Association for Asian Studies, Inc. (AAS)

Are you attending in Lahore this September? It's time to reserve your hotel! Check out accommodations recommended by hosts at LUMS and book your room now.

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The Summer Giveaway starts today! With longer days and warmer weather comes the opportunity to win free conference registration, or the grand prize—a conference hotel stay. Enter daily for your chance to win!

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Please note that the AAS Secretariat is closed and staff unavailable today in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.

Register now for a June 23 webinar with the Asian American Scholar Forum about the legal risks to scholars and researchers in the United States these days.

Save the date for our upcoming webinar: Under the Microscope: The Cases Targeting America's Scientists, Scholars & Researchers in 2026, on Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30 PM ET. Join AASF for a panel… | Asian American Scholar Forum Save the date for our upcoming webinar: Under the Microscope: The Cases Targeting America's Scientists, Scholars & Researchers in 2026, on Tuesday, June 23 at 1:30 PM ET. Join AASF for a panel discussion featuring leading attorneys examining the evolving legal landscape facing scientists, scholars,....

In "Teaching Gojira: Godzilla in Japanese History, Folklore, Culture, and Film," from the Spring 2026 issue of Education About Asia, Bill Tsutsui considers how the film can help students analyze and understand modern Japan.

Teaching Gojira : Godzilla in Japanese History, Folklore, Culture, and Film Godzilla, the star of thirty-five live-action films, may be Japan’s most recognizable movie star and is now an icon of global popular culture. Going back to Gojira (1954), the somber, politically changed movie that launched the franchise, the giant irradiated monster famed for terrorizing Japan ha...

The AAS Diversity and Equity Committee invites applications for its two designated sessions at . Check out session topics at our website and submit your abstract by July 20.

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Lahore University of Management Sciences and AAS are pleased to welcome Dr. Adil Najam as the Keynote Speaker! Join us at LUMS in September to hear Dr. Najam's talk on Asia's evolving role in shaping the global future.

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As part of the AAS 85th anniversary celebration this year, we are sharing a series of oral history interviews with members of the field. Read the first one now, a conversation between Barbara Watson Andaya and Hieu Phung.

The AAS Oral History Project: Barbara Watson Andaya and Hieu Phung - Association for Asian Studies The AAS Oral History Project, conceived by past AAS President Christine Yano, explores the history of the field as told by the people who have shaped it. Rather than focusing on publications, these interviews explore the person behind them, with special attention to the moments of contingency, doubt...

Call for Applications: American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies dissertation planning grants, to fund 6-8 weeks of exploratory research in Sri Lanka. Applications due December 1, 2026.

DISSERTATION PLANNING GRANTS - American Institute for Sri Lankan Studies General Information AISLS dissertation planning grants are designed to enable graduate students intending to do doctoral research in Sri Lanka to make a pre-dissertation visit to Sri Lanka to investigate the feasibility of their topic, to sharpen their research design, or to make other practical arr...

CFP: "Crossing Currents: Confluences, Conflicts, and Connections," ASIANetwork 2027 Annual Conference, April 16-18, 2027, at Seattle University. Paper and panel proposals due August 31, student poster proposals due October 1.

https://m.asianetwork.org/2027-annual-conference/