-swa Identities: Qiaopi and Its Changed Meanings in Contemporary Chinese Literature
    Location: Fewa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Xin Su (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Politics of Recognition and Boundary in Trans-asian Film Cultures
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Organizer: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Chair: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Discussant: Zhen Zhang (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Yinjie Wang (she/her/hers) – China Fine Arts Academy
    Paper Presenter: Shi-yan Chao (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Navnidhi Sharma (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Kaushik Bhaumik (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Unrecognizable Life-image—on Pema Tseden's Theatre of the World
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Yinjie Wang (she/her/hers) – China Fine Arts Academy
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Southeast Asian Indie Filmmaking and the Politics of Boundary
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Shi-yan Chao (he/him/his) – Chulalongkorn University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Beyond Nation: Ethnic Chinese and Obscured Labor in Bombay Cinema
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Navnidhi Sharma (she/her/hers) – New York University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Asian Cinema Between the Global South and the Global North- a Brief History of the Cinefan Festival of Asian Cinema, Delhi, India, 1988-2012
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Kaushik Bhaumik (he/him/his) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Migration and Urban Infrastructures in Global Asia
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Organizer: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Chair: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Jing Hao Liong – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Elisa Tamburo – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Yvonne Khor (she/her/hers) – China Foreign Affairs University
    Paper Presenter: Teraya Paramehta (she/her/hers) – Universitas Indonesia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Citizenship as Smallholder-landlordship: State-constructed Housing, Migrant Rentals and Everyday Extraction in Singapore
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Xinyu Guan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) "They Love to Reject Our Documents": Everyday Encounters Between Recruitment Agents and the Malaysian Immigration Department
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Jing Hao Liong – Duke University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Contested Sovereignty: Builders, Planners, Dwellers and the Making of Nairobi
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Elisa Tamburo – Harvard University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Living at Work: Migrant Worker Dormitories in Malaysia
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Yvonne Khor (she/her/hers) – China Foreign Affairs University
    Co-author: Katharine Jones – Coventry University
    Co-author: Anita Ghimire – Institute for Social and Environmental Research
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (5) Narrow Road to Atlas: The Case of Canggu, Bali
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Speaker: Teraya Paramehta (she/her/hers) – Universitas Indonesia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reframing Queer Asia: Inter-regional Circulation and Inter-referencing of Boys Love Narratives
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Chair: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Mingi Jang (she/her/hers) – Kyungnam University
    Paper Presenter: Masao Imamura (he/him/his) – Yamagata University
    Paper Presenter: Ying-kit Chan (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Thomas Baudinette (he/him/his) – Macquarie University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Representation of Fictional Sexualities in the Omega-verse Worldview and Its Characteristics: Dual Gender Oppression and the Visibility of Subcultures
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Mingi Jang (she/her/hers) – Kyungnam University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Boys Love as a Genre of Unpolitical Fantasy
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Masao Imamura (he/him/his) – Yamagata University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) The Y Phenomenon: Dystopia, Utopia, and Heterotopia in Thai Boys Love Media
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Ying-kit Chan (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Alternative Civility and Audience Reception of Thai Boys' Love Series in Japan and China
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Amporn Jirattikorn (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Reimagining the Multiplicity of Border Studies in China and the East Asian Region
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Organizer: Waifung Tam, N/A (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Laikwan Pang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Waifung Tam, N/A (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Laikwan Pang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kwai-Cheung Lo (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Hung-chiung Li, N/A (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Remapping the Borders of Airpocalypse and Contemporary Art in China Since the 2000s
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Waifung Tam, N/A (he/him/his) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Cantophone: Border and Movement
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Laikwan Pang (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Decolonizing Greater Bay Area Borderscape: (Im)mobility of the "Vietnamese Boat People" and the "Chinese White Dolphin"
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Kwai-Cheung Lo (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) From Critical Border to Polarized Border
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Hung-chiung Li, N/A (he/him/his) – National Taiwan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Re-peripheralization of Buraku as Discriminated Minority： the Dynamics of Outcast Status, Migration, Gendered Subalternity
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Organizer: tsutomu Tomotsune (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Chair: Wesley Weunten (he/him/his) – San Francisco State University
    Paper Presenter: tsutomu Tomotsune (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: John Porter (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Kiyonobu Hirooka (he/him/his) – Osaka Metropolitan University
    Discussant: Shahana Bhattacharya (she/her/hers) – Kirori Mal College (University of Delhi)
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Gendered Subalternity in Suiheisha and Buraku Womens' Narratives
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: tsutomu Tomotsune (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Outcast Status Groups and the Dismantling of the Early Modern Status Order
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: John Porter (he/him/his) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Immigration from Buraku Communities to Hawaii and Norther America
    Location: Lumbini II (Dusit)
    Speaker: Kiyonobu Hirooka (he/him/his) – Osaka Metropolitan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Rituals and Myth: Identity Formation of the Ethnic Minorities in China and Southeast Asia
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Organizer: sinae Hyun – Sogang University
    Chair: Tatsuki Kataoka – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Jianxiong Ma – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Wasan Panyagaew – Chiang Mai University
    Paper Presenter: Tatsuki Kataoka – Kyoto University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Colliding Conceptions of Borders: Ming Imperial Gates, Reincarnated Territorial Gods, and Anglo-chinese Geopolitics on the Borderlands of Yunnan and Burma
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Jianxiong Ma – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Resurrection of the Last King of Sipsong Panna, a Manufacturing of Tai Infrapolitics in Southern Yunnan
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Wasan Panyagaew – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Jesus for the Stateless: Christmas Celebration of the Lahu Immigrants in Northern Thailand
    Location: Vista (Dusit)
    Speaker: Tatsuki Kataoka – Kyoto University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Rooted in Place: Exploring the Cultural Significance of Plants and Food in Asian Communities
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Organizer: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Chair: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Yi-tze Lee – National Dong Hwa University
    Paper Presenter: Sakura Kudo – National Museum of Ethnology
    Paper Presenter: Greg de St. Maurice – Keio University
    Discussant: Greg de St. Maurice – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Putthida Kijdumnern (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) The Taste of "Place": Karen Liquor Production and Its Cultural Context in Northern Thailand
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Yoshimi Osawa (she/her/hers) – Aoyama Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Cultural Gatherer in Action: Plants Gathering as the Taste of Place of Indigenous Amis Females in Taiwan
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Yi-tze Lee – National Dong Hwa University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Transitional Placeness: Practice of Nettle in Nepal
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Sakura Kudo – National Museum of Ethnology
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) Place Branding and Seri in 21st Century Japan
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Greg de St. Maurice – Keio University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (5) Constructing Cultural Meaning and Sense of Place Through Herbal Rice Among the Siamese in Kelantan, Northeastern Malaysia
    Location: Princess Ballroom (Dusit)
    Speaker: Putthida Kijdumnern (she/her/hers) – Chiang Mai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Talking About the Para-academic: Global Asia(s) Through Space-making and Decolonial Feminist Praxis
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Organizer: Anushmita Mohanty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Discussant: Pratiti Ketoki (they/them/theirs) – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
    Discussant: Anushmita Mohanty – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Aratrika Sengupta (they/he) – Tata Institute of Social Sciences
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Technologies of Desire: Queer Intimacy, Digital Architectures, and Fan Practices in and Beyond East Asia
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Norah Chungyan Chow (she/ta) – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Discussant: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Ziwei Tiffany Tang (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Yongkun Vicky Wu (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Norah Chungyan Chow (she/ta) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Xinyue Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) Emotional Capitalism and Gendered Consumption: Consumption of Man Pop Idols by Chinese Women Fans
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Ziwei Tiffany Tang (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Commercialize K-pop in Chinese Fandom: A Digital Ethnography on Spontaneous Group Buying Pattern of Idol's Mini Cards
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Kaiwen Zheng (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) Shaping Fans’ Bodily Horizon Through Affective Contact: K-pop Skinship and Reflexive Literature on Deokjil
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Yongkun Vicky Wu (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) "Seeing" Through Transmedia Fantasy: Chinese Nisu Fans’ Sensibility Threshold of Queer Desire
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Norah Chungyan Chow (she/ta) – University of Kentucky
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (5) From Fantasy to Friction: Exploring the Unseen Sexual Capital in Cosplay Commission
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Xinyue Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Unsettling Asia: Frameworks for Thinking Alongside, Across, and Beyond
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Organizer: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Chair: Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: rupak shrestha (he/him/his) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Anushay Malik (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Tansen Sen (he/him/his) – New York University Shanghai
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    Women on the Margins: Negotiating Sex, Marriage, and Work Across Asia
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Organizer: Lijun Zhang – Cornell University
    Organizer: Lois (Lu) Hao (she/her/hers) – Agnes Scott College
    Chair: Jolan YI (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Lichun Huang – Academia Sinica
    Discussant: Lichun Huang – Academia Sinica
    Paper Presenter: Lijun Zhang – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Lois (Lu) Hao (she/her/hers) – Agnes Scott College
    Paper Presenter: Huichi Hsu – National Chengchi University
    Discussant: Huichi Hsu – National Chengchi University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (1) The Selection, Marriage, and Court Services of Female Imperial Booi Banners in the Qing Dynasty
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Lichun Huang – Academia Sinica
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (2) Litigious Women, Fluid Subjects: Prosecuting Bigamy in British Malaya, 1890s-1930s
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Lijun Zhang – Cornell University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (3) "Nora Returning Home"---modern Chinese Women and Their Choices on Career and Marriage in the Republican Era
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Lois (Lu) Hao (she/her/hers) – Agnes Scott College
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM NPT
    (4) What Women Want: Feminist Rectification of New Sexual Morality in Republican China
    Location: Gosaikunda (Radisson)
    Speaker: Huichi Hsu – National Chengchi University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Complex Mobilities Within and from Asia: Shifting Flows, Drivers, and Experiences
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Organizer: Ashika Niraula (she/her/hers) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Chair: Ashika Niraula (she/her/hers) – Toronto Metropolitan University
    Paper Presenter: Sagar Raj Sharma
    Paper Presenter: Pratiti Roy (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
    Paper Presenter: Richa Shivakoti (she/her/hers) – Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
    Co-Author: Deepa Nagari
    Co-Author: Chandana Sharma
    Discussant: Usha George
    Paper Presenter: Pushpa Acharya – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Yu Huang – Edith Cowan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) Adaptation Amidst Precarity: Nepali Migrant Workers in India
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Sagar Raj Sharma
    Co-Author: Chandana Sharma
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Rohingya Refugees in India: Analysing the Lack and Necessity of Refugee Policies in India
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Pratiti Roy (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Nepali Immigrants in Canada: Complex Pathways and Experiences
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Richa Shivakoti (she/her/hers) – Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Redefining Belonging: Migration, Identity, and Resilience in Himalayan Diaspora Literature
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Speaker: Pushpa Acharya – University of British Columbia
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Intergenerational Negotiations in Chinese Immigrant Families: The Role of Welfare Policies Across Borders
    Location: Begnas (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yu Huang – Edith Cowan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Digitization and Marketization of Cultural Memory in Contemporary Asia
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Danqi Lu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Tracy Lee (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Chu Hai College
    Discussant: Zhiyi Yang – University of Frankfurt
    Paper Presenter: Geng Song (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Tiara Wilson (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Bingbing Shi – University of St Andrews
    Paper Presenter: Danqi Lu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Paudel Pukar – Beijing Normal University
    Co-Author: Yihang Yan – Beijing Normal University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) (Dis)appearance of History in Chinese Digital Entertainment
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Geng Song (he/him/his) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) When Outlaws Speak: Articulations of Chineseness in Sinophone Rap Music Videos
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Tiara Wilson (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Feeling Memory: Adaptation and the Creation of Spy Number One
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Bingbing Shi – University of St Andrews
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) How Yue Opera Reinvents New Dragon Gate Inn: Androgynous Stardom, Affective Spatiality, and Sinophone Vernacular Classicism
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Danqi Lu (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Local Narratives and Global Influences in Nepali Video Game
    Location: Kailash (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Paudel Pukar – Beijing Normal University
    Co-Author: Yihang Yan – Beijing Normal University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Eddies and Circulations, New Formations the Confound the Cultural Center
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Organizer: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Chair: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jocelyn Clark – Pai Chai University
    Paper Presenter: Michael Hurt – Korea National University of the Arts
    Paper Presenter: Shzr Ee Tan – University of London, Royal Holloway
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) Food, Music, and Cosmotechnics in Cultural Evolution
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Paper Presenter: Ken Ueno – UC Berkeley
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Seizing the Seeds of Tradition: Emerging Efforts to Copyright Korea's Orally Transmitted Art Forms
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Paper Presenter: Jocelyn Clark – Pai Chai University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Modeling Hallyu: A Standing Wave Theory of Memetic Spread
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Paper Presenter: Michael Hurt – Korea National University of the Arts
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Kitchen Soundscapes in Singapore: Acoustic Regimes of Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia
    Location: Potala (Tibet)
    Paper Presenter: Shzr Ee Tan – University of London, Royal Holloway
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Evolving Developmental Landscapes in Asia
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Organizer: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Organizer: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Chair: Dhirendra Nalbo – The Open Institute
    Paper Presenter: Dinesh Paudel
    Paper Presenter: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    Paper Presenter: Rajni Gamage – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Harindra Dassanayake – Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy.
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Decolonizing Development: Infrastructure Conjuncture, Polyalignment and Emerging New Developmental Shifts in Nepal
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Dinesh Paudel
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) China's Security Interventions in 'Gray Special Economic Zones' in Southeast Asia Borderlands
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Selina Ho – National University of Singapore
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Tragedy Saves the Romance of Development: World Bank Stories of Migration and Growth in Nepal
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Jacob Rinck – George Washington University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Crisis and Reforms: Emerging Trends in Sri Lanka's Politics of Development
    Location: Dhuku (Radisson)
    Paper Presenter: Rajni Gamage – National University of Singapore
    Co-Author: Harindra Dassanayake – Centre for Progressive Politics and Policy.
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Global Visions, Local Encounters: Extraterritoriality, Education, and Nationhood in China
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Guanhua Tan (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Chair: Chang Xu – Rice University
    Paper Presenter: Guanhua Tan (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Discussant: Qiliang He – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Chao Lang – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Yuan Tian – National University of Singapore
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) In Search of China's Place in the World: Integrating Chinese and World Histories in Twentieth-century Textbooks
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Guanhua Tan (he/him/his) – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Extraterritoriality, First Unequal Treaty and Nation-state Building
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Chao Lang – Harvard University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) A Changing Legal World: Christianity and Extraterritoriality in Sichuan Courtroom (1810-1911)
    Location: Lumbini (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Yuan Tian – National University of Singapore
    East and Inner Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Thinking Along with Moving: The Sociopolitical, Affective, and Resistant Dimensions of Mobility Within and Beyond Asia
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Organizer: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Chair: Xiaojia Hou (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Paper Presenter: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    Paper Presenter: Xiaojia Hou (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    Paper Presenter: Lia Butanda (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    Paper Presenter: Lopita Nah (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    Paper Presenter: Mao Lin (he/him/his) – Georgia Southern University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) The Prohibitive Hope: Affective Energies Driving Bangkok as a Global IVF Industrial Powerhouse
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Charlie Yi Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Kentucky
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Moving with the River: The Yellow River, People, and Local Governance in Weishan Lake (1850s-2000s)
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Xiaojia Hou (she/her/hers) – San Jose State University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Empowerment as a Key Component to Facilitate Successful Resettlement of Afghan Refugee Girls in the United States
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Lia Butanda (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Resilient Journeys: Challenges and Triumphs in the Making of the Bhutanese Refugee Diaspora in America
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Lopita Nah (she/her/hers) – University of the Incarnate Word
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Tourism, Modernity, and China's Soft Power: A Case Study of Wuzhen in the Early 21st Century
    Location: Norbulingka (Tibet)
    Speaker: Mao Lin (he/him/his) – Georgia Southern University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Time and Borders in Flux: Rethinking Temporality Beyond China
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Organizer: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Organizer: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Chair: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Paper Presenter: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    Paper Presenter: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Discussant: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Xinwei Xu (she/her/hers) – Edith Cowan University
    Paper Presenter: Yi Meng (she/her/hers) – The University of Cologne
    Paper Presenter: Xiao Liu (she/her/hers) – New York University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) Feitian in Thick Time: Imaging the Alternative Time and Agency of Chinese Women
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Zheng Ying (she/her/hers) – Utrecht University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Aesthetic Flowing Between Islands: Migrating Loom, Traded Cotton, Mountain of Dye
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yan Yan (she/her/hers) – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Unfold the Earliest Dated Printed Book: Making Abstract Moving Images Based on Non-linear Temporality
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Xinwei Xu (she/her/hers) – Edith Cowan University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) Transnational Bodies: The Female Form in the Intersection of Modernity and Consumerism
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Yi Meng (she/her/hers) – The University of Cologne
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Bodies in Transit: Choreographing Labor Mobility and Border Imagination in Guangzhou
    Location: Rara (Radisson)
    Speaker: Xiao Liu (she/her/hers) – New York University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Transitioning Gender and Identity: Ethnographies on Education in South Asia
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Organizer: Yamini Agarwal – Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
    Chair: Hem Borker – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Paper Presenter: Yamini Agarwal – Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
    Paper Presenter: Hem Borker – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Paper Presenter: Pronita Dutta – University of Oxford
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) Being Ideal Sikh in a Religious Minority School: Negotiated Identities, Global Aspirations
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Yamini Agarwal – Max Weber Forum for South Asian Studies
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Rethinking Gender and Agency : Educational Journeys of Madrasa Students in India
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Hem Borker – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Exploring the Educational Impacts of covid-19 on Hindu Minority Girls in Bangladesh: An Ethnographic Study
    Location: Stupa (Manaslu)
    Speaker: Pronita Dutta – University of Oxford
    South Asia
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    Who Is an Artisan? a Question of Margins and Modernity
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Organizer: Hanna H. Kim (she/her/hers) – Adelphi University
    Chair: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    Co-Author: Huy Van Nguyen (he/him/his) – Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
    Co-Author: Hien Thi Nguyen (she/her/hers) – School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts, Vietnam National University in Hanoi
    Paper Presenter: Minny Lee (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Neel Kamal Chapagain (he/him/his) – Ahmedabad University
    Paper Presenter: Hanna H. Kim (she/her/hers) – Adelphi University
    Paper Presenter: Ming Xue (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (1) Exemplary Artisan/people's Artisan and the Meaning of Craft in Contemporary Vietnam
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Laurel Kendall (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History and Columbia University
    Co-author: Huy Van Nguyen (he/him/his) – Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
    Co-author: Hien Thi Nguyen (she/her/hers) – School of Interdisciplinary Sciences and Arts, Vietnam National University in Hanoi
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (2) Korean Buddhist Temple Food: Tensions Between Knowledge Preservation and Spiritual Practice
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Minny Lee (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (3) Living Heritage of Kathmandu Valley: Prospects of Re-centering Artisans Between the Two UNESCO Cultural Conventions
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Neel Kamal Chapagain (he/him/his) – Ahmedabad University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (4) If the Shoe Fits: Entanglements of Being an Artisan in Gujarat and Uttarakhand, India
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Hanna H. Kim (she/her/hers) – Adelphi University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM NPT
    (5) Between Two Guinness World Records: How Do Tibetan Thangka Painters Understand the Notion of Artisan and Artist in a Rapidly Commercializing Society?
    Location: Nepa (Radisson)
    Speaker: Ming Xue (she/her/hers) – American Museum of Natural History
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 6:45 PM – 7:55 PM NPT
    FILM: Diversity Plaza
    Location: Hridaya (Manaslu)
    South Asia