2008
American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting "Arrivals and Departures"April 24-27,2008,Long Beach, California. (Deadline for Seminar Proposals, October 15, 2007;Deadline for Paper Proposals, December 3, 2007)
Return Migration in Asia: Experiences, Ideologies and PoliticsJuly 31, 2008-August 1, 2008,ARI Research Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore. (Deadline:2007-10-31)
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. (Deadline:2008-01-23)
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association: "It's About Time: Temporality and Interdisciplinary Research" Oct. 23-26, 2008 . (Deadline:2008-02-01)
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. (Deadline:2008-02-04)
2009 American Historians Association (AHA) Jan 2-5, 2009,New York City. (Deadline:2008-02-15)
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.. (Deadline:2008-02-20)
In Search of Solutions: Methods, Movements and Undocumented Migrants in AfricaJul 1-4, 2008. (Deadline:2008-02-22)
2009 OAH March 26-29, 2009,Seattle, WA. (Deadline:2008-02-29)
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).July 21-23, 2008,San Jose, Costa Rica. (Deadline:2008-03-15)
Economic Flexibility and Social Stability in the Age of Globalization July 21-23, 2008,Costa Rica. (Deadline:2008-03-15)
Call for Papers: The Boston Seminar in Immigration and Urban History Sep 2008-Apr 2009 series (weekly). (Deadline:2008-03-15)
Asian Visual Cultures WorkshopApril 13, 2008. (Deadline:2008-03-16)
China & the Southern Pacific: "Looking North, Looking South - China and the Southern Pacific" June 17-18, 2008,,Christchurch, New Zealand. (Deadline:2008-03-28)
The Second Annual Asian Cultural Studies Association Conference:" Asian Ways: Traditions and Transitions" Aug. 5-6, 2008,Bangkok, Thailand. (Deadline:2008-03-31)
Transnational Cinema in Globalising Societies: Asia and Latin America August 2008,Mexico. (Deadline:2008-04-01)
TRANSFORMATIONS: RESEARCHING ASIA September 26-28, 2008,York Centre for Asian Research Graduate Student Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada. (Deadline:2008-04-01)
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. (Deadline:2008-04-08)
Conference: The Second International Conference on Hakka Studies: "Formation and Transformation of Hakka"Dec. 20-21, 2008,Hshinchu, Taiwan. (Deadline:2008-04-15)
Global Borders April 2009,Institute for Historical Studies at UT-Austin. (Deadline:2008-04-15)
"In the Shadows of Empires": The 2nd International Conference on Asian American and Asian British LiteraturesNov. 28-29, 2008. (Deadline:2008-04-30)
Workshop on Migration and Diversity in Asian ContextsSep 25-26, 2008 . (Deadline:2008-04-30)
Transatlantic Studies Association Annual Conference: "Transatlantic Perspectives on Global Migration" panel sessionJul. 7 -10, 2008,, West Park Conference Centre, Dundee University. (Deadline:2008-05-01)
New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) 2008: "Cultural Connections, Convergences, and Collisions Past and Present" Sep. 26-27, 2008,Hamilton College, New York. (Deadline:2008-05-01)
15th World History Economic Congress ?"Company Towns in Comparative Perspective" panel session August 3-7, 2009,Utrecht, The Netherlands. (300-500 word proposal and CV due by May 15, 2008.Complete papers due by March 15, 2009)
3rd Singapore Graduate Forum on Southeast AsiaJuly 28-29, 2008. (Deadline:2008-05-16)
Migration in Museums: Narratives of Diversity in EuropeOctober 23-25, 2008,Berlin (in participating museums). (Deadline:2008-05-30)
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. (Deadline:2008-05-30)
International Conference on "Globalization: Cultures, Institutions and Socioeconomics"December 12-13, 2008,Chinese University of Hong Kong,. (Deadline:2008-05-31)
International Conference on "Language, Literature and Culture in ASEAN: Unity in Diversity"August 4-5, 2008,Chulalongkorn University,Bangkok Thailand . (Deadline:2008-05-31)
Identity and Its Discontents November 26-28, 2008,University of Melbourne,. (Deadline:2008-06-30)
2nd Kartini Network Conference: The future of Asian feminism confronting fundamentalisms, conflict and neoliberalismNov. 2-5, 2008. (Deadline:2008-07-01)
Call for Papers: Workshop on New Chinese MigrationsSeptember 12,2008,Institut National des Langues et civilisations orientales (INALCO) & Peninsule, Paris . (Deadline:2008-07-15)
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. (proposals for papers is 15 July 2008 while abstracts need to be in by 30 July 2008.Registration Form)
CFP Race and Race Relations-Past, Present, Future: Interdisciplinary Conference on Race November 13-15, 2008,Monmouth University, New Jersey. (Deadline:2008-08-15)
The Globalizing Religions and Cultures in the Asia-Pacific conferenceDecember 1-5 2008,Adelaide, South Australia . (Deadline:2008-08-15)
Call for papers: International Conference on Popular Culture and Education in AsiaDecember 11-13, 2008,Hong Kong Institute on Education. (Deadline:2008-08-31)
Society for Cinema and Media Studies ConferenceMay 21-24,2009,OSAI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY - Tokyo, Japan. (Deadline:2008-09-01)
Call for papers - Transnational parenthood and children-left-behindNovember 20-21, 2008,Oslo, Norway. (Deadline:2008-09-01)
Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia: Intercultural and Comparative PerspectivesJune 8-9, 2009,University of Hong Kong. (ABSTRACTS DUE SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 )
21st Century Exit and Entry (Migration) Administration Conference Sep. 27-Sep. 28, 2008,Law School, Shantou University, Shantou, China. (Deadline:2008-09-09)
The Voice of Southeast Asian Diaspora Northeast Modern Language AssociationFebruary 26-March 1, 2009,Boston. (Deadline:2008-09-10)
Call for Papers: First International Congress on Chinese Studies (Immigration and Cultures)November 26-29, 2008,Bilbao, Spain. (Deadline: 20 September 2008 (first call for abstracts)/ 3 November 2008 (second call for abstracts); Early Registration: 30 September)
An International Symposium:China's Rise and Its Impact on Asia: Democratization, Development and CultureMarch 20-22, 2009. (Deadline:2008-10-01)
Postcolonial Popular CulturesDecember 14 -16, 2008.,University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand,. (Deadline:2008-10-01)
International Convention of Asian Scholars (ICAS) 6 th Conference : "Think Asia!"Aug 6-9, 2009. (Deadline:2008-10-15)
Call for Papers - National Association for Ethnic Studies 37th Annual Conference April 2-4, 2009,Hilton Mission Valley San Diego, California. (Two-hundred-fifty-word abstracts/proposals should be submitted by October 15, 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. . (Deadline:2008-10-15)
Chinese Alternative Genders, Same-sex Sexualities & the Media, Intl Assn for Stdy of Sexuality, Culture & SocietyApr 15-18,2009,Hanoi . (Deadline:2008-10-25)
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. (Deadline:2008-11-01)
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. (Deadline:2008-11-03)
World Convention "Imagined Communities, Real Conflicts and National Identities"April 23-25, 2009, New York, Columbia University. (Proposal Deadline: 5 November 2008)
Rising Dragon, Soaring Bananas, BANANAS-ISSCO CONFERENCE18-19th July 2009,New Zealand. (Deadline:2008-11-10)
"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. (Deadline:2008-11-10)
Cultural Histories of Sociability, Spaces and Mobility (Deadline 28 Nov 2008).9-11 July 2009,York University (UK). (Deadline:2008-11-28)
WCILCOS International Conference for Chinese Overseas StudiesMay 9-11, 2009,Guangzhou, China. (Deadline:2008-11-30)
Call for papers 15th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA) ConferenceJune 26-29, 2009,,Austin, TX. (Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 November 2008)
"Bridges and Borders in East Asia," Harvard East Asia Society Graduate Student ConferenceFebruary 27-March 1, 2009,Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. (Deadline:2008-11-30)
4th Annual UC Santa Cruz APARC Grad Student Conf on Mobility in the Asia-Pacific-AmericasSaturday, February 21, 2009,University of California, Santa Cruz. (Deadline:2008-12-01)
"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. (Deadline:2008-12-01)
Pacific Worlds in Motion II: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Asia-Pacific MigrationsMarch 12-13, 2009,The National University of Singapore. (Deadline:2008-12-01Poster)
CFP - Race in the Modern WorldApril 1st-3rd, 2009,Goldsmiths U of London, UK. (Deadline:2008-12-01)
American History, Culture & Politics, Spring Academy 2009 ConferenceMarch 30-April 03, 2009,Heidelberg, Germany. (Deadline:2008-12-15)
Making Memory, Making History: Ideas and Identities Beyond Borders, Grad Student Conf6-7 March 2009,Indiana University - Bloomington. (Deadline:2008-12-21)
2009
Claiming the World: Univeralisms as Doctrine and in Action, a Graduate Student ConferenceMarch 27,2009,Columbia University Department of History. (Deadline:2009-01-01)
Visualizing Migration and Divided Societies,MSH Paris Nord [Organizers: Susan Ball (University of Paris 8), Chris Gilligan (University of the West of Scotland)]. (Deadline:2009-01-09)
"Global-is-Asian: Asian diaspora identities in the context of globalization" Asian Pacific American Studies Program.April 17-18 2009,Michigan State University. (Deadline:2009-01-15)
2nd Global Conference on Diasporas - Exploring Critical IssuesJuly 6-9, 2009,Oxford. (Deadline:2009-02-06)
Transnational Mobilities for Care: State, Market and Family Dynamics AsiaSeptember 9 -11, 2009,National University of Singpore, Asia Research Institute. (Deadline for Panel Proposals: 10 February 2009)
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. (Deadline:2009-02-20(of interest for people working on traditional Chinese medicine in the diaspora))
CFP Conference: Cosmetic Cultures: Beauty, globalisation, politics, practices24-26 of June 2009,University of Leeds. (Deadline:2009-03-01)
Society for East Asian Anthropology 2009 Conf.July 2-5, 2009,Taipei, Taiwan. (Deadline:2009-04-30)
Call for migration theme papers (H-Migration Network) European Social Science History ConferenceApril 13 -April 16 2010,Ghent, Belgium. (Deadline:2009-05-01)
Multilevel, Multicultural & Multiethnic Information Society: An International Conference for Yunnan Provincial Library's 100th AnniversaryNovember 16-17, 2009,Kunming, China. (Deadline: 1 May 2009 [abstracts] and 31st May 2009 [full papers])
