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  • Saturday, March 14, 2026
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    602: The Social History of Marriage and the Question of Divorce in Colonial and Contemporary Philippines
    Organizer: Vina A. Lanzona (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Chair: Vina A. Lanzona (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Vina A. Lanzona (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Anabelle Ragsag (she/her/hers) – McMaster University
    Paper Presenter: Lorenz Timothy B. Ranera (he/him/his) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Discussant: Mary Dorothy Jose (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Manila
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    603: Theorizing Hongkongness as Method: Transnational Flows, Cultural Fabrication, and Inter-Asia Critique
    Organizer: Wai-Chi Gigi Wong (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Wendy S Wong (she/her/hers) – York University
    Paper Presenter: Poki Chan (she/her/hers) – Concordia University
    Paper Presenter: Kin-Wai Amelia Chu (she/her/hers) – Ghent University
    Paper Presenter: Wai-Chi Gigi Wong (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Wendy S Wong (she/her/hers) – York University
    Discussant: Janice Cheung (she/her/hers) – Concordia University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    604: Tourism and Historical (Re)Imagination of Resorts and Gardens in Java, Bokor, and Shanghai
    Organizer: Hazel Hahn (she/her/hers) – Seattle University
    Chair: Jenna Grant – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Hazel Hahn (she/her/hers) – Seattle University
    Paper Presenter: Arnout van der Meer (he/him/his) – Colby College
    Paper Presenter: Xi Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Jenna Grant – University of Washington
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    605: Toward Sustainable Migration: Bridging Policy, Practice, and Migrant Experience in Japan
    Organizer: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Soka University
    Chair: Andi Holik Ramdani (he/him/his) – Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Shyam Kumar Karki (he/him/his) – Soka University
    Paper Presenter: Andi Holik Ramdani (he/him/his) – Hashimoto Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Waode Hanifah Istiqomah (she/her/hers) – Hitotsubashi University
    Paper Presenter: Mi Moe Thuzar (she/her/hers) – Hashimoto Foundation
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    607: Art and Transpacific Imperialisms
    Organizer: Namiko Kunimoto (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University
    Chair: Namiko Kunimoto (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University
    Paper Presenter: Namiko Kunimoto (she/her/hers) – Ohio State University
    Paper Presenter: William Marotti (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Piper Prolago (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Alicia Volk (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    609: Weaving Care through Gendered, Indigenous, and Intergenerational Bonds in Contemporary Japanese Cinema
    Organizer: Antonella Morgillo (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Chair: Antonella Morgillo (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: Letizia Guarini – Hosei University
    Paper Presenter: Antonella Morgillo (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: Kosuke Fujiki – Hiroshima University
    Discussant: Kimiyo Ogawa (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    610: Intercardinal Imaginaries: Mapping (Un)avowable Sinophone Borderlands Through Literature, Film, and Media
    Organizer: Jannis Jizhou Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Tze-lan Sang – Michigan State University
    Discussant: Mark Bender – Ohio State University
    Paper Presenter: Levi S. Gibbs – Dartmouth College
    Paper Presenter: Lina Qu (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Kyle Shernuk – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Jannis Jizhou Chen – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    611: Entangled Worlds: Religious, Artistic, and Political Encounters in Medieval Asia
    Organizer: RONG HUANG (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Chair: Jonathan Skaff (he/him/his) – Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: RONG HUANG (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Emily Hanako Everest-Phillips (she/her/hers) – Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU
    Paper Presenter: Yuqing Luo (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Paper Presenter: Xiaotian Yin (she/her/hers) – Williams College
    Discussant: Petya Andreeva (she/her/hers) – Vassar College
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    612: Fictions of the Self: Forms of Life-Writing in Transhistorical East Asia
    Organizer: Dafna Zur (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Chair: Janet Poole – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: David Atherton (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Dafna Zur (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Lin Meng Walsh (she/her/hers) – University of Rochester
    Discussant: Janet Poole – University of Toronto
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    613: Gender in Labor: Surveillance, Homosociality, and Resistance in the Asian Context
    Organizer: Gita Neupane – University of Idaho
    Chair: Gita Neupane – University of Idaho
    Paper Presenter: Kiran Bhana (they/them/theirs) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Gita Neupane – University of Idaho
    Paper Presenter: Sabrina M. Aripen (she/her/hers) – University of Malaya
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    614: Global Asias’ Crossroads Between Settler Colonialism, Diaspora, and Indigeneity, Part I: Contested Settlement, Unsettled Indigeneity
    Organizer: Wayne CF Yeung – University of Denver
    Organizer: Lillian Ngan – University of Southern California
    Chair: Lillian Ngan – University of Southern California
    Paper Presenter: Wayne CF Yeung – University of Denver
    Paper Presenter: Alex Chow – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Ju-Hyun Kim (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Karen Sasakura (she/her/hers) – Hitotsubashi University
    Discussant: Dáša Pejchar Mortensen (she/her/hers) – Davidson College
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    615: Rethinking Revolution
    Organizer: Xiying (Lillian) Lin (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Uyen T. Nguyen (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Xiying (Lillian) Lin (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Fabio Lanza (he/him/his) – University of Arizona
    Discussant: Uyen T. Nguyen (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Qiong Liu (she/her/hers) – Virginia Military Institute
    Paper Presenter: Royce Novak (he/him/his) – Kenyon College
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Wang (she/her/hers) – Lingnan University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    616: Hearing Asian Pasts: Popular Music, Urban Noises, and Maritime Sounds across East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Allan Pang (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
    Organizer: Xintong Chen (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Chair: Barbara W. Andaya – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Discussant: Barbara W. Andaya – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Allan Pang (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
    Paper Presenter: L. Nicole Vaughan (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Xintong Chen (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    617: Histories in Parallel: Foreign Knowledge and Indigenous Practice in Premodern East Asia
    Organizer: Zekun Zhang – University of California, Davis
    Chair: Don Wyatt – Middlebury College
    Discussant: Don Wyatt – Middlebury College
    Paper Presenter: Christopher Kim – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Zekun Zhang – University of California, Davis
    Paper Presenter: Wenjiao Cai (she/her/hers) – Sidwell Friends School
    Paper Presenter: Meng-Heng Lee – University of British Columbia
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    619: Dual(ing) Literacies and Complementary Poetics in Early and Medieval Northeast Asia
    Organizer: Marjorie G. Burge – University of Colorado Boulder
    Chair: Dario Minguzzi – Sapienza University of Rome
    Paper Presenter: Marjorie G. Burge – University of Colorado Boulder
    Paper Presenter: Dario Minguzzi – Sapienza University of Rome
    Paper Presenter: Loren Waller (he/him/his) – Surugadai University
    Discussant: Gustav Heldt – University of Virginia
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    620: Speculative Politics in South Korea: From Financial Populism to Climate Activism
    Organizer: Bohyeong Kim (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Chair: Seung Cheol Lee – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Bohyeong Kim (she/her/hers) – Vanderbilt University
    Paper Presenter: Seung Cheol Lee – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Kyungmo Chun – University of Texas at Austin
    Paper Presenter: Minseo Cho – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Discussant: Sun-ha Hong – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    621: Knowledge at the Margins: Reading Communities and the Social Life of Texts in 19th-Century Vietnam
    Organizer: Jieying Lin – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Chair: Zongmei Zhang – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Paper Presenter: Jieying Lin – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Co-Presenter: Zhiyue Liu – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Paper Presenter: Ruixin Zhao (she/her/hers) – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Paper Presenter: Jie Zhang – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Co-Presenter: Van Viet Nguyen – Phenikaa University
    Paper Presenter: Ge Zhao – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Discussant: Zongmei Zhang – Southwest Jiaotong University
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    622: Decoding Arboreal Texts and Images: Tree Culture in Traditional East Asia
    Organizer: Jeongsoo Shin (he/him/his) – Academy of Korean Studies
    Chair: Jeongsoo Shin (he/him/his) – Academy of Korean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Jeongsoo Shin (he/him/his) – Academy of Korean Studies
    Paper Presenter: Sean Bradley – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Ocean Wang (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Discussant: Robert Goree – Wellesley College
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    623: Disrupted Orders: Gender, Power, and Resistance in East Asia
    Organizer: Young-Im Lee (she/her/hers) – California State University, Sacramento
    Chair: Claudia Junghyun Kim (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Young-Im Lee (she/her/hers) – California State University, Sacramento
    Discussant: Claudia Junghyun Kim (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Ki-young Shin (she/her/hers) – Ochanomizu University
    Paper Presenter: Juyeon Park (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Co-Presenter: Xiaoxia Huang (she/her/hers) – Syracuse University
    Paper Presenter: Dongshu Liu (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    626: Histories in the Public: Practices and Possibilities in South Asia
    Organizer: Anne Murphy – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Sarah Ansari (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Paper Presenter: Anne Murphy – University of British Columbia
    Co-Presenter: Khola Iftikhar Cheema (she/her/hers) – Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar Campus
    Discussant: Sarah Ansari (she/her/hers) – Royal Holloway, University of London
    Paper Presenter: Masooma Zafar (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University,
    Paper Presenter: Yaqoob Khan Bangash – IBA Karachi
    Paper Presenter: Dharitri Bhattacharjee (she/her/hers) – Western Washington University
    South Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    627: Saltwater Empires: Environment, Commodities, and Colonial Science in Maritime Asia
    Organizer: Anke Wang (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Chair: Tansen Sen (he/him/his) – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Anke Wang (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Ruizhi Choo (he/him/his) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: David McCaskey – SUNY, Old Westbury
    Paper Presenter: Clark Alejandrino – Trinity College
    Discussant: Melissa Macauley – Northwestern University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    628: Transnational Mobility and Global Entanglements in 20th-Century East Asia
    Chair: Marc Andre Matten (he/him/his) – Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Presenting Author: Robert Winstanley-Chesters (he/him/his) – University of Leeds
    Presenting Author: Shen Qu (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Presenting Author: XIAOQING YANG (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Presenting Author: Cheuk Him Ryan Sun (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Presenting Author: Yoke Kuan Wong (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    629: Slavery, Law, and Society: Intra-Asian Perspectives
    Organizer: Sam Bass (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Sam Bass (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Discussant: Indrani Chatterjee (she/her/hers) – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Nhung Tran (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Jaeyoon Song (he/him/his) – McMaster University
    Paper Presenter: Sam Bass (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    630: Small Worlds Like These: The Minor Archives of Cold War Asia
    Organizer: Juwon Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Christine Kim (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Juwon Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Chuanhui Meng (she/her/hers) – Brown University
    Paper Presenter: Selki Noh (she/her/hers) – Yonsei University
    Discussant: I Jonathan Kief (he/him/his) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    631: The Politics of Knowledge: Area Studies, Transnational Intellectual Networks, and the History of U.S.-China Relations
    Organizer: Yike Zhang (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Chair: Shellen Wu – Lehigh University
    Discussant: William C. Kirby (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Discussant: Thomas B. Gold – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Weiyu Dang – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Ruiheng Wang – Nanjing University
    Paper Presenter: Yuan Yan – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Yike Zhang (he/him/his) – Yale University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    632: The Spatial Dynamics of Military Power: Military Mobility and Imperial Control in Early Modern China, 13-18th Centuries
    Organizer: Yiming Ha (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Chair: Steven B. Miles – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Discussant: Yi Wang – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Aaron Molnar – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Sean Cronan – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Yiming Ha (he/him/his) – Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Lei Lin (she/her/hers) – Duke Kunshan University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    633: Travel, Dwell, Mull: Embodied Experiences of Land and Landscape in Middle Period China
    Organizer: Lucien Sun (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Chair: Benjamin Ridgway – Swarthmore College
    Paper Presenter: Xiaoshan Yang – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Lucien Sun (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Elizabeth Kindall – University of St. Thomas
    Discussant: Cong Zhang – University of Virginia
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    634: Mapping Threads of Connection and Division: Rethinking Fashion Histories in Northeast Asia Beyond the Nation-State
    Organizer: Rika Rihwa Lee (she/her/hers) – Chuo University
    Chair: Christina Yi – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Christina Yi – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Lingfang Liu – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Rie Mori – Japan Women's University
    Paper Presenter: Rika Rihwa Lee (she/her/hers) – Chuo University
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    635: From Marriage Promotion to Heterosexual Refusal: The Social Consequences of Fertility Decline in East Asia
    Organizer: Anna Woźny (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Chair: Anna Woźny (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Anna Woźny (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Phung N. Su (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Phung N. Su (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Paper Presenter: Holly Hummer – University of British Columbia
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    636: Face Value: Identity and Meaning in Portraiture in China - Sponsored by AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC)
    Organizer: Dora C.Y Ching (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Chair: Jan Stuart (she/her/hers) – Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
    Discussant: Jan Stuart (she/her/hers) – Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
    Paper Presenter: Dora C.Y Ching (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Yunru Chen (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Junyao He (he/him/his) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Paper Presenter: Roberta Wue (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Discussant: Joseph Scheier-Dolberg (he/him/his) – Metropolitan Museum of Art
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    637: Infrastructural Frontiers: State and Society in the PRC’s Western Borderlands
    Organizer: Jason Chan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Chair: Taomo Zhou (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Jason Chan (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Junyi Han (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Brian Spivey (he/him/his) – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Yin Cao (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Discussant: Taomo Zhou (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    639: Knowledge Production and Speculative Fiction in the Sinosphere—Part I: Writings of Technology
    Organizer: Nick Stember (he/him/his) – Independent Scholar
    Chair: Nick Stember (he/him/his) – Independent Scholar
    Discussant: Bo Ærenlund Sørensen (he/him/his) – University of Copenhagen
    Paper Presenter: Zhange Ni – Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
    Paper Presenter: Yuheng Ko (he/him/his) – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Emily X. Jin (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    640: Knowledge Production in the Making and Unmaking of Empire and Nation: Languages, Ethnicities, and Cultural Authority
    Organizer: Rhonda Ran Huo – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Chair: Loretta Kim – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Matthew Mosca – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Bramao-Ramos – Bates College
    Paper Presenter: Rhonda Ran Huo – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Paper Presenter: Kin Ian Monica Chang – Lingnan University
    Paper Presenter: Mian Chen – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    641: Literary Cartographies of Empire in Premodern China
    Organizer: Amy Zhang (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Chair: Manling Luo (she/her/hers) – Indiana University
    Paper Presenter: Amy Zhang (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Discussant: Manling Luo (she/her/hers) – Indiana University
    Paper Presenter: Thomas J. Mazanec (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Paper Presenter: Christopher Elford (he/him/his) – Washington & Lee University
    Paper Presenter: Meimei Zhang (she/her/hers) – Occidental College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    642: Longue Durée Perspectives on Secularization in the Sinophone World
    Organizer: Yegor Grebnev – Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
    Chair: Elena Valussi – Loyola University Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Yegor Grebnev – Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University
    Paper Presenter: Jiahui Shen (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Aymeric Xu – Scuola Superiore Meridionale
    Discussant: Ting Guo – University of Toronto
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    643: Making “Textbooks” for Cultural Expertise in Premodern China
    Organizer: Zijing Fan (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Lucille Chia – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Lili Xia – Barnard College, Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Mo Zhai – Fudan University
    Paper Presenter: Zijing Fan (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Nathan Vedal – University of Toronto
    Discussant: Lucille Chia – University of California, Riverside
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    644: Explorations in the Economic and Business History of Modern Japan
    Organizer: Steven J. Ericson (he/him/his) – Dartmouth College
    Chair: Naofumi Nakamura (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Discussant: Catherine Phipps (she/her/hers) – University of Memphis
    Paper Presenter: Mark Metzler (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Janet Hunter (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Tom Learmouth (he/him/his) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Steven J. Ericson (he/him/his) – Dartmouth College
    Northeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    645: Gender and Genre in Korean Women’s Writing
    Organizer: Hannah Kwak (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Chair: Hannah Kwak (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Hannah Kwak (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Sophie Bowman (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Hayun Cho – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Yoon Sun Yang – Boston University
    Discussant: Sunyoung Park – University of Southern California
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    646: Reading Marx Across Asia
    Organizer: Siwei Wang (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Organizer: Yiming Ma (he/him/his) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Chair: Yaowen Dong (he/him/his) – University of Memphis
    Paper Presenter: Siwei Wang (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Jack Cao (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Anna Stirr (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Rajeshwari Deshpande (she/her/hers) – Savitribai Phule Pune University
    Discussant: Benjamin Kindler – Lingnan University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    647: Global Health Imaginaries and Governance in Autocratic Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Emma Willoughby – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Emma Willoughby – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Yan Long – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Mary-Collier Wilks – University of North Carolina, Wilmington
    Paper Presenter: Soksamphoas Im – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Timothy Sim – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Emma Willoughby – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    648: Is There a Future for Human Rights? Global Challenges, Asian Responses
    Organizer: Dominik M. Müller (he/him/his) – Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
    Organizer: Claudia Derichs – Humboldt University of Berlin
    Chair: Dominik M. Müller (he/him/his) – Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
    Discussant: Claudia Derichs – Humboldt University of Berlin
    Paper Presenter: Ferdiansyah Thajib – Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Paper Presenter: Dina Zaman (she/her/hers) – IMAN Research
    Paper Presenter: Tuwanont Phattharathanasut – Humboldt University of Berlin
    Paper Presenter: Teresa Jopson – Arnold Bergstraesser Institute
    Southeast Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    649: Chinese Muslim Networks and State Power: Agency, Adaptation, and Resilience from the Late-Qing through the Xi Jinping Present
    Organizer: Qianyu Ma – Carnegie Mellon University
    Organizer: Xian Wang – Australian National University
    Chair: Benno Weiner – Carnegie Mellon University
    Paper Presenter: Hannah Theaker – University of Plymouth
    Paper Presenter: Qianyu Ma – Carnegie Mellon University
    Paper Presenter: Xian Wang – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Susan K. McCarthy – Providence College
    Discussant: Jonathan N. Lipman (he/him/his) – Mount Holyoke College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
    650: With Homeland in their Hearts—Korean Overseas Diasporas’ Manifold Influences on Korea Proper
    Organizer: Vladimir Tikhonov (he/him/his) – University of Oslo
    Chair: Myungho Hyun (he/him/his) – Northeast Asia History Foundation
    Paper Presenter: Vladimir Tikhonov (he/him/his) – University of Oslo
    Paper Presenter: Kyounghwa Lim (she/her/hers) – Chung-Ang University
    Paper Presenter: Mikyoung Kim (she/her/hers) – Gyeongsang National University
    Discussant: June Hee Kwon – California State University, Sacramento
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    701: Migration, Agency, and a Gendered Lens: Women Migrants in South and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Farah Afzal (she/her/hers) – Wilfrid Laurier University
    Chair: Farah Afzal (she/her/hers) – Wilfrid Laurier University
    Paper Presenter: Farah Afzal (she/her/hers) – Wilfrid Laurier University
    Paper Presenter: Ame Khin MAY-KYAWT (she/her/hers) – York University
    Paper Presenter: Amna Zulifqar (she/her/hers) – National University of Modern Languages
    Paper Presenter: Shomaila Sadaf (she/her/hers) – University of Jyväskylä
    Discussant: Shomaila Sadaf (she/her/hers) – University of Jyväskylä
    South Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    703: Carter Eckert and the Making of Modern Korea: Colonialism, Militarism, and Economic Development - Sponsored by AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC)
    Organizer: Michael Kim – Yonsei University
    Organizer: Hyung Gu Lynn (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Christine Kim – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Michael Kim – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Sungik Yang (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: Tae Gyun Park (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Anna Lee – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Discussant: Paul Chang – Stanford University
    Discussant: Jean Hong – University of Michigan
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    704: Knowledge Transmission Through Empire and Trade
    Chair: Laura Miller – University of Missouri-St. Louis
    Presenting Author: Ghamal S. Mohammad (he/him/his) – Murdoch University
    Presenting Author: Naoko Kato (she/her/hers) – Corpus Christi College at UBC
    Presenting Author: Cynthia Sin Ting Yeung (she/her/hers) – KU Leuven
    Presenting Author: Zhongyuan (Cindy) Hu – KU Leuven
    Presenting Author: Menghe Tian (she/her/hers) – Donghua University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    705: Rethinking Knowledge and Identity: Intellectual Networks and Cultural Politics in Colonial and Postcolonial Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Pin-Hua Chou (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Alan R. Dai (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Pin-Hua Chou (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Alan R. Dai (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Pai-Li Bernie Liu (he/him/his) – Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany
    Paper Presenter: Quah Say Jye – University of Cambridge
    Discussant: Ann Marie Leshkowich – College of the Holy Cross
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    706: Stones of Meaning: Lithic Materiality and Cultural Imagination in Late Imperial China (10th–19th Century)
    Organizer: Piaopiao Yang – Freie Universität Berlin
    Chair: Tao Wu (she/her/hers) – China Academy of Art/Freie Universität Berlin/Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Paper Presenter: Yixiong Cui (he/him/his) – Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Paper Presenter: Piaopiao Yang – Freie Universität Berlin
    Paper Presenter: Tao Wu (she/her/hers) – China Academy of Art/Freie Universität Berlin/Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften
    Discussant: Michael J. Hatch (he/him/his) – Trinity College
    Discussant: Lei XUE – Oregon State University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    707: Risk, Vulnerability, and Extraction in Philippine Histories
    Organizer: Mark J. Sanchez (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University
    Chair: Mark J. Sanchez (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University
    Paper Presenter: Alex Orquiza (he/him/his) – Providence College
    Paper Presenter: Theresa Ventura (she/her/hers) – Concordia University
    Paper Presenter: Mark J. Sanchez (he/him/his) – Vanderbilt University
    Paper Presenter: Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    708: Between the Land and the Word: Place-Making as a Mode of Knowing in Late Imperial China
    Organizer: Jian Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Xiaolin Duan (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
    Paper Presenter: Jian Zhang (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Xiaolin Duan (she/her/hers) – North Carolina State University
    Paper Presenter: Sunkyu Lee (she/her/hers) – KU Leuven
    Paper Presenter: Eloise Wright (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Discussant: Ruth Mostern (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    709: Living with Chronic Illness in Asia: Ethnographic Crossroads
    Organizer: Amy Borovoy – Princeton University
    Organizer: Xisai Song (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Chair: Amy Borovoy – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Amy Borovoy – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Xisai Song (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at Austin
    Paper Presenter: Priscilla Song (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Tine Gammeltoft – University of Copenhagen
    Discussant: sarah pinto – Tufts University
    Discussant: Scott Stonington – University of Michigan
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    710: Beyond the Draft: Universalism, Art, and Gender in the Sixth Republic of Korea’s Military System
    Organizer: Sunhong Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Sunhong Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Inhwa Kang (she/her/hers) – Department of Sociology, Kangwon National University
    Paper Presenter: Kazuki Morita (he/him/his) – Doshisha University
    Paper Presenter: Sunhong Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Discussant: Seungsook Moon – Vassar College
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    711: Making the Sacred Resonate: Interpreting Chinese Religious Art in International Classrooms, Galleries, and Museums
    Organizer: Lan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: James A. Benn (he/him/his) – McMaster University
    Paper Presenter: Lan Li (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Yongshan He – University of Winnipeg
    Paper Presenter: Fletcher Coleman (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Arlington
    Discussant: Chen Shen – Royal Ontario Museum
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    712: Mapping Territory in the Making: Cross-Border Cartographic Practices, Knowledge Politics, and Nation-Building in Modern China
    Organizer: Cruz (Wenhao) Guan (he/him/his) – Ohio State University
    Chair: James Millward – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Cruz (Wenhao) Guan (he/him/his) – Ohio State University
    Discussant: Nianshen Song – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Xue Zhang (she/her/hers) – Reed College
    Paper Presenter: Sijian Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Yu-chi Chang – Vassar College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    713: Medicine at the Margins: Rethinking the Production of Medical Knowledge in the Landscape of Resource Scarcity from Imperial to Modern China
    Organizer: Shumin Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Chair: Ming Tak Ted Hui (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Shumin Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Yinghua Luo (she/her/hers) – Nankai University
    Paper Presenter: Qi Dai (she/her/hers) – Sichuan University
    Discussant: Ming Tak Ted Hui (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    714: Sacred Forms and Embodied Resistance: Gender, Religion, and Cultural Expression in East Asia - Sponsored by Council of Conferences (COC)
    Organizer: Jooyoun Lee – St. Edward's University
    Chair: Patricia Welch – Hofstra University
    Paper Presenter: Emma Laube – University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Dah Kim – University of Georgia
    Paper Presenter: Raisa Stebbins – University of California, Los Angeles
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    715: Ships as In-Between Spaces in Asian and Pacific Waters, 1910s-1960s
    Organizer: Jiayi Tao (she/her/hers) – University of Vienna
    Chair: Jiayi Tao (she/her/hers) – University of Vienna
    Paper Presenter: Thomas M. Larkin (he/him/his) – University of Prince Edward Island
    Paper Presenter: Sophie-Jung Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Vienna
    Paper Presenter: Jiayi Tao (she/her/hers) – University of Vienna
    Paper Presenter: Fei'er Chen (she/her/hers) – Southeast University
    Discussant: Robert Bickers (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    716: Sonic Crossings: Reimagining Chinese Musical Traditions across Borders
    Organizer: Ming-yen Lee (she/her/hers) – University of the Arts Singapore
    Chair: Meredith Schweig (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Ming-yen Lee (she/her/hers) – University of the Arts Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Priscilla Tse (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
    Paper Presenter: Elynn Tan (she/her/hers) – Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Ya-Chen Lee – Nanhua University
    Discussant: Meredith Schweig (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    717: Rethinking Global Chinese Foodways
    Organizer: Seung-joon Lee (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Michelle T. King (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Seung-joon Lee (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Xinwei Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Helsinki
    Paper Presenter: Ying-Ying Tiffany Liu (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Paper Presenter: Xinran Wang (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Michelle T. King (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    720: Maritime Crossroads and Port Entanglements: Rethinking East and Southeast Asian Coastal Connections
    Organizer: Gary Luk (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Mung Ting Chung (she/her/hers) – University of Calgary
    Chair: Christopher Lupke (he/him/his) – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Nicolai Volland (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Catherine Phipps (she/her/hers) – University of Memphis
    Paper Presenter: Gary Luk (he/him/his) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Mung Ting Chung (she/her/hers) – University of Calgary
    Discussant: Madeline Hsu (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    721: Modernity from the Bottom Up: Managing Human Waste in East Asia
    Organizer: Xincheng Hou – Stanford University
    Chair: David L. Howell – Harvard University
    Discussant: Nicole Elizabeth Barnes – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Xincheng Hou – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Alexander Bay – Chapman University
    Paper Presenter: Jungha Hwang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    722: Near and Far: Cold War Cultural Exchanges Between East Asia, South Asia, and the Middle East
    Organizer: Karlee Bergendorff (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Chair: Peiyu Yang (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Paper Presenter: Karlee Bergendorff (she/her/hers) – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Paper Presenter: Peiyu Yang (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Paper Presenter: Elisheva A. Perelman (she/her/hers) – College of Saint Benedict & Saint John’s University
    Paper Presenter: Nicole Cox (she/her/hers) – Whitman College
    Discussant: Janice Jeong (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Taeyoung Kim (he/him/his) – Loughborough University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    723: Trespassing Colonial Boundaries: Gender, Morality, and Knowledge Production in Twentieth Century Malaya
    Organizer: Kuan Huai Pa (she/they) – King's College London
    Chair: Alison Fong (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Timothy Tan (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Alison Fong (she/her/hers) – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Rong Mu (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Kuan Huai Pa (she/they) – King's College London
    Discussant: Nhung Tran (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    724: Nanjing’s Literary Layers: Constructing, Curating, and Recalling the Literary Legacy of the Southern Capital
    Organizer: Benjamin Ridgway – Swarthmore College
    Chair: Ping Wang (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Kay Duffy (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Benjamin Ridgway – Swarthmore College
    Paper Presenter: Mengling Wang (she/her/hers) – Colgate University
    Discussant: Andrew Chittick (he/him/his) – Eckerd College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    725: Negotiating Legitimacy in Tang and Song China: Tradition, Innovation, Identity - Sponsored by T'ang Studies Society
    Organizer: Xiaojing Miao (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Dominic J. Toscano – Oberlin College
    Chair: Dominic J. Toscano – Oberlin College
    Paper Presenter: Anthony DeBlasi – University at Albany, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Xiaojing Miao (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Dominic J. Toscano – Oberlin College
    Paper Presenter: Qian Jia (she/her/hers) – Defense Language Institute
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    726: Corpus-based Approaches to Japanese Language Teaching: What We Do Is Not What We Think We Do
    Organizer: Michiko Kaneyasu – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Tsuyoshi Ono – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Michiko Kaneyasu – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Miyabi Ozawa – Clemson University
    Paper Presenter: Tsuyoshi Ono – University of Alberta
    Co-Presenter: Ryoko Suzuki – Keio University
    Discussant: Noriko Iwasaki – Nanzan University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    727: Imagining the “East” in Medieval and Early Modern Japanese Theater
    Organizer: Rachele Mansi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Satoko Shimazaki (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Maho Miyazaki (she/her/hers) – Hosei University
    Paper Presenter: Rachele Mansi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Mariko Okada (she/her/hers) – J. F. Oberlin University
    Paper Presenter: Misa Umetada (she/her/hers) – Ochanomizu University
    Discussant: Satoko Shimazaki (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    728: Paper Publics: Mediums and Social Transitions in Popular Prints of Early Modern Japan
    Organizer: Jingyi Li (she/her/hers) – Occidental College
    Chair: Jingyi Li (she/her/hers) – Occidental College
    Paper Presenter: Michael Toole (he/him/his) – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Fumiko Kobayashi (she/her/hers) – Hosei University
    Paper Presenter: Jingyi Li (she/her/hers) – Occidental College
    Paper Presenter: Joseph Bills (he/him/his) – Peter Harrington Rare Books
    Discussant: Laura Moretti – University of Cambridge
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    730: Becoming (In)Visible: Gendered Work and Reproductive Politics from Republican to Post-Socialist China
    Organizer: Ruochen Cao (they/them/theirs) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chair: Margaret M. Tillman (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Discussant: Margaret M. Tillman (she/her/hers) – Purdue University
    Paper Presenter: Ruochen Cao (they/them/theirs) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Paper Presenter: Yiqun Mao (she/her/hers) – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Xinyang Zhou (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Charlotte Pu (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    731: Spiritual Fronts: Christianities and the Long Cold War in Asia
    Organizer: Paul S. Cha – George Mason University
    Chair: Sonja M. Kim (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Paul S. Cha – George Mason University
    Discussant: Sonja M. Kim (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Myung-Sahm Suh – Sogang University
    Paper Presenter: Simon Lam – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Joshua Hong Yi Tan – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Neena Mahadev – Duke University
    Northeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    733: Performativity in Sinophone Translation and Adaptation
    Organizer: Elaine Wong (she/her/hers) – Trinity University
    Chair: Wen-chi Li (he/him/his) – University of Bern
    Paper Presenter: Elaine Wong (she/her/hers) – Trinity University
    Paper Presenter: Rosa Lombardi (she/her/hers) – Roma Tre University
    Paper Presenter: Silvia Schiavi (she/her/hers) – G. D'Annunzio University
    Paper Presenter: Chris Song (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Discussant: Jessica Tsui-yan T. Li (she/her/hers) – York University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    734: (Non) Return of the Diaspora
    Organizer: Ga Eun Cho (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Chair: Minjeong Kim (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Discussant: Maria Cecilia C. Hwang – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Ga Eun Cho (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Paper Presenter: Soojung Kim (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University, GSIS
    Paper Presenter: Masahiro Jinhee Lee (he/him/his) – Doshisha University
    Paper Presenter: Min Jee Lee (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Northeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    735: Social Futurity: Creativity, Development, and Rethinking “Modern” Vietnamese Arts and Sciences (Part 1: Scientific Imaginaries and the Promise of Progress)
    Organizer: Shani Tra (she/her/hers) – University of California, Riverside
    Chair: Sarah G. Grant – California State University, Fullerton
    Paper Presenter: Shani Tra (she/her/hers) – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Phuc Le – University of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Paper Presenter: Allen Tran – Bucknell University
    Paper Presenter: Sarah G. Grant – California State University, Fullerton
    Southeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    737: The Refiguration of Cybernetics in Cold War Asia: Computing, Energy, and the Masses
    Organizer: Yuji Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Anna Greenspan – New York University Shanghai
    Discussant: Anna Greenspan – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Benoit Berthelier – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Grant Jun Otsuki (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Yuji Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    738: The Weakest Link: Women and the Marriage Bond in Early Modern East Asia
    Organizer: Ihor O. Pidhainy – Georgia Gwinnett College
    Chair: Ihor O. Pidhainy – Georgia Gwinnett College
    Discussant: Ihor O. Pidhainy – Georgia Gwinnett College
    Paper Presenter: Mark McNally – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    Paper Presenter: Kuan Liu – University of Minnesota
    Paper Presenter: Ye Yuan – Oberlin College
    Paper Presenter: Sookja Cho – Arizona State University
    Discussant: Jungwon Kim – Columbia University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    740: Unruly Subjects or Cooperative Imperial Agents: Conflicting Christian Identities in Interwar and Wartime East Asia
    Organizer: Bo Tao (he/him/his) – Chiba University
    Chair: Emily Anderson (she/her/hers) – Japanese American National Museum
    Paper Presenter: Hannah Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Delaware
    Paper Presenter: Sun Yong Lee (she/her/hers) – Princeton Theological Seminary
    Paper Presenter: Bo Tao (he/him/his) – Chiba University
    Paper Presenter: Xin Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Alberta & University of Northern British Columbia
    Discussant: Emily Anderson (she/her/hers) – Japanese American National Museum
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    741: “Bad” People in the People’s Republic of China: Criminals, Enemies, and Villains under Mao
    Organizer: Puck Engman (he/him/his) – University of California, Berkeley
    Organizer: Damian Mandzunowski (he/him/his) – Heidelberg University
    Chair: Haiyan Lee (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Wenqing Kang (he/him/his) – Cleveland State University
    Paper Presenter: Puck Engman (he/him/his) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Aminda Smith (she/her/hers) – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Damian Mandzunowski (he/him/his) – Heidelberg University
    Discussant: Yiwen Yvon Wang (he/they) – University of Toronto
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    742: Neural Networks and the Making of “Intelligence” in East Asia, 1980s-2020s
    Organizer: Jianqing Chen (she/her/hers) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Chair: Jonathan E. Abel – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Jianqing Chen (she/her/hers) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Paper Presenter: David Humphrey (he/they) – Michigan State University
    Paper Presenter: Zina Wang (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Jonathan E. Abel – Pennsylvania State University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    743: People’s Republic of Bureaucracy: The Politics of Classification and Personnel in the Chinese State
    Organizer: Kevin Luo – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Juan Wang – McGill University
    Discussant: Juan Wang – McGill University
    Discussant: Daniel Leese – University of Freiburg
    Paper Presenter: Yi Lu – Dartmouth College
    Paper Presenter: Katharin Tai – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Luo – University of Minnesota
    Paper Presenter: Mike Thompson-Brusstar – Trinity College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    744: Transformative Care: Toward Embodied, Ethnic, and Posthuman Reimaginings of Care in Asian and Asian American Contexts
    Organizer: Yanjie Wang – Loyola Marymount University
    Organizer: Xiangu Qi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Chair: Yanjie Wang – Loyola Marymount University
    Paper Presenter: Peijie Mao – ShanghaiTech University
    Paper Presenter: Yanjie Wang – Loyola Marymount University
    Paper Presenter: Yunwen Gao – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Xiangu Qi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Discussant: Ping Zhu (she/her/hers) – University of California, San Diego
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    745: Personnel Management and Political Reform in Early Nineteenth-Century China
    Organizer: Daniel Knorr (he/him/his) – Illinois State University
    Chair: David Porter (he/him/his) – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel Knorr (he/him/his) – Illinois State University
    Paper Presenter: Yueran Hou (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Amy Gordanier (she/her/hers) – College of Charleston
    Discussant: David Porter (he/him/his) – McGill University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    746: Poetics and Politics in the “Rebirth” of China’s Northeastern Rust Belt
    Organizer: Dong Liu (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Xingming Wang (he/him/his) – Duke University
    Chair: Dong Liu (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Wen Xie (she/her/hers) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Siyu Tang – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Xingming Wang (he/him/his) – Duke University
    Paper Presenter: Dong Liu (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Hongzhe Wang – Peking University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    747: Policing PRC Universities, Ku’er Autoethnography as Resistance
    Organizer: Heng Wang (she/they) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Shana Ye (she/they) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Heng Wang (she/they) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Zihan Lin (she/they) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Zhuhao Yang (they/any except he) – Waseda University
    Co-Presenter: Yuhan Liu (she/her) – Sorbonne University
    Co-Presenter: Zhenyi Zhang (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Zhuang Xu (he/they) – Tsinghua University
    Discussant: Ian Liujia Tian (he/him/his) – Mount Saint Vincent University
    Discussant: Jingjing Huang (she/her/hers) – University of Manchester
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    748: Qing History Reimagined: Margins, Agency, and Hidden Actors
    Organizer: Yan Hon Michael Chung (he/him/his) – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Chair: Yan Hon Michael Chung (he/him/his) – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Chong Li (he/him/his) – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    Paper Presenter: Jun Chen (he/him/his) – Renmin University
    Paper Presenter: Ian Huen (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Cameron Campbell – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    East & Inner Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    749: Transport Tokyo: Labor, Automobility, and Commuting in the Transwar Metropolis
    Organizer: Brian Rogers (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Chair: Brian Rogers (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Trent Maxey (he/him/his) – Amherst College
    Paper Presenter: Brian Rogers (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Kate McDonald (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Discussant: Eiko Maruko Siniawer (she/her/hers) – Williams College
    Northeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    750: Visual Representations and Cold War Childhoods in East Asia: Trauma, Translation, and the Progressive Child
    Organizer: Andrea Mei-Ying Wu (she/her/hers) – National Cheng Kung University
    Chair: Emma Teng (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Michelle Chan (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Sooyeon Lee (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Andrea Mei-Ying Wu (she/her/hers) – National Cheng Kung University
    Discussant: Dafna Zur (she/her/hers) – Stanford University
    Northeast Asia
  • 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
    PS5: Poster Session #5
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    801: Threshold Bodies: Care, Spectacle, and Witness in Chinese Buddhism
    Organizer: Echo Weng – Princeton University
    Chair: Kelly Carlton – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Wan-Chun Chiu – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Nelson Elliott Landry – University of Hamburg
    Paper Presenter: Echo Weng – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Hsin-Yi Lin – Fo Guang University
    Discussant: James A. Benn (he/him/his) – McMaster University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    802: Transcultural Theater as Cultural Reclamation: Rewriting Identities in Sinophone Performance
    Organizer: Wah Guan Lim (he/him/his) – National Chung Hsing University
    Chair: Wah Guan Lim (he/him/his) – National Chung Hsing University
    Paper Presenter: Wah Guan Lim (he/him/his) – National Chung Hsing University
    Paper Presenter: Shelby Kar-yan Chan (she/her/hers) – Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Liang Luo (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Paper Presenter: Jon von Kowallis (he/him/his) – University of New South Wales
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    803: Transnationalizing Hong Kong in Cold War Asia
    Organizer: Tracy Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Bristol
    Chair: Angelina Chin – Pomona College
    Paper Presenter: Tracy Leung (she/her/hers) – University of Bristol
    Paper Presenter: John M. Carroll – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Chi Keung Charles Fung (he/him/his) – Stony Brook University
    Discussant: Leo K. Shin – University of British Columbia
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    804: Unexpected, Unwanted, Unspoken: The Margins of Reproduction in Mid-to-Late Imperial China
    Organizer: Tianyu Shi (they/them/theirs) – University of Hamburg
    Organizer: Chun Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Chair: Fei Deng (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
    Discussant: Ann Waltner (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Paper Presenter: Tianyu Shi (they/them/theirs) – University of Hamburg
    Paper Presenter: Chun Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Paper Presenter: Young Kim (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Paper Presenter: Shiau-Yun Chen (she/her/hers) – Ball State University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    805: Unmaking and Making Medical Facts: Rethinking “Scientific Medicine” in 19th–20th-Century China
    Organizer: Jingwen Li – Princeton University
    Organizer: Daisy Yunshi Liang – York University
    Chair: Marta E. Hanson (she/her/hers) – Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
    Discussant: Shigehisa Kuriyama – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: David Luesink (he/him/his) – Sacred Heart University
    Co-Presenter: Emily Graf – University of Tübingen
    Paper Presenter: Jingwen Li – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Daisy Yunshi Liang – York University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    806: Visions of a Better Tomorrow: Utopian Dreams in Late Classical and Early Imperial China
    Organizer: Keith Knapp (he/him/his) – The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
    Chair: Václav Algirdas Zheng (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    Paper Presenter: Keith Knapp (he/him/his) – The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina
    Paper Presenter: Liang Cai – University of Notre Dame
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Balkwill (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Lisa Indraccolo (she/her/hers) – Tallinn University
    Discussant: Václav Algirdas Zheng (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    807: Visual Orders and Cultural Shifts: Reimagining Himalayan Art across Religion, Politics, and Modernity
    Organizer: Qianru He – Nanyang Technological University
    Chair: Anshu Hu (she/her/hers) – Wuhan University of Technology
    Paper Presenter: Jing He – Tibet Thangka Art and Culture Association
    Paper Presenter: Qian Zhang – Hubei Museum of Art
    Paper Presenter: Yuechen Wang (she/her/hers) – Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Yuhan Zhang (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Discussant: Wenxin Hao (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Discussant: Tianyi Chen – Heidelberg University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    808: Wang Guowei and the Conundrums of Freedom in Modern China
    Organizer: Viren Murthy – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Axel Schneider – Göttingen University
    Paper Presenter: Yiqun Zhou – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Laikwan Pang – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Kuan-yun Huang (he/him/his) – Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
    Discussant: Axel Schneider – Göttingen University
    Paper Presenter: Viren Murthy – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    809: War and Its Medical Remediation: Destroying and Healing the Body in East Asia
    Organizer: Barend Noordam – Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
    Chair: Robin Yates – McGill University
    Discussant: Robin Yates – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Barend Noordam – Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Baihui Duan – Lancaster University
    Paper Presenter: Yi-Li Wu (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Hugh Shapiro – University of Nevada, Reno
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    810: Rethinking Professionalization in Traditional East Asian Performances
    Organizer: Yu Shi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Andrea S. Goldman (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Yu Shi (she/her/hers) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Jiacheng Liu – University of Northern Colorado
    Paper Presenter: Barbara Geilhorn – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Marco Di Francesco – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Peng Xu (she/her/hers) – ShanghaiTech University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    811: Between the State and Market: Practices of Meaning-Making in Contemporary China
    Chair: Maria Repnikova (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University
    Individual Paper Presenter: Leyun He (she/her/hers) – Queen's University Belfast
    Individual Paper Presenter: Ziyi Yu (she/her/hers) – The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Presenting Author: XINYI YIN – King's College London
    Presenting Author: Colin Y. Yang (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
    Presenting Author: Yuping Zhang (she/her/hers) – Lehigh University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    812: Community Revitalization Strategies across Asia: How Can We Make Communities Resilient against Challenges?
    Organizer: Hiroaki Kawamura (he/him/his) – University of Findlay
    Chair: Hiroaki Kawamura (he/him/his) – University of Findlay
    Paper Presenter: Hiroaki Kawamura (he/him/his) – University of Findlay
    Paper Presenter: Christopher Thompson (he/him/his) – Ohio University
    Paper Presenter: Hien Nguyen TM (she/her/hers) – Dalat University
    Paper Presenter: Thi Viet Phuong Dang (she/her/hers) – Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
    Discussant: Thanh Tung Son – University of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    813: Comparative Historiography Across Asia: Scribal Traditions and Recordkeeping
    Organizer: Jeffrey Kotyk – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
    Chair: Victor Mair (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Diana Shuheng Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Sattar Salam (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Jeffrey Kotyk – Max Planck Institute for the History of Science
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    814: Configuring Space, Constructing Community: Twentieth-Century Sinophone Cultural Circulation between China and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Robert J. Culp (he/him/his) – Bard College
    Chair: Nicolai Volland (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Robert J. Culp (he/him/his) – Bard College
    Discussant: Nicolai Volland (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Keng We Koh (he/him/his) – Zhengzhou University
    Paper Presenter: Sabrina Yunzhu Tao (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong Shue Yan University
    Paper Presenter: Lanjun Xu (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    816: Contested Grounds: Artistic Expressions of Landscape Amid Crisis in Modern and Contemporary Asia
    Organizer: Sarah Combredet (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Chair: Kuiyi Shen (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Renjie Yuwen (she/her/hers) – University of Alabama, Birmingham
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Combredet (she/her/hers) – Université Laval
    Paper Presenter: Prerana Das (she/her/hers) – Queen's University
    Discussant: Christopher N. Payne (he/him/his) – University of Toronto Scarborough
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    817: Cooperation and Competition in the Indo-Pacific
    Organizer: Claudia Junghyun Kim (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Organizer: Gabrielle Cheung (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Chair: Gabrielle Cheung (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Claudia Junghyun Kim (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Saori N. Katada – University of Southern California
    Discussant: Yves Tiberghien – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Taku Tamaki (he/him/his) – Loughborough University
    Paper Presenter: Kei Koga – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Gabrielle Cheung (she/her/hers) – City University of Hong Kong
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    820: Multimodal AI and Its Making of Asian Media Histories
    Organizer: Yedong Sh-Chen – Harvard University
    Chair: Praseeda Gopinath – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Yedong Sh-Chen – Harvard University
    Discussant: Praseeda Gopinath – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Junting Huang – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Manaswi Mishra – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Digital Technology
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    821: (Re)writing Malaysian Histories: Contestations, Identities, and Epistemologies
    Organizer: Bowen Liao – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Bowen Liao – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Bowen Liao – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Zeli Cheng (she/her/hers) – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Shiyu Fan – Tsinghua University
    Discussant: Allan Pang (he/him/his) – University of Bristol
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    822: A Narrative of Their Own: Decolonizing Cold War Narratives of Thailand
    Organizer: Wasana Wongsurawat (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Chair: Wasana Wongsurawat (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Tamara Loos (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Wasana Wongsurawat (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Tharita Intanam (she/her/hers) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Pattajit Tangsinmunkong (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Discussant: Naoko Shimazu (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    823: Against the Tide: Agency in Volatile Times for Southeast Asia - Sponsored by SEAC Rising Voices
    Organizer: Nhu Truong (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Organizer: Vilashini Somiah (she/her/hers) – University of Malaya
    Chair: Taomo Zhou (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Linh Khanh Pham (she/her/hers) – Vietnam National University of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Paper Presenter: Ponpavi Sangsuradej – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Len Ang – Australian National University
    Paper Presenter: Jay Rome O. de los Santos (he/him/his) – Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology
    Discussant: Taomo Zhou (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    824: Art, Ideology, and Diplomacy: Cultural Cold War in East and Southeast Asia
    Organizer: Morragotwong Phumplab (she/her/hers) – Thammasat University
    Chair: Morragotwong Phumplab (she/her/hers) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Morragotwong Phumplab (she/her/hers) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Fei Su (she/her/hers) – Fudan University
    Paper Presenter: Sujane Kanparit (he/him/his) – Chiang Mai University
    Discussant: Beiyu Zhang (she/her/hers) – Jinan University
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    826: The Burden of Memory
    Organizer: Jamelah Jacob (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Chair: Jamelah Jacob (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Jamelah Jacob (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Paul Jason Perez – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Kariza Ysabelle B. Nolasco (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Gabbie Mangaser (she/her/hers) – Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
    Discussant: Rick Bonus (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    827: New Approaches to Colonial Archives in South Asian Digital Humanities
    Organizer: Christina Welsch (she/her/hers) – College of Wooster
    Organizer: Margaret Schotte (she/her/hers) – York University
    Chair: Guldana Salimjan (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto Scarborough
    Paper Presenter: Christina Welsch (she/her/hers) – College of Wooster
    Paper Presenter: Margaret Schotte (she/her/hers) – York University
    Paper Presenter: Amardeep Singh (he/him/his) – Lehigh University
    Paper Presenter: Dhanashree Thorat (she/her/hers) – Mississippi State University
    South Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    828: New Routes to South Asian Queer Diasporas: Belonging, Desire, and Aesthetics
    Organizer: Rohit Dasgupta (he/him/his) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Organizer: Sara Shroff – University of Waterloo
    Chair: Rohit Dasgupta (he/him/his) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Rohit Dasgupta (he/him/his) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Sara Shroff – University of Waterloo
    Paper Presenter: Rasel Ahmed – Ohio State University
    Discussant: Naveen Minai (she/her/hers) – Wesleyan University
    Paper Presenter: Soumyaseema Mandal – Royal Holloway, University of London
    South Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    829: Cultural Networks of Socialist Internationalism in Cold War Asia and the Global South - Sponsored by AAS East and Inner Asia Council (EIAC)
    Organizer: Emily Wilcox (she/her/hers) – William & Mary
    Chair: Emily Wilcox (she/her/hers) – William & Mary
    Paper Presenter: Elisabeth Armstrong (she/her/hers) – Smith College
    Paper Presenter: Wildan Sena Utama (he/him/his) – Universitas Gadjah Mada
    Paper Presenter: Ling Zhang – SUNY Purchase
    Paper Presenter: Emily Wilcox (she/her/hers) – William & Mary
    Discussant: Thiti Jamkajornkeiat – University of Victoria
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    830: Geospatial Remapping: Transcultural Media Aesthetics and Practices Across the Sinosphere
    Organizer: Yijiao Guo (he/him/his) – King's College London
    Chair: Paola Iovene – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Paola Iovene – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Xiaolu Ma (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Paper Presenter: Yijiao Guo (he/him/his) – King's College London
    Paper Presenter: Shiqi Lin (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Erin Y. Huang (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    831: The Body in Japanese Visual Media during the Asia-Pacific War, 1931-1945
    Organizer: Kari Shepherdson-Scott (she/her/hers) – Macalester College
    Chair: Kari Shepherdson-Scott (she/her/hers) – Macalester College
    Discussant: Maki Kaneko (she/her/hers) – University of Kansas
    Paper Presenter: Klaus J. Friese (he/him/his) – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Paper Presenter: Jorinde Wels (she/her/hers) – KU Leuven
    Paper Presenter: Hanae Kramer (she/her/hers) – University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    833: Technopolitics with Chinese Characteristics: Technological Modernization through Central Governance and Distributed Practice
    Organizer: Lufei Wu – University of Sydney
    Chair: Tianle Huang – Communication University of China
    Paper Presenter: Lufei Wu – University of Sydney
    Paper Presenter: Yuxin Jia – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Ling Ding – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Yiqing Chen – University of Manchester
    Discussant: Yiming Qian – Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Discussant: Ji You – Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    834: The Aquatic Frontier in Late Imperial and Modern China
    Organizer: Xiaofei Gao (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Denver
    Organizer: Martin Fromm – Worcester State University
    Chair: Stevan Harrell – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Richard Yu-Cheng Shih (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Rui Liu – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Xiaofei Gao (she/her/hers) – University of Colorado Denver
    Paper Presenter: Martin Fromm – Worcester State University
    Discussant: Micah Muscolino – University of California, San Diego
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    836: Social Futurity: Creativity, Development, and Rethinking “Modern” Vietnamese Arts and Sciences (Part 2: Artistic Futures and the Limits of Creativity)
    Organizer: Tara Westmor (she/her/hers) – University of California, Riverside
    Chair: Chi Yen Ha – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Tara Westmor (she/her/hers) – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Le-Na Dao – University of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Paper Presenter: Chi Yen Ha – University of California, Riverside
    Discussant: Ann Marie Leshkowich – College of the Holy Cross
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    837: Relational Methodologies: Ghosts, Memories, and Voices from Okinawa and the Japanese Diaspora
    Organizer: Ruikun Chen (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Organizer: Ayaka Yoshimizu – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Ayaka Yoshimizu – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Ruikun Chen (he/him/his) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Niina Takemoto – Ochanomizu University
    Paper Presenter: Chie Ikeya – Rutgers University
    Paper Presenter: Ayaka Yoshimizu – University of British Columbia
    Co-Presenter: Ying Han – University of British Columbia
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    838: Tibet in a Transregional Frame
    Chair: Ya Zuo
    Presenting Author: James A. Moallem (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Presenting Author: FNU Wangmu – Columbia University
    Presenting Author: Yingxin Li (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Presenting Author: Hanung Kim (he/him/his) – Korea University
    Presenting Author: Yijun Li (she/her/hers) – Huazhong University of Science and Technology/University of Washington,
    East & Inner Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    839: On Identity and Citizenship
    Chair: Rama Mantena (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago
    Presenting Author: Raka Shome (she/her/hers) – Villanova University
    Presenting Author: Jamphel Shonu (he/him/his) – Pennsylvania State University
    Presenting Author: Daniel Waqar (he/him/his) – Tufts University
    Presenting Author: Zayana Nasir (she/her/hers) – Jamia Millia Islamia University
    Presenting Author: Gargi Aleaz (she/her/hers) – Prairie View A&M University
    Presenting Author: K Esther Vaiphei (she/her/hers) – Manipur University
    South Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    840: The Longue Durée of Social Movements in Japan: Legacies, Memories, Continuities
    Organizer: Ayako Kano (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Chair: Ayako Kano (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Discussant: Keyao Pan (he/him/his) – Florida International University
    Paper Presenter: Hiroe Saruya (she/her/hers) – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Junxiao Leng (she/her/hers) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Caitlin Adkins (she/her/hers) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Patrick Carland-Echavarria (he/him/his) – University of Oxford
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    841: Intersecting Forces of Coloniality: Legal, Ideological, and Institutional Transformations in Taiwan and Korea
    Organizer: Ji Hyun Park (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University
    Chair: Louise Young – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Sueun Chae (he/him/his) – Syracuse University
    Paper Presenter: Yun Lin (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Ji Hyun Park (she/her/hers) – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Kuo-Yu Chiang (he/him/his) – Academia Sinica
    Discussant: Hajin Jun – University of Washington
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    842: The Sacred Landscape in Medieval Japan
    Organizer: Steffani Bennett (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Talia Andrei – Wesleyan University
    Paper Presenter: María Salvador (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Daniel Borengasser (he/him/his) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Paper Presenter: Steffani Bennett (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    843: The Work of Jest: Humor, Genre, and Social Critique in Japanese Literature and Performance
    Organizer: Ariel Stilerman – Stanford University
    Chair: Ariel Stilerman – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Ariel Stilerman – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Selina Wang (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Saranya Choochotkaew (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Paper Presenter: Indra Levy – Stanford University
    Discussant: Haruo Shirane – Columbia University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    844: Translation as Power: Knowledge, Media, Industry, and Governance from the Japanese Empire to the Cold War
    Organizer: Jie He (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Organizer: Erin M. Newton (she/her/hers) – Knox College
    Chair: William Marotti (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Jie He (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Paper Presenter: Erin M. Newton (she/her/hers) – Knox College
    Paper Presenter: Nathan Ciulla (he/him/his) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Discussant: Jessa Dahl (she/her/hers) – JapanLab
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    845: Trespassing Sounds: The Circulation of Japanese Music Across Cultural Fields
    Organizer: Luca Proietti – SOAS University of London
    Chair: Herb L. Fondevilla – Rikkyo University
    Paper Presenter: Garrett Groesbeck (he/him/his) – Wesleyan University
    Paper Presenter: Luca Proietti – SOAS University of London
    Paper Presenter: Matthieu Stepec (he/him/his) – University of Bergen
    Paper Presenter: Katherine Mezur – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Herb L. Fondevilla – Rikkyo University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    847: Marginalization, Violence, and Conflicts
    Chair: Eunsook Jung – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Presenting Author: Mehnaaz Momen (she/her/hers) – Texas A&M International University
    Presenting Author: Sopanha Bunthoeun (he/him/his) – Seoul National University
    Presenting Author: Andrea Pressello – National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
    Presenting Author: Paul Chambers (he/him/his) – ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
    Individual Paper Co-Presenter: Napisa Waitoolkiat – Naresuan University
    Presenting Author: Virginia Shih – University of California, Berkeley
    Presenting Author: Julia Byl – Univeristy of Alberta
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    848: Hunting, Authority, and Animal Symbolism in Korea
    Organizer: Rebekah Clements (she/her/hers) – Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
    Chair: Rebekah Clements (she/her/hers) – Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
    Discussant: Lisa Yoshikawa (she/her/hers) – Hobart and William Smith Colleges
    Discussant: George Kallander – Syracuse University
    Paper Presenter: Hyunju Lee – Ajou University
    Paper Presenter: Eugene Y. Park (he/him/his) – University of Nevada, Reno
    Paper Presenter: Rebekah Clements (she/her/hers) – Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies
    Paper Presenter: Joseph Seeley (he/him/his) – University of Virginia
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    849: Korean Diaspora of the Highly Skilled: Examining Migration Channels, Resources, and Discourses
    Organizer: Minjeong Kim (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Chair: Minjeong Kim (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Paper Presenter: Minjeong Kim (she/her/hers) – San Diego State University
    Paper Presenter: Hyunji Kwon – Seoul National University
    Co-Presenter: Joonkoo Lee – Hanyang University
    Paper Presenter: Ilju Kim – Sophia University
    Co-Presenter: Sung-Chul Noh – Hitotsubashi University
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    850: K-pop Fandom(s) and Authenticity: When Fans Control the Narrative
    Organizer: Mathieu T. Berbiguier (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Chair: Mathieu T. Berbiguier (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Paper Presenter: Stephanie Choi – University of Colorado Boulder
    Paper Presenter: Areum Jeong (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: So Yoon Lee (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Mathieu T. Berbiguier (he/him/his) – Carnegie Mellon University
    Discussant: Donna Kwon (she/her/hers) – University of Kentucky
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    851: Negotiating Democracy and Power on the Korean Peninsula
    Organizer: Sojin Lim (she/her/hers) – University of Lancashire
    Chair: Sojin Lim (she/her/hers) – University of Lancashire
    Paper Presenter: Sojin Lim (she/her/hers) – University of Lancashire
    Paper Presenter: Hannes Mosler (he/him/his) – University of Duisburg-Essen
    Paper Presenter: Marco Milani (he/him/his) – University of Bologna
    Paper Presenter: Kevin Gray (he/him/his) – University of Sussex
    Discussant: Hyung Gu Lynn (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Northeast Asia-Korea Focused
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    852: Values in Action: Rethinking Democracy and Conflict Resolution through Engaged Anthropology in the Philippines
    Organizer: Jessica Sandra R. Claudio (she/her/hers) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Chair: Enrique Nino P. Leviste (he/him/his) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Paper Presenter: Jessica Sandra R. Claudio (she/her/hers) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Co-Presenter: Enrique Nino P. Leviste (he/him/his) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Paper Presenter: Beatriz C. Beato (she/her/hers) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Co-Presenter: Haraya Marikit C. Mendoza (she/her/hers) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Paper Presenter: Patria Luwalhati D. Garcia (she/her/hers) – Ateneo de Manila University
    Southeast Asia
  • 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM PDT
    PS6: Poster Session #6
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    902: Textures of History in Premodern South Asian Literature in Punjab, Kashmir, and the Himalayas, 12th-19th Centuries
    Organizer: Sloane Geddes (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Sloane Geddes (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Sloane Geddes (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Julie Vig – York University
    Paper Presenter: Luther Obrock – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jvala Singh – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Naveena Naqvi – University of British Columbia
    South Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    905: Imagining Urban Futures from Colonial to Postcolonial Asia: Temporality, Materiality, and Solidarity
    Organizer: Sabrina Teng-io Chung (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Organizer: Tsuguta Yamashita (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Chair: Christina Schwenkel – University of California, Riverside
    Paper Presenter: Sabrina Teng-io Chung (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Tsuguta Yamashita (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Discussant: Se-Mi Oh – University of Michigan
    Discussant: Diana J.S. Martinez – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Banu Kaygusuz Tezel – University of Toronto
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    906: Institutions, Practices, and Engagements in Interstate Relations across Eurasia, 1200-1800
    Organizer: King Kwong Wong (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: YuanChong Wang (he/him/his) – University of Delaware
    Paper Presenter: Sharon Z. Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Pittsburgh
    Paper Presenter: King Kwong Wong (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Lok Yin Law (he/him/his) – Education University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Wei Cui (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Discussant: Tonio Andrade (he/him/his) – Emory University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    907: Inter-imperial Sinoglossia: Contemporary Literature and Transmedia Practices
    Organizer: Hui Chien Ngoi (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Chair: Soon Yi Poon (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Junlin Ma (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Soon Yi Poon (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Wenxin Liang (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Hui Chien Ngoi (he/him/his) – University of Southern California
    Discussant: Helen Leung (she/her/hers) – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Chris Song (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    908: The Nation Overseas: Language and Institutions among the Republic of China’s Diasporas in the U.S., Southeast Asia, and Latin America
    Organizer: Jeffrey Weng – National Taiwan University
    Chair: Madeline Hsu (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Paper Presenter: Jeffrey Weng – National Taiwan University
    Paper Presenter: Justin Wu – California State University, Sacramento
    Paper Presenter: Shaun Yi Xian Lee – National University of Singapore
    Discussant: Madeline Hsu (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, College Park
    Paper Presenter: Zetong Xiao (he/him/his) – Complutense University of Madrid
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    909: Conceptions of the Human in Human Rights Struggles in Southeast Asia
    Organizer: John Roosa (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Erik M. Kuhonta – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Tyrell Haberkorn – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Teilhard Paradela (they/them/theirs)
    Paper Presenter: John Roosa (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Jane M. Ferguson (she/her/hers) – Australian National University
    Southeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    910: Worldmaking in Chinese Cities—Between Local Connections and Transnational Ties
    Organizer: Björn Alpermann (he/him/his) – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
    Chair: Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla (she/her/hers) – Freie Universität Berlin
    Paper Presenter: Ruoxi Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Michael Malzer (he/him/his) – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
    Paper Presenter: Angela Man Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Björn Alpermann (he/him/his) – Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
    Co-Presenter: Vivien Markert (she/her/hers) – University of Tübingen
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    911: Narrative Transformations: Wrinkles in Time and Space in Noh
    Organizer: Elizabeth Oyler – University of Pittsburgh
    Chair: Elizabeth Oyler – University of Pittsburgh
    Discussant: Elizabeth Oyler – University of Pittsburgh
    Paper Presenter: Susan Blakeley Klein – University of California, Irvine
    Paper Presenter: Matthew Chudnow – Central Connecticut State University
    Paper Presenter: Taro Yokoyama (he/him/his) – Rikkyo University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    912: Out of Sync: Emotional Rhythms and Dissonance in Japanese Texts and Spaces
    Organizer: Oliver White (he/him/they/them) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Chair: Naomi Chi – Hokkaido University
    Paper Presenter: Ekaterina (Kate) Komova (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Oliver White (he/him/they/them) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Paper Presenter: Edward Boyle (he/him/his) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Discussant: Ashton Lazarus (he/him/his) – University of Utah
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    913: Enlivening Buddhist Heritage—Part I: Conjunctures of Devotion, Care and Loss
    Organizer: David Geary (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Organizer: Rani Singh (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: Rani Singh (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Paride Stortini – Ghent University
    Paper Presenter: Paulina Kolata (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Napakadol Kittisenee (he/him/his) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Anna Karlström – Uppsala University
    Discussant: Justin McDaniel – University of Pennsylvania
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    914: Embracing Animals to Face Modern and Postmodern Upheavals in East Asia
    Organizer: Martin Blahota (he/him/his) – Czech Academy of Sciences
    Chair: Hans Martin Krämer (he/him/his) – University of Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Hans Martin Krämer (he/him/his) – University of Heidelberg
    Paper Presenter: Kumiko McDowell (she/her/hers) – University of Oregon
    Paper Presenter: Martin Blahota (he/him/his) – Czech Academy of Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Robin Visser (she/her/hers) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Discussant: W. Puck Brecher – Washington State University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    915: Engineering Asia 2.0: Technology Synthesis, Socialist Adaptation, and Non-Aligned Development
    Organizer: Hongyun Lyu – University of Toronto
    Organizer: AIJIE Shi – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Chair: Victor Seow (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Sung Soo Lee – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: AIJIE Shi – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Taylor Coplen – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Hongyun Lyu – University of Toronto
    Discussant: Hiromi Mizuno (she/her/hers) – University of Minnesota
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    916: Public Empire/Private Wor(l)ds: Reading Imperial Japan through Modern Verse
    Organizer: Jeffrey Angles (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University
    Chair: Jeffrey Angles (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University
    Paper Presenter: Jeffrey Angles (he/him/his) – Western Michigan University
    Paper Presenter: Andrew Campana – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Rina Kikuchi (she/her/hers) – University of Shiga
    Paper Presenter: Marianne Tarcov – McGill University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    917: Global China, Global Influencers: Analyzing a Globalizing China Through China’s Globally Mobile Influencers
    Organizer: Carwyn Morris (he/him/his) – SOAS University of London
    Chair: Carwyn Morris (he/him/his) – SOAS University of London
    Discussant: Carwyn Morris (he/him/his) – SOAS University of London
    Paper Presenter: Yuchen Chen – City University of New York, Baruch College
    Paper Presenter: Jade Xu (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa
    Paper Presenter: Ziying Meng (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne, Australia
    Paper Presenter: Yishan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Univesity of St. Andrews
    Digital Technology
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    918: Sacred Sources of Japanese Identity: Premodern Formations
    Organizer: Emi Bushelle – Western Washington University
    Chair: Emi Bushelle – Western Washington University
    Paper Presenter: Gian Piero Persiani – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Paper Presenter: Jacqueline I. Stone (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Talia Andrei – Wesleyan University
    Paper Presenter: Emi Bushelle – Western Washington University
    Discussant: Brian Steininger – Princeton University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    920: Cambodia and Vietnam: Evolving Strategies for Authoritarian Survival in Domestic and Foreign Policies
    Organizer: Tuong Vu (he/him/his) – University of Oregon
    Chair: Tuong Vu (he/him/his) – University of Oregon
    Discussant: Astrid Norén-Nilsson (she/her/hers) – Lund University
    Paper Presenter: Chheang Vannarith (he/him/his) – Angkor Social Innovation Park
    Paper Presenter: Nhu Truong (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Sreang Chheat (he/him/his) – Cambodia Development Resource Institute
    Co-Presenter: Mark Mun Vong (he/him/his) – Royal University of Phnom Penh
    Paper Presenter: Thiem Hai Bui (he/him/his) – Malmö University
    Southeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    922: China’s Southeast Asian Studies: Emerging Trends and Promising Prospects
    Organizer: Virginia Shih – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Virginia Shih – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Jiewei Wu (he/him/his) – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Yuqing Li (she/her/hers) – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Huiwen Xue (she/her/hers) – Xiamen University
    Discussant: Boyi Chen (he/him/his) – Xiamen University
    Southeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    923: Class, Race, and Politics in Modern Myanmar: Hidden Histories of Hierarchy
    Organizer: Christian Gilberti – University of California, Berkeley
    Chair: Christian Gilberti – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Christian Gilberti – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Elliott Prasse-Freeman – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Htet Min Lwin – York University
    Paper Presenter: Qiao Dai – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Stephen Campbell – Nanyang Technological University
    Discussant: Elizabeth Rhoads – Lund University
    Southeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    926: Norms and Identities in Northeast Asian Politics
    Chair: Kristin Vekasi (she/her/hers) – University of Montana
    Presenting Author: Qiaoyan L. Rosenberg (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Presenting Author: Suzie Kim (she/her/hers) – University of Mary Washington
    Presenting Author: Emily S. Chen (she/her/hers) – University of Tokyo
    Presenting Author: Zheng Zhou (he/him/his) – Sciences Po
    Presenting Author: Nikolai Johnsen (he/him/his) – SOAS University of London
    Presenting Author: Setsuko -. Buckley (she/her/hers) – Whatcom Community College
    Northeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    927: Cold War and Reformulations of Southeast Asia: Contested Community and State Formations Under Pressure of Decolonization and the Global Cold War
    Organizer: Igor Iwo Chabrowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Chair: Igor Iwo Chabrowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Igor Iwo Chabrowski (he/him/his) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Laura Pozzi (she/her/hers) – University of Warsaw
    Paper Presenter: Mohamad Ikhram Mohamad Ridzuan (he/him/his) – Universiti Malaysia Sabah
    Paper Presenter: Sainico Ningthoujam – McGill University
    Discussant: Wasana Wongsurawat (she/her/hers) – Chulalongkorn University
    Southeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    928: Indigeneity, Music, and Politics: Case Studies from East, South, and Inner Asia
    Organizer: Sabra Harris – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Chair: dinalo Chakma – University of Florida
    Paper Presenter: Sabra Harris – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Paper Presenter: dinalo Chakma – University of Florida
    Paper Presenter: GouTing Lin (she/her/hers) – National Taiwan University of the Arts
    Paper Presenter: Tashi Dekyid Monet (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Discussant: Wagi Payan – National Dong Hwa University
    Discussant: Jonathan Stock – University College Cork
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    929: Littoral Commons: Rethinking the South China Coast through Everyday Lives
    Organizer: Venus Viana (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Chair: Mariko Kubo (she/her/hers) – Saitama University
    Paper Presenter: Robert James Antony (he/him/his) – Guangzhou University
    Paper Presenter: Di Mao (she/her/hers) – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Nathan Kwan – University of Macau
    Paper Presenter: Venus Viana (she/her/hers) – University of Macau
    Discussant: Mariko Kubo (she/her/hers) – Saitama University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    930: Lived to Tell: Everyday Experience, Epistemic Authority, and the Criteria for Medical Knowledge in Twentieth-Century East Asia
    Organizer: Tianyuan Huang (she/her/hers) – Tohoku University
    Chair: Tianyuan Huang (she/her/hers) – Tohoku University
    Paper Presenter: Jinghong Zhang (she/her/hers) – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
    Paper Presenter: Tianyuan Huang (she/her/hers) – Tohoku University
    Paper Presenter: Zelin Wang (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Emi Omuro (she/her/hers) – Ochanomizu University
    Discussant: Sonja M. Kim (she/her/hers) – Binghamton University, SUNY
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    931: Land, Ecology, and the Governance
    Chair: Diana Dimitrova – University de Montreal
    Presenting Author: Ahsan Shafi (he/him/his) – School of Government, Yunnan University
    Individual Paper Co-Presenter: Deng Song (he/him/his) – Yunnan University
    Presenting Author: Laiba akhtar (she/her/hers) – Jawaharlal Nehru University
    Presenting Author: Prosanta Sarkar (he/him/his) – University of Hyderabad
    Presenting Author: George Pioustin – University of California, Los Angeles
    Presenting Author: Sreya Mukherjee (she/her/hers) – Washington State University
    Presenting Author: Ritapriya Nandy (she/her/hers) – University of Hyderabad
    South Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    932: CANCELED: Starring the Region: Neoliberal Stardom, Vernacular Celebrity, and the Cultural Politics of Visibility in Contemporary India
    South Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    933: Inter-imperial and Transnational Competitions over Right in Early Twentieth-Century Manchuria and Beyond: Rethinking Empire, Colonialism, Migration, and Modernity
    Organizer: Luming Xu (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Chair: Sidney Lu (he/him/his) – Rice University
    Paper Presenter: Luming Xu (he/him/his) – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
    Paper Presenter: Sidney Lu (he/him/his) – Rice University
    Discussant: Xiaowei Zheng (she/her/hers) – University of California, Santa Barbara
    Paper Presenter: Enrico Osvaldi (he/him/his) – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Anqi Gao (she/her/hers) – University of Leeds
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    934: Sacred Authority and the Politics of Belonging in Asia and Its Diasporas - Sponsored by Council of Conferences (COC)
    Organizer: Jooyoun Lee – St. Edward's University
    Chair: Jooyoun Lee – St. Edward's University
    Paper Presenter: Khoompetch Kongsawat – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Ryan Wen – Syracuse University
    Paper Presenter: Magna Mohapatra (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Thu Nguyen (she/her/hers) – McGill University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    935: Waterscapes, Fluid Space, and Symbolic Power in South China
    Organizer: Yichi Zhang – Chongqing University
    Organizer: Xiaomian Wu – Fuzhou University
    Chair: Yichi Zhang – Chongqing University
    Co-Presenter: Yichi Zhang – Chongqing University
    Paper Presenter: Wei Chen – Chongqing University
    Paper Presenter: Haohui Huang – Chongqing University
    Paper Presenter: Muyan Zheng – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Xiaomian Wu – Fuzhou University
    Discussant: Yutong Wang (she/her/hers) – University of York
    Discussant: Richard Yu-Cheng Shih (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Co-Presenter: Bin Hu – Chongqing University
    Co-Presenter: Kai Zhou – Chongqing University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    937: What Makes an Accurate Map? Authority and Knowledge in Late Qing China
    Organizer: Richard Pegg (he/him/his) – MacLean Collection
    Organizer: Elke Papelitzky (she/her/hers) – University of Oslo
    Chair: Elke Papelitzky (she/her/hers) – University of Oslo
    Paper Presenter: Mimi Cheng (she/her/hers) – Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz
    Paper Presenter: Sayantani Mukherjee (she/her/hers) – Ashoka University
    Paper Presenter: Richard Pegg (he/him/his) – MacLean Collection
    Paper Presenter: Elke Papelitzky (she/her/hers) – University of Oslo
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    940: Script and Conscription : Articulating Ethnic Korean Labor in Japan
    Organizer: Nathan Shockey (he/him/his) – Bard College
    Chair: Hirokazu Toeda (he/him/his) – Waseda University
    Paper Presenter: Younglong Kim (she/her/hers) – Otsuma Women's University
    Paper Presenter: vanessa baker (she/her/hers) – Indiana University
    Paper Presenter: Julia Hansell Clark (she/her/hers) – Sarah Lawrence College
    Paper Presenter: Nathan Shockey (he/him/his) – Bard College
    Discussant: Akito Sakasai (he/him/his) – University of Tokyo
    Northeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    941: Text and Tech: Scriptal Technologies in Modern Japan
    Organizer: Mark Yu Shan Chen (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Chair: Raja Adal – University of Pittsburgh
    Paper Presenter: Zahid Daudjee – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Natsuki Ishida (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Mark Yu Shan Chen (he/him/his) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Raja Adal – University of Pittsburgh
    Discussant: Chigusa Kita (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Discussant: Chelsea Foxwell – University of Chicago
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    942: Technologies of Transformation: Crafting Stones and Knowledge in Chinese Material Culture - Sponsored by Association for Chinese Art History
    Organizer: Kuldip Kaur Singh (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Chair: Kuldip Kaur Singh (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Gillian Yanzhuang Zhang (she/her/hers) – Boston College
    Paper Presenter: Yixu Eliza Chen (she/her/hers) – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Kuldip Kaur Singh (she/her/hers) – University of Oxford
    Discussant: Michael J. Hatch (he/him/his) – Trinity College
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    943: What Can Christianity Do in a World at War? Transnational Religious Networks and Social Engagement in East Asia, 1930s–1940s
    Organizer: Jordan Zhixi Wang (he/him/his) – Trinity Western University
    Organizer: Aixin Yi (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Chair: Ryan Dunch (he/him/his) – University of Alberta
    Paper Presenter: Jordan Zhixi Wang (he/him/his) – Trinity Western University
    Paper Presenter: Aixin Yi (she/her/hers) – Boston University
    Paper Presenter: Yosuke Matsutani – Kinjo Gakuin University
    Paper Presenter: Penelope Ching-yee Pang (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    Discussant: Ryan Dunch (he/him/his) – University of Alberta
    Discussant: Ji Li (she/her/hers) – University of Hong Kong
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    944: The Many Faces of the Medium in China’s Past, 400-1700
    Organizer: Jeehee Hong – McGill University
    Chair: Jeehee Hong – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Bonnie Cheng (she/her/hers) – Oberlin College
    Paper Presenter: Christian de Pee (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Yiren Zheng – Dartmouth College
    Paper Presenter: Sizhao Yi – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Paula Varsano – University of California, Berkeley
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    945: The Materiality of Backdrops in Early Modern and Modern Chinese Media
    Organizer: Yuhang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Organizer: Yuqian Yan (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University
    Chair: Weihong Bao (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Discussant: Weihong Bao (she/her/hers) – University of California, Berkeley
    Paper Presenter: Yuhang Li (she/her/hers) – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Mia Yinxing Liu (she/her/hers) – Johns Hopkins University
    Paper Presenter: Yuqian Yan (she/her/hers) – Zhejiang University
    Paper Presenter: Mengyang Xu (she/her/hers) – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    946: The Poiesis of Embodiment: Crafting Experience and Desire through Play in Early Modern China
    Organizer: Nellie Ting Yang (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Chair: Allison Bernard (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Nellie Ting Yang (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Paize Keulemans – Princeton University
    Discussant: Allison Bernard (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Susanna Sun (she/her/hers) – University of Chicago
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    947: The Politics of Arabic in China
    Organizer: Aaron N. Glasserman (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Organizer: Tatsuya Nakanishi (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Noriko Unno – Osaka University
    Paper Presenter: Aaron N. Glasserman (he/him/his) – University of Pennsylvania
    Paper Presenter: Tatsuya Nakanishi (he/him/his) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Michael Gibbs Hill (he/him/his) – William & Mary
    Paper Presenter: Hale Eroglu – Bogazici University
    Discussant: Benno Weiner – Carnegie Mellon University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    949: Revolutionary Women: Internationalism and Transnational Thought in East Asia
    Organizer: Yoon Heo (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Chair: Jesook Song – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Yoon Heo (she/her/hers) – Ewha Womans University
    Discussant: Jesook Song – University of Toronto
    Paper Presenter: Eunhye Choi – Gyeongsang National University
    Paper Presenter: Youngeun Jang – Sungkyunkwan University
    Paper Presenter: Sijin Paek – University of Toronto
    Northeast Asia
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    950: Precarious Spaces
    Chair: Matthew D. McMullen (he/him/his) – Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture
    Presenting Author: Salai Vanni Bawi – Myanmar Institute of Theology
    Presenting Author: Jinpu Wang (he/him/his) – Metropolitan State University
    Individual Paper Co-Presenter: Yu Xiang (she/her/hers) – Susquehanna University
    Presenting Author: John A. Donaldson (he/him/his) – Singapore Management University
    Presenting Author: Aarthi Janakiraman (she/her/hers) – Tulane University
    Presenting Author: Hyemi Lim (she/her/hers) – Université Paris Cité
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    PS7: Poster Session #7
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM PDT
    1130: Commodities in Motion: Transborder Industrialization and Japanese Goods in the Sinosphere
    Organizer: Mindy Su – Yale University
    Organizer: Lillian Tsay – University of Montreal
    Chair: Jun Uchida – Stanford University
    Paper Presenter: Mindy Su – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Lillian Tsay – University of Montreal
    Paper Presenter: Lawrence Zhang – Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
    Discussant: Timothy Yang – University of Georgia
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1001: Emotional Encounters with the Unseen: Fear, Anger, and Remorse in Early Medieval Chinese Narratives (3rd–5th Centuries CE)
    Organizer: Yifan Li – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Chair: Yuqing Chen (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: Yuqing Chen (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Paper Presenter: Yifan Li – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Paper Presenter: Mengyi Li – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Discussant: Mitcham Carl (he/him/his) – Colorado School of Mines
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1002: Forging Authority on the Margins: Art, Place, and Cultural Power in Shandong from the Late Ming to Republican China
    Organizer: Lei XUE – Oregon State University
    Organizer: Henning VON MIRBACH – University of Cambridge
    Chair: Julia K. MURRAY – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Lei XUE – Oregon State University
    Paper Presenter: Henning VON MIRBACH – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Yangang ZHAO – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Aida Yuen WONG – Brandeis University
    Discussant: Julia K. MURRAY – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1003: Enlivening Buddhist Heritage—Part II: Politics, Diplomacy and Geocultural Power
    Organizer: David Geary (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Organizer: Rani Singh (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Chair: David Geary (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Manish Kumar – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Blayne Harcey (he/him/his) – Dickinson College
    Paper Presenter: Jack Meng-Tat Chia – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Shukria Neda – Simon Fraser University
    Discussant: Abhishek Amar – Hamilton College
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1004: Feeling a Turbulent Nation: Written Intimacies, Mobilizations, and Social Formation in 1930s and 1940s China
    Organizer: Tianyi Sheng (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Chair: Sophia Lee (she/her/hers) – California State University, East Bay
    Paper Presenter: Tianyue Li (she/her/hers) – University of Cologne
    Paper Presenter: Tianyi Sheng (she/her/hers) – University of Edinburgh
    Paper Presenter: Chuwei He (he/him/his) – University of Edinburgh
    Discussant: Linh D. Vu (she/her/hers) – Arizona State University
    Discussant: Linshan Jiang (she/her/hers) – Missouri State University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1005: Industry, Infrastructure, and Material Culture in Twentieth-Century Greater China
    Organizer: Niall Chithelen (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
    Organizer: Chad Westra – University of Washington
    Chair: Yuting Dong – University of Chicago
    Paper Presenter: Niall Chithelen (he/him/his) – University of California, San Diego
    Paper Presenter: Chad Westra – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Covell Meyskens – Naval Postgraduate School
    Paper Presenter: Ying Jia Tan – Wesleyan University
    Discussant: Judd Kinzley – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1006: The Role of Print in the Shaping of Political and Cultural Discourse in Colonial North India
    Organizer: Anne Murphy – University of British Columbia
    Organizer: Manimugdha S. Sharma (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: Anne Murphy – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Anne Murphy – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Manimugdha S. Sharma (he/him/his) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Bipasha Mahanta (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Jvala Singh – University of California, Berkeley
    South Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1007: Unfamiliar: Family, Law, and Democracy in South Asia
    Organizer: Razak Khan (he/him/his) – Freie Universität Berlin
    Chair: Jana Tschurenev (she/her/hers) – Freie Universität Berlin
    Discussant: Rukmini Barua (she/her/hers) – York University
    Paper Presenter: Ghazal Asif Farrukhi (she/her/hers) – Lahore University of Management Sciences
    Paper Presenter: Sarah Holz (she/her/hers) – Humboldt University of Berlin
    Paper Presenter: Faustina Pereira (she/her/hers) – BRAC University
    Paper Presenter: Razak Khan (he/him/his) – Freie Universität Berlin
    South Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1009: Democracy, Autocracy, and Violence in Southeast Asia - Sponsored by AAS Southeast Asia Council (SEAC)
    Organizer: Sol Iglesias (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Chair: Sol Iglesias (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Paper Presenter: Bencharat Sae Chua (she/her/hers) – Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies
    Paper Presenter: Sol Iglesias (she/her/hers) – University of the Philippines Diliman
    Paper Presenter: Marielle Y. Marcaida (she/her/hers) – University of Washington
    Paper Presenter: Sana Jaffrey – Australian National University
    Discussant: Tyrell Haberkorn – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1010: Elemental Entanglements: Water, Wood, and Earth in Vietnam
    Organizer: Kathryn Dyt (she/her/hers) – SOAS University of London
    Chair: Edyta Roszko (she/her/hers) – Chr. Michelsen Institute
    Paper Presenter: Kathryn Dyt (she/her/hers) – SOAS University of London
    Paper Presenter: Edyta Roszko (she/her/hers) – Chr. Michelsen Institute
    Paper Presenter: David Biggs (he/him/his) – University of California, Riverside
    Discussant: Michitake Aso (he/him/his) – University at Albany, SUNY
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1011: Emigrant Citizenship in Asia: Nationalism, Identities and Forms of Governance
    Organizer: Yasmin Y. Ortiga (she/her/hers) – Singapore Management University
    Chair: Yasmin Y. Ortiga (she/her/hers) – Singapore Management University
    Paper Presenter: Charlotte Setijadi – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Rhacel Salazar Salazar Parreñas – Princeton University
    Paper Presenter: Robin Ming Feng Chee – Singapore Management University
    Paper Presenter: Andrew Le – Arizona State University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1012: Entangling with the Durian: Temporality, Knowledge, and Risk in China-Southeast Asia Durian Trade
    Organizer: Gengrun Li (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Gaik Cheng Khoo – Sunway University
    Paper Presenter: Gaik Cheng Khoo – Sunway University
    Paper Presenter: Min Su (she/her/hers) – University of Malaya
    Paper Presenter: Ray Lacko – University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Paper Presenter: Gengrun Li (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1013: From Birds and Bees to Medicines and Love Potions: The Cultural Worlds of Southeast Asian Forest Products
    Organizer: George E. Dutton (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Chair: Maitrii Aung-Thwin (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: George E. Dutton (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: C. Michele Thompson (she/her/hers) – Southern Connecticut State University
    Discussant: Maitrii Aung-Thwin (he/him/his) – National University of Singapore
    Paper Presenter: Thao Nguyen (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholar
    Paper Presenter: Faizah Zakaria (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1014: From Nostalgia to Decolonial Memory Work in Indonesia and the Netherlands: Diverse Engagement with Colonial History and Ways of Knowing
    Organizer: Katharine McGregor (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Chair: Susanna Barnes (she/her/hers) – University of Saskatchewan
    Paper Presenter: Katharine McGregor (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Paper Presenter: Arnoud Arps (he/him/his) – University of California, Los Angeles
    Paper Presenter: Ana Eclair (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Discussant: Myra Abubakar (she/her/hers) – National University of Singapore
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1015: Gender and Sexuality as Illiberal Modes of Legitimation in Asia
    Organizer: Sharmila Parmanand (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Chair: Sharmila Parmanand (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Mark Thompson (he/him/his) – City University of Hong Kong
    Paper Presenter: Petra Alderman (she/her/hers) – London School of Economics and Political Science
    Paper Presenter: Meredith L. Weiss – University at Albany, SUNY
    Discussant: John Whittier Treat (he/him/his) – Yale University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1016: Gendering Sports in Southeast Asia: Archetypes, Materialities, Embodiments
    Organizer: Michael K. Miller (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Chair: Michael K. Miller (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Michael K. Miller (he/him/his) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Sukrittaya Jukping (she/her/hers) – Thammasat University
    Paper Presenter: Simon Creak (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    Discussant: Megan Sinnott – Georgia State University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1017: Conceptualizing Control: Studies of Local-Level Governance in the Context of Myanmar’s Civil War
    Organizer: Ardeth Thawnghmung – University of Massachusetts, Lowell
    Chair: Masao Imamura (he/him/his) – Yamagata University
    Paper Presenter: Ken MacLean (he/him/his) – Clark University
    Discussant: Ken MacLean (he/him/his) – Clark University
    Paper Presenter: Su Mon Thazin Aung (she/her/hers) – ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
    Paper Presenter: Ardeth Thawnghmung – University of Massachusetts, Lowell
    Paper Presenter: Masao Imamura (he/him/his) – Yamagata University
    Southeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1018: Pan-Asianist Imaginaries: Competing Nationalisms, Literary Projects, and Transregional Visions from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Digital Age
    Organizer: Zekun Feng (he/him/his) – New York University
    Chair: Thomas Looser (he/him/his) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Zekun Feng (he/him/his) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Christopher L. Hill (he/him/his) – University of Michigan
    Discussant: Thomas Looser (he/him/his) – New York University
    Paper Presenter: Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz (she/her/hers) – Royal Historical Society
    Paper Presenter: Madhumita Lahiri (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1019: Racing across Land and River Routes: Infrastructural Explorations in China and Beyond during an Age of Geopolitical Transition
    Organizer: Ruochen Chen – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Organizer: Yiying Pan – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Chair: John Alekna – Peking University
    Paper Presenter: Ruochen Chen – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Paper Presenter: Xi Ma – Hunan University
    Paper Presenter: Yiying Pan – Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    Paper Presenter: Andres Rodriguez – University of Sydney
    Discussant: Shellen Wu – Lehigh University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1020: Reclaiming Meaning: Anthropological Approaches to Text, Indigeneity, and Semiotic Sovereignty in Asia
    Organizer: Katherine M. Dimmery (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Chair: Lijing Peng (she/her/hers) – Trinity College Dublin
    Paper Presenter: Katherine M. Dimmery (she/her/hers) – Emory University
    Paper Presenter: Lijing Peng (she/her/hers) – Trinity College Dublin
    Paper Presenter: Liwen Liu (she/her/hers) – SOAS University of London
    Paper Presenter: Elvin Meng (he/him/his) – University of Chicago
    Discussant: Christoph Emmrich (he/him/his) – University of Toronto
    Discussant: John Leavitt (he/him/his) – University of Montreal
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1021: The Art of Belonging: Reconnecting to Place and Space in Postwar Japanese Media
    Organizer: Chris Corker (he/him/his) – York University
    Chair: Colleen Laird (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Discussant: Ted Goossen (he/him/his) – York University
    Paper Presenter: Erica Ka-yan Poon (she/her/hers)
    Paper Presenter: Josh Trichilo (he/him/his)
    Paper Presenter: Zilin (Alice) Zhou (she/her/hers) – Carleton University
    Paper Presenter: Chris Corker (he/him/his) – York University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1022: The Politics of “Return”: Japanophone Literature and the Cold War
    Organizer: Jiaxin Yan – Pennsylvania State University
    Chair: Yukari Tanaka (she/her/hers) – Nihon University
    Paper Presenter: Christina Yi – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Aoife Cantrill – University of Oxford
    Paper Presenter: Jiaxin Yan – Pennsylvania State University
    Paper Presenter: Nicholas Lambrecht – University of Osaka
    Discussant: Leo Ching – Duke University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1023: The Korean Christian Diaspora During the Colonial Period and Beyond: Their Identity, Nationality, and Religion
    Organizer: Jieun Han – Sogang University
    Chair: Michael Kim – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Haeseong Park – Francis Marion University
    Paper Presenter: Allen J. Kim – International Christian University
    Paper Presenter: Jieun Han – Sogang University
    Discussant: Donald L. Baker – University of British Columbia
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1024: Contingency, Repositioning, and Ambiguous Relations in Chinese Religion
    Chair: Karin Myhre (she/her/hers) – University of Georgia
    Presenting Author: Ting Zhang – Chinese University of Hong Kong
    Presenting Author: N. Libuše Fong (she/her/hers) – Independent Scholars of Asia
    Presenting Author: Maxwell Joseph Brandstadt (he/him/his) – University of Utah
    Presenting Author: Xiaowen Zhou (she/her/hers) – McMaster University
    Presenting Author: Diyuke Wu (she/her/hers) – Columbia University
    Presenting Author: Yuen Nga Iris Li (she/her/hers) – University of Arizona
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1025: Diplomacy from the Bottom-Up: Perspectives of Soft Power Practitioners from East Asia
    Chair: Maria Repnikova (she/her/hers) – Georgia State University
    Presenting Author: Meghan Peters – University of Nottingham
    Presenting Author: Sharpay Qiong Wu (she/her/hers) – University of Canberra
    Presenting Author: Hai Wang (he/him/his) – Nanyang Technological University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1026: Courts and Constitutionalism in Asia
    Organizer: Jie Cheng (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Chair: David Law – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Jie Cheng (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia
    Paper Presenter: Susan Finder (she/her/hers) – Peking University School of Transnational Law
    Paper Presenter: David Law – University of Virginia
    Paper Presenter: Shitong Qiao – Duke University Law School
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1027: Crises of Mediation: Precarious Media in East Asia
    Organizer: Yucong Hao – Vanderbilt University
    Organizer: Qingyi Zeng (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Chair: Yucong Hao – Vanderbilt University
    Paper Presenter: Qingyi Zeng (she/her/hers) – University of Michigan
    Paper Presenter: Linda Zhang – Fulbright University Vietnam
    Paper Presenter: Hideaki Fujiki – Nagoya University
    Discussant: Jennifer Hsieh – University of Michigan
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1029: Echoes of War: Literary Imaginings from the Sinophone Borderlands
    Organizer: YIDUO AN – Nanyang Technological University
    Chair: Bingbing Shi – Freiburg University
    Paper Presenter: YIDUO AN – Nanyang Technological University
    Paper Presenter: Shuyu Guo – University of Connecticut
    Paper Presenter: Dalu Zhong (he/him/his) – Heidelberg University
    Paper Presenter: Haitao Jia – Kanagawa University
    Discussant: Alison Groppe – University of Oregon
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1032: Embodying Empire: Defining Gendered Medicine and Beauty in Wartime Biomedical Technologies in East Asia
    Organizer: Vicky Hsing (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Chair: Xiaogao Zhou – Bryn Mawr College
    Discussant: Xiaogao Zhou – Bryn Mawr College
    Paper Presenter: Mengmeng Liu (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa
    Paper Presenter: Vicky Hsing (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Paper Presenter: Tianmeng Lan (they/them/theirs) – Washington University in Saint Louis
    Paper Presenter: Mya Sato (they/them/theirs) – Columbia University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1033: Ecological Politics of More-than-Human Landscapes in East Asia and Beyond
    Organizer: Yen-ling Tsai (she/her/hers) – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Organizer: Shiho Satsuka (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Chair: Yen-ling Tsai (she/her/hers) – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Yen-ling Tsai (she/her/hers) – National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
    Paper Presenter: Aaron Su (he/him/his) – Colorado College
    Paper Presenter: Jeongsu Shin (she/her/hers) – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Shiho Satsuka (she/her/hers) – University of Toronto
    Discussant: Eleana Kim (she/her/hers) – University of California, Irvine
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1034: East Asian Paper Tigers: Unpacking Governance and Governmentality through the Practices of Documents
    Organizer: Hyemin Lee (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Chair: Hyemin Lee (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Paper Presenter: Hyemin Lee (she/her/hers) – Yale University
    Discussant: Lan Li (she/they) – Johns Hopkins University
    Paper Presenter: Ina Kim (she/her/hers) – Appalachian State University
    Paper Presenter: Soojin Kim (she/her/hers) – Harvard University
    Paper Presenter: Shuting Li (she/her/hers) – New York University
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1035: K-pop, Namtaeryeong, and Far-Right Radicalization: Cultural-political Dynamics in Post-Insurrection Korean Street Politics
    Organizer: Junghyun Nam (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Chair: Pil Ho Kim – Ohio State University
    Paper Presenter: Junghyun Nam (she/her/hers) – George Mason University
    Discussant: Hang Kim – Yonsei University
    Paper Presenter: Jung Hwan Cheon – Sungkyunkwan University
    Paper Presenter: Sang Eun Park – Seoul National University
    Paper Presenter: Manseok Kim
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1036: Dangerous Texts, Dangerous Emotions: Cases from Early Modern and Modern China
    Organizer: Eileen Yiran Zhao – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Organizer: Mengdie Zhao – New York University Shanghai
    Chair: Scott W. Gregory – University of Arizona
    Discussant: Keith McMahon – University of Kansas
    Paper Presenter: Guojun Wang – McGill University
    Paper Presenter: Eileen Yiran Zhao – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Paper Presenter: Mengdie Zhao – New York University Shanghai
    Paper Presenter: Lennart Riedel – Heidelberg University
    East & Inner Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1038: Reopening the “Opening of Japan”: Transnational Approaches to Japan and the Wider World
    Organizer: Yu Sakai – University of Cambridge
    Chair: Yu Sakai – University of Cambridge
    Paper Presenter: Joel Littler – University of Tokyo
    Paper Presenter: Chinami Oka (she/her/hers) – Nagoya University
    Paper Presenter: Yu Sakai – University of Cambridge
    Discussant: Curtis A. Gayle – Waseda University
    Northeast Asia-Japan Focused
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1039: Beyond Hype: Use Cases and Evaluations of Artificial Intelligence in East Asian Studies
    Organizer: Wan-Chun Chiu – Kyoto University
    Chair: Wan-Chun Chiu – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Lu Lu – Zhejiang University
    Co-Presenter: Yi Zheng (he/him/his) – Zhejiang University
    Co-Presenter: Yexin Qu – Cornell University
    Paper Presenter: Chen Tang – Tsinghua University
    Paper Presenter: Kwok-leong Tang – Harvard University
    Digital Technology
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1040: Embodied Inequalities: Cancer, Care, and Labor in Postcolonial Asian Worlds
    Organizer: Shuang Wen (she/her/hers) – New York University Shanghai
    Chair: Cecilia Van Hollen – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Shuang Wen (she/her/hers) – New York University Shanghai
    Discussant: Cecilia Van Hollen – Georgetown University
    Paper Presenter: Cynthia Chou (she/her/hers) – University of Iowa
    Paper Presenter: Kavita Sivaramakrishnan – Columbia University
    Paper Presenter: Linda Bennett (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Co-Presenter: I. Gusti Agung Paramitha Eka Putri (she/her/hers) – University of Melbourne
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1041: Alliances, Partnerships, and Networks in East Asia—New Developments in China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
    Organizer: Shino Watanabe – Sophia University
    Chair: Chung-min Tsai – National Chengchi University
    Paper Presenter: Shino Watanabe – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Ayako Kusunoki (she/her/hers) – International Research Center for Japanese Studies
    Paper Presenter: Seung Hyok Lee (he/him/his) – Sophia University
    Paper Presenter: Yuan Yuan Hsu – University of Southern California
    Discussant: Chih-shian Liou (she/her/hers) – National Chengchi University
    Northeast Asia
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM PDT
    1042: Digital Foodscapes: Tasting Gender, Heritage, and Visuality across East Asian Diasporas
    Organizer: lian tan, N/A – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    Organizer: Muxing Huang (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Chair: Kexin Feng (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: lian tan, N/A – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    Co-Presenter: lian tan, N/A – Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
    Paper Presenter: Kexin Feng (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Muxing Huang (she/her/hers) – Kyoto University
    Paper Presenter: Junhong Ma – University of Alberta
    Discussant: Bozuo Zhao – Shantou University
    Co-Presenter: yuan wang – Jinan University
    Border Crossing/Inter-Area