2008
Urban History Group Conference : "Urban Boundaries and Margins"Mar. 27-28, 2008
Migration and national identities in Latin America since independence Panel at the Annual Conference of the Society of Latin American Studies(SLAS) 28-30 March 2008,University College London and Institute of Historical Research
AAS (Association for Asian Studies) Annual MeetingApril 3-6, 2008,Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Asian Visual Cultures WorkshopApril 13, 2008
American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting "Arrivals and Departures"April 24-27,2008,Long Beach, California
What's the Use of Race?April 25-26,2008,MIT Faculty Club
CONF Translations and Transformations: China, Modernity and CulturalMay 1-3, 2008,Transmission, Cambridge, UK
Annual Conference: Race and Ethnicity in America and the World Undergraduate Student ConferenceMay 2,2008,The Columbia University Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race
Gender Ratios and Global Migrations, 1850-presentJune 11-12,2008,Minnesota Population Center 50 Willey Hall, West Bank Campus.
China & the Southern Pacific: "Looking North, Looking South - China and the Southern Pacific" June 17-18, 2008,,Christchurch, New Zealand
Childhood & Migration: Interdisciplinary Conference 2008June 20-21, 2008,Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
6th MESEA ConferenceJune 25-28, 2008,Leiden University, The Netherlands
In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in AfricaJul 1-4, 2008
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on East Asia Cinemas: An International Symposium Jul 3-4, 2008,Hong Kong, China
1st Global Conference:Diasporas:Exploring Critical Issues Jul 5-7, 2008,Oxford, United Kingdom
Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference: "Transatlantic Perspectives on Global Migration" panel sessionJul. 7 -10, 2008,, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee University
Chinese-language cinema conference :"Locality, Translocality, and De-Locality: Cultural, Aesthetic, and Political Dynamics of Chinese-Language Cinema " Jul 12-13, 2008,Shanghai International Conference Center, Shanghai University
Rising Dragon, Soaring Bananas, BANANAS-ISSCO CONFERENCE18-19th July 2009,New Zealand
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).July 21-23, 2008,San Jose, Costa Rica
Economic Flexibility and Social Stability in the Age of Globalization July 21-23, 2008,Costa Rica
3rd Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast AsiaJuly 28-29, 2008
Return Migration in Asia: Experiences, Ideologies and PoliticsJuly 31, 2008-August 1, 2008,ARI Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Transnational Cinema in Globalising Societies: Asia and Latin America August 2008,Mexico
International Conference on "Language, Literature and Culture in ASEAN: Unity in Diversity"August 4-5, 2008,Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok Thailand
International Federation of Library Associations Section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations Satellite Pre-conference : " Multicultural to Intercultural: Libraries Connecting Communities" Aug. 5-7, 2008,Vancouver, Canada
The Second Annual Asian Cultural Studies Association Conference:" Asian Ways: Traditions and Transitions" Aug. 5-6, 2008,Bangkok, Thailand
European Association of Chinese Studies Conference and History6-10 August 2008,Lund University
Royal Geographical Society-IBG Annual International Conference 2008: "Feminist geographies, gender relations and economic igration: organizations, networks and strategies" panel session August, 27-29 2008,London, U.K.
Comparative Study of the Legal and Social Status of Foreigners in East & Southeast Asian Countries during the 17-20th Centuries28 August 2008,The Netherlands and Japan Workshop on Academic Exchange about Asian Identities.
Call for Papers: The Boston Seminar in Immigration and Urban History Sep 2008-Apr 2009 series (weekly)
ARI Asia Trends 2008 - Chineseness Unbound: Boundaries, Burdens and Belongings of Chineseness Outside ChinaSept. 11, 2008,Sheraton Towers Singapore, 39 Scotts Road, Singapore 228230. (Abstract)
Call for Papers: Workshop on New Chinese MigrationsSeptember 12,2008,Institut National des Langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) & Peninsule, Paris
Chinese Migrations to Europe and Elsewhere and Overseas Chinese Communities: The resumption of the migratory phenomenon and its impact on host societies.Sept. 12, 2008,Paris, France
Workshop on Migration and Diversity in Asian ContextsSep 25-26, 2008
TRANSFORMATIONS: RESEARCHING ASIA September 26-28, 2008,York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada
New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2008: "Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions Past and Present" Sep. 26-27, 2008,Hamilton College, New York
21st Century Exit and Entry (Migration) Administration Conference Sep. 27-Sep. 28, 2008,Law School, Shantou University, Shantou, China
World War II and its aftermath, October Forum, National Museum of Singapore, (Includes A Dialogue on Understanding in Sino-Japanese War History, Forum on Repercussions of World War II on Contemporary Society, and Documentary Film ScreeningsOctober 10-12 2008,Singapore
American Studies Association Conference 2008: "Routes of U.S. Imperial Capital: Intersections of Political Economy and Desire in he Transnational Pacific" Oct 16-19, 2008,Albuqueque, New Mexico, U.S.A
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association: "It's About Time: Temporality and Interdisciplinary Research" Oct. 23-26, 2008
Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in EuropeOctober 23-25, 2008,Berlin (in participating museums)
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association: "It's About Time: Temporality and Interdisciplinary Research" Oct. 23-26, 2008,Hotel InterContinental, Miami, Florida, USA
2nd Kartini Network Conference: The future of Asian feminism confronting fundamentalisms, conflict and neoliberalismNov. 2-5, 2008
CFP Race and Race Relations-Past, Present, Future: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race November 13-15, 2008,Monmouth University, New Jersey
Migration and Memory: Representations of Migration in Europe after 1960. 13 November 2008-14 November 2008,Malmo University, MIM - Malmo Institute for studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare, Gibraltargatan
"Race, Ethnicity and Religion: a Transatlantic Perspective on Civil Society". org. by Freie Universitat Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen in Cooperation with The University of Chicago. November 14-15, 2008,Franke Institute for the Humanities, University of Chicago
Call for papers - Transnational parenthood and children-left-behindNovember 20-21, 2008,Oslo, Norway
"Globalizing Intellectual Property: The Geopolitics and Ethics of Information Rights",International Conference on Information Capital, Property, and Ethics (ICPE)November 21st (Friday),10th Floor, She-Wo Building, Shih-Hsin University, Taipei
Identity and Its Discontents November 26-28, 2008,University of Melbourne,
Call for Papers: First International Congress on Chinese Studies (Immigration and Cultures)November 26-29, 2008,Bilbao, Spain
"In the Shadows of Empires": The 2nd International Conference on Asian American and Asian British LiteraturesNov. 28-29, 2008
Tan Kah Kee and Lee Kong Chian: Their Significance in the Making of Modern Singapore and Malaysia.28-29 November 2008.,National Library, Singapore.
The Globalizing Religions and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific conferenceDecember 1-5 2008,Adelaide, South Australia
"Discovering histories of foreign communities in Japan, Dec 2008". Division of Pacific & Asian History (PAH), Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) 1-2 December 2008,The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Call for papers: International Conference on Popular Culture and Education in AsiaDecember 11-13, 2008,Hong Kong Institute on Education
International Conference on "Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics"December 12-13, 2008,Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Postcolonial Popular CulturesDecember 14 -16, 2008.,University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,
GREATER CHINA, "Globalization, Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics"December 16-18, 2008,Hong Kong
Conference: The Second International Conference on Hakka Studies: "Formation and Transformation of Hakka"Dec. 20-21, 2008,Hshinchu, Taiwan
2009
2009 American Historians Association (AHA) Jan 2-5, 2009,New York City
6th Chinese Business History Forum16 Jan 2009,Centre for Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong.
4th Annual UC Santa Cruz APARC Grad Student Conf on Mobility in the Asia-Pacific-AmericasSaturday, February 21, 2009,University of California, Santa Cruz
The Voice of Southeast Asian Diaspora Northeast Modern Language AssociationFebruary 26-March 1, 2009,Boston
"Bridges and Borders in East Asia," Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student ConferenceFebruary 27-March 1, 2009,Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
Making Memory, Making History: Ideas and Identities Beyond Borders, Grad Student Conf6-7 March 2009,Indiana University - Bloomington
Pacific Worlds in Motion II: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Asia-Pacific MigrationsMarch 12-13, 2009,The National University of Singapore
"Skilled Migrant Networks and their Impact on Integration in Host Countries", 11th Metropolis National Conference , (Deadline: 10 November 2008)19-22 March 2009,Calgary, Alberta
An International Symposium:China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development and CultureMarch 20-22, 2009
2009 OAH March 26-29, 2009,Seattle, WA
Call for Papers: Local Cultures in Global Circulation: The Traveling Texts of Asian Traditions, American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) Annual Meeting.(Organizer: EK Tan at entan@notes.cc.sunysb.edu )March 26-29, 2009,Harvard University
Global Playfulness, Local Politics: Vernacular Voices in Cross-cultural Asian Texts, ACLA Annual Meeting, (Organizers: Howard Choy & Cecilia Hung at celinahung@gmail.com) 26-29 March 2009.,Harvard University
Claiming the World: Univeralisms as Doctrine and in Action, a Graduate Student ConferenceMarch 27,2009,Columbia University Department of History
American History, Culture & Politics, Spring Academy 2009 ConferenceMarch 30-April 03, 2009,Heidelberg, Germany
Global Borders April 2009,Institute for Historical Studies at UT-Austin
CFP - Race in the Modern WorldApril 1st-3rd, 2009,Goldsmiths U of London, UK
Call for Papers - National Association for Ethnic Studies 37th Annual Conference April 2-4, 2009,Hilton Mission Valley San Diego, California
Chinese Alternative Genders, Same-sex Sexualities & the Media, Intl Assn for Stdy of Sexuality, Culture & SocietyApr 15-18,2009,Hanoi
"Global-is-Asian: Asian diaspora identities in the context of globalization" Asian Pacific American Studies Program.April 17-18 2009,Michigan State University
World Convention "Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts and National Identities"April 23-25, 2009, New York, Columbia University
WCILCOS International Conference for Chinese Overseas StudiesMay 9-11, 2009,Guangzhou, China
Society for Cinema and Media Studies ConferenceMay 21-24,2009,OSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Tokyo, Japan
Visualizing Migration and Divided Societies,MSH Paris Nord [Organizers: Susan Ball (University of Paris 8), Chris Gilligan (University of the West of Scotland)]
Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia: Intercultural and Comparative PerspectivesJune 8-9, 2009,University of Hong Kong
Call for papers: International Conference on the History of Medicine and Global Connections June 19-20, 2009,Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College, London
CFP Conference: Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, globalisation, politics, practices24-26 of June 2009,University of Leeds
Call for papers 15th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) ConferenceJune 26-29, 2009,,Austin, TX
Society for East Asian Anthropology 2009 Conf.July 2-5, 2009,Taipei, Taiwan
2nd Global Conference on Diasporas - Exploring Critical IssuesJuly 6-9, 2009,Oxford
Cultural Histories of Sociability, Spaces and Mobility (Deadline 28 Nov 2008).9-11 July 2009,York University (UK)
15th World History Economic Congress ?"Company Towns in Comparative Perspective" panel session August 3-7, 2009,Utrecht, The Netherlands
International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) 6 th Conference : "Think Asia!"Aug 6-9, 2009
Transnational Mobilities for Care: State, Market and Family Dynamics AsiaSeptember 9 -11, 2009,National University of Singpore, Asia Research Institute
Multilevel, Multicultural & Multiethnic Information Society: An International Conference for Yunnan Provincial Library's 100th AnniversaryNovember 16-17, 2009,Kunming, China
Call for migration theme papers (H-Migration Network) European Social Science History ConferenceApril 13 -April 16 2010,Ghent, Belgium