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  • Wednesday, June 4, 2025
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    20 Years of Impossible Desires
    Organizer: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Chair: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Anandi Rao (she/her/hers) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    Discussant: Gayatri Gopinath – New York University
    Discussant: Mehak Khan – University of Notre Dame
    Discussant: Omar Kasmani – Freie Universitat
    Discussant: Akhil Katyal – BITS Law School
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    A Passage to Southwest China: Reconsidering Transregionality from an Asian Borderland
    Organizer: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Mingwei Song – Wellesley College
    Paper Presenter: Jannis Jizhou Chen (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Robin Visser – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Colby College
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Ziyu Liu – Guizhou University
    Paper Presenter: Dihao Zhou – Sichuan University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Art, Archives and Archaeology: New Evidence and Methodology in East Asian Studies
    Organizer: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Chair: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Kent Cao (he/him/his) – Duke Kunshan University
    Paper Presenter: Zhuming Yao – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Sinae Kim – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Mai Yamaguchi (She/They) – San Antonio Museum of Art
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Carriers of Belief: The Mobilities of Objects in Mahāyāna Buddhism in the Himalayan Region
    Organizer: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Chi-Lynn Lin (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: James Gentry (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Todd T. Lewis (he/him/his) – College Of The Holy Cross
    Discussant: Wenhua Luo (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Yuting Zhang (she/her/hers) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    Paper Presenter: Christian Luczanits (he/him/his) – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Challenges and Persistence of LGBTQ+ people in Korea and Japan: Everyday Life, Pride and Backlashes
    Organizer: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Organizer: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Chair: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Paper Presenter: Jieha Lee (she/her/hers) – Soongsil University
    Paper Presenter: Akiko Shimizu (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Tomomi Yamaguchi (she/her/hers) – Ritsumeikan University
    Paper Presenter: Sumi Cho (she/her/hers) – Myongji University
    Discussant: James Welker (he/him/his) – Kanagawa University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Exposed Bodies: Corporeal Imagination in East Asian Media Against Globalism
    Organizer: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Chair: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Xiangqing Song (she/her/hers) – Sungshin Women’s University
    Paper Presenter: Shenglai Jin (he/him/his) – Sungkyunkwan University
    Paper Presenter: Harim Park (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Discussant: Jeongon Choi (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Governance Regimes and Value under Neoliberalism: Interrogating Contemporary Politics of Labor in South Asia
    Organizer: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Organizer: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Chair: Ashwin Subramanian – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Ria Gyawali – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Vinayak Krishnan – University of Sussex
    Paper Presenter: Marini Thorne – Columbia University
    Discussant: Nilotpal Kumar – Azim Premji University
    Paper Presenter: Ahmad Fahim – Indian Institute of Technology
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Immersive Asia: Soundwalk and Noisescape of Asian Cities, Part 1
    Organizer: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Organizer: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Chair: Iris Haukamp (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Benjamin Harris (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Manlin Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Zhengming Wang (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Masayuki Iwase (he/him/his) – Formerly University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Miaotong Yuan (she/her/hers) – Communication University of China
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Media, Discourse, and Ideological Construction in Contemporary China
    Organizer: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Chair: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Discussant: Guoguang Wu (he/him/his) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Haoguang Li (he/him/his) – Keio University
    Paper Presenter: Jiayue Xu (she/her/hers) – Sciences-Po Paris
    Paper Presenter: Weiru Cheng (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Ming Mo (she/her/hers) – Shandong Institute of Modern Financial Development
    Discussant: Ruolin Hou
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    One Road, Many Outcomes: The Impact of the One Belt One Road Initiative on 3 South Asian Countries
    Organizer: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Chair: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Co-Author: Shabbir Ghulam, Sr. (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Paper Presenter: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Co-Author: Niazi Komal (she/her/hers) – East China Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Mehmood Arfan (he/him/his) – Punjab University
    Discussant: Saroja Devi Dorairajoo – Mahidol University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Reversing the Gaze: The Marginalized Representations of Otherized Women in Early Modern China
    Organizer: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Hui Wang – Nanjing Xiaozhuang University
    Paper Presenter: Yan Ki (Otilie) Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Yuming Yu (she/her/hers) – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Weiling (Dolores) Kong – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Zhexin Gao – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Ziyue Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East and Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM NPT
    Transnational Therapeutics: Technologies and Landscape of Healing in the Broad Indo-Malay Networks
    Organizer: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Chair: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: EnChieh Chao (they/them/theirs) – National Sun Yat-sen University
    Paper Presenter: Tsung-Ren Hung – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Fikriyah Winata – Texas A & M University
    Paper Presenter: Meta Astuti – Hasanuddin University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM NPT
    (Post)colonizing the Body: Transnational Embodiments of Governance, Space, and Belonging in East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Organizer: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Discussant: Nicolo Paolo Ludovice – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Francis Newman (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Adrien Gau (they/them/theirs) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Nur Adilla (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Koyna Tomar, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Bridging Migration in Asia: Transnational Perspectives on Asian Migrant Workers in Japan
    Organizer: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Chair: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Waode Hanifah Istiqomah (she/her/hers) – Societas Research Institute, Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Jaessadakorn Kalapong (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts
    Paper Presenter: Meng Cong Luan (she/her/hers) – Kobe University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Saito (she/her/hers) – Kobe Gakuin University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Crossing Gendered Boundaries: Yaoguai (妖怪), Monstrosity, and Identity in East Asian Narratives
    Organizer: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Lijin Yang – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Jingyang Zhao (she/her/hers) – Southwest University of Political Science and Law
    Paper Presenter: Ang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Stirling
    Paper Presenter: Qianyi Ma – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Meixi Chen – Colorado College
    Paper Presenter: Chenying Wang – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Yingxin Zhang (She/They) – University College London
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Cultural Heritage: Metamorphosis through Time and Space: Exploring the Transformation from Traditional to Modern Style
    Organizer: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Chair: Wei Liu – Beijing Normal University
    Discussant: Xinyuan Cheng – Yulin Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Hui 荟 Wang – central south university
    Paper Presenter: Xinran XU – Guangzhou University
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Decolonizing Methodologies and South Asian Experiences
    Organizer: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Organizer: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    Chair: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Labib Hossain – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Sanjay Sharma – Aarhus University
    Paper Presenter: Debjani Das – Vidyasagar University, Medinipur
    Paper Presenter: Manjusha Nair – George Mason University
    Discussant: Rashmi Sadana – George Mason University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Global Ceramics: Interregional Trade and Cultural Interchange in the Early Modern Era
    Organizer: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Guanyu Wang (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Judy Law (she/her/hers) – University of Warwick
    Paper Presenter: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Chuiki Maggie Wan (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kunpeng Xiang, N/A (he/him/his) – Palace Museum, Beijing
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Heritage, Modernization, and the Marginalization of Japan’s Alternative 'Capitals'
    Organizer: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel J. Milne (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Jens Sejrup (he/him/his) – University of Copenhagen
    Paper Presenter: Ellen Van Goethem (she/her/hers) – Kyushu University
    Discussant: Andrew C. Elliott (he/him/his) – Doshisha Women's College
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Mediating Spaces on/of Screen (Part 1): Spatiality, Aesthetics and Performance in Cinemas of Asia
    Organizer: Pritha Chakrabarti (she/they) – Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University
    Chair: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Meheli Sen (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Baidurya Chakrabarti (he/they) – RV University, Bengaluru, India
    Paper Presenter: Suddhadeep Mukherjee (he/him/his) – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Rudrani Gangopadhyay (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Metaphorical Paradigms in Global Asias: Navigating Cognitive, Cultural, and Linguistic Dimensions
    Organizer: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Chair: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Bairam Khan (he/him/his) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Premlata Vaishnava (she/her/hers) – International Communication Associates (ICA)
    Paper Presenter: Shiv Kumar Singh (he/him/his) – University of Lisbon
    Paper Presenter: Mansi Bajaj (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Moving into Place: Struggles of Mobility and the State
    Organizer: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Chair: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Paper Presenter: Colum Graham (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Qi Li (she/her/hers) – Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Daungyewa Utarasint (she/her/hers) – New York University Abu Dhabi
    Paper Presenter: Budi Hernawan (he/him/his) – Driyarkara School of Philosophy
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Performing and Reclaiming the Female Body through History
    Organizer: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Chair: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Paper Presenter: Yu Chih Chou – Goucher College
    Paper Presenter: Shuangting Xiong – Bard College
    Discussant: Kwan Yin Lee – Wofford College
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoyan Deng – University of Oregon
    East and Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Queer Lives on Asian-Pacific Margins
    Organizer: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Chair: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: James Cummings (he/him/his) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: Jonalou Labor (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Co-Author: John Mervin Embate (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines
    Paper Presenter: Yujie Xu (she/her/hers) – University of York
    Paper Presenter: Jozon A. Lorenzana (they/them/theirs) – Ateneo De Manila University
    Discussant: Dredge Byung’chu Kang-Nguyen (they/them/theirs) – University of California, San Diego
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Reimagining Environmental Narratives in Asian Margins: Climate Change, Cultural Heritage, and Local Mobilities
    Organizer: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Organizer: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    Chair: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Discussant: Joanna Jurewicz (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Pawel Piszczatowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Patrycja Pichnicka-Trivedi (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Neha Khetrapal (she/her/hers) – O. P. Jindal Global University
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Rethinking Community-Led Development in the Anthropocene: New Perspectives from South and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Organizer: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Keng Hang Frankie Fan – Sun Yat-Sen University
    Paper Presenter: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Discussant: Nadzirah Hosen (she/her/hers) – Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    Paper Presenter: Yi-Chin Wu – National Taiwan Normal University
    Chair: Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak – National Taiwan Normal University
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    Tracing Links to Ancestral Lands: Exploring Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Expressions, and Environmental Stewardship in the Philippines
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Agnes Silva – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Marian Gongora (she/her/hers) – Far Eastern University
    Paper Presenter: Estrella Dacillo (she/her/hers) – Central Mindanao University
    Paper Presenter: Maria Zenia Dulce (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Tacloban College
    Paper Presenter: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM NPT
    What does transdisciplinary research and practice look like? Landslides, disaster risk reduction, and learning across difference in Nepal
    Organizer: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Amy Johnson (she/her/hers) – Georgia College & State University
    Discussant: Sara B. Shneiderman (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Jeevan Baniya (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Amod Dixit (he/him/his) – Asian Disaster Reduction and Response Network (ADRRN); National Society for Earthquake Technology – Nepal (NSET)
    Discussant: Tek Bahadur Dong (he/him/his) – Social Science Baha
    Discussant: Shobhana Gurung Pradhan (she/her/hers) – BBC Media Action Nepal
    South Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    "Nanyang" Crossings: Worlding Sinophone Southeast Asian Literature and Culture
    Organizer: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Chair: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Yihan Xie (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Qianru He – Nanyang Technological University
    Discussant: Chee Lay Tan – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Soon Yi Poon – National Taiwan University
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Asian Monarchies in the Modern World
    Organizer: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Chair: Kazuhiro Takii (he/him/his) – Nichibunken
    Paper Presenter: Kathryn Wellen (she/her/hers) – Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Bill Long (he/him/his) – Georgia State University
    Paper Presenter: Kittisak Sujittarom (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Co-Author: Astrid Norén-Nilsson – Lund University
    Paper Presenter: Duncan McCargo (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Democratic Recession and the Potential for Popular Democracy in Indonesia and Timor-Leste
    Organizer: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Chair: Martinho -. Pereira (he/him/his) – UNTL
    Discussant: Lili Chen (she/her/hers) – UNTL
    Discussant: Richard Fox (he/him/his) – University of Victoria
    Discussant: Eunsook Jung – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Encountering Modernity in the Eastern Himalayas
    Organizer: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Chair: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Jigme Yeshe Lama (he/him/his) – University of Calcutta
    Paper Presenter: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Discussant: Tenzing Wangdak – University of California, Irvine
    Paper Presenter: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    Discussant: Dickey Lama (she/her/hers) – Women's College, Calcutta; University of Calcutta
    InterareaBorderCrossing
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Gendered Realities and Intersecting Identities: Roles of Filipino Women During Crisis in the Context of Language, Work, and Caregiving
    Organizer: Eden H. Terol (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines
    Chair: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Florinda Palma Gil (she/her/hers) – Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Cunanan (she/her/hers) – Aurora State College of Technology (ASCOT)
    Paper Presenter: May Desiree Hulipas – Polytechnic University of the Philippines
    Southeast Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Global Asia at China’s Edges: Entrepreneurs, Settlement, and Innovation
    Organizer: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Chair: Sonika Gupta (she/her/hers) – Indian Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Andrew Grant (he/him/his) – University of Tampa
    Paper Presenter: Duojie Zhaxi (he/him/his) – Qinghai Minzu University
    Paper Presenter: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University
    Paper Presenter: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder
    East and Inner Asia
  • 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM NPT
    Global Asia at China’s Edges: Entrepreneurs, Settlement, and Security II

    Organizer: Andrew Grant – University of Tampa

    Chair: Sonika Gupta – Indian Institute of Technology

    Discussant: Andrew Grant – University of Tampa

    Paper Presenter: Duojie Zhaxi – Qinghai Minzu University

    Paper Presenter: Wandai Ji – Qinghai Normal University

    Paper Presenter: Sanggay Tashi – University of Colorado, Boulder

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