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  • Thursday, March 12, 2026
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    101: Storytelling in International Relations
    Chair: Prasenjit Duara – Duke University
    Presenting Author: Iris Ma – University of Notre Dame
    Presenting Author: Marisol Villela Balderrama (she/her/hers) – Trinity University
    Presenting Author: Zahra Moharramipour (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Presenting Author: Ran Mu (she/her/hers) – University College London
    Individual Paper Co-Presenter: Fanze Meng (he/him/his) – University College London
    Presenting Author: ShiPu Wang – University of California, Merced
    Presenting Author: Marie-Agathe Simonetti (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    104: Return of Women Ghosts, Women Monsters, and Women Demons: Dangerous Women in the Late 20th Century and Contemporary Korean Visual Culture
    Organizer: Young Jung (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Chair: Paul S. Cha – George Mason University
    Paper Presenter: Young Jung (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Paper Presenter: Sung Un Gang (he/him/his) – Technische Universitat Berlin
    Paper Presenter: So Hye Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Ji-yoon An – University of British Columbia
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    105: Reframing Gender at the Margins: Critical Dialogues on Power and Identity in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Gio L. Miole (he/they) – University of Tokyo
    Chair: Gio L. Miole (he/they) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Gio L. Miole (he/they) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Hilda Kemala (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Russell Yap (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    106: Across Boundaries of Space and Time: Being Other and Away in Early Modern and Modern East Asia
    Chair: Laura Nenzi (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Presenting Author: Astghik Hovhannisyan (she/her/hers) – Russian-Armenian University
    Presenting Author: Yoko Yamashita (she/her/hers) – Yokohama National University
    Presenting Author: Nilima Rai (she/her/hers) – Queen's University
    Presenting Author: Nur Hafeeza Binti Ahmad Pazil (she/her/hers) – Universiti Sains Malaysia
    Presenting Author: Shunsuke Nakao (he/him/his) – The University of Tokyo
    Northeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    107: Geoeconomics, Technology, and Trade Politics in Northeast Asia
    Chair: Kristin Vekasi (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
    Presenting Author: Narae Lee (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Individual Paper Co-Presenter: Érick Duchesne (he/him/his) – Université Laval
    Presenting Author: Jeffrey C. Youn (he/him/his) – College of Charleston
    Presenting Author: Yilin Aileen LU (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Presenting Author: Virginia Leticia Valdivia Caballero (she/her/hers) – National Autonomous University of Mexico
    Presenting Author: Michelle F. Hsieh (she/her/hers) – Academia Sinica
    Presenting Author: Zhaoyi Li (she/her/hers) – Korea University
    Northeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    109: At the Interstices of Economic Progress and Environmental Preservation in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Bo kyeung Gu (she/her/hers) – Busan University of Foreign Studies
    Chair: YoungKyung Ko (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Bo kyeung Gu (she/her/hers) – Busan University of Foreign Studies
    Paper Presenter: Ratih Indraswari (she/her/hers) – Parahyangan Catholic University
    Paper Presenter: YoungKyung Ko (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Mya Saraswaty (she/her/hers) – Parahyangan Catholic University
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    110: Body Ungoverned: Faith, Performance, and National Narratives of Women in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Narumol Namfon Choochan (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Organizer: Sirithorn Siriwan – New York University Shanghai
    Chair: Anastasia Melati Listyorini (she/her/hers) – Taipei National University of the Arts
    Paper Presenter: Narumol Namfon Choochan (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Anastasia Melati Listyorini (she/her/hers) – Taipei National University of the Arts
    Paper Presenter: Aubrey Kandelila Fanani (she/her/hers) – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Discussant: Rachmi Diyah Larasati (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    111: Beyond Borders and States: Southeast Asian Refugees and Movements in the Late 20th Century
    Organizer: Becky Butler (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chair: Becky Butler (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Ann Ngoc Tran (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Becky Butler (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Sophea Seng (she/her/hers) – California State University, Long Beach
    Paper Presenter: Vincent Tran – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Ivan Small – Northern Illinois University
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    112: Coercion, Capital, and Contract in Japanese History
    Organizer: Joshua Linkous – Harvard University
    Organizer: Charlotte Ciavarella – Harvard University
    Chair: Amy Stanley (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
    Paper Presenter: Joshua Linkous – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Charlotte Ciavarella – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: John D'Amico – Tohoku University
    Discussant: Amy Stanley (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    113: Bring it Back, Move it Forward: Ancestral Modernities across Southeast Asia - Sponsored by Thailand, Laos, Cambodia Studies Group
    Organizer: Micah F. Morton (he/him/his) – Northern Illinois University
    Chair: Micah F. Morton (he/him/his) – Northern Illinois University
    Paper Presenter: Hector Guazon (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Paper Presenter: Andrew Johnson (he/him/his) – Stockholm University
    Paper Presenter: Micah F. Morton (he/him/his) – Northern Illinois University
    Paper Presenter: Courtney Work (she/her/hers) – National Chengchi University
    Discussant: Mayfair Yang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    116: Malaysian State(s) of Enclosure
    Organizer: Aida Arosoaie – University of Wisconsin–Madison
    Organizer: Alice Rudge – SOAS University of London
    Chair: Zhou Hau Liew – National Chung Hsing University
    Paper Presenter: Sara Loh – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Aida Arosoaie – University of Wisconsin–Madison
    Paper Presenter: Zhou Hau Liew – National Chung Hsing University
    Paper Presenter: Chun-Yu (Jo Ann) Wang (she/her/hers) – Pitzer College
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    117: Worlding Alam: Nature, Eco-Spiritualism, and Sufism in Malay Cosmology
    Organizer: Katia Chaterji (she/her/hers) – Loyola Marymount University
    Chair: Christina Sunardi (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Ulil Amri (he/him/his) – Creighton University
    Paper Presenter: Katherine Bruhn (she/her/hers) – Illinois State University
    Paper Presenter: Katia Chaterji (she/her/hers) – Loyola Marymount University
    Discussant: Nazry Bahrawi (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Southeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    118: Border-crossings and Identity Strategies in Middle Period China - Sponsored by T'ang Studies Society
    Organizer: Nikita Kuzmin (he/him/his) – Elling Eide Center
    Chair: Jeffrey Kotyk – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
    Paper Presenter: Yalin Du (she/her/hers) – Princeton Day School
    Paper Presenter: Filippo Ugolini (he/him/his) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Di Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Nikita Kuzmin (he/him/his) – Elling Eide Center
    Discussant: Victor Mair (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    119: Cultures of Crossing: Networks and Navigation Connecting Medieval and Early Modern Japan to East Asia
    Organizer: Peter Shapinsky (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Springfield
    Chair: Peter Shapinsky (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Springfield
    Paper Presenter: Peter Shapinsky (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Springfield
    Paper Presenter: Michelle Damian – University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
    Paper Presenter: Damien Peladan (he/him/his) – Université Bordeaux Montaigne
    Paper Presenter: Maria Petrucci – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Gregory Smits – Pennsylvania State University
    Discussant: Igawa Kenji (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    121: Remembrance, Redress, and Reconciliation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Comfort Women Reparations Movement in the 21st Century
    Organizer: Timothy Webster – Western New England University
    Chair: Timothy Webster – Western New England University
    Paper Presenter: Timothy Webster – Western New England University
    Paper Presenter: Peipei Qiu – Vassar College
    Paper Presenter: Alexis Dudden – University of Connecticut
    Discussant: Alexis Dudden – University of Connecticut
    Paper Presenter: Tae-Ung Baik (he/him/his) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Northeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    122: The Softest Power: Pandas and the Global Politics of Animal Symbolism
    Organizer: Jiaqi Yao (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Organizer: Yingqiu Kuang (she/her/hers) – European University Institute
    Chair: E. Elena Songster (she/her/hers) – Saint Mary’s College of California
    Paper Presenter: Yingqiu Kuang (she/her/hers) – European University Institute
    Paper Presenter: Cory Willmott (she/her/hers) – Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
    Paper Presenter: William A. Callahan – Singapore Management University
    Paper Presenter: Jiaqi Yao (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: E. Elena Songster (she/her/hers) – Saint Mary’s College of California
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    123: Traversing the Ruptures of Empire and Cold War: Korean Diasporic Communities in (North)East Asia
    Organizer: Kim Y. Lacey (she/her/hers) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Chair: Kim Y. Lacey (she/her/hers) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Paper Presenter: Sophie Lee (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Peter G. Moody (he/him/his) – George Washington University
    Paper Presenter: Kim Y. Lacey (she/her/hers) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Paper Presenter: We Jung Yi (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Discussant: Suzy Kim (she/her/hers) – Rutgers University
    Northeast Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    124: Border Crossings of Indigenous Articulations in and out of Asia - Sponsored by AAS2026 Local Arrangements Committee
    Organizer: Parboti Roy (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Parboti Roy (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Parboti Roy (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Pasang Sherpa (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: rupak shrestha (he/him/his) – Simon Fraser University
    Paper Presenter: Somtsobum Khyung (she/her/hers) – Northwestern University
    Discussant: Mabel Gergan (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    125: Beyond Market and State: The Political Origins of Economic Institutions in China
    Organizer: Jingtian Chen – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Organizer: Xiao Ma (she/her/hers) – Harvard Law School
    Chair: Saul Wilson – Ashoka University
    Paper Presenter: Qin Huang – Northwestern University
    Paper Presenter: Jingtian Chen – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Xiao Ma (she/her/hers) – Harvard Law School
    Paper Presenter: Muyang Chen – Peking University
    Co-Presenter: Muyang Chen – Peking University
    Co-Presenter: Yufan Huang – Cornell University
    Discussant: Jean Oi – Stanford University
    Discussant: Tamar Groswald Ozery – Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    127: Contesting the “Villain”: History, Literature, and Narrative Antagonisms in Early Modern and Modern China
    Organizer: Jiaqi Wang (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Organizer: Zixi (Peter) Zhang – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Sophie Volpp – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jiaqi Wang (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Zixi (Peter) Zhang – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Zhang – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Wendy Cui – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Sophie Volpp – University of California, Berkeley
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    128: Choreographing Diplomacy: Formal Structures and Informal Acts in Nineteenth-Century Chosŏn Korea
    Organizer: Jinsung Kim (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: George Kallander – Syracuse University
    Discussant: Adam Bohnet (he/him/his) – King’s University College
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Wang – Syracuse University
    Paper Presenter: Jinsung Kim (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Sujin Cheon – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Chanhee Lee – SOAS University of London
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    129: Cultural Technique, Media, and Literature: An Early Modern Chinese Reflection
    Organizer: Xinyi Fu (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Ling Hon Lam – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Yinghui Wu (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Yen-hao Liao – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Andrew Schonebaum (he/him/his) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Paper Presenter: Xinyi Fu (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Ling Hon Lam – University of California, Berkeley
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    131: Decentering China in the Global Cold War: Gendered Labor, Cultural Diplomacy, and Eco-Media
    Organizer: Raymond Tsang (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Chair: Raymond Tsang (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Ailin Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Cruz
    Paper Presenter: Raymond Tsang (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Wentao Ma (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
    Discussant: Geraldine Fiss (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Diego
    Discussant: Cassandra Guan (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    East & Inner Asia
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    133: Global China in Global Afro-Asia: Geo-Politics, Technology, and Culture
    Organizer: Zhijian Sun (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Zhijian Sun (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Ella Joy A. Ponce (she/her/hers) – Central Luzon State University
    Paper Presenter: Jing Xie (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
    Paper Presenter: Xun Wang (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Zhijian Sun (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Xun Wang (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    135: An Ideal Refuge? A Critical Examination of the South Korean Refugee Landscape
    Organizer: Angela Y. McClean – Yale University
    Chair: Nora Hui-Jung Kim – University of Mary Washington
    Paper Presenter: Angela Y. McClean – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Nora Hui-Jung Kim – University of Mary Washington
    Paper Presenter: Yura Hyeon – University of Münster
    Paper Presenter: Kate Klemm-Szeto – Rutgers University
    Discussant: Petrice Flowers – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Discussant: Ken Silverman (he/him/his) – City University of New York, Graduate Center
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    137: "Classical Chinese"? Kanbun? Hanmun? The Conundrum of Literary Sinitic Training for Japanese and Korean Studies Researchers
    Organizer: Barbara Wall (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
    Chair: Barbara Wall (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
    Discussant: Barbara Wall (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
    Paper Presenter: Ross King (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: David Lurie (he/him/his) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Felix Siegmund (he/him/his) – Ruhr University Bochum
    Paper Presenter: Emilie Mellerkær (she/her/hers) – University of Copenhagen
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    138: Addressing Long-Term Care Challenges in the Context of Rapid Aging Across Asia
    Organizer: Thi Viet Phuong Dang (she/her/hers) – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
    Chair: Thi Viet Phuong Dang (she/her/hers) – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Thi Viet Phuong Dang (she/her/hers) – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Viet Tiep Nguyen (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Yusuke MIYOSHI (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Katsumi SHIMANE (he/him/his) – Senshu University
    Discussant: Yusuke MIYOSHI (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Discussant: Katsumi SHIMANE (he/him/his) – Senshu University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM PDT
    140: Digital Social Control in Contemporary East Asia: Platform Algorithms, Power Dynamics, and the Reshaping of Public Discourse
    Organizer: Michelle Miao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Nicole W.T. Cheung (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Michelle Miao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Nicole W.T. Cheung (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kaiping Zhang (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    Digital Technology