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Ho-fung Hung is Wiesenfeld Professor in Political Economy at the Johns Hopkins University and author of City on the Edge: Hong Kong under Chinese Rule, published by Cambridge University Press and winner of the 2024 AAS Joseph Levenson Prize (Post-1900). To begin with, please tell us what your book is about. The unrest and crackdown The post #AsiaNow Speaks with Ho-fung Hung appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

We are now accepting submissions for the AAS 2025 Film Expo, which will be held in conjunction with the AAS Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio, March 13-16, 2025. Through a partnership established with the AAS in 2011, the Annual Conference Film Expo is curated and organized by the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies The post Call for Submissions: AAS 2025 Film Expo appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

AAS Publications is pleased to share its newest Asia Shorts title, The War for Chinese Talent in America: The Politics of Technology and Knowledge in Sino-U.S. Relations, by social scientist David Zweig. Professor Emeritus at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Zweig examines current tensions in U.S.-China relations through the lens of scientific exchange. The post Excerpt: The War for Chinese Talent in America appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

When World War II ended in August 1945, Laos was among many Japanese-controlled territories in Southeast Asia facing the future with uncertainty. Would the country once again become part of French Indochina? Could it escape re-colonization and establish itself as a sovereign nation-state? On October 12, 1945, the Lao Issara—an anti-French nationalist movement—declared Lao independence, The post Forsaken Causes: Historian Ryan Wolfson-Ford on His New Book appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

We are pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the fall 2024 AAS elections. The online ballot will open on September 17, and all current AAS Members will receive an email with instructions for accessing it. Election day (when the ballot is closed and votes recorded) will be November 18. Newly elected representatives will The post AAS 2024 Election Nominees and Ballot Issues appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

The AAS 2025 Annual Conference Program Committee seeks proposal submissions for pre-conference workshops to be held next March in Columbus, Ohio. The goal of pre-conference workshops—a new addition to the AAS Annual Conference program for 2025—is to provide additional options for attendees outside of the busy conference schedule. Pre-conference workshops will take place on Thursday, The post Call for Proposals: AAS 2025 Pre-Conference Workshops appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

Elena Pakhoutova and Karl Debreczeny are senior curators at the Rubin Museum of Art and content leads of Project Himalayan Art, published by the Rubin Museum of Art and recipient of an Honorable Mention for the 2024 AAS Buchanan Prize for Curricular Materials. To begin with, please tell us what your project is about. Project The post #AsiaNow Speaks with Elena Pakhoutova and Karl Debreczeny appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

A political scientist of Southeast Asia whose scholarly reach extended far beyond both discipline and region, Yale University professor James C. Scott passed away on July 19, 2024. Scott was author of multiple landmark works, including The Moral Economy of the Peasant: Rebellion and Subsistence in Southeast Asia (1976), Weapons of the Weak: Everyday Forms The post In Memoriam: James C. Scott (1936-2024) appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

On July 9-11 this year’s AAS-in-Asia was held in Yogyakarta, a city located in the south-central region of Java, Indonesia. The conference was organized by the Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) and the Association for Asian Studies. On the magnificent campus of UGM, more than 1,400 scholars from 43 countries around the world gathered to share The post Reflections on the 2024 AAS-in-Asia Conference appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.

“Many scholars, colleagues, and friends told me that Indian Buddhism was dead,” Douglas Ober notes, “so I had better seek out a different subject.” Undeterred, Ober continued working on his dissertation project on the history of Indian Buddhism, which in 2023 he published in revised form as Dust on the Throne: The Search for Buddhism The post “Dust on the Throne”: An Interview with Historian Douglas Ober appeared first on Association for Asian Studies.