lunes, 4 de marzo de 2013

CONFERENCE Association for Asian Studies (AAS)


Special events at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Annual Conference, San Diego, March 21-24, 2013

We expect this year's AAS conference to be among the largest in the

Association's history. There are 374 panel sessions covering a broad

range of academic disciplines, countries and regions of Asia.

Keynote addresses are free and open to the public:

* A keynote address by Dr. Tamotsu Aoki, Director General, The

National Art Center, Tokyo, entitled, "The Cultures of Hybridism:

Toward a Contemporary East Asia Cultural Community." (Thursday,

March 21st , 6 p.m., Manchester Ballroom D-I)

* A keynote address by Zainah Anwar, Director, Musawah, a global

movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family,

entitled, "What Islam, Whose Islam: The Struggle for Women's

Right to Equality and Justice in Muslim Contexts." (Saturday,

March 23rd , 7:15 p.m., Manchester Ballroom D-I)

Other highlights in the Program include:

* A special panel on "Digital Debates and Digital Divides: How the

Web has Changed Politics in and Coverage of Asia"

(Friday, March 22nd, 10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Manchester

Ballroom A) moderated by Jeff Wasserstrom, Editor, The Journal

of Asian Studies, and Professor of History, UC-Irvine.

Participants include:

* Kaiser Kuo, Director of International Communications for Baidu,

China's largest search engine. Kaiser has lived in China for

nearly 17 years. He was formerly China Bureau Chief for Red

Herring magazine, and hosts the Sinica Podcast, a weekly

discussion of current affairs in China. He was a founding member

of Tang Dynasty, China's first and most successful heavy metal

band.

* Emma Larkin, Freelance Writer, Bangkok; author of Finding George

Orwell in Burma. She lives in Bangkok and is currently

completing a book on Thailand.

* Nguyen Giang, Editor, East Asia Hub and Vietnamese Service, BBC

World Service/London.

* Angilee Shah, Journalist, Public Radio International, working

in digital media on global health and immigration.

* A special panel on "Obama's Asia Pivot: The Response from the

Region and Future Challenges" (Saturday, March 23rd, 2013,

10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Manchester Ballroom A) moderated by Ted

Bestor, Harvard University and AAS President.

Participants include:

* Pallavi Aiyar, Journalist and Author. She was the Beijing

bureau chief for The Hindu, then reported on Europe's

relationship with China and India from Brussels. She is

currently based in Jakarta.

* Victor Cha, Senior Adviser and Korea Chair, Center for

Strategic and International Studies, and Professor of

Government, Georgetown University.

* Will Dobson, Politics and Foreign Affairs Editor,

Slate.com, and the author of The Dictator's Learning Curve:

Inside the Global Battle for Democracy.

* Nguyen Giang, Editor, East Asia Hub and Vietnamese Service,

BBC World. Service/London.

* Sheila Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan Studies, Council on

Foreign Relations.

Robert T. Snow, Ph.D.

Director of Development and Strategic Planning

Association for Asian Studies/Boston

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